A IirSTORY OF STIORTITORNS IX KANSAS 63 



fitting that the account of the period from 1880 

 to the present be begun with tlie story of the 

 achievements of W. A. Harris. 



It was in the fall of 1880 or a little later, that 

 J. C. Stone, Jr. of Leavenworth had l^onght a lot 

 of bull calves of W. E. Sinnnes of Kentucky. 

 They were all the popular Bates, crossed or 

 straight Bates breeding, except one, a red, calved 

 Decemlx'r 3, 1879, called Golden Drop of Hill- 

 hurst. He was l)y the fashionaldy l)red 4tli Duke 

 of Hillhu]-st and his dam was hy the equally ^lop- 

 ular 7th Earl of Oxford, Init his grandam was 

 a ])lainly l)red cow. Wasted 's (iolden Drop 4tli 

 l)re(l in Scotland l)y one Sylvester ( 'ampl)e]l. This 

 calf was not considei-ed especially desirable and 

 Mr. Stone may have taken him in order t(.) close 

 the deal. In any event it is not likely that he 

 took him from choice. 



( *ol. Harris saw tliis yoiuig i)ull and, asserting 

 that independence which led him to l»uy a red and 

 wdiite bull while evei'ything except dark I'ed was 

 being taliooed, and a i-oan cow when roans were 

 not wanted in good herds, he bought this bull. 

 Golden Drop of Hillhurst. Mr. Sanders says 

 it was through this l:)ull that Mr. Harris became 

 favorably inclined toward Sc<')teh cattle. At any 

 rate, after a year's ownership of this fellow, 75 

 per cent Bates and 25 per cent Scotch, he decided 

 to look for a Scotch bull and at the sale held by 

 J. H. Kissenger of Missouri on Mav 3, 1882, he 



