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states. His relations to various important trans- 

 actions have already been set forth. He was gen- 

 erally regarded as a keen judge of a good animal, 

 and personally selected in Herefordshire some of 

 the greatest cattle transferred to American soil dur- 

 ing the period of extensive importations. In the 

 course of his long career in the business he naturally 

 acquired a great store of information concerning the 

 breed on both sides the water. His facility of 

 expression, his aggressive personality and his keen 

 sense of humor made him the life of almost any 

 company of congenial spirits in which he might be 

 found. The author regrets that he has been unable 

 lo procure a photograph of Mr. Morgan for repro- 

 duction in this volume along with other notables of 

 his time. However, his work is his own best mem- 

 orial and title to appreciation at the hands of pos- 

 terity.* 



Prime Lad and Beau Donald 5th. — There was a hard- 

 fought battle at the. fairs of 1903 between the com- 

 ing and the going champions. Prime Lad, younger and 

 fresher and admirably representing the old warrior 

 Beau Beal, was hammering hard on the shield of 

 Beau Donald 5th. In the hands of the Messrs. Van- 

 Natta the Lad was slowly but surely making-up into 



*It was sometimes difficult to tell whether Morgan was talk- 

 ing' in jest or earnest. While haranguing- a crowd of cattlemen 

 one night in the early days upon the merits of the Hereford for 

 western range purposes he made a statement substantially as 

 follows, which of course created much amusment: 



"I'll tell you 'ow it is: You see the 'ereford is something like 

 the buffalo; 'e 'as a 'eavy 'ead and 'om, is deep through the 

 shoulders and chest, and bein' light be'Ind 'e climbs the 'ills line." 



As present-day breeders have long since given the typical 

 Hereford two ends as well as a middle, Morgan's buffalo exaggera- 

 tion may now be treated, as he intended it at the time, as a joke — a 

 good specimen of the ordinary play of his nimble wit. 



