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— The Wyoming Hereford Co. — First Herefords in the 

 Panhandle — Adair & Goodnight — O. H. Nelson brings in . 

 Herefords — The Price importation — ^Mrs. Adair acquires 

 the property — Richard Walsh, Manager — Big demand 

 from Texas — The Prairie Cattle Co. — Conrad Kohrs — 

 Herefords good travelers — Joseph Scott — B. C. Rhome — 

 Reynolds Cattle Co. — The Hereford in California — An 

 importation from Australia — ^Mr. Jastro's experience — The 

 Chowchilla herd 693-742 



CHAPTER XVin — THE RED ROBE OF COURAGE. 

 Hereford hardiness hereditary — Swan's failure — ^Al. Bowie's 

 testimony — Robert Kleberg — Capt. John Tod — ^The Capitol 

 Syndicate XIT Ranch — Description>pf the property — Char- 

 acter of the XIT cattle — Purebred bulls purchased — 

 Herefords predominate — Views of H. S. Boice 743-764 



CHAPTER XIX— PROOF PILED ON PROOF. 

 The Carey Co. — The LS cattle-:-The Matador Land and Cattle 

 Co. — Manager Mackenzie discards grade bulls — ^A purebred 

 herd establishment — Tod of Maple Hill — The Swensons — 

 Calves for the combelt — Richards & Comstock — Big Horn 

 Land and Cattle Co. — The Sparks herd — Continental 

 Land and Cattle Co. — The Marcus Daly outfit — The Bell 

 iRanch — Governor McDonald's evidence— George W. Baker 

 — The H. G. Adams XI Ranch — John Z. Mean — Ike Pryor 

 prefers Herefords — George H. Webster Jr. — James A. 

 Lockhart — ^The C. B. Company — "Look for bone, all you 

 can get" — ^Wallis Huidekoper — Making good in Old Mexico 

 — Scale retained through selection — In-breeding from poor 

 material fatal — The open range gone 76S-811 



CHAPTER XX— THE CREST OF ANOTHER WAVE. 

 Dale and Armour Rose — Other notable winners — Excess fat 

 vs. real bloom — More money for shows — The International 

 projected — Dawn of the twentieth century — A Hereford- 

 Shorthorn alliance — Spring sales — Death of T. L. Miller 

 Dale sold for $7,500 — Kansas City's dual show of 1900 — 

 Fall sales of 1900 — The first International — The big trade 

 of 1901 — Tom Ponting closes out — ^Death of K. B. Armour 

 — Important contests of 1901 — Perfection brings $9,000 — 

 Sotham's "criterion" sale — Changes in Hereford headquar- 

 ters — March On 6th and Queenly — Beau Donalds to the 

 front — Clem Graves' $1,000 average — Broadening the Kan- 

 sas City show — A new International champion — A Beau 

 Brummel-Fowler nick — The Giltners buy Britisher 812-8Sf 



CHAPTER XXI— HISTORY REPEATS. 

 Lower values at auction — Fall sales of 1903 — ^Death of George 

 Morgan — Prime Lad and Beau Donald 5th — Three great 

 groups — ^Death of Benjamin Wilton — Death of Dale — ^The 



