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bulls. They were sufficient not only to give Mr. Harpinc 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. Harpine 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, III., where he will handle animals 
of too great age for his calf sales, and animals from other herds 
which he may distribute. Mr. Harpinc is still relatively a young 
man, being born in 1871, and his story is not yet finished. 
