1050 A HISTORY OF HEREFORD CATTLE 



dam of the smaller bull of the two you picked. She 

 is by Anxiety 4th and out of Dowager 6th, which 

 makes her a full sister to Don Carlos. ' I said, ' Gov- 

 ernor, we won't look for the larger bull's dam; I 

 want the small calf. What is your price on her?' 

 He replied: ' Watts, confound your little picture! 

 You've picked the best bull in the bunch, a bull that 

 I thought of keeping to breed from ourselves. How- 

 ever, I like you and you can take the calf at $125. 

 I told him I thought the figure a little high, as low 

 as cattle were selling at that time, that I had thought 

 when I left Fayette that $100 would buy the top. He 

 said: 'I can't take it, that is one of the best calves 

 I ever bred. I will take $100 for the other calf you 

 picked. ' ' No, ' I said, ' I want this calf. ' He replied, 

 'Well, if you promise not to tell what you gave for 

 him you can take him, and if he don't make one of 

 the most impressive sires in the country, send him 

 back, get your money, and Simpson will say he has 

 no cattle sense. ' 



'"Beau Donald was shipped to Fayette the follow- 

 ing week, and it was then that I first learned his 

 name, as I had neglected to ask it of Gov. Simpson. 

 A wee*k or so after getting him rested I led him to 

 the courthouse yard in Fayette so that my cattle 

 friends could see him. All thought him a wonder. 

 From the time I bought him until sold to Mr. Curtice 

 I never saw or knew him to attempt a vicious act. 



"Beau Donald was intensely bred in the re- 

 nowned Anxiety 4th blood, and came naturally to 

 transmit so unerringly to his offspring his marvel- 

 ously straight lines, strong front and superb quar- 

 ters, 'together with all his elegant style, finish and 

 symmetry. As a yearling he was bred to eight or 

 ten cows, getting 'all with calf. He was kept in good 

 thrifty growing condition until two years old, and 



