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around the heart, a point where Anxiety 4th was 

 faulted. The latter was so good in his head and so 

 wonderful in his quarters that he corrected any 

 tendency on the part of North Pole's daughters to 

 perpetuate their sire's defects in those particulars. 

 It was, in brief, a case where one admirably bal- 

 anced the other. 



The breeding of Anxiety 4th has already been set 

 forth. North Pole was sired by Mars 12th 4462, 

 bred by the Greens of Marlow from Wrexham 2411 

 and Gem 8th 4440 by Dauphin 3353. The Marlow 

 cattle were always noted for their scale and consti- 

 tution. Dauphin was got by Renown 2854, bred by 

 Lord Berwick of Cronkhill. 



Simpson's Discernment. — ^Along with this second 

 importation there came a young cow, Dowager 6th 

 6932, that figures extensively in the pedigrees of 

 many high-class Herefords of the present day 

 through her sons Don Carlos 33734 and Don Quixote 

 37205 and her double grandson Beau Donald 58996. 

 When Mr. Simpson and James R. Gudgell, who ac- 

 companied him on his trip to England, visited the 

 herd of Mr. Thomas Lewis of Woodhouse they 

 found the cattle in very thin condition and by no 

 means attractive in appearance. After glancing 

 over the herd Mr. Simpson asked the price of one 

 young cow that, if anything, seemed thinner in flesh 

 than any others of the herd. The price was given 

 and Mr. Simpson promptly bought her. Gudgell 

 asked him what he wanted with that skeleton and 

 if he was going to start a boneyardi Simpson 



