266 A HISTORY OF SHORTHORNS IN KANSAS 



Missie is au elegant liglit i-oan and comes 

 from Canada. Her sire was Bandsman Com- 

 mander and lier dam was by imp. Old Lancaster, 

 one oi' the best bulls among tlie many good Can- 

 adian sires. Fair Mona is by Fair Acres Sultan, 

 the most noted son of Wliitehall Sultan evei- 

 used in the Southwest and her dam is by Fail- 

 (ioods, the son of the champion, Choice Coods 

 out of Ivubei'ta, that- as a heifer and r'ow occupies 

 a leading position in American Shorthorn his- 

 ior}'. 1 shall not close this account of the cows in 

 Mr. Salter's hei'd without telling of three splen- 

 did daughtei's of Hampton Spray. These are no1 

 show I'ows; Hampton Spi'ay was not known as 

 a sire of show stock, but he did get heifei's that 

 developed into big, rugged ])reeding cows such 

 as few bulls have to their credit. On their dam's 

 side these cows reiiresent four bulls whose names 

 are household words in Kansas and Oklahoma 

 Shoi'thoi'u circles: imj). Collynie, Captain Arch- 

 er, imp. Lord Cowsli]) and Royal Knight. (See 

 Hanna sketch.) 



The I'cgard in which Mr. Salter's herd is held 

 is best found in the a])praisement ]da('ed on i1s 

 l)i'(Klucts by the bnying jmblic. Sevei'al publie 

 sales had been made ]n'ior to 1919 at which uood 

 |irices had been secirred and numerous pi'ivate 

 transactions had scattered J*ark i'lace Shoii- 

 horns over a wide territoiy. The announcement 

 Ihat fift\' head I'l'din the hei-d wei'c to he sold a1 



