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breeding the acquiring of a bond of fellowship or com- 

 munion with the great characters developed by the trade. 

 You should be proud to be affiliated with such a fra- 

 ternity and glory in its achievements. Speaking for my- 

 self I count it one of the great privileges of my life to 

 have enjoyed during the past twenty years the acquaintance 

 and friendship of most of those who have been active in 

 this line of work. Soon after that memorable day at New 

 York Mills when England and America joined in working 

 out a tribute to the Short-horn breed such as has never 

 been paid to any other variety of improved domestic ani- 

 mals since the world began, I took up a quest for knowl- 

 edge as to the great breeders and herdsmen, and of the 

 great individual animals of the breed, that is still being 

 pursued with no abatement of interest; a quest which 

 has led me upon many an extended pilgrimage throughout 

 that vast agricultural empire comprised within the corn- 

 and-blue-grass-growing regions of the United States; a 

 quest which has drawn me across the seas to the ancestral 

 home of the breed in York and Durham; that has taken 

 me to the tomb of Thos. Bates; through the fair and fertile 

 fields of Warlaby; to the vine-clad walls of Sittyton, and 

 to the gates of two Royal English Shows; a quest that 

 has sustained me through weary days of note-book work at 

 Short-horn competitions, and which, best of all, has af- 

 forded many golden hours of delightful converse about 

 the firesides of men who have been an honor to the pro- 

 fession on both sides of the Atlantic; and the more I learn 

 of the story the more inspiring it becomes. Once in touch 

 with the real spirit of the theme there is simply no re- 

 sisting its subtle charm. 



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One day in the month of June some years ago one of 

 England's foremost cattle judges and one of America's 

 most gifted followers of the fortunes of the "red, white 

 and roan" were my companions on a little journey to the 

 birthplace of the breed. I remember that we tarried awhile 

 at a quiet wayside inn at the little hamlet of Kirklevington, 

 musing upon the scenes recalled by the historic spots that 



