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Fuji, Judo, Mazda and Ryusho are dead but not forgotten. The four Wagyu bulls, smuggled from their native Japan to the U.S. in 1972, left a valuable legacy for Texas cattleman Don Lively. His stockpile of semen from the bulls and their descendants, which are believed to be the only strain ever to leave Japan, is worth $2 million. The cattle produce tender Kobe beef, a delicacy that sells in Japan for as much as $180 per lb. Lively and his partner have sold $1 million worth of the semen at $250 a vial, in contrast...
...central Mexico Ruben Zuno Arce is known as Don Ruben, wealthy cattleman, son of a governor, brother-in-law of a Mexican President and an influential provincial political boss. In the U.S. last week the dapper Zuno, 60, added another credential to his resume: convicted felon. A Los Angeles jury found him guilty of racketeering, kidnapping conspiracy, and aiding and abetting the 1985 kidnap-murder of U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration agent Enrique Camarena...
...watery green air of Binion's cardroom. Amarillo Slim Preston is telling stories, fogging his opponents with rascally nonsense. Something about beating somebody in 312 straight games of gin rummy. Something about riding a camel through a casino in Marrakech. Preston is a tough, lanky, 61-year-old cattleman in jeans and a straw Stetson who won this tournament in 1972, and who collected $142,000 from a preliminary event here last week, enough to tide him over. He is wealthy from poker winnings, and not lacking in aggressive self-confidence...
Some ranchers are uneasy about their new neighbors. Says one cattleman: "They seem to be interested in buying the best spreads and the bigger processors." But ranchers generally welcome the Japanese beef boom because the export sales will help revive a depressed industry. Per capita beef consumption in the U.S. has fallen from 94.2 lbs. in 1976 to 72.7 lbs. last year. The Japanese investment should also be a boon for Americans who sell supplies and expertise to the new beef barons. Says John Morse, president of Selkirk Ranch: "The Japanese are willing to pay a premium for people...
...brilliant morning: the Netherlands had the foresight to pack orange parasols. Most of the athletes' costumes were as summery as the straw skimmers sported by the French, though the Australians must have been sweating under their dry-as-a-bone cattleman coats. A few lampshade headdresses competed with several styles of burnooses. But all the world's colors mixed together looked muted next to the wondrous columns of gold and the silky rainbow ranks of Koreans...