Artist: Miss Wright (only information known at time of publication)
John Clay Sr.
CLAY, JOHN SR. (1824–1904), inducted between 1920–1948
The life story of this Scottish breeder and investor was published by his eldest son, also a Saddle & Sirloin honoree. John Clay Sr. bred Shorthorns and Cheviot and Border Leicester sheep on tenant farms throughout Scotland. He served on the Royal Agriculture Commission, establishing tenant rights and hunting laws, and he was president of the Scottish Chamber of Agriculture. He and his son made a trip to North America in 1879, to initiate a great era of Scottish and English investment in land and cattle in the West.
Source: Saddle & Sirloin Guidebook 2026, p. 65