836 A HISTORY OF HEREFORD CATTLE 



sale was held at Kansas City by Gudgell & Simp- 

 son, C. A. Stannard, Scott & March and W. S. Van- 

 Natta at which 202 head averaged $294.30, Gudgell 

 & Simpson topping the sale with an average of 

 $383.50 on 45 head. Mr. VanNatta bought the cow 

 Cleopatra at $1,010 and B. E. Keyt took the bull 

 Pretorian at $1,000. On May 21 at a combination 

 sale at Chicago N. W. Bowen of Indiana bid off 

 Dolly 2d and her heifer calf at $5,000, and Belle of 

 Maplewood 3d at $1,900, both exposed by John 

 Hooker. The average on 98 head was $343. 



Among the important private transactions in the 

 spring of 1901 was the purchase in England by Mr. 

 Frank Nave of the four-year-old prize-winning bull 

 Protector at $6,000 and his importation to Indiana. 

 Protector was bred by Allen Hughes of Wintercott 

 and was a rich-fleshed deep-bodied bull got by Al- 

 bion (15027) out of a cow by Rudolph. Capt. 

 "Ned" Scarlett, in charge of the Riverside Ranch, 

 Ashland, Neb., sold to C. A. Jamison of Illinois 

 the imported bull Diplomat and a large number of 

 females. Diplomat met with an accident, however, 

 and lived but one year thereafter. 



During the first five months of 1901 nearly 10,000 

 registered Herefords changed hands at public and 

 private sale. About 1,000 of these went into Texas 

 alone, and some 2,000 head were taken by Wyoming, 

 Montana, Colorado, New Mexico, Utah, Nevada and 

 Oklahoma. 



In October 135 head from various herds sold at 

 Kansas City for an average of $253.25, William 



