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portation by the firm of Gudgell & Simpson no less 

 than 500 head of Hereford and Aberdeen- Angus cat- 

 tle, including Anxiety 4th. He was a striking figure 

 in any company, tall and imposing, with strength of 

 character stamped in every feature, yet dignified, 

 gentle and modest in his bearing. He was one of 

 the keenest judges of cattle this country has pro- 

 duced. No man was more tenacious of his opinion 

 or less aggressive in its expression. He was broad- 

 minded and tolerant of the judgment of others, 

 while clear and firm in his own convictions. He 

 was a man of such few words and so deprecatingly 

 modest in his manner that first impressions needed 

 revision. When it came to trading, English and 

 Scotch breeders found concealed behind this quiet 

 demeanor a judgment and a shrewdness which they 

 had little expected to encounter. It was diamond 

 cut diamond. No man left behind him in Britain a 

 greater reputation for keen judgment of animal and 

 price than did Gov. Simpson. It was a wonderful 

 lot of cattle he selected of both breeds and no little 

 of the history of the Hereford and Aberdeen- Angus 

 in America originated in the operations under this 

 master breeder's mind. Gov. Simpson's name 

 stands high on the honor roll of the great American 

 improvers of beef cattle stocks. 



Dull Days. There is little to be said about the 

 status of the trade in 1905. The business of extend- 

 ing the use of purebred bulls on the western ranges 

 was going on as usual, but there was an almost en- 

 tire absence of speculative spirit. As a matter of 



