The weekly tribune and the Cape County herald. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1914-1918, 1915-03-19
SHORTHORN CATTLE IN MISSOURI ]


son herd, Amity, Mo.
Among these was Rosedale Violet
9Th, mother in the Tebo Lawn herd of
one heifer and three bulls that sold for
$3.50. One of Mr.. Wallace's early
herd bulls was The Baron 1922, bred
by Samuel Steinmetz and got by Imp.
Baron Sussex 1016S4. Another was
Ahce's Prince 1858, out OF Imp.
Princess Alice; but his most noted bull
was Young Abbotsburn 110679, which
he bought at the dispersion OF Col. G.
S. Moberly's herd in 1895.
Other breeders of Cooper county
worthy of special notice and who still
have herds are W. A. Bctteridge, c.
\. Betteridge and Chas. P. Tut. Some
Of these began breeding Shorthorns
considerably earlier than Messrs. Wal
lace. C. A. and ". A. Bettcridge have
separate herds and have mostly
Scotch cattle, and are particular about
both pedigree and form of their cat
tie. They have bred some choice cat
tie. A bull OF great merit rs sire,
used by W. A. BetteTidge, was Vic
t0riOu5 121469, for many years noted
s-rc in the herd Of n. II. Gentry. y.
A. Betteridge has an extensive knowl-
edge Of pcdiGrees and such an accur
ate memory for names and blood line
that some Of his reighbor5 call hin
the "N'alkiuG Herdbook." He has pro
duced some good Shorthorns and haz
sold bulls at good prices to head other
herds. One of these bulls was Orang"
Hero 152669,' used in the herd of F.
II. Marshall. Mr.. Bettcridge is a lib
eral feeder and keeps his herd in 2
healthy, vigorous condition.
Another Cooper county herd o.
much merit and great promise was To-
Gated at Blackwater and was owned
by 7 II. Marshall, man of force, cor
rect principles and fine personality.
lie began with Shorthorns in 1906,
though his father had owned a few
many years before that date. He was
an ardent advocate Of Bates cattle and
bought many good ones of this line
OF breeding from leading herds, but
after pulling against the current for
several years he threw up his hands
and trimmed his craft to the prevail
ing course.
He bought Scotch cattle, both COWS
and herd bulls, to associate with the
excellent Bates herd. Before he in
trcduccd Scot"h blood nc bought from
an Iowa herd some good Bates COWS
and a choice bull that had been rec
ordcd with the absurd name of "B.
& +. & Is Grand Duke OF Wild Eyes"
The firm of three men who bred him
having taken the initial letter of each
ones name and put them as a prefix
to the bulls name. It was 4 stagger-
ing name, and when Mr.. Marshall
thought of breeding him to his Bates
cows with such names as "Kirkleving-
ION Princess of HazelhuT5t Sth," the
question Of keeping a herd record
seemed appalling. So he came to the
Herdbook Office in Chicago with a re
quest that the bulls name be changed.
The rules Of recording do not allow
changes of names after pedigrees have
been printed in the herdboolls, but as
this bull was young and had no re-
corded produce ali exception was made
to favor Mr. Marshall, and the ridicul-
Gus name was changed to Grand Duke
This is the only change Of name of a
recorded animal that was ever made
during the twelve years we were ir)
the office Of the American Shorthorr
Breeders Association. It was sho~tl--
before this that the board of directors
passed the rule restricting long names,
a rule that should have been adopted
much sooner than It was.
Mr.. Marshall had a large farm Of
rich land. had abundant means, good
herd and had enthusiasm in his occu-
patton, and if his life had been spared
ne no doubt would have accomplished
much for Shorthorns. He died in the
strength and buoyancy Of young man
hood.