84 A HISTOKY OF SHORTHORNH IN KANSAS 



herd where he got a wonderful lot of cows. Scot- 

 tish Pride was sold in Illinois instead of heing 

 brought to Kansas. 



It is around the calf CoUynie, the baby of the 

 importation, that the history of the Hanna herd 

 must center; but before taking up this subject, 

 I shall go back to tell of some deals made in Kan- 

 sas that left an impress on the herd and on 

 southwestern cattle, equal to anything that came 

 from the importation. The reader will have 

 noted that Mr. Hanna bought the heifer Spiraea 

 at the Harris sale for $65. She was by imp. 

 Royal Pirate and her dam was imp. Stephanotis, 

 the dam of Scarlet Knight and one of the best 

 cows in the Linwood herd. He had also bought 

 of Col. Harris a bull named Robin, a son of imp. 

 Spartan Hero and out of a Bates bred cow. Not- 

 withstanding his Bates dam, Mr. Hanna had the 

 courage of his convictions and he bred the 

 daughter of the great cow Stephanotis to the bull 

 Robin. A white heifer, Lilac, a good cow and 

 a great breeder, was the result. She was bred to 

 Royal Knight, a son of Col. Harris' magnificent 

 daughter of Field Marshal, imp. Princess Alice, 

 and produced Syringia, one of the best cows oi' 

 the breed. Royal Knight had been used freely 

 by Mr. Hanna foi' two years when his accidental 

 death by drowning (incurred, and had left many 

 good females, so that in the early nineties 

 tlie lierd c(»m])rise(l the imported cows and 



