86 A HISTORY OF SHORTHORNS IN KANSAS 



he could spare one and following this arrange- 

 ment, Lord Cowslip by the show bull, Lord of 

 Fame, came to the farm. His disposition was 

 not the best and his calves may have been scarcely 

 up to the desired standard, but he was freely 

 used and the fresh blood infused became very 

 valuable. His daughters bred to Collynie 

 as well as to Hampton Spray produced splen- 

 didly. 



A most fortunate purchase made as a successor 

 to Collynie was the white Dustin bred bull Ham- 

 pton Spray, a strongly line bred Merry Hamp- 

 ton. He was bought as a calf from 1ST. H. Gentry 

 and was the subject of much criticism by men 

 who thought they knew ; but he matured into a 

 great individual and as a breeder, especially a 

 getter of heifers, it is doubtful if he had a 

 superior in the state. 



Toward the end of 1915 Mr. Hanna, who was 

 not very rugged, felt it would be best to close up 

 his business. He decided to sell the herd and here 

 is the story as he told it. "Col. Supies of Tulsa 

 and W. S. Fears of Broken Arrow came over 

 and I sold them a few head. Then John Kramer, 

 representing Mr. Gillispie, came, and having no 

 children to whom to leave things and not wanting 

 Mrs. Hanna to be burdened in case of my death, I 

 sold the rest of the cattle to him in less than 

 thirty minutes. He took the whole lot at my own 

 price, which was not half their value, but I did 



