The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-10-19
DUTCH BElTfD"
HAVE A HISTORY
Coal Black With Exception
of snowWhite
Belt.
OWNED BY NOBILITY.
Origin | and Historyt-Only,
Small Number in This
Country.
OWNED BY NOBILITY.

Associated Press to The Evening Times.
Richmond, Va, Oct. 19-One of the
most interesting exhibitions of cattle
seen at the great state fair last week
at Richmond, Va, was the herd of
Dutch Belted cattle. a specimen rare
ly seen in this part OF the country.
So far as known. only two of these
peculiarly marked cattle ever came to
Virginia before.
The animals are large and hand
some beasts, being jet black, except
that around the body there is snow
white belt. In the pure breed the size
of the belt seldom varies. This par
ticuliar marking gives the animals a
very peculiar as well as beautiful
appearance.
There are very few Dutch Belted
cattle in this country, being only
about eight hundred on the Ameri-
can continent. There is small herd
of them owned in Mexico, a larger one
In Canada, and the balance are owned
by wealthy men in the United States,
who prize them for their beauty and
peculiar marking, and for their good
disposition, although they are good
mixers and make splendid beef.
The Dutch Belted cattle originated
in Holland. and very many years ago
nobody was allowed to own them eX-
cept the nobility. In Holland they
are called "Lackenveiders," which is
Dutch for regularly or evenly belted.
1t IS a historical fact that in the tim.
of Hollands wars the invaders of that
country never lost an opportunity to
ruthlesslv and needlessly slaughter
the beautiful Lackenvelders just as a
matter of spite and to offend the no.
bility.
The first of these animals to be
brought to America were imported
about sixty years ago by the famous
Snowman, P. T. Parnum, who brought
them over to be exhibited under his
tents as curiosity. Later several
wealthy gentlemen imported few to
be kept on their country estates for
their beauty, but as their distinctive
feature and beauty were found to be
not their only claim to consideration,
they were sought also for dairy pun
poses. They are splendid mixers as
to quality and far above the average
as to quality of milk produced.
The owners Of the various herds
of these cattle in the United States
have formed a Dutch Belted Cattle
Ginnis of Massachusetts is the presi-
dent, and Mr.. Frank r. Saunders of
New Hampshire is the secretary. I'm
der the instructions of the association
the president and secretary went to
Holland this past summer to make a
further study of the Dutch Belts, with
a view of improving the blood of those
in this country. All of the pure
blooded animals they could trace UP
in. the old country numbered only
about 300, and they found that a ma
jority Of those could not compare with
those in the United States and Can
ada. Mr.. H. w. Lance. the owner of
the herd exhibited at the fair here last
week. who accompanied these gentle
men to Holland, succeeded in buying
two very fine heifers that are now on
shipboard enroute to Lancecote farm.
The herd, or rather the small part
of herd, exhibited here are owned
by Mr.. Lance, who is a wealthy New
York gentleman, owning a magnificent
Peapack, N. ]. He keeps this herd of
Dutch Belts for his own amusement,
and would not sell one of them at any
price. He has other fine cattle, all
of which are in charge OF w. w. Blake
Arkcoll. Mr.. Arkcoll brought the
belted animals to the state fair and
took great pleasure in explaining their
peculiarities. history and fine quail
ties to the thousands of visitors who
saw and admired them. The herd was
headed by the magnificent bull SUIT
toms Gay Lad. Mr. Arkcoll attended
the New Jersey state fair this year,
and went there with instructions from
Mr.. Lance to buy the very best pure
blooded Dutch Belted bull that could
be found there.
Mr.. Arkcoll found Gay Lad and paid
Frank r. Saunders the sum of. $1,000
for him. With Gay Lad in the Vir-
ginia exhibition were his two daugh-
tiers, two beautiful~c cows, and their two
calves. and the latter were simply
little beauties. A young bull and
three heifers complete this beautiful
herd.
The Dutch Belted animals are all,
even the aged bulls. very gentle and
thoroughly good-natured. 1t is rare
that one of them ever becomes in the
least vicious. The peculiar belt of
these animals is in measure lasting.
They may be crossed with other breeds
of any kind bf cattle and the belt
will appear in the progeny for three
Or four generations. 1t may not al
ways be white belt, but it will ap-
pear in some color