l!:>4 A HISTORY OF 8H0RTH0KNS IN KANSAi> 



Vi(_'t,re8s 5tli, was bred by W. A. Betteridge. She 

 ifs (»H(j uT the thick, smooth kind with much depth 

 (if l)<»d\' and stands on sliort legs. She is a tine 

 prospect as a breedei' and comes from tlie best 

 ancestry found among westei'n Shorthorns. Hei- 

 sire, Cumberland Dak', is by Masterpiece V)y 

 <Jvunbe]'laud's Last otit of an Avondale dam. Her 

 dam is 1)\' the famous okl Victorious that round- 

 ed out an unusual career for Mr. (Jentry and Mr. 

 i>etteridge and lier second dam is by Lavender 

 Vicero}', the 1)est known son of Lavender Vis- 

 comit. Lad>' Avon 4tli comes from the llo])'"}' 

 Stork Farm. She lias much size and smoothness 

 and is in every way desirable. Her sire is the J ». 

 Iv. Haima bred Eastlawn Champion, a, grandson 

 of two fauKtus bulls, Newton Crystal and Vil- 

 lager. Her dam carries the Whitehall SuUan 

 blood through the well known Fond Menioiy and 

 lier grandam is by a son of Avondale out of a 

 daughter of im]i. Royal (iirl. The bull Ix'inu' used 

 is Peerless Coods, a very straigiit, smooth grand- 

 son of Ruberta's Goods. His dam is bv ,i son oJ' 

 Snowflake, the sire of Ringmaster, and his 

 grandson is l)y Afton Clipper, a son of Sweet Al- 

 ton, own sister to Avondale. 



D. L. Dawdy, Arrington. — Mr. Dawdy has 

 bet'U in the Sliorthoj'u business all his life. The 

 o('(-;ision of his coming to Kansas from Illinois 

 was tlie purcliasr oi' (lovernor Click's farm and 

 hei'd. (J'art L) The hei'd in July 191!) munbered 



