868 A HISTORY OP SHORT-HORN CATTLE. 



ciple in connection with the management of 

 most of these sales. Anything savoring of 

 fraud in any shape, form or manner receives 

 such speedy condemnation that there is no en- 

 couragement for dishonesty. 



About animal portraiture. The illustra- 

 tions in this volume will afford a fair idea of 

 the progress that has been made in this line 

 since the days of u The White Heifer That Trav- 

 eled.' 7 The reproductions used in this work 

 are mainly from drawings made by various ar- 

 tists of reputation on both sides the Atlantic. 

 Near the end may be seen some of the latest 

 work of the camera. It will be observed that 

 in the old-style pictures there is marked exag- 

 geration in the matter of over-refinement of 

 the extremeties, at the same time the pictures 

 give, in a general way, a correct idea as to the 

 main points of difference in the make-up of 

 animals representing the leading breed types. 

 Animal photography as applied specially to the 

 beef breeds of cattle may be said to be still in 

 its infancy, but substantial progress in that art 

 is being made. From this fact we are led to 

 indulge the hope that we may hand down to 

 future generations likenesses of present-day 

 cattle which shall be more lifelike than our 

 delineations of the old-time celebrities. 



Tribal designation. This is a problem that 

 puzzles many new beginners in Short-horn 



