Owing to circumstances beyond the control of the Committee ofPublication, or of the Committees on the Pedigrees of the variousclasses of stock, it has been impossible to publish the first volume ofthe Herd Record of the Association of Breeders of Thorough-bredNeat Stock at an earlier day. The desire to obtain as large a representationof stock as possible, and to extend the advantages of theAssociation as widely among breeders as they could, has induced thecommittees on the various classes of stock to hold open their books,and the delays incident upon tracing doubtful pedigrees, through inmany instances a long correspondence with owners and breeders, haveprevented them from furnishing the copy to the Publication Committeein season to have the work finished sooner. Every care has beentaken to have the records perfect, and to admit no pedigrees of doubtfulcharacter. It is believed this has been successfully accomplished, andthat the animals here recorded may be relied upon as of undoubtedpurity of blood.
H. A. DYER, S. I. BARTLETT, | ![]() | Committee of Publication. |