Ui() A UISTOKY OP bllOBTllOltNS IN KANSAS 



pTirc.ly Scok'ii lineage it would sch^iii foolish to 

 liaij) on straight or pure Scotcli. In fact there 

 is notliing gained by figui'ing on a 2)ro|)osition 

 so devoid ol' comnion sense a,nd so barren of good 

 I'esults. 



Fads. — We have always had fads in pedigrees 

 and we shall always h;ive them, in some eases to 

 the detriment of the breed. The Anu'rican ])eople 

 are by nature and inclination somewhat given to 

 fads and the Shorthorn breeders ai'e not innnune 

 to the national evil. Shorthorii fads began in the 

 da\'s of the Collings and continued laithridly 

 tiu'ough the days of JJafes and iJooth and came io 

 America, with tlie importations beginning in 

 18;')(). On tlu'ir li'ail wer(! found pedigi'ee dis- 

 ('I'iminations of tlie j-ankest sort. Seventeens, 

 Ived Ivose by Eniesty and a Inmdi'cd and one 

 e([nall}' nonsensical terms W(!re hei'alded as 

 aliominations. The JJuchess blood alone offcr-.-d 

 all saving grace, followed l)y the other i>ab's 

 tribes and tlie man wlio did not possess funds 

 or sufl'icieut credit, sometimes much sti'aiued, to 

 buy o]ie of these precious specimens could st iU be 

 nea,r the exti'eme oul.er edge of tlie circle if he 

 conjured wilh the Ivcuick Ivosc of Sharons. 



y\n(l so i\\(' buhhle grew and gathei-ed N'olunie 

 until willi the ai'rival of Scob-h Shorlhorns and 

 1lie lleretoi'ds ;ind i he Angus it bni'st altogeiher 

 ;i,nd 1he elegant Ducliesses and Oxfords and lvos(^ 

 of Sharons look Iheii- places along with 1he Mrs. 



