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the heart of each the development of a higher 

 type of animal husbandry in the United States. 



The International Show, it was agreed, would 

 serve as a rallying point for all who were interested 

 in the flesh-making breeds, and it had already been 

 proved that the draft, coaching and saddle types of 

 horses could be made a big feature of the exhibition. 

 OGILVIE was the especial advocate of those interests 

 in the earlier conferences, and it must be confessed 

 that at first he fought almost single-handed for their 

 recognition. His acquaintance with the stock-breed- 

 ing interests of Great Britain and America was 

 extensive, dating back to the daring days when men 

 of dauntless courage and boundless enthusiasm 

 bid up to $40,000 for single specimens of a rare 

 old bovine tribe. He had personally known all the 

 leading luminaries of the American pedigree stock- 

 breeding world, and had himself bred and exhibited 

 successfully for a series of years Clydesdale horses 

 of a type refined far beyond the average of their 

 day. One needs but mention the name MacQueen 

 to conjure up in the minds of the old guard of 

 American showmen one of the chief ornaments of 

 the draft horse competitions of a generation past, 

 and one of the most noted breeding horses of his 

 time, not to mention rare brood mares and flash 



