66 A HISTORY OF SHORTHORNS IN KANSAS 



Golden Drop, lie bred the Golden Drop family 

 and the verdict of those familiar with the oper- 

 ations of Col. Harris is that the Golden Drops 

 were the crowning triumph of his work as a 

 breeder. It is of interest to know that Golden 

 Lord, the last bull used in the herd, was out of 

 Norton's Golden Drop and by Lord Mayor, a 

 bull of his own breeding. Lord Mayor was one 

 of the best bulls of the breed and was used in 

 Kansas for fifteen years. 



Shortly after the purchases of the Cruick- 

 shank cows mentioned above, Col. Harris added 

 Golden Thistle and Lavender 36th by Roan 

 Gauntlet and Lavender 33d and Sapphire by 

 Barmpton. Among later purchases were Lady 

 of the Meadow, the dam of Lord Mayor ; Barmp- 

 ton Crocus ; Lavender 38th ; the Duchess of 

 Gloster trio, the 26th, 27th and 28th Duchesses 

 of Gloster ; Wood Violet ; Lovely 41st ; Victoria 

 76th; Stephanotis whose descendants became 

 famous in the herds of S. C. Hanna and H. M. 

 Hill ; Lady of Shallott ; Vera ; March Violet, and 

 the greatest of all, imp. Princess Alice by Field 

 Marshal. 



At about the time Col. Harris had reached the 

 point where financial returns would have been 

 heavy under normal conditions, the country was 

 suffering from an era of low prices and the cat- 

 tle market was such as to discourage production. 

 Many good herds were sold and the demand for 



