Artist: Robert Wadsworth Grafton (1876–1936)
Alexander Galbraith Jr.
GALBRAITH, ALEXANDER JR. (1853–1928), inducted between 1920–1922
This Scottish-born horse breeder immigrated to America in 1883, forming Alex Galbraith & Sons of Janesville, Wisconsin, one of the first firms to import Clydesdale, Suffolk, and Shire horses to the United States. Galbraith helped establish Wisconsin as a Clydesdale breeding center, which led to the iconic use of the breed in hitches pulled for Wisconsin breweries. In 1893, he became a lecturer for the Farmer’s Institute at the University of Wisconsin, and the College of Agriculture gave him their Honorary Recognition Award in 1911. On one of his annual trips back to Scotland, he returned with golf equipment and helped launch the first golf course in Wisconsin in 1894. Galbraith moved to Manitoba, Canada, in 1901, where he continued to import and breed draft horses. He relocated to Edmonton in 1915, serving as an agricultural lecturer, provincial superintendent of fairs and institutes, and esteemed judge.
Source: Saddle & Sirloin Guidebook 2026, p. 93