508 A HISTORY OF SHORTHORNS IN KANSAS 



Royal Goods, was by Select Goods, a son of the 

 champion, Choice Goods out of a cow by Alice's 

 Prince, the $2000 son of imp. Princess Alice. 



A roan bull from John Regier heads the herd. 

 Sir Edelweiss is by Good News, a bull used for a 

 number of years by Mr. Regier with much suc- 

 cess. He was shown at three state fairs, winning 

 three firsts. His sire was New Goods by Choice 

 Goods out of a cow by imp. Collynie. The dam 

 of Sir Edelweiss, Edelweiss 4th, was by Nonpar- 

 eil Star that as a calf was in George Bothwell's 

 great show herd and the dam of Edelweiss 4th 

 was by imp. Lord Banff, one of the best bulls of 

 his day. Mr. Houghton successfully managed 

 the 1919 and 1920 Morris County Breeders Sale 

 held at Council Grove. 



Robert P. Dent, Council Grove. With an ex- 

 cellent location for a Shorthorn breeding estab- 

 lishment, Mr. Dent has decided that high priced 

 land and poor grade cattle do not balance the 

 account and that it is absolutely necessary to 

 produce the right kind of cattle. He bought 

 a few cows just for a start and they are being 

 well cared for with satisfactory results. Butter- 

 fly, bred by D. A. Ewing of Great Bend, was 

 sired by Choice Echo, a 2600 pound bull used by 

 Miss Stanley and now owned by Bennington 

 Bros. He is a son of New Goods out of a dam 

 by Captain Archer. Collynie Briseis by imp. 

 Collynie out of a dam by imp. Mariner, sire in 



