ACKNOWLEDGMENTS. 



This book has been developed to its present form under influ- 

 ences that have been very favorable to it and the .author feels that 

 these should be fittingly acknowledged. From its inception, some 

 ten years ago, these influences have been so encouraging that it 

 becomes necessary to give tangible evidence of them, and con- 

 sequently the work had to be published without any thought of 

 filling the traditional " long-felt want " which is so frequently the 

 source of authorship. Previous to attending the Ontario Agricul- 

 tural College the writer had a very limited knowledge of any phase 

 of live stock work but a deep love and active interest in animal life, 

 centered chiefly on horses, made the instruction from such teachers 

 as Prof. Win. Brown, Dr. F. C. Grenside and Prof. J. W. Rob- 

 ertson, a genuine pleasure. After graduation, three years of edi- 

 torial management of the Canadian Live Stock Journal offered 

 unusual opportunities for analyzing the ideals of the best Canadian 

 breeders, to whom unlimited appreciation is hereby tendered for a 

 foundation which could hardly have been laid without more than 

 usual co-operation from them. With the acceptance of the Chair 

 of Animal Husbandry in the University of Wisconsin, a wider field 

 was entered upon for deeper study and investigation. Stock judging 

 was made a leading feature of the course, and w'ith the develop- 

 ment of ideas a new system of instruction was evolved. The writer 

 is vastly indebted to Mr. R. B. Ogilvie, formerly proprietor of Blair- 

 gowrie Stock Farm, for not only directly assisting the development 

 of this department at the University, but also for the results from 

 frequent visits and conferences at Blairgowrie, through which a 

 much stronger grasp of the essentials of horse judging was obtained. 

 For many valuable observations on the qualities of draft horses the 

 writer finds himself also greatly in the debt of Mr. Alexander 

 Galbraith. The influence of Hon. W. A. Jones, now Commis- 

 sioner of Indian Affairs, was clearly felt on the development 



