American Breeders’ and Importers’ Percheron Registry—John A. Forney, Plainfield, O., Secretary. American Saddle Horse Breeders’ Association—I. B. Nall, Louisville, Ky., Secretary. American Shetland Pony Club—Mortimer Levering, Lafayette, Ind., Secretary. American Shire Horse Breeders’ Association—Chas. Burgess, Wenona, Ill., Secretary. American Stud Book (Thoroughbreds)—W. H. Rowe, New York, Registrar. American Trotting Register Co.—Frank E. Best, 355 Dearborn St., Chicago, Registrar. American Suffolk Horse Association—Alexander Galbraith, De Kalb, Ill., Secretary. Cleveland Bay Society of America—R. P. Stericker, West Orange, N. J., Secretary. French Coach Horse Society of America—Duncan E. Willett, Oak Park, Ill., Secretary. French Coach Registry Co.—Chas. C. Glenn, Columbus, O., Secretary. German, Hanoverian and Oldenburg Coach Horse Breeders’ Association—J. Crouch, Lafayette, Ind., Secretary. Morgan Horse Register—Joseph Battell, Middlebury, Vt., Editor. National French Draft Horse Association—C. E. Stubbs, Fairfield, Iowa, Secretary. Percheron Society of America—Geo. W. Stubblefield, Union Stock-yards, Chicago, Secretary. Percheron Registry Co.—Chas. C. Glenn, Columbus, O., Secretary. Stud Books Not Certified by the Government. The following registry books are not at the date of this writing, August 4, 1909, certified by the Department of Agriculture, Washington, D. C.: American Horse Breeders’ Trotting Registry Association, 161 High St., Boston, Mass. American Horse Registry Association—N. J. Harris, Des Moines, Ia., Secretary. Arabian Horse Club of America—H. K. Bush-Brown, Newburgh, N. Y., Secretary. American Iceland Pony Club—Geo. H. Simpson, Wheaton, Ill., Secretary. American Percheron Registry Association—S. M. Heberling, La Grange, Ill., Secretary. Coach and Draft Horse Association of America—Frederick Wightman, La Crosse, Wis. Hartman Stock Farm Registry Record Co.—Adam Krumm, Columbus, O., Secretary. International Consolidated Record Association—H. A. Jones, Penn Yan, N. Y., Secretary. Morrisons’ International Roadster Register—Des Moines, Iowa. The American Jack Register—W. L. De Clow, Cedar Rapids, Ia. The National Standard Pacing and Trotting Horse Breeders’ Association—Thos. C. Parsons, 1023-5 Williamson Building, Cleveland, O., Registrar. The Standard Jack and Jennet Registry of America—Kansas City, Mo. Story of a Company Stallion Deal. A few years ago a suit for the payment of fraudulently obtained notes for the purchase of a stallion was thrown out of court by Judge Carland, of Sioux Falls, South Dakota, for want of equity. A transcript of the evidence shows that there were the best of reasons for the Judge’s action.