A HISTORY OP SHORTHORNS IN KANSAS 451 



licrd, on ag'ed 1)h11, on ag'ed cow and on senior 

 lieil'cr calf and second on .junior lieif er calf. Tiiey 

 also received tlie $25 ]>ull cliamj^ionship offered 

 by the Aniei-ican Sliortliorn Breeders Associ- 

 ation. An addition was made to tlie lierd in 1919 

 1)Y the pnrcliase of two liigii-elass females 

 and the work of improvement is going steadily 

 forward. 



Among the best cows on tlie farm is Brides- 

 maid 2d by Cxallant Knight's Heir, the son of 

 Oallant Knight kept hy Tomson J:>ros. for show 

 and breeding. Her dam is ])y a N( jrton bred son of 

 Banker's Victor. Gloster's Girl, a five-year-old 

 I'ed, is by Mutineer's Last, a son of imj:*. Mutin- 

 eer and out of Duchess of Gloster 29tli by Royal 

 Marshal, one of the good sons of AVhitehall Sul- 

 tan. Victoria Girl, another excellent young cow, 

 is l)y Count Conunodore, a nicely bred bidl from 

 the < '(W;ksf n herd and her dam comes from H. C 

 Duncan and was by his favorably known Head- 

 light. K<_)npareil Maid 2d is a Kansas bred 

 daughter of Maxwalton Rosedale, the Avondale 

 bull used so successfully by Tomson Bros, and 

 the Pringles. Maxwalton Rosedale enjoys the 

 distinction of l)eing own brother to AVhitehall 

 Rosedale, for tw<) years grand cham2)ion almost 

 everywhere west of the Mississippi. The win- 

 nings <:»f this herd indicate with assui'ance that 

 iliere ai'e some real Shorthorns here and the cows 

 show excellent ancestry. 



