580 A HISTORY OF SHORTHORNS IN KANSAS 



of imp. Collynie and imp. Circe 3d, was pur- 

 chased and for several years used extensively in 

 the herd. He possessed great robustness, easy 

 feeding quality, strong, well covered back, much 

 thickness and was set on the best of legs. He had 

 a rather plain horn and a tendency to droop a 

 little at the tail, but he proved a valuable cross 

 on the Gallant Knight daughters. Archer was 

 the sire of Christmas Lassie, champion female 

 at western state fairs and at the American Royal 

 and was sold before his value was fully realized. 



With the expansion of the business, preference 

 was shown for the more fashionable breeding 

 and gradually there have been drawn into this 

 herd representatives of the families held in 

 highest favor by the breeders on both sides of 

 the Atlantic, until at the present time the com- 

 bined herd of Tomson Bros, which numbers nor- 

 mally 200 head, represents these tribes exclu- 

 sively. 



Probably no sire up to that time proved a more 

 valuable acquisition than Barmpton Knight. He 

 was an intensely bred Cruickshank bull by Scar- 

 let Knight, a widely known son of Craven 

 Knight. Barmpton Knight was bred by E. S. 

 Myers, now living near Chanute. Attention was 

 attracted to him while in the hands of his former 

 owner, E. D. Ludwig, Sabetha, Kansas, where 

 his calves showed remarkable uniformity though 

 from dams of all types. He was secured and for 



