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D. V. S. in 1890. His technical training, however, was designed 

 to fit him for a livestock breeder rather than veterinary practice, 

 as he had showed in his boyhood, even as early as the shows of 

 1879, a tendency toward breeding mastery. His subjects at this 

 time were guinea pigs, and he succeeded in developing squareness 

 of quarters, and carriage of head and crest that made his pigs 

 invincible at the pet stock shows. 



The extent and degree of service which Dr. Davison has ren- 

 dered to American agriculture is difficult to estimate. An ardent 

 sportsman, he has lent his influence at all times to the upbuilding 

 and preservation of the sports of rural England, coaching, cours- 

 ing and the chase. As superintendent of the sheep department 

 of the International, he built up a strong organization that pos- 

 sessed a character fully equivalent to the best of the mutton shows 

 abroad. His example in doing permanent American breeding 

 has served to guide a number of the best sheep breeders since, 

 and so constructive have been their efiforts that it has been 

 possible for them to maintain the standards of their respective 

 breeds even when sources of new blood have been denied them 

 through foot-and-mouth quarantine or other handicap. 



