TO OPERATE A NONPROFIT ASSOCIATION OF BREEDERS, OWNERS AND FRIENDS FOR THE PROMOTION AND PRESERVATION OF THE HANOVERIAN HORSE AND RHINELANDER HORSE ON THE NORTH AMERICAN CONTINENT; TO MAINTAIN A PUBLIC REGISTRY OF HANOVERIAN AND RHINELANDER HORSES; TO REGISTER APPROVED STALLIONS, GELDINGS, MARES AND FOALS WITH THE SOCIETY'S REGISTERED BRAND; TO DISSEMINATE INFORMATION TO BREEDERS, OWNERS AND FRIENDS PERTAINING TO THE BREEDING AND RAISING OF HANOVERIAN HORSES; TO PROMOTE THE PERFORMANCE OF THE HANOVERIAN HORSE IN DRESSAGE, EVENTING, HUNTING, JUMPING AND DRIVING, AND GENERALLY TO DO ALL THINGS APPROPRIATE TO ENCOURAGE PUBLIC UNDERSTANDING OF THE HANOVERIAN HORSE, ITS BREEDING AND PERFORMANCE.