OF THE SADDLE AND SIRLOIN CLUB 279 
miles west of Kansas City that afterward became Linwood. Cot. 
Harris was placed in charge of the disposal of Government lands, 
granted to the railroad as a subsidy for its building operations, 
and later was given control of the campaign for settling the short 
grass lands of Western Kansas. A season or two of crop failures 
convinced him of the almost criminal nature of the procedure and 
he abandoned the position. So successful was his work of this 
nature, that he was authorized to close out the Delaware Indian 
Reservation. His heart, however, was centered in cattle, and his 
energy, in preparing Linwood for his permanent home. In the 
early 80’s he divorced completely his other operations and seitled 
comfortably into the production of Shorthorns. 
Of a constructive yet inquisitive mind Cox. Harris felt that 
Shorthorn futures lay elsewhere than in the old Bares founda- 
tion, and, from a chance perusal of a Sittyton (89) catalog, he 
gleaned the idea that ultimately placed him foremost in the ran s 
of Shorthorn achievement. Through the intermediary operations 
of J. H. Kisstncer of Missouri and James I. Davipson (117), 
Cox. Harris obtained a young bull of the CrurcksHanxk blood, 
Baron Victor, at $1,100. In company with him came three thick 
Scotch heifers, Violet’s Bud, Victoria 63rd and Victoria 69th. 
Baron Victor developed into a bull of magnificent conformatic 
burly and curly before the horn, massive in neck and chine, and 
prodigious in spread of rib and depth of heart. His loin, quarter 
and flanks were heavy and his short leg set him squarely to ‘h< 
ground. Mated to the Marys, Josephines, Roses of Sharo: ->. 
other Kentucky sorts, he realized instantaneously the ideal of 
quick maturing beef. His early progeny at Kansas City sales 
could scarcely be led fast enough into the ring to meet the 
breeders’ demands. So successful was the Aberdeenshire blocd 
that several importations were made by him direct from the 
Sittyton herd, and only the peerless Duthie held precedence over 
Cox. Harris in Mr. CRUICKSHANK’S esteem. 
