Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1889-12-15
sHoRTHoRN BREEDERS.
They Meet in this City and Arrange for
Annual ales.

They Meet in this City and Arrange fo
Annual sales.
During the last Safe Fair number o
gentlemen, breeders of shorthorn cattle
met at the Park ard formed an organi&4
ton called the Pacific Coast SLorthorr
Breeders Association. Superior judge
Bidgeford, of Colusa county, was made
temporary President, and Ed. Younger, q
Santa Clara, temporary Secretary.
The mambers Of the Association axe
Judge Bridgefurd. Ed. Younger and c.
Younger of San Jose; ?. H. Murphy. oi
! Perkins; r. J. Merkley, Of Sacramento; P
S. Chiics and ]. Z. Childs, Of Davisvlle;
Z. S. Driver of Antelope; Hebron Bros
| of Sacramento; ]. MaIz4n, of Lovelocks,
| New; S. 6. Camp, OF Perkins; L. J. Bry-
ant, of Reno, New, and W. II. Coward, OF
| Woodland.
Last evening the Association met in the
parlors of the Golden Eagle Hotel for the
purpose of acting on the report of the
| Committee on BYLAWS, and for the forma-
ton of a permanent organization. Judge
Bridgeford presided and Ed. Younger acted
| as Secretary.
The Committee on Bylaw made their
lFeport, which, after some slight amend
'ments, was adopted. The bylaws provide
that the annual meeting Of the Association
shall be held in this city on the Tuesday of
! the second week Of each STATE Fair The
permanent officers of the Association we're
next elected, as follows: Judge Bridge
ford, President; A. Hebron, Vice Presi-
dent; j. +. Chiids, Secretary; P. Peterson,
Treasurer; Directors. J. Maizen. P. S.
Childs and Ed. Younger, WHO, together
with the President and Secretary, consii-
tute the Executive Committee.
Senator John Boggs, of Colusa, and B.
Everef, of Oakland We're elected members
All breeders on the Pacific coast will be
notified that they can become charter mem
hers by the payment of s. within the next
ninety days.
2. II. Murphy suggested the holding of a
public sale once or twice year under the
auspices Of the Association, aud introduced
8 resolution TO that end. He said that the
advantages of the sale would be that breed
eIs of short-horn cattle would each offer
stock, and in that way ali classes of short
horns would be represented The sale
would cause buyers to come from various
parts of the country.
The members present agreed to cffer a
sufficient number Of cattle 10 warrant a
public sale. The resolutions as follows
were then adopted:
Resolued That the first public sale of pure
bred Shorthorn cattle take place under the di-
reetions and rules of this association. on We'd
nesday, March 5, 1870, at Agricultural Park.
Sacramento; said sale TO be advertised and
arrangements made by officers of this assccia-
ton.
ResOlued, That where a public sale has been
called by this association, any member having
cattle to offer at such sale, must first send in a
list OF the animals to tire Secretary forty days
before said sale, that they may be properly
classed and advertised, aud all the expenses Of
such sale shall be paid oft of the gross receipts
of such sale.
Judge Bridgeport presented the following
address to the State Agricultural Society,
which WIS adopted
To the Board OF Dire etors of the State Agri-
cult0ral Society, of the tate of California: The
breeders and exhibitors Of Shorthorn cattle re-
sps ctiully ask your Honorable Board of d.
rectors to consider the ativisablity of increasing
in the future the value of the premiums offered
this most worthy class o. cattle. We do not de-
sire to make comparison with other classes of
cattle further than this: You viii find by refer
ence to your records of former years that the
number and quality of Shorthorn cattle have
far exceeded any other class of cattle. The ex-
hibits of other classes of cattle have generally
not been extensive, and the premiums given
have fairly compensated the owners for the eX
pense and trouble; but the exhibits of Short
horns have been so mum erous and so extensive
x
Que has been sufficiently compensated.
There is no one class of stock that has been
added in the past or pro oably will in the future
add more 10 your exhibit than the Shorthorns.
This coast is now attracting widespread atten-
ton on account of her fine horses. She is pro.
GuciDg the best horses the world affords The
East is sending to our shore and paying large
prices for California. bred horses. We have the
climate ana all proper conditions TO raise the
best cattle in the world. There is no reason
why we cannot excel not only any other pOr-
ton of America, but Europe as well All that
is required is to arouse 2 proper interest. This
can be accomplished by no other means so well
as through proper encouragement at the hands
of your society.
We respectfully suggest that an increase OF 100
per cent. over the prem UNI list of 1889 would
not be eXtravagant. Tie experience of fairs in
the Eastern States warrants it.
Let California be behind in nothing.
Respectfully submitted
Messrs. Hebron, Murphy and Cbilds
were appointed committee to wait on the
State Agricultural Society and ask that
better accommodations be furnished for
exhibiting cattle at the fairs.
Judge Bridgeford suggested the advisa-
bility of an exhibition by The Association
of herd of Shorthorns at the various
fairs throughout the East in 1892. The
suggestion was favorably received and will
be acted on hereafter.
A vote of thanks was rendered the Pres
ident and the retiring Secretary.
The meeting then adjourned.