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land Ox" over the countryside was catalog and counting house 

 for the settlement of the sale responsibilities. Wetherell was 

 aggressive and persistent, and both among his colleagues and the 

 younger generation of breeders, he was a never failing source 

 of facts on Shorthorn beginnings. His ideas of type were inflex- 

 ible; he fought the craze for mere elephantism and preached 

 powerfully of rugged constitutions. He was one of the best 

 judges of his day and a notable proponent of the red, white 

 and roan in public debate and private argument. 



