VI 

 THE TROPHIES OF MILTIADES 



The SADDLE AND SIRLOIN CLUB is not yet old in 

 years, as time is commonly measured, but it has 

 already stored up riches in the way of treasured 

 associations. Books and periodicals, prints and etch- 

 ings, are found in almost every club; but one mo- 

 mentous day in SADDLE AND SIRLOIN history a fine 

 oil portrait of Prof. W. A. HENRY, then Dean of the 

 College of Agriculture of the University of Wisconsin, 

 was hung upon the walls of the newly- organized 

 institution at the Yards. An idea had been born in 

 the brain of ROBERT OGILVIE. It has not yet come 

 to full maturity. In fact, it has only just opened 

 up a prospect of a future still but dimly discerned 

 even by those who appreciate most the little that 

 has already been accomplished. There are a few 

 who rise not at all to the real conception. There 

 are some who are even inclined as yet to scoff; 

 but there will come a day when these unbelievers, 

 like their ancient prototypes, will remain to pray 

 devoutly within the temple. 



A truth which is recognized by all intelligent 

 men was well enunciated by the founder of the 

 American Republic: "Agriculture is the most health- 

 ful, the most useful and the noblest employment of 



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