266 A HISTORY OF SHORTHORNS IN KANSAS 



Missie is an elegant light roan and comes 

 from Canada. Her sire was Bandsman Com- 

 mander and her dam was by imp. Old Lancaster, 

 one of the best bulls among the many good Can- 

 adian sires. Fair Mona is by Pair Acres Sultan, 

 the most noted son of Whitehall Sultan ever 

 used in the Southwest and her dam is by Fair 

 Goods, the son of the champion, Choice Goods 

 out of Ruberta, that as a heifer and cow occupies 

 a leading position in American Shorthorn his- 

 tory. I shall not close this account of the cows in 

 Mr. Salter's herd without telling of three splen- 

 did daughters of Hampton Spray. These are not 

 show cows; Hampton Spray was not known as 

 a sire of show stock, but he did get heifers that 

 developed into big, rugged breeding cows such 

 as few bulls have to their credit. On their dam's 

 side these cows represent four bulls whose names 

 are household words in Kansas and Oklahoma 

 Shorthorn circles : imp. Collynie, Captain Arch- 

 er, imp. Lord Cowslip and Royal Knight. (See 

 Hanna sketch.) 



The regard in which Mr. Salter 's herd is held 

 is best found in the appraisement placed on its 

 products by the buying public. Several public 

 sales had been made prior to 1919 at which good 

 prices had been secured and numerous private 

 transactions had scattered Park Place Short- 

 horns over a wide territory. The announcement 

 that fifty head from the herd were to be sold at 



