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<blockquote data-quote="HerefordSire" data-source="post: 614211" data-attributes="member: 4437"><p><em>Interesting how these rich importers of Hereford Cattle pinpointed prepotent bulls.</em></p><p></p><p>Move to Independence in 1883. </p><p>>From 1877 until 1883 Gudgell & Simpson</p><p>made their headquarters at Pleasant Hill, Mo., and used the Greenwood</p><p>farm. In 1883 they moved to Independence and while they still</p><p>retained the Greenwood farm and kept it in pasture, they quartered</p><p>their principal breeding cattle on a farm 33 1/2 miles northeast of</p><p>Independence. They later acquired a farm at Richmond, Kas., so that</p><p>when Mr. Simpson died in 1904, the firm was operating three farms</p><p>containign 1,700 acres and was carrying about 750 Herefords. The</p><p>progress of the herd can be traced to a large extent from noting the</p><p>number of registrations made from year to year. These run as</p><p>follows: 1879,1; 1880, 0; 1881, 7; 1882, 31; 1883, 57; 1884, 73;</p><p>1885, 93; 1886, 70; 1887, 67; 1888, 82; 1889, 51; 1890, 43; 1891, 63;</p><p>1892, 16; 1893, 54; 1894, 96; 1895, 115; 1896, 143; 1897, 93; 1898,</p><p>154; 1899, 170; 1900, 266; 1901, 304; 1902, 244; 1903, 264; 1904,</p><p>259; 1905, 257; 1906, 245; 1907, 268; 1908, 283; 1909, 206; 1910,</p><p>203; 1911, 238; 1912, 188; 1913, 141; 1914, 108; 1915, 335; 1916,</p><p>365; 1917, 67. Many of the calves produced were never registered and</p><p>anmy carloads of purebred, unregistered bulls were sent to the range.</p><p>The cattle purchased in America by Gudgell & Simpson at the time they</p><p>started their herd in the late '70s had very little influence on the</p><p>later herd as will be seen from a study of the pedigrees of Gudgell &</p><p>Simpson cattle. They bred most of their animals themselves, adding</p><p>very little outside blood after their English importations. Fifteen</p><p>sons of Anxiety 4th were used by them, of which they considered Don</p><p>Carlos 33734 the best. Anxiety 4th, by the way, was used for 10</p><p>years, from 1881 to 1891 and left 174 registered calves behind him. </p><p>Besides these, a number of his bull calves were shipped to the range</p><p>and never registered.</p><p></p><p>Beau Brummel a Great Bull </p><p>Beau Brummel 51817 was Don Carlos'</p><p>outstanding son. In fact so highly was he esteemed that, in The</p><p>Hereford Journal of Oct. 1, 1912, Gudgell & Simpson advertised their</p><p>cattle as "Beau Brummel" Herefords. Beau Brummel was used longer and</p><p>left more registered offspring in the heard than any other bull ever</p><p>used by the Independence firm. With the exception of Anxiety 4th he</p><p>is considered the greatest of the Gudgell & Simpson bulls. Shown in</p><p>poor condition he won fourth as a two-year-old at the Chicago</p><p>World's Fair. Beau Brummel was used in the herd for 12 years, from</p><p>1892 to 1904, and left a total of 365 registered calves. He was the</p><p>sire of 23 bulls used more or less in the Gudgell & Simpson herd;</p><p>some of the most important of these were Militant 71755, Beau</p><p>Brilliant 86753, Beau Donorus 144615, Beau Modest 160589, Beau Dandy</p><p>145564 and Beau President 171349. Both Anxiety 4th and Beau Brummel</p><p>died the property of Gudgell & Simpson. Beau Brummel's horns are now</p><p>in The Hereford Journal office. Don Carlos, after he stopped</p><p>breeding, was sold to William mcKitterick, Greenwood, Mo., for $40.</p><p>Gudgell & Simpson did surprisingly little showing. They made their</p><p>first appearance in the showring at the World's Columbian Exposition</p><p>in Chicago in 1893 where lamplighter 51834 was first in the senior</p><p>yearling bull calss and Bright Duchess 15th 51821 won the blue in the</p><p>under-year-old heifer class. They then annexed many ribbons for</p><p>several years but made their last appearnance at the International in</p><p>1902 and at the Royal in 1905. "Governor" Simpson died on the morning</p><p>of Jan.4, 1904, in Independence at the home of Charles Gudgell, with</p><p>whom he had lived for 27 years. his death came after an illness of</p><p>more than a year, during which time he was unable to leave his room</p><p>and for the greater part of which time he was confined to his bed. </p><p>His death was due to kidney trouble. he had also suffered severely</p><p>from rheumatism. On the streets of Independence and in his partner's</p><p>home there was much mourning when the "Governor" passed. he was laid</p><p>to rest in Pleasant Hill, Mo., among the scenes of his early trials</p><p>and triumphs. Charles Gudgell could not carry on this heavy business</p><p>alone. The herd was sold on the old farm near Independence, June</p><p>28-29, 1916. Nineteen bulls brought $22,105, and average of $1,162. </p><p>One hundred fifty-six females brought $73,155, an average of $468. </p><p>The total realized for 175 head was $95,260, an average of $544. The</p><p>top cow, Lady Stanway 9th 171354, with a bull calf by Beau Picture at</p><p>side, went to Jowell & Jowell, Hereford, Tex., for $2,100; she was 13</p><p>years old. J.C. Robinson & Son, Evansville, Wis., secured Domino</p><p>264259 for $1,625. The top bull was Bright Stanway 366600 which went</p><p>to E.M. Cassady & Son, Whiting, Ia., for $3,600. The night of June 28</p><p>visiting breeders were given a banquet in the Baltimore Hotel, kansa</p><p>City, by Mr. Gudgell and T.F.B. Botham, who managed the sale. </p><p>Breeders were present from New England to California and from Montana</p><p>to Mississippi. Thus passed into history America's most noted herd of</p><p>beef cattle, the herd that did nore to improve the quality of</p><p>American beef than any other of any breed. It was truly a</p><p>scattering of good seed that went into good hads, was carefully</p><p>nurtured and brought forth an abundant harvest for the Hereford</p><p>breed. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Gudgell left Independence, July 20, a</p><p>few days after the sale, to spend the winter in California. They</p><p>immediately started the building of a new home in Pasadena and had it</p><p>almost completed when on the morning of Sept. 30, 1916, aMr. Gudgell</p><p>died of an attack of acute indigestion after an illness of only five</p><p>hours. His body was brought back to Independence and he now rests in</p><p>Mount Washington Cemetery. Mr. Gudgell was a man of many activities. </p><p>He was at one time president of the Hereford Association and was, for</p><p>a long time, its secretary. For several years the books were kept at</p><p>his house. Mr. Gudgell was survived by his wife and by three</p><p>children, Frank O. Gudgell, Charles D. Gudgell and Mrs. Henry S.</p><p>Boice. Mrs. Gudgell now lives in California with the daughter. </p><p>Frank O. Gudgell and Charles D. Gudgell still operate the ranch at</p><p>Edmond, Kas., which they have reduced to 8,510 acres and where they</p><p>handle a turnover of about 1,000 grade Herefords each year besides a</p><p>large number of hogs. part of the land they lease to wheat growers.</p><p></p><p>An Ideal Hereford Partnership. </p><p>Probably no more ideal partnership has</p><p>ever existed than that of Gudgell & Simpson. Mr. Gudgell was a</p><p>college man, having received his education at Kentucky University,</p><p>Lexington. he looked after the business affairs of the concern, kept</p><p>the records, anmed the animals and prepared the catalogues of the</p><p>sales. Mr. Simpson, with a practical knowledge of livestock and an</p><p>ability to plan matings and discern the possibilities of individuals</p><p>which was little short of superhuman, was an undailing tower of</p><p>strength. The firm was peculiarly fortunate in its choice of</p><p>superintendents and herdsmen, I have space here for only brief</p><p>mention of some of them whom I know personally. William Stevenson,</p><p>who managed the Greenwood farm from 1894 to 1905, was born in</p><p>Banffshire, Scotland,, in 1859. He came from Scotland right to the</p><p>Greenwood farm 33 years ago, landing among the Gudgell & Simpson</p><p>Herefords in June, 1889. After five years on the place he became</p><p>manager and held the position continuously for 11 years. Then he</p><p>began farming for himself and is now located on 200 acres 2 1/2 miles</p><p>northwest of Greenwood where he has been for 14 years. He was a man</p><p>of much value to his employers. George Hendry, who was with Gudgell &</p><p>Simpson continuously for 20 years, from 1888 to 1908, during 16 years</p><p>of which time he was superintendent of the Independence farm, was</p><p>born in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, in 1862. His work for the firm, as</p><p>well as that of his brothers, was of the faithful and valuable kind</p><p>which is all too rare in these days. George Shand, who was employed</p><p>on the Independence farm of Gudgell & Simpson from MArch, 1885, until</p><p>1896, is a native of Aberdeenshire, Scotland, and was born in 1845. </p><p>He is still alive and in a mine of information regarding the great</p><p>Missouri herd during the time Anxiety 4th was "turning it upside</p><p>down," as he expresses it. His cattle knowledge was invaluable to</p><p>the Independence firm.</p><p></p><p>Emphasized Value of Females. </p><p>No breeding concern in Hereford history</p><p>has ever placed more emphasis upon good females than Gudgell &</p><p>Simpson. A study of the names of their animals reveals this. Both</p><p>male and female lines of descent took their names from the dams. In</p><p>other words Gudgell & Simpson emphasized families founded upon</p><p>notable females. It was customary, as a general thing, to give the</p><p>bulls produced by a cow a name beginning with the same letter of the</p><p>alphabet that began the dam's name, and to five the females produced</p><p>by a cow the name of the dam with a number suffix. Thus we have Beau</p><p>Mischief taking his name from his dam Mischievous. Pretty Lady 25th</p><p>had Dam PRETTY Lady 16th out of Pretty Lady 3d. Sometimes, howeer</p><p>the offspring, both male and female, were simply named with the</p><p>beginning letter the same as that of the dam. For example, the</p><p>calves of Dowager 8987 were called Dowry, Donation, Don Juan,</p><p>Donation 2d, Doncaster, etc. This plan originated with Mr. Gudgell</p><p>who devoted many hours of study to proper naming and, as a result, no</p><p>herd of Herefords with which I am familiar carried such appropriate</p><p>and illuminating and euphonious names as the Gudgell & Simpson</p><p>cattle. "Governor Simpson paid no attention to the recorded names of</p><p>the cattle. he knew them as a father knows his children and applied</p><p>pet names to all of them. For instance there was one family which he</p><p>called the "Stubs", another referred to as the "Snubs," another as</p><p>the "Lightnings," and so on down the line. Any unusual or</p><p>interesting incident furnished an excuse for the "Governor" to hang a</p><p>name on a cow and her produce. For instance, one of the Guudgell &</p><p>Simpson cows was struck by lightning one day. She recovered but was</p><p>a sadder animal ever after. "Governor" Simpson at once called her</p><p>"Lightning" and referred to her descendants as "Lightnings." Starting</p><p>on the history of a herd like that of Gudgell & Simpson is like</p><p>starting on the use of a strong stimulant. It is easy to start but</p><p>hard to stop. The way to stop is to stop. Hence this story ends</p><p>right here, although it would be possible to ramble on with for</p><p>countless pages of the Journal.</p><p></p><p><a href="http://www.eskimo.com/~bgudgel/gudgarc3" target="_blank">http://www.eskimo.com/~bgudgel/gudgarc3</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="HerefordSire, post: 614211, member: 4437"] [i]Interesting how these rich importers of Hereford Cattle pinpointed prepotent bulls.[/i] Move to Independence in 1883. >From 1877 until 1883 Gudgell & Simpson made their headquarters at Pleasant Hill, Mo., and used the Greenwood farm. In 1883 they moved to Independence and while they still retained the Greenwood farm and kept it in pasture, they quartered their principal breeding cattle on a farm 33 1/2 miles northeast of Independence. They later acquired a farm at Richmond, Kas., so that when Mr. Simpson died in 1904, the firm was operating three farms containign 1,700 acres and was carrying about 750 Herefords. The progress of the herd can be traced to a large extent from noting the number of registrations made from year to year. These run as follows: 1879,1; 1880, 0; 1881, 7; 1882, 31; 1883, 57; 1884, 73; 1885, 93; 1886, 70; 1887, 67; 1888, 82; 1889, 51; 1890, 43; 1891, 63; 1892, 16; 1893, 54; 1894, 96; 1895, 115; 1896, 143; 1897, 93; 1898, 154; 1899, 170; 1900, 266; 1901, 304; 1902, 244; 1903, 264; 1904, 259; 1905, 257; 1906, 245; 1907, 268; 1908, 283; 1909, 206; 1910, 203; 1911, 238; 1912, 188; 1913, 141; 1914, 108; 1915, 335; 1916, 365; 1917, 67. Many of the calves produced were never registered and anmy carloads of purebred, unregistered bulls were sent to the range. The cattle purchased in America by Gudgell & Simpson at the time they started their herd in the late '70s had very little influence on the later herd as will be seen from a study of the pedigrees of Gudgell & Simpson cattle. They bred most of their animals themselves, adding very little outside blood after their English importations. Fifteen sons of Anxiety 4th were used by them, of which they considered Don Carlos 33734 the best. Anxiety 4th, by the way, was used for 10 years, from 1881 to 1891 and left 174 registered calves behind him. Besides these, a number of his bull calves were shipped to the range and never registered. Beau Brummel a Great Bull Beau Brummel 51817 was Don Carlos' outstanding son. In fact so highly was he esteemed that, in The Hereford Journal of Oct. 1, 1912, Gudgell & Simpson advertised their cattle as "Beau Brummel" Herefords. Beau Brummel was used longer and left more registered offspring in the heard than any other bull ever used by the Independence firm. With the exception of Anxiety 4th he is considered the greatest of the Gudgell & Simpson bulls. Shown in poor condition he won fourth as a two-year-old at the Chicago World's Fair. Beau Brummel was used in the herd for 12 years, from 1892 to 1904, and left a total of 365 registered calves. He was the sire of 23 bulls used more or less in the Gudgell & Simpson herd; some of the most important of these were Militant 71755, Beau Brilliant 86753, Beau Donorus 144615, Beau Modest 160589, Beau Dandy 145564 and Beau President 171349. Both Anxiety 4th and Beau Brummel died the property of Gudgell & Simpson. Beau Brummel's horns are now in The Hereford Journal office. Don Carlos, after he stopped breeding, was sold to William mcKitterick, Greenwood, Mo., for $40. Gudgell & Simpson did surprisingly little showing. They made their first appearance in the showring at the World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago in 1893 where lamplighter 51834 was first in the senior yearling bull calss and Bright Duchess 15th 51821 won the blue in the under-year-old heifer class. They then annexed many ribbons for several years but made their last appearnance at the International in 1902 and at the Royal in 1905. "Governor" Simpson died on the morning of Jan.4, 1904, in Independence at the home of Charles Gudgell, with whom he had lived for 27 years. his death came after an illness of more than a year, during which time he was unable to leave his room and for the greater part of which time he was confined to his bed. His death was due to kidney trouble. he had also suffered severely from rheumatism. On the streets of Independence and in his partner's home there was much mourning when the "Governor" passed. he was laid to rest in Pleasant Hill, Mo., among the scenes of his early trials and triumphs. Charles Gudgell could not carry on this heavy business alone. The herd was sold on the old farm near Independence, June 28-29, 1916. Nineteen bulls brought $22,105, and average of $1,162. One hundred fifty-six females brought $73,155, an average of $468. The total realized for 175 head was $95,260, an average of $544. The top cow, Lady Stanway 9th 171354, with a bull calf by Beau Picture at side, went to Jowell & Jowell, Hereford, Tex., for $2,100; she was 13 years old. J.C. Robinson & Son, Evansville, Wis., secured Domino 264259 for $1,625. The top bull was Bright Stanway 366600 which went to E.M. Cassady & Son, Whiting, Ia., for $3,600. The night of June 28 visiting breeders were given a banquet in the Baltimore Hotel, kansa City, by Mr. Gudgell and T.F.B. Botham, who managed the sale. Breeders were present from New England to California and from Montana to Mississippi. Thus passed into history America's most noted herd of beef cattle, the herd that did nore to improve the quality of American beef than any other of any breed. It was truly a scattering of good seed that went into good hads, was carefully nurtured and brought forth an abundant harvest for the Hereford breed. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Gudgell left Independence, July 20, a few days after the sale, to spend the winter in California. They immediately started the building of a new home in Pasadena and had it almost completed when on the morning of Sept. 30, 1916, aMr. Gudgell died of an attack of acute indigestion after an illness of only five hours. His body was brought back to Independence and he now rests in Mount Washington Cemetery. Mr. Gudgell was a man of many activities. He was at one time president of the Hereford Association and was, for a long time, its secretary. For several years the books were kept at his house. Mr. Gudgell was survived by his wife and by three children, Frank O. Gudgell, Charles D. Gudgell and Mrs. Henry S. Boice. Mrs. Gudgell now lives in California with the daughter. Frank O. Gudgell and Charles D. Gudgell still operate the ranch at Edmond, Kas., which they have reduced to 8,510 acres and where they handle a turnover of about 1,000 grade Herefords each year besides a large number of hogs. part of the land they lease to wheat growers. An Ideal Hereford Partnership. Probably no more ideal partnership has ever existed than that of Gudgell & Simpson. Mr. Gudgell was a college man, having received his education at Kentucky University, Lexington. he looked after the business affairs of the concern, kept the records, anmed the animals and prepared the catalogues of the sales. Mr. Simpson, with a practical knowledge of livestock and an ability to plan matings and discern the possibilities of individuals which was little short of superhuman, was an undailing tower of strength. The firm was peculiarly fortunate in its choice of superintendents and herdsmen, I have space here for only brief mention of some of them whom I know personally. William Stevenson, who managed the Greenwood farm from 1894 to 1905, was born in Banffshire, Scotland,, in 1859. He came from Scotland right to the Greenwood farm 33 years ago, landing among the Gudgell & Simpson Herefords in June, 1889. After five years on the place he became manager and held the position continuously for 11 years. Then he began farming for himself and is now located on 200 acres 2 1/2 miles northwest of Greenwood where he has been for 14 years. He was a man of much value to his employers. George Hendry, who was with Gudgell & Simpson continuously for 20 years, from 1888 to 1908, during 16 years of which time he was superintendent of the Independence farm, was born in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, in 1862. His work for the firm, as well as that of his brothers, was of the faithful and valuable kind which is all too rare in these days. George Shand, who was employed on the Independence farm of Gudgell & Simpson from MArch, 1885, until 1896, is a native of Aberdeenshire, Scotland, and was born in 1845. He is still alive and in a mine of information regarding the great Missouri herd during the time Anxiety 4th was "turning it upside down," as he expresses it. His cattle knowledge was invaluable to the Independence firm. Emphasized Value of Females. No breeding concern in Hereford history has ever placed more emphasis upon good females than Gudgell & Simpson. A study of the names of their animals reveals this. Both male and female lines of descent took their names from the dams. In other words Gudgell & Simpson emphasized families founded upon notable females. It was customary, as a general thing, to give the bulls produced by a cow a name beginning with the same letter of the alphabet that began the dam's name, and to five the females produced by a cow the name of the dam with a number suffix. Thus we have Beau Mischief taking his name from his dam Mischievous. Pretty Lady 25th had Dam PRETTY Lady 16th out of Pretty Lady 3d. Sometimes, howeer the offspring, both male and female, were simply named with the beginning letter the same as that of the dam. For example, the calves of Dowager 8987 were called Dowry, Donation, Don Juan, Donation 2d, Doncaster, etc. This plan originated with Mr. Gudgell who devoted many hours of study to proper naming and, as a result, no herd of Herefords with which I am familiar carried such appropriate and illuminating and euphonious names as the Gudgell & Simpson cattle. "Governor Simpson paid no attention to the recorded names of the cattle. he knew them as a father knows his children and applied pet names to all of them. For instance there was one family which he called the "Stubs", another referred to as the "Snubs," another as the "Lightnings," and so on down the line. Any unusual or interesting incident furnished an excuse for the "Governor" to hang a name on a cow and her produce. For instance, one of the Guudgell & Simpson cows was struck by lightning one day. She recovered but was a sadder animal ever after. "Governor" Simpson at once called her "Lightning" and referred to her descendants as "Lightnings." Starting on the history of a herd like that of Gudgell & Simpson is like starting on the use of a strong stimulant. It is easy to start but hard to stop. The way to stop is to stop. Hence this story ends right here, although it would be possible to ramble on with for countless pages of the Journal. [url=http://www.eskimo.com/~bgudgel/gudgarc3]http://www.eskimo.com/~bgudgel/gudgarc3[/url] [/QUOTE]
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