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timate friend of many years, Mr. T. J. Wynn, Lakeville, N. Y., had 

 clipped 25^ pounds and would weigh 152 pounds in full fleece. She 

 was by Rex Dudley dam by Kaiser, bred by us, and a son of Prince 

 Bismarck, dam by Custer, a son of Bismarck. Kaiser was one of 

 the best show rams bred at Pine Ridge. He beat the famous ram 

 Jay Eye See at our State Fair. His full sister was the second dam 

 of ram No. 179, J. P. Ray, known as Gold Bug, Jr., which has been 

 held in such high esteem in Illinois and Ohio. This ewe we con- 

 sidered indispensable to our success, but to buy her or trade her we 

 could not. We could only get her as a partnership ewe to breed on 

 shares, each to own a half-interest in her progeny. We did not 

 know of a single ram that met our ideal as a sire and show ram. 

 Mr. Worthington, previously referred to, had a yearling ram of 

 his own breeding, now known as Don's Champion. He was by 

 Champion, son of Block, dam granddaughter of Don Dudley, and 

 was a member of the Madam Dudley tribe. This ram was the most 

 phenomenal specimen we ever saw on the score — of massive folds 

 and weight of fleece, clipping 43 pounds 3 ounces in his three-year- 

 old form, an even years' growth. He lacked somewhat in head, 

 leg and style of fleece. 



We recalled the facts that two removes from Bonaparte, another 

 ram of this ilk. Mr. Burwell bred Bismarck and Stub, and Mr. 

 Crane, Eureka 3d, and that from Fremont, Jr. Mr. J. T. Stickney 

 bred Centennial and Stickney's 146, and that Kilpatrick, a large, 

 coarse, heavy-boned masculine ram, was the corner-stone upon which 

 L. P. Clark builded. This knowledge led us to desire an interest 

 in Don's Champion, which we could secure only as a most generous 

 gift from Mr. W. From this ram and the Wynn ewe was bred 

 Bonanzo, which Wynn & Bell won first and champion on at St. Louis 

 in aged division, class A; and from the same ram and the Payne 

 ewe was bred ewe No. 2, and from Bonanza and this same Payne 

 ewe was bred Don's Rival, which won first and champion in yearling 

 division and Grand Champion of all ages in class A, ewe No. 2 and 

 Don's Rival winning ewe's progeny prize also. 



Our apology for indulging at such length in recounting persona 1 

 experience is the wide dispersal of the blood of Don Dudley and 

 its world-wide popularity, and the great quality and show-ring form 

 of others, and to emphasize the fact that the best breed the best, 

 and the importance of the blood of great sires and producing dams 

 in improving a race or breed. 



PRINCIPLES GOVERNING THE BREEDER'S OPERATIONS. 



While we place so high an estimate upon the blood of the pro- 

 ducing dam we know of no feature of the breeding problem that 

 demands closer scrutiny or wiser discrimination. Every observing 

 breeder knows that among matrons that throw individuality in their 

 produce there are two distinct classes, the positive and the pas- 

 sive; the positive possessing individuality by right of inheritance 

 and capable of enriching a blood line in volume and momentum; the 

 passive perhaps lacking in both quality and breeding, serving simply 

 as a channel through which the sire throws his type, yet unreliable 

 as a breeding-on force. I cannot illustrate this point more forcibly 

 than by taking two entire sons of the mighty Electioneer, which 

 made the name of Leland Stanford famous the world over as a trot 



