624 A HISTORY OF HEREFORD CATTLE ' 



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1895 William S. VanNatta bought the entire herd 

 of S. W. Anderson of Asbury, W. Va., consisting of 

 40 females and 10 bulls, with Earl Wilton 31st at 

 the head. The herd of John S. Carlyle, deceased, 

 was closed out at Vesta, Neb. Thomas Clark sold 

 Sanhedrim 46180 to W. S. Ikard of Henrietta, Tex., 

 and T. F. B. Sotham acquired the herd of Samuel 

 Weaver of Forsythe, 111. 



Charles S. Cross Begins Showing. In 1895 

 at Des Moines, the scene of so many notable con- 

 tests, a new name appeared in the entry list, that of 

 Charles S. Cross of Sunny Slope Farm, Emporia, 

 Kans. Taking advantage of the ruinous prices that 

 had been prevailing he began accumulating breeding 

 cattle of a superior stamp, including the great Anx- 

 iety bull Beau Real and several of his daughters 

 obtained from Mr. Fowler of Maple Hill, who had 

 purchased most of the Shockey & Gibb cattle. Beau 

 Eeal died soon after, however, and one of his sons, 

 Wild Tom, was placed at the head of the herd, 

 which a few years later came into national promi- 

 nence. At two years old the badly named Wild Tom 

 was sent to Des Moines accompanied by a string of 

 heifer calves. The Messrs. Bedhead had divided 

 their show material, sending Ancient Briton and fe- 

 males to the Wisconsin State Fair. This left the 

 Iowa show lamentably weak. Harry Yeld was feed- 

 ing the Redhead cattle at this time, and he certainly 

 made the most of his opportunities in their behalf. 

 Wild Tom was a wide-ribbed, short-legged bull of 

 good substance and was made champion, and Eed- 



