VII 

 A SANCTUM SANCTORUM 



PAUL POTTER could paint a bull, but he never 

 bred one. ROSA BONHEUR gave the world "The 

 Horse Fair," but her models were creations of The 

 Perche. It is one thing to draw well, and deftly blend 

 pigments on the canvas. To produce a national or 

 an international champion is quite another. The com- 

 position of a great picture calls for genius. Some- 

 thing more than that is demanded in the assembling 

 and fusing of the materials that enter into the making 

 of a breed. Fabulous sums have been paid by con- 

 noisseurs for masterful examples of the art preserv- 

 ative. Now and. then rich rewards have come to 

 those who produce originals. 



For the most part, however, we have taken as a 

 matter of course, and have accepted or appropriated 

 without special thought or credit, the marvels of 

 the animal -breeding world. We are in daily enjoy- 

 ment of the fruits of the labors of great groups of 

 men who were possessed of rare constructive gifts; 

 but we scarcely know their names, much less have 

 we any familiarity with their personalities or their 

 labors. We know that without good live stock our 

 grasses, grains and forage generally would cum- 



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