PLEA FOR THE HORSE.
AN IMPROA EMENT SCHEME.
MOVEMENT IN SYDNEY
AA 7 hile the horse is being brushed aside by the motor vehicle, there are still those who cling faithfully to th& old animal that asks only lor kind treatment in return for its honest service and who, especially as far as the draught horse is concerned, refuse to conform to the new order. Recognising, however, that a serious stage has been reached in the history of the horse, a strong-body styled the Horse Association of New South AVales has teen found to bring together horse breeders, business and trades people, and all others interested, directly or indirectly, in the use of the horse, and! to encourage the production of better horses. The new body has behind it such men as the president of the Royal Agricultural Society, Sir Samuel Hordern, Mr James McMahon, ex-president of the Employers’ Federation (who, in his big carrying business, still clings to the horse and has even written to the press in defence of it, in preference to the motor lorry, for solid, faithful, heavy- service), and Mr A. D. Playfair, ~ formerly ringmaster for very many years at the Royal Sydney Show,
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Hawera Star, Volume XLV, 5 August 1925, Page 5
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199PLEA FOR THE HORSE. Hawera Star, Volume XLV, 5 August 1925, Page 5
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