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I am from Kansas. Let that be distinctly understood. The 

 subject of the romance I am to relate to you broadens out, as I 

 think of it, more and more, and it seems almost impossible that in 

 a brief off-hand talk I could give you any idea of the wonderful 

 romance, of the wonderful extent and the wonderful interest con- 

 veyed by those simple words, "The Red, White and Roan." 



It has been said that the beat of the British drum salutes the 

 rising sun around the globe incessantly. It may also be said that 

 wherever the British have beat the drum to salute the rising sun, 

 they have taken with them the red, white and roan. It is a well- 

 known fact that there is no island in the sea, no corner of any 

 continent, no land or realm where the English race have entered, 

 but where you will find the blood of the red, white and roan. It 

 seems to have been a perpetual custom on the part of the English- 

 speaking people to carry with them this magnificent animal, and I 

 think the world is a great deal richer for it. 



After having devoted nearly a lifetime to the study of the 

 red, white and roan, and endeavoring to upbuild its fortunes as 

 well as I could in this great new west of ours, I had the pleasure 

 of traveling over the wonderful country where this great animal 

 first came to light, and a remarkable country it is, indeed. 



That portion of England lying in Cumberland, Yorkshire and 

 Durham counties, extending from the city of York north, until you 

 reach Durham, situated on a magnificent bluff, overlooking a beauti- 

 ful stream, towering above everything with its wonderful cathedral, 

 is a perfect garden; a beautiful undulating country, filled with 

 rich meadows and gently flowing streams. There seems to be no 

 broken or worthless land anywhere. And as I traveled along from 

 spot to spot, connected with the early history of the shorthorns, it 

 seemed to me the birthplace was worthy of its offspring. It was 

 a wonderfully rich country, and, as you know, away back in the 

 early ages those regions were seized upon by the monastic orders, 

 and all through this portion you find traces of the wealth and 

 power to which those monasteries reached. The monastery of 

 York is probably the most worthy example of cathedral archi- 

 tecture to be found anywhere, and as you go north from York to 

 Durham you find everywhere traces of its institutions. The monks 

 were intelligent men for their time; they understood good living 

 and knew how to practice it and enjoy it; they understood good 

 farming, and they sought the richest and best land; they culti- 

 vated it to the highest possible extent known to that day; and 



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