XXVIII 

 THE LAIRD OF NETHERHALL 



Since first its doors were opened the SADDLE AND 

 SIRLOIN CLUB has entertained no greater figure in the 

 animal-breeding world than the late ANDREW MONT- 

 GOMERY of Netherhall, We are perhaps not yet far 

 enough removed from the field he occupied to take 

 the full measure of his greatness. A succeeding 

 generation with the right perspective will in all 

 human probability write his name near the very top 

 of the list of those who in comparatively recent 

 years have improved upon the work of the original 

 breed-builders of Great Britain. The "classy Clydes- 

 dale" that captivates so many showyard visitors by 

 his matchless grace is not the sole creation of any 

 one man's brain. Like the Aberdeenshire Shorthorn, 

 the Aberdeen -Angus, the Galloways, Ayrshires, West 

 Highlanders and the Black-Faced Mountain Sheep, 

 he is numbered among the many treasured types of 

 improved domestic animals given by Caledonia to the 

 farming world. The story of the Clyde has yet to be 

 written. It will match that of the other leading mod- 

 ern breeds, and it will be a long roll of honor that 

 lists the names of those who first differentiated this 

 Scottish type from the sturdy cart horse found south 

 of Berwick and Carlisle; but wherever the Clydesdale 



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