Enthusiasts for the Clydesdale

Press, 5 August 1977, Page 17

Enthusiasts for the Clydesdale

Some 34 enthusiasts for the Clydesdale horse gathered in Christchurch a short time ago for the annual meeting of the Clydesdale Horse Society of the Dominion of New Zealand when this photograph of the council of the society was taken.

The council noted with pleasure the number of younger breeders becoming actively involved in the breeding of Clydesdale horses. Sixteen new members, five of whom enrolled as life members, were approved at the meeting and joined the other 116 members of the society.

All breeders report a keen demand for well bred horses of good conformation. Horses imported from Scotland and Australia in recent years have done much to

strengthen the bloodlines, and stallions and mares with this imported blood are now leaving progeny of a high standard, says a report of the meeting. Volume 31 of the stud book closed at the end of last month and it will contain the pedigrees and descriptions of about 140 horses, which have been bred and registered in the last three years. The society decided to send greetings and good wishes to the Clydesdale Horse Society of Great Britain and Ireland on the

occasion of the centenary of the formation of that society. The constitution of the New Zealand society, which was incorporated in 1911, was based on that of the parent society. The society allocated $203 to agricultural and pastoral shows, which hold classes for Clydesdale horses, in an effort to encourage the showing of Clydesdales. The principal officers elected were: president, Mr J. G. Cottle (Levin); v i c e-presidents, Miss

Susan Butterick (Ashburton) and Messrs G. B. Sutton (Te Puke), A. J. Gibberd (Te Kauwhata) and J. Logan (Gore). In the picture, from left to right, are: back row: John Cottle, Arthur Martin, Bill Bouskill, Andrew Gibberd, Tom Logan, Jim Logan, Bob McConnachy, Brian Sutton, Fergus O’Connor, Ray Barwell, Jim Lindsay, and Russell Dalzell. Front row: Miss Susan Butterick, Jim Cooper (president), Stanley Barnes (secretary) and Bill Anderson.