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from around 1987 through 1992 helped to maintain many of the Hoyt
organization’s cattle records (including obtaining information on
cattle kept at numerous locations), and (3) Donna Schnitker (Mrs.
Schnitker), who as Management’s cattle marketing director handled
Management’s cattle sales to third parties. The Court found the
testimony of these individuals to be credible and trustworthy.22
21(...continued)
unrelated, nonsibling bulls. In addition, Mr. Baker testified
that sometimes, when the Hoyt organization would be selling an
animal to a third party, he had been instructed to fabricate a
false pedigree for that animal, which he did.
22Indeed, much of these witnesses’ testimony regarding the
Hoyt organization’s deceptive cattle marketing practices and its
fabrication of pedigree and other cattle record information is
corroborated by Jay Hoyt’s own May 27, 1987, written comments to
an Apr. 22, 1987, memorandum that Mr. Baker had submitted to Ric
Hoyt. The following is an excerpt of some of Jay Hoyt’s comments
to certain of the complaints expressed in Mr. Baker’s memorandum:
[Mr. Baker’s first complaint]: Louie’s [a cattle
manager handling public cattle sales to third parties]
‘special’ deals are starting to mess up the SPR [i.e.,
Shorthorn performance records] side of cattle office.
[Jay Hoyt’s comment]: What percentage? 100
percent - etc.
[Mr. Baker’s next complaint]: I created a paper
for Louie because the dam had to be by Instant Replay
so the calf could be registered sired by Copyright.
The calf is rejecting on the SPR weaning sheet because
the dam is not enrolled in SPR and is not in computer.
I don’t want her in the computer because she doesn’t
exist.
[Jay Hoyt’s comment]: How does R.W. [Mr. Baker]
know she does not exist. R.W. just knows she
disappeared. She might be at Mayo’s, left in
California, etc.
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