870 A HISTORY OF SHORT-HORN CATTLE. 



Book, descended from cows recorded by Mr. 

 Allen in the early days, that do not trace 

 in the maternal line to any known imported 

 cow. Notwithstanding the fact that these 

 animals now present pedigrees showing a suc- 

 cession of registered sires entitling them to 

 rank as well-bred Short-horns, the partisans of 

 the more fashionable sorts speak of them as 

 tracing to the " American woods." 



There is only one way of ascertaining defi- 

 nitely the blood actually present in any given 

 pedigree and that is by a complete tabulation 

 of it. Too much attention is paid by breeders 

 generally to these tribal distinctions. The 

 blood of the original animals that gave their 

 names to these various families was long ago 

 buried deep under subsequent crosses, and 

 while it is of course well to have a pedigree 

 soundly anchored at the base the " top " breed- 

 ing is of vastly greater relative importance. 



Dignity of the breeder's calling. The 

 sculptor lures from the solid marble images of 

 grace, beauty or strength that provoke the 

 plaudits of the world. His contact with his 

 work is direct. Tn calling from stone the crea- 

 tures of his own conception the figures may be 

 shaped at will. A Phidias or a Canova lifts the 

 veil from his superb handiwork and gains a 

 place in the gallery of immortals. Compared 

 with him who has the power to conceive an 



