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media, and, therefore, the via salutis, would seem 

 to lie in the adoption of two apparently oppo- 

 site principles in-and-in breeding and fresh 

 blood" It is also worth while to note the place 

 which Lord Lieutenant has in the history of 

 the Booth cattle. His significance is manifold. 

 First of all he was an excellent beast. "A 

 short-legged, thick, and lusty dog, but rather 

 lacking in hair," is Mr. Dixon's description of 

 him. Next, in Wm. Raine's rather prejudiced 

 opinion, "Booth never had a good bull till he 

 used Lord Lieutenant," and thus got Leonard. 

 Next he, like all of Mr. Raine's cattle, was a 

 wonderfully well-bred bull, being crowded with 

 the best old blood brought in through cross 

 after cross. Still, again, it is significant that 

 this good bull, excellent breeder, and immortal 

 sire of Leonard was full of the blood of St. 

 John (572), which bull Mr. Bates thought so 

 ill of, though if the descendants of Leonard are 

 any criterion of what St. John's blood was able 

 to do for cattle it is a pity that we have not 

 more of it. Lastly and chiefly, Lord Lieutenant 

 is remarkable as having effected one of the 

 most important outcrosses ever put on the 

 Booth herd. He was brought in to preserve 

 the stamina and give a fresh impulse to the 

 herd, which was needing it badly. Clearly up 

 to this time both the brothers John and Rich- 

 ard Booth believed and acted on the faith 



