HISTORY OF THE DUROC 



herd in Missouri, Bobby, a descendant of 

 old Referee, by Hero, the latter Grand 

 Champion at Chicago, 1893. Also a Mal- 

 colm Model boar and a boar called Bugal 

 Boy, by Keep On IV, tracing to Reed's 

 Banker, a boar that did excellent improve- 

 ment work in Iowa Durocs, a boar sired 

 by old Advance, sire of Proud Advance, 

 and whose ancestry traced through Ta- 

 coma to Old Orion. Model Boy, a Mal- 

 colm Model boar, was also used. In 1908 

 he bought Golden Model 2nd and since 

 that time the Waltemeyers have builded 

 one of the best strains the Durocs have 

 ever known the Golden Models, using 

 sows of Ohio Chief and Crimson Wonder 

 breeding with a dash of Colonel blood and 

 such boars as Model Chiefs Last, by Mod- 

 el Chief 2nd by Model Chief by Ohio 

 Chief; Sensation Wonder, grandson of 

 Crimson Wonder Again, and Golden 

 Model 31st, I Am Golden Model 2nd, 

 Grand Model and others. More recently 

 they brought into the herd Great Wonder, 

 a boar bearing the blood of Ohio Chief, 

 Crimson Wonder, Orion, the Colonels and 

 Critics, a boar of splendid feeding and 

 breeding qualities. The Golden Models 

 through the Waltemeyer efforts took a 



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