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Young Abbottsburn was such a feed-lot model 

 that he fairly carried the corn-belt by storm. 

 He was universally recognized by practical 

 men as the sort of a beast that would convert 

 grain and grass into prime heavy beef on short 

 notice. Notwithstanding the efforts of his 

 owner and his new trainer (Mr. Forbes), he 

 did not stop putting on pounds avoirdupois 

 until his log-like carcass pulled down the scales 

 at over 2,800 Ibs. Such weight without height 

 has probably never been seen in any other 

 animal of any breed on this continent. It was 

 scarcely to be expected that such a ponderous, 

 short-legged show bull would prove particu- 

 larly active or useful as a stock-getter, and un- 

 fortunately his legacy to the breed, aside from 

 his show-yard triumphs, was not large. 



Mary Abbottsburn 7th. Basking in the sun- 

 shine of the popularity of Young Abbottsburn, 

 Col. Moberley's views of breeding rapidly ex- 

 panded. He no longer subscribed to the doc- 

 trine that all excellence within the breed was 

 necessarily circumscribed by the comparatively 

 narrow circle that had Kirklevington for its 

 center. In response to a query propounded 

 just after his purchase of the great Scotch bull 

 as to what he proposed to do with a beast of 

 that breeding, he replied: "Use him a little 

 and show him 'right smart/" He did more 

 than this;* He used him "right smart" besides 



