108 A HISTORY OF SHORTHORNS IN KANSAS 



Among them were Syringia by Royal Knight and 

 her great son, Prince of Collynie ; Inglemaid by 

 imp. Inglewood the dam of Ingle Lad; Sweet 

 Mistletoe and Sycamore Secret by Collynie. 

 Sweet Mistletoe was later sold to Lespedeza 

 where she gave birth to Imperial Mistletoe and 

 Lespedeza Collynie. Imperial Mistletoe was a 

 leading show bull at two years old and sold for 

 $4100 and Lespedeza Collynie was grand cham- 

 pion at the International in 1919. I saw Syca- 

 more Secret as a three-year-old heifer suckling a 

 600 pound calf and weighing 1700 pounds on 

 grass alone, in August. 



Two pastures full of such cows with Prince of 

 Collynie in one and Ingle Lad in the other, wad- 

 ing in limestone blue stem nearly knee-deep this 

 is what I saw on my first visit to Mr. Hill's and I 

 wondered how many western breeders could dup- 

 licate such a scene. It was on the same occasion 

 some twelve years ago that for two days I was 

 the guest of Mr. and Mrs. Hill. I want to add 

 my testimony to that of the hundreds of visitors 

 who have enjoyed Mrs. Hill's charming hospital- 

 ity generally credited with having been a great 

 factor in the success of the business. 



Both Prince of Collynie and Ingle Lad were 

 freely used for a number of years and sired a lot 

 of calves. Like other breeders, Mr. Hill failed to 

 realize in advance the real value of the heifers. 

 The few Ingle Lad cows now on the farm are 



