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turn from the International championship battles of 

 today to touch these relics of patron saints, their 

 faith and fast allegiance is indeed renewed. Some 

 day we may see this room, and from it pass on to 

 others wherein we shall find equally impressive 

 mementoes of the birthplaces and creators of other 

 pastoral assets. 



Meantime, take as another type of these old 

 field marshals of York and Durham, WILLIAM 

 WETHERELL of the OGILVIE group. Unfortunately 

 we cannot now show you the prints that once hung 

 in his modest home at Aldbrough. Pictures of the 

 GOLLINGS, THOMAS BOOTH, Sir TATTON SYKES, WILEY 

 and BARCLAY of Ury were there; also the portrait 

 of a cow that BOOTH had sold as a two-year-old 

 and bought back later at beef price, producing three 

 heifers for which RENNIE of Phantassie bid 500 

 guineas unavailingly. WEAVER'S painting of Comet 

 was also WETHERELL'S. In the presence of these 

 and other reminders it was easy to draw a wealth 

 of old-time cattle lore from this "Nestor" of the 

 great fraternity that wrought such marvels in this 

 little kingdom of Darlington. WETHERELL, in his 

 time, bred four distinct herds. He first caught the 

 divine fire when as a mere boy he gazed with wide- 

 eyed wonder as the bidding went to a thousand 



