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fess to treat all men "gentlemanly,'" why refuse 

 to answer the questions therein contained more 

 than the other ? 



All seem to correspond. I have written an- 

 other letter to the ''Mark Lane Express," in 

 which I shall copy both yours and my letters. I 

 also send you a copy of my letter from the 

 "Mark Lane Express," so that you may answer 

 for yourself, as you deem proper. I have also 

 sent a copy to each of your associates (one of 

 whom now owns the four cows I there ex- 

 hibited), so that you may bring them to your 

 aid. I know the person who purchased them 

 handled them thoroughly, both in and out of 



I am prepared to meet you on either horn of the 

 dilemma, or both, or any of your associates who 

 choose to take up this all-important subject. I 

 consider it "gentlemanly'' to send you a copy of 

 everything I write, therefore I shall do so, also 

 your associates on the sweepstakes committee. 

 I am, sir, your humble servant, 



W. H. SOTHAM. 



S. P. Chapman, Esq. 



Now, Mr. Editor, I send you the ''Ohio Parm- 

 er" containing Mr. Cassius M. Clay's answer to 

 my former letter, published September 1.5 in 

 your paper, in which he says, "I made a mistake 

 in calling his brother's, Brutus J. Clay's, herd 



LEONORA, "THE INCOMPARABLE," BRED BY MRS. S. EDWARDS, WINTERCOTT, LEOMINSTER. HEREFORD. 



(From a painting.) 



the ring, and I also know his opinion of them. 

 On the other hand, I must confess I never saw 

 or heard a plainer case of prejudice or ignorance 

 on cattle than yours. Or, if you mean to infer 

 by saying "I endeavored to give all the animals 

 (cattle) of any merit a good examination dur- 

 ing the three or four days previous to their ap- 

 pearance in the ring" that mine were of no 

 merit, which evidently shows your object, to es- 

 cape the accusation, proves wilful in the super- 

 lative degree ; therefore you can place yourself 

 on which horn of the dilemma you think best. 



his. I therefore transfer the remarks I made on 

 that herd to where it belongs, and will truthful- 

 ly maintain all I did say." 



Mr. Cassius M. Clay says, "the best judges I 

 have heard speak on the subject regard the 

 Herefords as not a pure breed ; and if they 

 were I have all the more no fancy for them." Is 

 this not hearsay and prejudice of the worst 

 kind and carrying his fancy to schoolboy ex- 

 treme without, investigation ? Can any man 

 say more against any breed unfoundedlv ? Still, 

 he says, "Shorthorn breeders do not attempt to 



