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bulls. They were sufficient not only to give Mr. Harding a 

 foremost rank among American breeders but also to dominate 

 Shorthorn showrings to such a degree that in one period of six 

 years more than 50 percent of the Shorthorn prize winners at 

 the International claimed him for ancestor in first, second or 

 third generation. His sons, Whitehall Marshal (138), White- 

 hall King, Anoka Sultan, Sultan Stamp, and others were veterans 

 of Anoka, while Avondale, Glenbrook Sultan and Royal Sultan 

 established enviable records in other herds. 



In addition to his contribution of the Whitehall Sultan blood, 

 Mr. Harding has done much in a commercial way for the Short- 

 horn breed. He was the first man in America to try out con- 

 sistently the calf sale idea, and has made it the regular means 

 of distributing Anoka offerings. Furthermore in 1914 he was 

 elected secretary of the American Shorthorn Breeders' Associa- 

 tion, having previously been its president. In this capacity he 

 has expanded the society's activities greatly, developing a staff 

 of field workers for the breed to assist in sales, registration, 

 purchases, fitting, and any other aid the small breeder may 

 require; a service that has unified the breeders to a degree 

 never hitherto known. In appreciation of this he was made 

 executive of the association in June, 1920, and the secretarial 

 duties were delegated to Roy Groves. Of recent years he has 

 developed a farm at Wheaton, 111., where he will handle animals 

 of too great age for his calf sales, and animals from other herds 

 which he may distribute. Mr. Harding is still relatively a young 

 man, being born in 1871, and his story is not yet finished. 



