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man." A second proposition is that the creation, 

 development and perpetuation of beautiful and prac- 

 tical forms of animal life is the particular branch 

 of agriculture calling for the exercise of the highest 

 order of human intellect and skill. The SADDLE 

 AND SIRLOIN corollary is that those who have attained 

 distinction in this field cannot be too highly exalted; 

 that their names, their faces, their works should be 

 preserved and 'handed down as precious heirlooms 

 from one generation to another as an inspiration to 

 all who seek to follow in their footsteps. Nothing 

 is more certain than that familiarity with the high 

 accomplishments of those who have gone before 

 serves as the best of all stimulants to those who 

 are studying to equip themselves for this world's 

 work in similar fields. Now, as in the days of old, 

 the ambitious hear the call that stirred the Athenian 

 youth: "The trophies of Miltiades will not let me 

 sleep!" 



STUART'S speaking likeness of the great Dean of 

 deans hung long in splendid isolation. Oil portraits 

 smell of money, as well as varnish. They are not 

 always to be had for the asking. But men who 

 met each December to discuss, over a sirloin or a 

 saddle, the breeding and performances of the Inter- 

 national champions, were ever recalling the glories 



