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ter known as the " American Short-horn Rec- 

 ord" indicated the extent and depth of the feel- 

 ing existing in respect to this matter. 



After extended debate the following resolu- 

 tions bearing upon this and another mooted 

 question were adopted: 



Resolved, That the ancestry of the animals should be traced on 

 both sides to imported animals, or to those heretofore recorded in 

 the American Herd Book, with pedigrees not false or spurious, 

 before they can be entitled to registry. 



Resolved, That the person under whose direction the animals 

 are coupled should be recognized as the breeder of the produce. 



Mr. Allen accepted these and the other rec- 

 ommendations of the convention and agreed 

 to be governed by them in the conduct of the 

 herd book. 



Opposition to prevailing "fashions" devel- 

 oped. The era of speculation was now in 

 full swing. BelPs history of Bates cattle and 

 Carr's history of the Booth herds had ap- 

 peared in England, and were widely read in 

 America. Controversies were waged through 

 the public press and at every gathering of 

 breeders over the pedigrees and character of 

 the great rival types. Prominent among those 

 who took part in this in the States were Hon. 

 T. C. Jones of Delaware, 0., and A. S. Matthews 

 of Wytheville, Va., both of whom ridiculed 

 many of the claims made by the partisans of 

 the Bates Short-horns. Judge Jones was a 

 man of strong intellect, deeply versed in Short- 



