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taking most of the cattle. The herd bull went to 

 A. M. Markley & Son where he continued the 

 good work for which he had been noted in the 

 Morse herd. 



The work of W. B. & M. Hawk of Marshall 

 county covered a period of ten years from 1887 

 to 1897. They used first-class bulls, two of which 

 were Sandoval and the well known Galahad, 

 both of Col. Harris' breeding. Galahad was 

 later bought back by Col. Harris and used at 

 Linwood where he sired much good stock includ- 

 ing the noted show and breeding bull, Gallant 

 Knight. Cattle descended from the Hawk herd 

 are frequently found. 



D. Tennyson also of Marshall county had a 

 herd of more than ordinary merit. He owned 

 at different times excellent bulls, one having 

 been the imported Cruickshank bull, Prime Min- 

 ister. Cattle of Mr. Tennyson's breeding were 

 widely distributed and were generally of high 

 quality. One of his sons, A. A. Tennyson of 

 Lamar, is the owner of a splendid herd, a large 

 proportion of which is descended from cattle 

 bred on his father's farm. 



Though little known away from home, the 

 name of James Gregg of Seneca carries much 

 prestige in Nemaha county. For a number of 

 years Mr. Gregg owned one of the large herds 

 of the state, recording as high as sixty head in 

 a single volume of the herd book. His operations 



