THE SADDLE AND SIRLOIN CLUB 



To those who are interested directly or indirectly 

 in the Nation's greatest industry the SADDLE AND 

 SIRLOIN CLUB has, from its very inception, appealed 

 with compelling force. To those who are familiar 

 with the history of modern husbandry and with the 

 development of the leading types of improved domes- 

 tic animals found in Great Britain and America, the 

 Club is simply fascinating. To those who find in its 

 quiet precincts a restful place of refuge in the heart 

 of a more or less forbidding environment it is a source 

 of endless satisfaction. In all directions round about 

 there is naught but drear monotony and commonplace, 

 a wilderness of bricks and yards and passageways, 

 and over all there hangs persistently the pall of 

 smoke emitted by the craters of .ceaseless and co- 

 lossal commercial activities. 



To those who glory in the triumphs of the 

 master minds of the animal breeding world it is a joy 

 forever. Members and guests alike feel instinctively 

 the touch of its refining atmosphere. Even those 

 who know nothing of the history of the Club and 

 have no acquaintance with the names or deeds com- 

 memorated by the portraits hanging upon its walls 

 cannot fail to sense at once the presence of a 



