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all interested in trying to secure him after Mr. 

 Huxley decided to close out his herd, but McCray 

 was the successful bidder. Mr- Huxley closed out 

 his cattle, not because of any lack of interest in 

 them, but in order to fulfill obligations elsewhere 

 and in another field which he could not justly ignore. 

 He is now located in Minnesota and has recently 

 informed the writer that he expects to re-enter the 

 business in the near future. Meantime, comment- 

 ing upon the record of Perfection Fairfax, Mr. 

 Huxley says: 



"Several of the old breeders used to tell me that 

 Perfection Fairfax was not the type to prove a 

 great sire, a fact which goes to show how risky is 

 the occupation of the prophet in such matters. I 

 think the first calf that he sired was Diana Fairfax, 

 which Mr. McCray showed, and she proved a win- 

 ner. I do not believe there has been a bull of the 

 breed that has been k winner himself and after- 

 wards sired so many good bulls and heifers as has 

 Perfection Fairfax. I claim that the reason why he 

 is entitled to be called the greatest bull of the breed, 

 living or dead, is because he sired both good bulls 

 and good heifers all of his own stamp, so that 

 almost any one can distinguish them from the get 

 of other sires. I regard it as particularly fortunate 

 for the breed that he fell into the hands of Mr, 

 McCray, because in that herd he has been given 

 opportunity to be mated with a grand lot of cows. 

 I look back with pride on Perfection Fairfax, and 

 have vivid recollections of the various hard-fought 

 battles we had before reaching the top." 



His Trainer Testifies. — ^Willard Pierce takes a keen 

 enjoyment in the progress of the Perfection Fairfax 



