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would evei' Ix' known outside their own vicinity. 

 He would have l>een considered foolish indeed, 

 who should have pointed out the oldest as future 

 pi'esident of the American Shorthorn Breeders 

 Association; the second, editoi- of the official 

 (U',<2,an of that association: and the third, then an 

 ovcTo-ro-vvn boy, as one of the l)est judges of l:>eef 

 cattle in the world and one of the best Ixdoved 

 nienil)ers of the (Mitire Shorthorn fi'aternity. Yet 

 such advancement has resulted from the first 

 ])urchase of a o-ood Shortliorn and subseijuent 

 ])U]-cliases niad(" by a wise father and uro-(^(l by 

 the enthusiastic sons, who w<'re ^^-ood cattlemen 

 and who learned that there was something- better 

 in store for them than could be gained by com- 

 jx'ting in a crowded industiy, trying to 

 make over an article that had been made (tr 

 marred by someone else. 



There was jdent}' of room at the top. It was 

 possibly not until the days when Gallant 

 Knight's calves began to show the qiuility of his 

 wonderful ancestry that the Tomsons saw vis- 

 ions and dreamed dreams of a great future for 

 them and their favorite breed of cattle. Wliat 

 they saw lias come to jjass. When the leading 

 Shorthorn breeders of America ai'e listed, the 

 name "Tomson Brr>s. " is always near the top of 

 the roll. 



It was accomplished by enthusiasm, the qual- 

 ity called stick-to-it-iveness, and conservative 



