FUTURE OF HORSE.

Auckland Star, Volume LXIX, Issue 136, 11 June 1938, Page 20

FUTURE OF HORSE.

"NOTHING TO FEAR."

IF QUALITY MAINTAINED.

CLYDESDALE SOCIETY'S VIEWS

(By Telesraph.—lYcss Association.) DUNEDIX, Friday. "As long as we contiuiic to breed sound high quality horses we have nothing to fear from the mechanised form of transport.' , said Mr. K. Kennedy, of Drummoiul, retiring- president ot" tlio Clydesdale Hor.-i! Society of the Dominion of New Zealand, when speaking at the annual meeting this evening. "This form of transport will always prove too costly for the average farmer in 2s'ew Zealand, or in fact in aijiv country," he. added.

Mr. Kennedy said the Lesson in that respect was to be obtained from the Inited States and Canada, in which countries horse breeding was on the increase. The business of the society was fundument-

ally the Breeding and improvement of the Clydesdale horse for show, sale and farm purposes. In the last few years the demand for good show mares, fillies and stallions had been good, and there had also been a good inquiry lor farm horses."

A motion was carried urging the Minister of Agriculture, the Hon. W. Lee Martin, to give urgency to the question of haring the Stallion Bill placed on the Statute Book. Members referred to* the Minister's promise that this would be done last session and emphasised that it was important that it should be jriven attention this session. The following officers were elected:— President, Mr. J. W. Harding (Waipukurau); vice-presidents, Messrs. A. Brown (Kakanui), A. Grant (Fairlie), W. C. Wallace (Cambridge) and Q. Donald (Featherstone); treasurer, Mr. A. Hunter (Hawera); auditors, Messrs. Walkley and Lawrence (Hawera); members of council, Messrs. D. Caldwell (Edendale), S. Fleming (Crookston), A. E. Harding (Manga whare), J. Logan (Otama), A. Mcßobbie (Papakura), J. Young (Allanton), Q. Donald and A. Hunter.