448 A HISTORY OF SHORTHORNS IN KANSAS 



Choice, son of Marengo's Choice, the excellent 

 son of Rosedale 's Choice and imp. Marengo's 

 Lavender Countess. Her dam is by Victoria's 

 Snowf lake by the Choice of All. 



Fancy Dale, a white son of Maxwalton Rose- 

 dale, is the bull used. His dam is Norwood 

 Fancy by imp. Crescent Knight and his second 

 dam is imp. Fancy 2d. It will be recalled that 

 Maxwalton Rosedale is by Avoiidale and out 

 of imp. Rosewood Pride. He is a full brother to 

 Whitehall Rosedale, western state fair champion 

 and champion at the American Royal. He is out 

 of the same dam as the noted Pride of Albion, a 

 great winner at the biggest shows and sire of 

 Pride of Oakdale, the 1919 prime favorite east of 

 the Mississippi. Those familiar with Shorthorn 

 pedigrees will recognize in this story a herd of 

 the very choicest breeding. 



G. F. Kellerman, Mound City. I first met 

 Mr. Kellerman in 1884 and the most noticeable 

 feature about him was his great liking for Short- 

 horns. For several years we lived near enough 

 to visit and of course it was Shorthorn talk on 

 both sides. I shall omit a considerable part of 

 his active life for that is told in the story of D. 

 K. Kellerman & Son, G. F. Kellerman having 

 been the son. He had shown in the management 

 of the partnership herd, unusual ability as a 

 breeder and handler of cattle and when I learned 

 that he was breeding Shorthorns on his own 



