46 A HISTORY OF SHORTHORNS IN KANSAS 



Hamiltons. The M. H. Lyons herd, one of the 

 first, if not the very first established in Okla- 

 homa, was founded by the purchase of ten young 

 cows and heifers from Marcy & Son in 1891. 

 These cows were nearly all by Commodore and 

 were among the last of the larger lots bred and 

 sold from the farm. The surplus produce of the 

 fifteen or more years found a ready sale locally 

 and a number of sales were made in Iowa and 

 Nebraska. The herd was a creditable one and 

 had Mr. Marcy taken advantage of conditions 

 by buying a top bull at Linwood in 1883 or 1884, 

 he would doubtless have profited largely from 

 the cross with his good strong females. 



A Student of Type and Pedigrees. A herd 

 that was founded in the seventies and main- 

 tained for nearly forty years was that of Andrew 

 Pringle of Wabaunsee county. Mr. Pringle 's 

 strongest point was that he was a stickler for 

 good bulls. His early purchases of females were 

 made from local breeders and later when the 

 Scotch cattle came in he bought Scotch, and 

 Scotch topped cows of merit from such herds as 

 those of Col. Harris and B. O. Cowan. Collegian, 

 a son of the great cow, Grace Young 5th by Ty- 

 coon, Jas. N. Brown's noted show bull and sire, 

 was one of the first bulls used. When Col. Har- 

 ris made his start with Cruickshank cattle Mr. 

 Pringle recognized their value and as long as the 

 Linwood herd existed he made annual or semi- 



