HO A f]ISTni:Y OP SHORTHORNS IN KANSAS 



ing ill Scotch as well as Bates blood and a blend- 

 iiifi,- of tJie two. 



In 1898 tlu; firm wanted more; good Scotch 

 cows and found the demand had so increased 

 tlie i)ri<'(' in the tlnited States as to make it al- 

 most proliil)itive. Tliey met for consultation and 

 ascertained that a number of breeders were soon 

 going to Scotland for cattle. They decided to 

 head off the crowd and in less tlian a week S. C 

 Hanna was on the road to Liverpool and to Mr, 

 Duthie's and Mr. Marr's. He made purchases of 

 ten heifers and several bulls that have been 

 makers of history for the entire Southwest. "Mr. 

 Dutliie offered me all his heifer calves except 

 seven at $150 each", Mr. Hanna told me, "and 

 I failed to land the chance of a lifetime". The 

 ten females bought, as well as the l)ulls, were the 

 choice of the best herds in Scotland and cost 

 $250 a head, a |)rice which, viewed from a later 

 period, seems almost incredible. At Dean Willis' 

 Mr. Hanna saw Bapton Pearl, just returned 

 from the shows. He could probably have bought 

 her for much less than the price for which she 

 later sold, but of course, he could not forecast 

 the story of Whitehall Sultan. At Mr. Marr's 

 the two heifers selected wei-e Princess Royal 62d 

 and Emma 33d and it took considerable per- 

 suasion to pry them loose. 



On his return journey Mr. Hanna met Mr. 

 Forbes on his way to Mr. Duthie's, where he 



