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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. 
