78 A HISTORY OF SHORTHORNS IN KANSAS 



one of the constructive breeders of the state. 

 Now at seventy-nine years of age he enjoys 

 showing the results of his efforts and telling of 

 the bulls that did the work. Among these Pride 

 of Collynie by imp. Collynie out of imp. Mistle- 

 toe 15th, is given first place. 



Wm. P. Higinbotham, Riley County. Mr. 

 Higinbotham was a banker in Manhattan who 

 engaged in raising Shorthorns on a large tract 

 of land northwest of that city. Beginning in 

 about 1880 with stock bought locally, at the Ham- 

 ilton sales, and at Durham Park, his herd grew 

 to be a large one. Being a good advertiser, Mr. 

 Higinbotham kept his work prominently before 

 the people of the state for several years. In 1884 

 he bought Double Gloster, a red bull of Mr. 

 Cruickshank's breeding. He believed there was 

 something in a name and nearly all the Double 

 Gloster heifers were given names which would 

 arouse the interest of any devotee of the Cruick- 

 shanks, Duchess of Gloster with numerous pre- 

 fixes having been commonly used. The Blue 

 Valley herd was quite a good one and, had con- 

 ditions been more favorable, Mr. Higinbotham 

 might have done well but he lived in a day when 

 the best of cattlemen went broke. A financial 

 failure and a dispersion of the herd ended a 

 bright prospect for success. 



Hanna & Co. - S. C. Hanna, Elk County. In 

 1882 S. C. Hanna, associated with his cousin 



