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fours and sixes have become historic. In connection with his 
relations at the International he has been appointed buyer of the 
draft horses for the Union Stock Yard Co. and so successful have 
been his purchases, that the six-horse team that won in 1913 was 
of his selection, and individual animals from the yards have won 
high class honors at subsequent shows. 
As judge he has been very popular. He placed the ribbons 
on the Continental Draft and Coach breeds at the Columbian 
Exposition and has officiated at numerous fairs since. He was 
selected as one of the three judges to represent America in 1916 
in the International exchange with the Argentine but circumstances 
arose at the last moment that prevented his taking the trip. Mr. 
OcILviE rendered a great service to the teaching of animal hus- 
bandry through his conceiving of the students’ livestock judging 
contest. In the early 90’s he suggested the idea to PROFESSOR 
Craic, (24) and contributed the prizes for a contest conducted 
at Madison, the entrants being Wisconsin boys in attendance at 
the University. When the International opened he worked unceas- 
ingly for staging a contest between representative teams from 
the different agricultural colleges, and finally accomplished it 
through the generosity of Mr. CHaries Rosinson, of C1ay, 
Rosinson & Co., whose firm contributed $1,000 annually to 
finance the necessary expense and the prizes. 
Under Mr. Ocitvie’s administration of the Clydesdale Asso- 
ciation there have been attracted to its standard a number of men 
throughout New England and the Middle States, who have become 
ardent advocates and aggressive breeders of Clydesdales, men 
whose tastes, dispositions and wealth are such as to secure for 
the breed a most prosperous future. These men have purchased 
the very best blood of the breed in Scotland, at long prices, and 
are building on these foundations in America to newer and 
greater breeding triumphs. 
