A HISTORY OF SHORTHORNS IN KANSAS 257 



real Shorthorn bulls appear in the immediate 

 ancestry of Mr. Taylor's cattle. Pride of Col- 

 lynie out of imp. Collynie and out of imp. Mistle- 

 toe 15th was a bull that sired a great lot of cows 

 for John McCoy and he was own brother to 

 Captain Archer and Sweet Mistletoe; Snow- 

 flake, owned and well known in Brown county, 

 later the sire of Ringmaster, American grand 

 champion; Victor Butterfly, the sire of Victor 

 Orange, Henry Stunkel's great breeding bull; 

 Dale's Cumberland by Cumberland's Last; 

 Prince of Tebo Lawn ; Koyal Diadem and Snow- 

 storm, both good ones, used locally; imp. Cup- 

 bearer, three years America's champion; 

 Barmpton Knight that went from this locality 

 to Tomson Bros, and became famous all over the 

 West and Hampton's Best, a great sire by imp. 

 Merry Hampton. 



The herd bull is Secret Cumberland by Dale's 

 Cumberland and his dam is by Golden Lavender 

 from George BothwelFs herd, out of a Grand 

 Victor cow. It is only reasonable to presume that 

 this infusion of excellent blood both in females 

 and in the herd bull with the practice of proper 

 care and liberal feeding will enable Mr. Taylor 

 to produce first-class Shorthorns. 



C. A. Babbit, Willis. Mr. Babbit keeps only a 

 few cows but he says these may as well be Short- 

 horns, even though he milks them. The little 

 herd is selected with a view of producing good 



