Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-03-19
CALL 70 rRorruNG HORSE MEN
ID. r. Hull of Syracuse Suggests
Revival of state Association

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SYRACUSE. Neb!, March 1s--To the Ed
itor Of The Bee: SIni7SS6, when horsemen all
over the state got 80 enthusiastic that they
ing was called through The Bee Tor the
purpose Of organizing these breeders into
an association where the merits of their
products might be brought together In
friendly contests Of speed each year, and
where all could be kept in touch with each
other. thus facilitating the exchange Of
stock as well as ideaF.
The first meeting was called at the Com
mercial hotel at LINCOLN and was attended
an organization effected. The late Senator
Hayward was the first president; John
Kesterson of Fairbury, vice president; w.
the honor of being elected secretary The
board OF directors, which consisted OF FIVE,
was filled by Dan johnson of Weeping
Water, j. ID. mcfarland OF Lincoln, Henry
Fry OF York, Ed Pyle or Humboldt and
d. T. Mount Of Omaha. (This is taken
eGS enf ms pS ee S gtT Tas
charged each member and this amount was
the annual dues; we soon had 100 members
on the roll. The first meeting was held
at Omaha, at which meeting classes from
the yearling to the free-for-all trot;er we're
provided and three days meet held At
out to the stake winners. II was the
policy of the directors to add $lOO TO each
stake. and no more. The towns desiring
was about the price paid by Omaha for
this frst meeting, and about the same
amount by IlncOln, hasclngs ana FAR
bury for meetings held later. With this
36p0 the money added to each stake was
secure, regardless OF gate money. and the
treasury was always In a position TO meet
every demand. This policy WAS carried out
for some six or seven years and was
great success. This success encouraged
some OF our friends from north of the
Platte TO come to Lincoln at the annual
business meeting with q host OF friends
who. desired membership. All paid In their
Following this move the officers were all.
or nearly all, from this new field OF i'm
terest. Their enthusiasm was 80 great that
they made a program for the annual trOt-
money 10 each stake. David City put in
a bid at a great advance over that which
other towns had paid and the meeting
was held at that city. The weather con-
ditions were untavorable and therefore the
directors were disappointed in the gate re-
ceipts. with the result that winners were
paid only i'm part for the orders which
they held on the treasury. as there was no
other way. OF paying on these large
amounts o. added money. After this ex-
perience the Nebraska Association OF
Trotting Horse Breeders" passed into his
tory
with the large number Of breeders now
In The state the interest tSneh ~ this !,
not be wise TO organize new state assoc
ella ton, where the practictlf demonstrations
Of the Nebraska product may be brought
together and vie with each other each year.
sales for the disposition and exchange OF
stock aud where. all breeders OF the state
may come in touch with each other at
least once year? I predict that II some
ing such an Organization would he at once
effected. l would respectfully offer one
suggestion. that the constitution provide
that added money shall not exceed An