826 A HISTORY OF HEREFORD CATTLE 



latter had been so impressed by the big Hereford 

 demonstration at Kansas City on the preceding No- 

 vember that they decided to hold a Shorthorn show 

 at the same place during the fall of 1900. This led 

 to a conference with the Hereford committeemen 

 which resulted in an agreement to hold both shows 

 at the same time and place. This action was signifi- 

 cant of the fact that the Shorthorn breeders not only 

 realized the necessity for more aggressive methods 

 in presenting the claims of their cattle for public 

 consideration, but that they had full confidence in 

 the ability of the Shorthorn exhibitors to show cattle 

 of a modern type that would not suffer by close com- 

 parison with the best Herefords. Both associations 

 likewise agreed to get behind their respective classes 

 at the new Chicago International. 



Spring Sales. About 200 head of cattle were put 

 up at auction at Kansas City on March 1, 1900, and 

 brought an average of $331.80. These were from the 

 herds of Stannard, Sotham, VanNatta & Son and 

 Scott & March. The feature of this series was the 

 offering of the show bull Thickset, generally re- 

 garded as the best Sotham had ever bred, and he fell 

 to the bidding of William Humphrey at $5,100. The 

 Stanton Breeding Farm of Nebraska took another 

 son of Corrector, Grandee, at $1,500, and Sir Come- 

 well, another good son of the same bull, was taken 

 by Humphrey at $1,000. Sotham 's lot of 50 head 

 averaged $454.70. On March 20 and 21, 1900, Gud- 

 gell & Simpson and H. H. Clough sold 99 head of 

 cattle at Independence, Mo., for an average of 



