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Mottes and the Brittanias and the despised sorts 

 from the "American Woods." Those who now 

 deplore the fact that there are fads and discrim- 

 inations should have been in touch with Short- 

 horns from 1870 to 1883 and they would have 

 seen the faddist abroad in the land to such an ex- 

 tent that by comparison the Shorthorn breeders 

 of this day seem quite conservative. 



I believe the breed is more nearly free from 

 fads and rank discriminations than it has been 

 for fifty years. It is true, pedigree propositions 

 are made in the United States that on their face 

 are extremely ridiculous, but these ridiculous 

 discriminations will always be made not only in 

 Shorthorn pedigrees but also in every other line 

 of human endeavor as is daily evidenced in the 

 clothing and shoe market. 



True Worth Only in Merit. It is a homely 

 but a true proverb that every dog has his day and 

 this is annually exemplified in our changing 

 styles of dress. In the architecture of our homes 

 the change is more gradual as also is the case in 

 Shorthorn pedigrees. Let no man so far delude 

 himself or attempt to deceive his neighbor as to 

 preach the permanency of anything in Short- 

 horns except real individual merit for that is the 

 only thing that can stand the test of time. I have 

 no quarrel with the man who, to gratify his 

 fancy, pays several times as much for an animal 

 because of certain blood lines as he would pay if 



