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Professor Watiace: I should like to say one word before 
we close. I am quite sure that my lecture would not have 
been a success unless Mr. Elwes had been here. Mr. Elwes 
has been my trumpeter for the last thirty years, and 1 am 
always quite certain that anything I say will be duly 
emphasized by Mr. Elwes. But there is one thing in regard 
to which Mr. Elwes and I do not see eye to eye, and that 
is in regard to our opinion of Dr. Young. Now Mr. Elwes 
has never seen Dr. Young. I have travelled and corresponded 
with Dr. Young, he has advised me with regard to this breed 
in Scotland, and we have found Dr. Young’s practical results 
come out what he said they would time and again. I do not 
think Dr. Young is a perfect guide, but he is the best we can 
get, and when he comes back I am quite sure I shall have a 
battle royal with him. He has been worrying me every day to 
change something; he even wanted me to change my lecture 
to-night. Dr. Young has done great service in this matter; 
he has been brought up in the business, and I greatly believe 
in men who have been brought up to a business, and in fact 
people who come into businesses of this intricate kind, after 
they have grown up, never make a success of it in my opinion. 
We are going to stick to what Dr. Young has told us 
until we get a better guide. 
That sheep which Mr. Elwes mentioned happens to have 
been the only one Dr. Young knew nothing about. That was 
a sheep which I got from somebody else. When I showed it 
to Dr. Young he went into ecstasies; he said, ‘‘ That is the 
sheep I wanted to get and could not find!’ Dr. Young has 
given me a lot of information, but nine-tenths of the 
information in the lecture I obtained from other sources, 
and I know I will have a fight over what I have said 
when he comes back. It will be a great time when Mr. 
Elwes and Dr. Young and I get together. The public, at 
any rate, may now know that at least the three greatest 
authorities on this question have not settled what they 
consider the rights and the wrongs of this very important 
matter. I thank you for the attention and patience with which 
you have listened to my address, and I hope this is only the 
beginning of a great industry. 
Professor P. Carmopy (Trinidad) moved a vote of thanks 
to the Chairman, which was carried by acclamation, and the 
proceedings terminated. 
