oakbar
Well-known member
A friend of mine tracked me down at our 4-H show yesterday and handed me an "Album of Short-Horn Prize Winners" from the Chicago International of 1912. Its an amazing publication(almost like and album of fine art) that shows all the winners from the 1912 International, features the first association presidents/secretaries of the "American Short-Horn Breeders Association from J.H Pickerell(1882 to 1891) up to John Groves(1901--1912). The Manager of the Association at the time of printing was Abram Renick and the Secretary was Roy C. Groves. There also are excerpts of articles in the "Breeders Gazette" and it shows the address of the Association as 13 Dexter Park Ave., Chicago, Ill.
The bulls look like they could be very useful in todays industry--almost 100 years later!!! About the only real difference is that all the bulls have horns as was popular in those days. I'll try to scan some of the pictures in later this week so you can see the winners of that time.
This album was found in the estate of Roy Hanson, who was a well noted Hereford breeder here in Worth county. His nephew Merle was the one who gave me the book and if the Association is interested and can use it in a museum or something, I think Merle would like to donate it in the name of Roy Hanson and the Hanson family. I feel very honored to be entrusted with such a neat piece of Shorthorn history and I hope we can find a way to let others in the breed enjoy it as well.
Lynn
The bulls look like they could be very useful in todays industry--almost 100 years later!!! About the only real difference is that all the bulls have horns as was popular in those days. I'll try to scan some of the pictures in later this week so you can see the winners of that time.
This album was found in the estate of Roy Hanson, who was a well noted Hereford breeder here in Worth county. His nephew Merle was the one who gave me the book and if the Association is interested and can use it in a museum or something, I think Merle would like to donate it in the name of Roy Hanson and the Hanson family. I feel very honored to be entrusted with such a neat piece of Shorthorn history and I hope we can find a way to let others in the breed enjoy it as well.
Lynn