A HISTORY OF SH<iRTIInKXS I V JCANSAS ."tlO 



Jiu'diuiii to lar<i(' and, ,t;('ii(']'ally sj)<'akiii,u', are 

 t^'iMid. tSoiiic (_)f i;i(- ni'ii^iiial slock, p()ssil)ly all, 

 caiiK' from ilie James (Ucu^vt; herd and carided an 

 iiifiisiuii (if tlie blood of ( 'ol. Harris' imp. Boyal 

 Pirafe. 



As is tile case wliei-e 1iie cattle ai'c al] home, 

 hred, the (jiiality of tlie hulls used indicates what 

 is in the herd. The fii'st l)idl was IMntineer 274- 

 110. J!e was 1;h-(m1 hy John Alc<Viy, wld(di fact is 

 in itself a recommendation. IJis sire was Clladys' 

 ('hiid' hy im]». Si»artaii Hero and out of a cow 

 that was own sister to Lavender Yis<'oiint, Int<'r- 

 national u'rand cliampion. To follow Mutmeer, 

 aiioth(n' f^ood lierd was jiatroiiized. Trooper came 

 fi'om Tomsoi! ]h"os. and was hy Bannpton 

 Knio'ht, sire of state fair and Tnternati(.>]ial prize 

 winners and of many hig, jteefy Shorthorns. 

 Trooper's dam Avas hy Curator, a son <_)f imp. 

 Alteyne and nnp. Lad\' Myi'a, both from the 

 < huickshank herd, ih-aiige Prenner is now in 

 use. lie was hred hy A\". A. ]3etteridge and came 

 to Ml-. Sanford through BelloAvs Bros. His sire 

 is Orange Model, a l)idl tliat figures imich in 

 Shorthorn piedigrees, au-d his dam is l)y Lavender 

 A'iceroy, one of the best known sons id' Lavender 

 A'iscount. Mr. Sanford has Itred and S(tld the 

 fornidatiou stock for numei-ous herds in his part 

 iA' tile state. 



C. H. Wempe, Seneca. — ^L-. Wempe has been 

 handling pui'e bred stock f(jr }-ears. His herd 



