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AFTER THE WARMUP THE BREEZE — The trio of timed from the quarter post Picture made on training it^ja»Mg»^^.w^soiguKii^BtimMnMii m'BHiiiii i i ii iiiiijgjKnaiy y.^sBianrwaRjiaMg&aK^KajhMiaMKmnaft horses above come breezing around the track to be WARlVfXTp EXERCISES — This ^^ _ ^^^^^ tuned by a stop watch. Virtually all the runners were track at King Ranch, horses at King Ranch take It easy in, an early morning sent to tracks throughout the nation for competition persal sale o£ the late Col. E, R. ago \vith. a winnings record off House" Hear Kingsvttle. MitJdJe- tures Has been peaches an* cream, workout preparatory to running's quarter mile to be this spring. " - Bradley'a Idle. HoW Stables, he $294,000. ground, winner ot 5183,500,^3 also however. bought But Why Not. Bee Mac Assault, put to stud, proved to be r'etired and his blood line is being Born and trained'on tha ranch to afld fine stock to th* ranch. and Bridal Flower. He acquired sterile, and is now "grazing con- passed on to possible future win-1 years ago w&s a horsa with th» {He purchased Incandescent, Ocean an interst In the' great Bimelech, :er,tediy on a. pasture far removed ners at Lexington. I somewhat strange name of Sty- Assault Put King Ranch Brief and Dispersal and at tha dis- But \Vhy Not retired not long from tha King Ranch's "Big Not all ot the King Ranch ven-l . Column 1 Fa£e 4(J .' ' '. ''.•.•'- . - ' ' »
Into Racing*Z^ SpotlighJL C? t " By IXKJIS AXDERSOX racing strains with the purchase; Bold Venture -vcas bred to Igual II of Doxniao back in the early 1930s, jaiul out of thi mating came the ia-j cfay at Churchilf Downs'May 4.1But he dida't set up s. real;comparable Assault, triple crown'; !&£$. Tha iraeS was sUres as'- the I nucteirs of Thoroughbreds until igis} winner. NORTON GLA field vent ia to the stall gates. I when he bought frora John W. Dial j Ijke'sslse be was mated t* V«r- There were soine great names iof Goliad a groap of brood mar&s, Ja the gates ready to go all out for[ gueazs. MidfilegToimd irsa toslsd, CSiicaro, Cherry icJose, AcJa Jones, a half-brother to Assault. XUdfile-j Extends... the coveted Kentucky Berbv crcrwajand a teTs- others. 1 and the Sioo.OOO-plus parse. To tha \ There were Thoroughbreds at Aground was to 'win the Derby undj corsets oi Use Thoroughbreds the:tha ranch cow, but the bnxxi Belmont in 1950. , I purse -WTIS secondary to tisa vic-i mares needed some" "class." Kle- Added to Stock lory. i fixed that with the purchase Bold Venture beeaim? th*
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~— ALSO DISTRIBUTORS OF — ALL TYPES OF FLAT GLASS MIRRORS FABRICATED GLASS PRODUCTS SERVICE ANYWHERE IN SOUTH TEXASI Morton Glass Co. OF CORPUS CHRISTI TKIJM.f: { RO\VX UJNM-JK ----- Assault, v/inner of the •lrip!<--crown'.-the Kentucky Hcri'y. i!•:•:•; P:s-;*;.;-.''.'ti-r aivi Bc.rr.-vrU — in 19-16, sriil ss a lot of horse. The picture v.-a's Robstown Hi-Way J (P.O. IOX 3293) ,-.i->;:\ :r; l' V.'<>Ji vy; .„ ^-.!;<' : ;i;c r;rcas;or.H^A :i:i«'.;lt v.'j<* hroujjhi owt nf hi* pasture for PHONt f he farnilyw of the. pioneerw. Cattleman.;. THE KING RANCH ON 100 YEARS OF PROGRESS
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MpBERT I. KLEBERG, Sr.
Robert 3. Kleb«rg, Sr. U th« builder and d«vefop«r of th« famcos King Ranch. Ht took ov«r th« ocfiv* manafltmtnt cf th» ranch In \ BBS cft«r the death of in South Texas! th« founder. Captain King. Th« King Ranch ei It rtonds today on It* 100 Ann!v«r*ory ii livJrtfl testimony of thi succtu ef Coptoln King and Robert J, Kltbtrg, Sr. Th« propert/ji jutvlvol end prosrtst itand o* o rymbol of Empir* Building ot it* very best. W.W.JONES
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\V. W. Jones, Sr,, Banker, Develojwr of th« Jones Ranch, and owner of the \V. W. Jcr.ss Building end Tha Nuect* Hotel, *lJr^ W. W. JONES ESTATE r.f=5S;sri«aa»55:^iiiiL.1'«,-.'- •--v-'UiM i i_»»—"gr—P. < " routine aud it" is vital to thair -' - ASSAULT well-being ia_the racing field- __Vfhcn the Thoroughbred reaches from Pa^c SG jJfothinjj I? months of age and bag b«en ... . , . . He knovrs wiien aE<£ what h* "breezed'* ground th« training nite. he \rss entered in a claiming j^m be fadt ^i-^, fes ^y {akc a Irach a number of tiaiea until the race with a price tag o£ Sl.500..orisfc track -»rorkoat, when he ranch tan get a line on his capaba- Ctace a horse is entered in a claim-; be curried and rubbed d In all. the KJJT^ Elsncfj ha^ had ;saddSe. Tbe,hareJ]ers wul tap gent-; in January of the Thoroughbred's! *•"" c-.^til horses •winniis'C S100.0CO or1;1?" Qn U56 hooves to prepare him" second year the fast developing i >- ALVIN A, STEWART rsore ia their racirig- careers. :for-the blacksmith later. , -ones are sent to California or New ' * : t d 14 m cntl i of e Other Ranches •l._^5? ?! ^_ J. , H ?5 the |Orleans trac'ns because of the - .,— ^°outCfo| SECOND* DERBY WINNERS — Here is Middleground, second King Ranch horse to . ,, - -, -— - April and the! win the Kentucky Derbv, as he arrears *odav nancn norse to near Lexington, Kx\. and in | P^Paraticjns of the rop*, light very late developsrs a month af.f „ „ _ ^ , , as ne appears ,oday, !Man Chester County, near" FinlsSe!- t«t and otls«r methods bsginjter tbat. jranrh, E^an said shortly before. Some, hs-nald, look gre«t In greats st ths longer races, phia. Pa. Tfce ranch's winter quar-i10 Pa> ,1 " TT« •.». 1 "You rea'iJ" c^'t tell how fast'his death "iAfost of them do not{workouts ters are in Columbia. ,S. C. - ufc.e ,"e Tirorwighbred has ac-.a Thoroujdibred is unU! he runsjrearh their peak until nbout the1 ranch at tiie nhorter. Thoy don't P. O. Box 921 ce s & 1 .. „ at their. n shape up, ev*n R» figured by tfc« San Saba, Texas PeriodFcslly the astu'.e Kleberg - Zt!?lJ^^ J!f±i and .^bndle he_^in ccmretition on a track off the fifth race they run. • career. Some «ro picked as future acldi were stock to his racing; expert. string. T&e ranch BOW has about ' 3» head of TTjcrDUghbred stock jtisming'Sf's vast iso.ldin^ in three eeciions "of the naUom. About 40 brood m».re^ are at the King R«:ch proper. The ranch only reccn-.iy retired C'jraadero. which made a wids pa-ati in racing for ytars. A short time ago Kie^rg added H i g; h A BUSINESS IS Scud .and To Market to hU sta- bles arwi, currently, their fintire. is the bri^hlcFt of ail in the rtricg. With Use csrelii! scresir^; ol horseJl«h by Kleberg and the Know-how picked up oa breeding THE Custc ar.d training by employes since that day ir. 1C34 when Kleberg Jwyghi Oiicaro from John Die! at GoliaS the ranth has far from cornplel«d its business at cojorfu! Oiurchill Downs. Another time in the very near future a product c! the King Kisch w-ill stand in the winder's circle s.t th* KtnUicky Derby— the same spot where once stood Tnishty AiaauJt and his b 1 c o d brother. A Growing Business in A Prosperous Area Whose Aim Many Species Of Trees Grow It Is To Improve Their Service Constantly Through The Years! On King Ranch More, tii an EJ different species of native trees can be found en A 1P» P« the King Ranch. T5:e most prevalent variety is, of cours-e, the mesmrite. It has r.^oved in rapidly on every tCvltwa cf.the ranch; ar.rj, altlwugh it is. for 6 corrtpara1:h'e!y Bpeakiiy. z new- comer. it has -becoTjie famous "Running W" Brand IQQtk. Wa ore happy to join Texas, tr\« cottla industry, tha oil Industry one! everyonB in congratulating the KING RANCH on iJs Centennial for its impressive services from which we all hove benefited greatly, THE NATIONAL BANK OF SAM ANTONIO LONNIE GLASSCOCX « LONNIE GLASSCKK, JR., WOODROW GLASSCOCK Drilling Contractor «wd Oil Produetr Driltinf Contraeter and Oil Producer Oil Opcraror GG CORPUS CHRISTI CALLER-TIMES, Sun., July-12,1953 LONG-CAREER'- ENDED HI* f*e« !• but hi.*»* Quiet and serious,; yet with the equine 'world at the time. handiwork nmalna «tch*d in the when \he occasion conun&ndedl it, history of Xlnjc JUnch Thorough- £gah*.knew hpraes like the aver- It didn't take him long, however, bred training and handling. *g* man knows his bapJt'calance. to cut his .head into what would For WBlwn Pnuwla (Bill) , He >•&» quick, to r*co$nl*e genuine be his Ufa's work. who told th« rotas in th« Thorough* intejr««t ia good &Qr*«r and onoe At ths tip* old age of 18' Egan br«d training program at Th« that wmji «*UbUsbe , Jr., examines some crimped oats in the room Thoroughbreds is scientifically prepared. The large hop- BRAND - -, ,--r contain ground alfalfa and crimped oats which have been teral-ermcned in order to build stronger and better race horses. TIM Diets for Thoroughbreds POT '.'•1 Scientifically Prepared . , - M stroog-jvetop "tfi« '^s~ rr^<* "pr^r-'iUOm 9 '° U quarts l0iats for each ims c. ana titter fc&rses. jjy," the vetenr.ariaa said. , 24-hour period, plus So say5 Dr. K. 3. KoTthway.;Case Hbtorv StodS-d :>the ETround alfalfa, vitamins, add- Ki^g RincH, vrterinarlan. I insu^dual" cu« hiatolM of!*1 nt5ller^ and vegetables. Yel- ^^^^^s^^^s^^J-l',^'^^^-^' ^^ ra-:e££h colt ako rousrtSfflrsste"t fc« studied<^w com is Lnduded in the menu ^s SK^^J';..*!;^^.^^^, of^o^) spf^a __ _ are * their reaction Jo the training- ^..track. Dr. N'orthway said: "Most » —i . - " , ^i"»-t c. t^LtiC. iii ViC»« ^,1 Cliift. U^Cjflc \ii£inui£ A ar.d D in a coa-: colt's menu ajnd trainins periods'f! !; 0r e ec-r,tr£.t?,:-c-r^t?ai powder for-, s^ttc-^ha^sycic- sha^Uad tb'ee fceveSievedd ttoo hihiss heaJiJahealth ^!?T ** F ^ ^«i- Some ani ijcs.l!^.-"5^ (T^- yI'vT-rt— prepared; f. *-Jl,,i ... —... , jsjJJ.J*^..are addt-! d :o_ _ifte t . re-cord ' -—»•— _ YYl "jtr-als arc sjuggish in slarting, and groaad airalfa fed :o tr.c horses. •" Sn:ail colts which do rcf ^em'^5 c'iaracter^s^c generally rims ssA nboQai-in LT tie form of a to gro-s- out ES fast'as the'v-'^hould'"1 COlts °' Lhe £"ame famiSv K-OUDS. -5er aiso is added. . jara c!tea poor eaters, and miist' ^"^ ,? ° „ ^"^"'^ coaxed, to eat sufficient C£ carrols droppe 0-unjrJicrs«s^as a_ "^ijersiOT" them frosi ever-catir?. 'i "Since a. colt is i'.il! a. baby ,, '"^ c^1"" a-*^ *s i-ea to ine. --A jtalj is n. vo-^ng Tnaro-asH-;v:hen he reaches the two-year-old ™^.*^.2™™;?J^^L,*-*:**:*,-.„ _ ., r.^i.;.1 .^.^ CULTI <*. crec £ pjscP«e« o°:* rejugc«"*«,• an^d mos^.t^r^kett nracfcet, . tr.the eobjectiv objective eo £o fou oar rfeetS S- cv., j£ broy^r.i b2« tmo uie alsfals-'cf t.he ycrj-^g co'.ta sp*Rd afcour'ing ejnd lrairJr.g program is to r^riai'^^f S To Texarts mous "Running W" Bramf "" "'" *" " ''*"' " on the Centennsa OF THE GREAT '*- friendships, built through the years, fiave erased the miles that separate progrcaxlve South from the Savoy-Plaza in Metropolitan Neto York! Texan* like to make this smart hotel £&«?r JV*w York ad* I dress . . . and ice enjoy having them. Right note, residents of that cattle and oil country are observing tb* Centennial of the great King Ranch which, on its more than 900,000 acres, hex developed many in the industry that supplies meats for the tcorld's tables. Foremost among this myriad of ewco is the development of the distinctly new breed of. Santa Gertntdis beef cattle. „. are animal of *mm*n« A that is heat and insect-resistant and offers a very high ratio of dressed meat. There or* many things that make a Texan proud\ and foremost among them is their vast cattle ranges* Here in New York we are justly proud of the Savoy-Flasa. You'll like this smart, conveniently located hotel — everybody does! It's right in the hsart of tka fashionable shopping center, hear the midtown business district and th«atr*s, and overlooks Central Park at 58th Street. Malta it YOUR N«w York addwa*. Fifth Avenue at 58th Street New York 22, New York 1000 ROOMS . John F. Isard, Manager ft-G Corpus Christ! CALLER-TIMES, Sim, July 13.1953 la the United Stat*«, *ecordinj to put together and oparaUd air we Ranch Recognized!modern definition. Robert J. K3«- iawvr ranches today-4hat it, «U of First King Ranch Home its lands were used to produc* An adobe ktructur* «a Bant* b«rg, Jr., say* Oertrudi* Creek vw* th* fiw* "A* First in U. S. "Ithlnls it is tws'that th* King cattle, and the c&Ult or their pro- The King Ranch ia generally »- ducts were sold and distributed Itaneh home, built around cogniied. as th« first cattle ranch Ranch i* th* first ranch that was over * large part of the country." 1855, We Congratulate KING RANCH and the TEXAS CATTLE OS* .' :-' YEARS of PROGRESS In *• Research VISITORS SEE THOBQTJGHBREDS—One of the first after year. Here Dr. J. K Northway, King Ranch things visiting groups want to see at the King Banch veterinarian, is discussing the merits of two of the is the stable oi thoroughbreds that have carried the ranch-bred horses to a group touring the ranch. King Ranch colors to victory at major "tracks year APPROVED BY KLEBERG JHour stables, Ii6*d for ail fcorse names to start with the letter "B." ' He had named * nxara Black Naming Horse Combination iHelsn even though the animal was tbay colored. She ^sraa a baauty land had evary thoroughbred trait. ! Black • Helen's first offspring Tnoiigiit, Luck, Ancestry (was a. filly that had the stable [personnel bussing -with excite- 1 ig a thoroughbred fcorea is. had a foal whose ancestry isclud-, All Ranch thoroughbred! ment. Someone commented, -..^.v^isatioa5; - cf thought, fcxki.ea Dinner Time and are . either chosen or her mom?" fincL sues vTv t by Robert J. Kiel JRarelv is'one named fev mere-j17- The naaie for &( , ., , „ Bradley immediately tagged ly plucking- tee naine out" cf ihinlJust naturally became D innerjpreslaent and general manager filly with the name B< air because it strikes tha fancyiBatc. Simple? [the sprawling- ranch and Mrs. c* the oTsmer. "Usually the naxae' Bat go bacli a little further to I berg. of Black Helen Is• sssgestint or synonyiacas. Jae^ejnane ^teps Eecesssry iaj Three names are cMsen for __ a iio beauty and once . naw ..» n .«..,» ^,ae fc(jj^ in.the orcer cf choiceimora the stables wondered if It, of Klebers. Th* thres names are|too, would be like its mother, submitted to the Jockey dub. an!"And vrbv not?" qussUosed one (organization^-controlling; raciagfof the interested parties. From jthrougfcoat the nation. jtnat comment came the name But : Restrictions iWhv 2Cot , I Ko name, according to racing! Memory Dim jiaw, can be over 13 letters loag,j EOKI, through the years Kin' jtnisst not be sacrilegious, cannot j Ranch-memory has dimmed ra >-"— been used by another horse 1 bow to cama Assault,, greatest We ore proud of our friends In ths catt!s industry for their tireless work |ia the past 2p years wid caaisotjhors« ever ow-aad by the ranch, !be a ro fn range control and ths development of finsr breads and grades of be«f j written consent of th* person after But they remember well how cattle to supply an ever-increasing world food demand. I which It WTKild be named. Mlddleground, th* great.Derby i Oace tha cams is chosen it pro- **"* Belinont winner in 1950, was jbably never would be changed. As ns!tle'J- 'the name is selected It goes Into- ^ i£J^dleground's infancy there itn'+1,-e. *corse _ s, ^^nealo^, v tabl, ,,o inf'wer e tw* o \. othe--t r ^*-"-^*6~v<=i-voun^teraj witiVILLUi i B sj ^-'{Rcparcnt bright futures on tfcft HILL HARDWAR , every racing., book in the country-,track. Now, in tha racing profes- '—and ihei-e are thousands ci sion, stable personnel v.ill square 5them in existence. To change as;oH on their likes and dislikes name is a losg;, tedious and ex- cf certain thoroughbreds. The majority of sentiment w*it pecsive project, . • ,. for the-other two %x>ungEt*ra. The Oae of tha King Ranch'* bttter third was caught in the BaWkfl« of 6* IMPLEMENT CO. LOADING POINT—A short distance from Kingsville, iknown horses, Bui Why Kot. drew the discussions. Out of that came ,his name through the igeauity of!111* ... , -. International Harvcsttr oa the ilissouri-Pacilic Kailroad, is a losding point ' - Tit* r>ii r- •& «^,^i.,- X«,™ Soaefamea selection cf aname designated as Caesar. Here cattle from the Lsureles late Co!. E.. R. Bradley,,,, ftom taketakess weeksweeks.. OtheOtherr ttaieOmean iitt is Corner and Highway 77 RQBSTOWN, TEXAS division of the ranch are loaded on cars to be soioped whose estate the thoroughbred'chosen faster than it takes to lo-c was purchased by KJebergr. iJ2 betting on hirn at the racc- to market and to grass. ' Gab Bradlev. owner at the Idle trade to the ON ITS Anniversary >, ? Through tho years, .Texaa Cattlemen havo buttt their industry to world leadership. Through careful cross-breading ol imported caUlfc o{ large size and stamina with others that havo a propensity to fatten, superior American beeves have been developed. In tho game manner, by protecting and improving pure b!ocWorth, 1953, and first testing 3.9%. Sha was milked 3 timea daily and was ? years and prize two-year-old-bull at San Antonio, 1953. 4 months 0} nga when nh« began her tcatlng period. Her record average* approximately 27 quartj o? milk dailv for the period ol tha test. a Great Industry in a Great State..« and We Are Proud to Be A Part of It! BO-CANN SIR IXKA OKMSBY—Eight times Grand Champion ct shows in W. M. DONAHO, Owner V, i,;co:u.in, Tennertc, Kentucky and tf.-xcs: Grand Champion at San Antonio lyoU and Ub3, Knov.'n en the Donaho Farm as J»jg, he is backed by at showing h.ieli n^lk production 5.5 well as type. FLORESVILLE, TEXAS Blacksmith S. K. Hall Corpus dhristi CALLER»TIMES, Sun,, July 12, 1953 9-G Has Been Shoeing Horses for 51 Years Genial S. K. Hall, the head black- with the King Ranch for the pa*t nith at the Sant1 a GertrurHs di- seven years. vision of the King Ranch, has been Like the blacksmith described by shoeing horses for more than half EMnry Wadsworth Longfellow - In a century. / "The Village Blacksmith/' Hall.is Hall, now 63, has been associated a mighty man, and-his arms are sinewy and; muscular, In3tead JOCKEYING IS SECONDARY ~ The two youngsters above study their, books.first W. F. WHITNEY, INC. STATFON TRUETYPE HERMAN MILLER ROMWEBER SHERMAN-BERTRAM KINOEL OF GRAND RAPIDS CONSIDER H. WILLETT DtXON POWDERMAKER WE1MAN TABLES LIGHTOLIER STREIT CHAIRS GRAND RAPIDS BOOKCASE & CHAIR CO. The Home of Finest Names fn Furniture at Prices COCHRAN CHAIRS Every Homemaker can Afford! SHAW MANUFACTURING CO. GLENN OF CALIFORNIA CRAWFORD OF JAMESTOWN MENGEL Air Conditioned ... At Six Point* Terms Arranged to Fit Your Budget FURNITURE— FABRICS— CARPETS DIAL OR J-207? PLATER PATTKK—S. K. Hall, (right) Kinp Ranch plater, tells Jos* Rodriguez, FREE PARKING LOT NEXT TO OUR STORI iilacksmith shop c-mploye at 1ho ranch, sown points in plating horses and uses a- training J'l»'c !o illustrate his talk. The two men are shown in the ranch black- smith Corpus Christ! CALLER-TIMES. Sun., July 12,1853 .• QUART^ HORSE _ Old Sorrel, shown abort?, Vas the beginning of the present ime of i^ing Ranch' Quarter horses.. Obtained from George Clegg of Alice as a colt t&e great s^alhoiL-sired some of the outstanding Quarter horses of the world He QUARTER HORSE AUTHORITY — George Ctegg of YOUNG QUARTER HORSE — This 3-year-old is a direct descendant of Old Sorrel, lived to the ripe old age of 28 years. Alice, veteran rancher and horseman, sits beside the marker at the grave of Little Joe, one of the better from both sire and dam. He will be used as a stud next year. known Quarter Horses he ever raised. Not only a great days, Alice was ona of tha leading rap'diy improving the quality of s true horseman, and hl» know- horss markets in the Southwest, horss stock la that country. horse in his-- own right, Little Joe sired many and Clegg was one oJ tho leading ledga and-judgement hav» contri- Dean of South Texas Horsemen outstanding colts. breeders and setters of horses. At 81, Clegrg still has a keen eye buted much to th* dsvelopmant for a g SANTA GERTRUDIS America's First Distinctly Neiv Breed of Finer Bee/ Cattle. The pure bred herd siro 'JCoton" shown here" 1% representative of the Santa Ger- trua'is Breed of cattlff developed by King Ranch for more efficient beef production by grazing under South Texas conditions. Ranches in other areas over the grass lands in many ports of the world have found the usefulness of this breed extends to their areas also. These cattle grow large, calVes weighing 550 to 600 pounds at, weaning THE time are not unusual; grass yearlings weighing over 800 pounds ara recorded in Central Missouri. The King Ranch is an Empire within itself. Its great size Is exceed- ed only by the magnitude of its services to mankind. ON ITS CENTURY OF SERVICE Notable among the many achievements of the King Ranch is the development of the Santa G-ertmdi'j cattle ... a gigantic, easily fat- For 61 Yeara Ws Hava Se?red Souih Texas ait tened beef type that combines the size and stamina of the Brahm* with the fine meat qualities of the Shorthorn, Oizr own foundation Executors herd, consists of Certified Santa G*rtrudia cows and bulls from tht King Ranch. We have been using King Ranch Bulls smo* 1935. Administrators Guardians BONITA RANCH Trustees -10 Miles East of Artesia Wells - San Antonio Loan & Trust Co. ALBERT MARTIN, Owner - Laredo, Texas 215 West Commerce Strett San Antonio, Texas '* li»t»m«ti9«M) •* ATT Congratulations! *• Famous "Running W" Brand IQGtIt. o Texo« fa rlcfcly tcfffc natural resources . . . f to minerals, Its sott ami ctimat* for agriculture . . . amf, outstanding, its almost limitle&s oil and gas fields and vast holdings. Research bycatile and oil interests have put Texas far in the lead in the world's commerce. In its 100 year history, the cattle industry has seen scrub ve° g&talion give ivay to tvide ranges with improved grasses; it has seen scrub cattle give tcay to improved pure strains and scientific cross-breeds adapted to the climate and terrain and offering the best fattening and dressing-out qualities. South Texas is fortunate — it raises its rigs to take wealth from below the surface, while sleek beef cattle roam the ranges and graze in the shadows of those same rigs! FT-"' MRS. UMIS & DOUGHERTY « DUDLEY T DOUGHERTY , JR.* -Corpus Christi- RANCHERS AND INDEPENDENT OIL OPERATORS 12-0 'Corpus Christi CALLER-TIMES, Sun., July X2,1953 INSPECTING IJEMHER - G. G. Bamirez,.'-veteran SECOND STEP — 'GROUNDWORK' — Ramirez is •addlemaker in the Eunnin* W Saddle Sfaop,ls pictured' shown putting the 'groundwork' into a saddle tree. He inspectag some skirting leather prior to making a Js fitting a piece' of regular skirting leather into the THIRD STEP-HANDTOOLlNG-Ramirez is usin* a FINISHING TOUCHES—'Stringing, the saddle off is selection. He mil cut a special piece for s. saddle from a stamping stick in his right hand and a sinking tool in the leather chosen, . •• saddle seat. The tree-he is using is a Bob Kleberg the saddlemaker's terminology for applying the special, equipped with special bars adapted for Quarter h*s left to create a floral design on a saddle front. finishing touches to a new saddle. Ramirez is shown Horses. Ihe same pattern will be worked into the remainder of the saddle. adding rosettes and strings to tne saddle above, which iplaced between two experienced,^ ..-,- , , - . . ' • is now ready for sale to a cowboy. determine t d to do hat- considered saddle-makers in the workroom! ter w 1th I i-uiwiuwiirt« superior, tor most o£ when he started to make his first ; " th« nest projects. Soon the project work," Sedwick said. Running W Saddle Shop Fills saddle. Consequently, he felt that nis work had acquired the more his work looked amateurish and un-1 ?xPert finishes of veteran leather- The Running W Saddle Shop skilled in comparison to the qua!-!toolers' ^3- Sedwick was advanced still provides all of the saddles ity of work they were turning outJ ^e s^Ued laborer group. arii leather goods riding equip- Orders From All Over World Although not" too well cleased! 50-Year Veteran ment {no boots) for the ' King Ranch. Many of the saddles or- dered by ranch vaqueros and other century of _ _ ^ •.»-«*v **t&™ St t&fi- ^COpj. Boldl iiiti- were manufactured at first, but South Texans cowboys have sturdy op«ratioa[ actively managed the concern for cowboys now may get them made- .eluding G. G. Ramirez, saddle- in 1954.. past is veers. maker who has spent 5O years at leather '"tapaderos," or toe-fend- m its third location, tike/Special ~ up and equipped to suit their In- ers attached to protect the rid- dividual tastes;" Sadwick *in. the bench. Three others are skilled ers' boot from the treacherous na- 51865 ** ** -. r" W shop has turned leather -workers, and the fourth is for aa apprentice who is learning the tive undarbrush and prickly pear trade. ° which is stiil abundant in many primary r _, . Se The things that count when it comes to building something lasting end worthwhile is the ability to stick to the job and the willingness, to try new methods. Both of these qualities hove distinguished th« f,;a,Bry ef lh famous King Ranch, its operators hava been men of foresight ond determination We congratulate the operators of this Texas in- ond malt*. Artc,F w«Hi on !!ora9a of f««Jt, rangs stitution nn the complcrion of 700 years of progress. , the reot 9 Brodleys, too, hos been recognized through the years for accuracy, cf dependability and promptness with new ideas. The company is re- nowned for its "stick to it" spirit. No job is to small or too iorge See us for Gates V Belts and Century motors and electrical motor and generator repair. . Tez-, rt«ck to ,0 A. eff LA GLORIA CORPORATION, Producers of Oil and Gas. ... .'.„ j N. PORT 2-8891 Corpus Christ* GALLKR-TiMES. Sun., July 12,19bo 13-G son gnuM *yscera«. vuuunjf "•^•^^ „ nun _ ardently backing the plan are T. I*, Ranch Among Wyan«, DaUa« oilman and owner of the 1,600-acre Star Brand Catti* Pasture Improvement Objective Rancfc. .. . 1 Greatest ILS. Smaller operator* also are adopt* Game Preserves ing the two-*ea*fti gnu idea u 1 - <' * r being profitable on farm* ranging Today the Kinj^Ranch, which in Of Texas Research Foundation from 10 to 100 acres. All w* need all probability, waerUw first to ex- ttaU GtatntO* from th«h»v« tot som* 38 ton* of organic e We have one of the BEST herds of carefully selected registered Brahman cattle in America made up of the best blood lines. FIGURE 4 NO. 24 A.B.B.A. NO. 24005 'A proven hard sir*. R«ct>finlxed as Our Charoilaise herd is EXTRA CHOICE- ABAfUS TATUAJE No. 40, R.RA. No. 02106 Famous Charollaise herd sire of Figure 4 Ranch the result of having bred five imported Charoilaise bulls to (a) King Ranch registered Brahman cows, (b) registered Brahman cows acquired from the Hudgins Ranch and (c) FIGURE Figure 4 Ranch registered Brahman cows which are second to none, and then by con- Congratulations Owned by C. M. Frost and P. M. Esperson Building, Houston, Texas centrating on the Charoilaise blood line K> Kl:Kl:ii * Xanefc. Tnt K)fb«re». Dr. 7 J. K. Xorl^>c*y, *nd t^:?!ir »i&i*'anM Easy to Reach r.*vt> ri»lnly ilon* «. m«rvi>1oi» Job we now have our herd bred up to /& CharoMaise imfvsv f.t lh» llvajlocW ir.4v.tiry ol BROOKSHIRE in* w Figure 4 Ranch ii 35 miles West of Houston. Take Highway 90 through Brookshir« - Y& Brahman, Young stock available. v«cyon« who h«« «;!0>m rnt Isn tn* livtitock im\u«liy. TEXAS and turn South on Form Highway 1489. After 4 miles you enter Figure 4 Ranch. 4 Gkittierez 1+-G Corpus Christ! CALLER-TIMES, Sun., July 12,1803 Gives Mares Special Care Tor th« put 20 -y«*r» Alejoc Guttierei ha* had charge of bands of fin* xnar«9 on King Ranch. He watch** over them as anxiously as a herder with a fioclc of sheep. But Gutttarex has .not always stayed inI close to headquarters, busying1 himself with a band of! H« cam* up from t»« cow out- fits, and in his younger day* he was considered erne of th« best cowboys on tha ranch. In fact, he :s still consiilered so; - and with be passing y«&r* he has almost aecorae a legend among othw cow- lands/ . - •„• •••••-. .-.. • Stopped S4arape«9 He is cwditea on on« occasion with KavJng prevented.a stampede of-sheers that could have been disastrous. Ilia steers \v-era wild and salty; arid th«y had no par- ieul'ar desire •• to b« driven from he pastures for .shipping. Every- thing was geing along smoothly enough until on« of the steers, frightened or out of pura perver- IBN HANRAH 4HC-6725 sity, whirled and headed hack to - - - • s - tha brush. Hundreds of other steers followed in pursuit, and a Young Stallion at full-scale stampede was In the BUT EFFICIENT — EmUIaho Garcia, roaster weaver who is in charge making. _ of the weaving room at Santa Gertrudis, uses the methods of ids forefathers to pro- CASDING WOOL FOB SADDI^ BLANKETS — Ail Sizing up th* situation, Guttler- DONOGHUE ARABIAN FARM duce excellent saddle blankets from raEchrgrown wool. Garcia is shown spinning «z spurred his horse, and atarted the wool that goes into the Running W saddle bHankets at full speed aJter th» head steer. wool cord that will be woven into blankets .oa the ranch-made, Hand operated loom. is hand-carded at the weaving room in tha colony at There was no time- for roping the •".-•'•• • • -. ' At the upper left,-Antonio Gonzales is carding - white Shropshire woot that makes Santa Gertrudis. Nickolas Escabolo is shown carding animal; and Guttlerez rode up be- up th* body of the blankets. . ^ brown caracul wool that is woven, into the whita wool side the fleeing steer, grabbed a langnorn, and forced the steer to to make the design on % finished blanket changa his courss. A stamped* 400-YEAR.QLD PROCESS I oa Us» ranch, ha ha» to put a*versl tfc» blan)ceta and the res was averted; and ths steers that] Purebred, Registered &re purchased from Stavajo In had been days in gathering:, •were j strips together to ffll a nzg order. kept out oi the brush. i "WITF O*»!"i Tt^T 1 ~I~^« • Dias said Garcia aad two dliES. GuWerez* feat ia stfll recounted helpers should produce enough SB*- Diaa hatS no ides how many with considerable admiration, by Weavers Mm Make rme dla blankets 'to supply tt« raach H bl&nkst* Qarcis and his helpers older workers on the ranch, Arabian Horses make each y*&r. Th» ranch-mad Bern on Ranch they worked without Kow 60 years old, GuttJer«z was Filling rug ord»» ccasumad part blsaketa are superior to those pur- born on tha ranch. Hlif father be- of their time and ths weaving room chases froia th» N&vajoi, hs said gan working for King Ranch in mar- is frequently roWs*d for an extra They are more uniform In weigh 1S90, spent, many years in a ccrw Saddle Blankets by Hand hand or two in emergencies, Bias and alia, the workmansMp is bet outfit, and eventually became a.\ coir by tide end bred for 1554 feel. said. V ter and Dias believes thay will fa rancfcero. Alejos followed in his •zfes zcoja *S tfes Santa j Mexico and Garcia learned tlta'tha de^ga, s Running W In ssch As it la operated, the weaving father's footsteps, along with five , 15»S taMj a room supplies approximately ' outlast one of those purchased. brothers who wera born and raised v? *£° * ** youngster, weaving ma- corner and three wide b'ands across by thsj j,^ troussrs and for the blanket's; width. Off-color vroo on tha ranch. He worked with dif- hands, gentle fe ride and well rained, teria l fcr own ferent cow outfits as a young man, I rwTOiiitJea, oQ:e, members ol tha Shropshire-caracul cross- la msjcife« *oS atomic the fsmfly. es is spun separately and used for Guttteres has two sons, both of j On* yearling stud tolt, fin* *£», tha warp of the blanket around Tragedy Gave King Ranch th'em born on tli« ranch.. Bothji th9 \vliito and th9 brown is boys, like their father, vrorfeed ini prospect for stud end doing hen*. ly cow outfits before taking up other j fi»» th worfi got back »SB» laaa-pioc«sse» that repre- Foreman Larre v Cavszos that he One man can maka a blanket In i jobs on tha ranch. One of the boys • Also two */4 Arab mam; •ealed prepress f our conJd tske}5^ days, beginning with the raw is now in the Army, while the < employe !Troo Racer, Curaedero^ Name other has been assigned to the j one yearling, ens four year old end bred sad- ^> Garcia said. Fleeces are first job of driving trucks. The a o n s • ^sol grown by tfco dirt-idle blankets ol it, j washed thoroughly, dried and then CurancJero, King Ranch Thor- Jinic&y about the new and strange are good cowhands in their own i for 1954 fool to registered Arabian. ales'* floci ct 73 Shropsiiires and' ! hsad-carefed. The carded wool is oughbred vrho won four one-mile source of his food. An old Mexican right. | caricols, the old weaver, tor Ma fist spun mto canis on £ races In tune bettering 1:35 to es- Tha Guttierez family, like so marcs sorrel 'with whitu markinp. vises blanket wfteftl &** similar to the Salt was delegated to stay -with ths many othisrs on the ranch, lists wool £* wmsJred, made 155°- >Dle TOrd tablish himself as the champion mare and colt out in the pasttirw three generations of men as ranch woven by haES-jrseiaocs. j k^g for Garcia! cylindrical balls resembling a miler, got hU name ax the result to superintend feeding untU the employes. The eldar Guttiere? Check With SsxaH Uocfcs ai sisep have been)>«« >«„, at *j,a fcornet'a nest. of a ranch tragedy. pair accepted one another. raised ca tfcs ranch as far bacfc ' " ever ir>-c,» started in 1S90, and his eons grew - Ksg?s tor S His dam, £3enca, died thres days Robert J. Kletierg, JB., saw the up oa King Ranch. Now Alejos' i-a ona of the agronomist after foaling end tao lanct had old Mexican leaving out one morn- sons—the third generation—are ti« Saat* Gestastis wool was sold' apnroxim.at e!y} ,-1"h J . for the co other mara that could serve ing', shuffling along with his "mo- employed as ranch workers. Donoghue Arabian to market Tfee ranch was inter-! te as a foster-mother to the orphaned rale" — water and lunch — slung In addition to his job of keeping i estsd in tfe* Cock tor tta . . said. Tfcs t«n:hl "?^' t{o IOKS rrOEl wea\re' rug1 a for the colt. Dr. J. K. Northway, ranch over his shoulder. Kleberg com- closa check on the bands of fine 1 GQLIAD, TEXAS it produced for the ranch i ^ "-'dirt, on and j ranc- ^"h families^ . Among these are a veterinarian, found and borrowed mented that the old Mexican look- tables. sticSs that are %vasae TRUE" TEXAS SPIRIT, WE SALUTE THE FABULOUS HISTORY-MAKING KING RANCH, NOW. OBSERVING ITS 100th ANNIVERSARY! ONE LUSCiOUS SPOONFUL' Of BELL'S FLAVORFUL ICE CREAM WJLL MAKE YOU A BELL PAN! BELL'S CREAMY SV.OOW JC5 I IS A WHOLCSOMK K50O I ... AND LOADS OF IT- TREAT . . . ALWAYS WBLCO.VU AT LUNCH AND DINNER TIMI •P AND LOTS OF FLAVORS . , . AND iT'S A MIGHTY GCX5O N "iN-B£TWEEN" SNACK TOOt Ice Cream Is mad® , AT YOUR FAVORITE DEALER ALL FLAVORS FOR VARIFTY Serve— BELL Corpus Christi Favorites WE INVITE INSPECTION OF OUR BREEDING STOCK • SANTA 6IRTRUDIS CATTLE TYPICAt, OF OURS AT COMANCHE RANCH FOUNDATION STOCK W@ Congratulate JOHN MARTIN THE KING RANCH RICHARD KING Developers of the Famous KING RANCH SANTA GERTRUDIS CATTLi JACK MALTSBERGZR PICTURED AB.OVE 20 MILES Southwest CARRiZO SPRINGS SPRINGS IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN QUALITY CATTLE VISIT OUR RANCH AT SAN DIEGO Group of yoiaigf resisted CHARBRAY heifers and bulls at Dan \V. Rlsingsr ranch. This stock—a combination ot the beat qualities of Charrolaise and Bnxhmn grow and fatten quickly and have heavy dressing-out vatic, \ A group of Brahma <-,attl» pictured on the range at Risinget- i-anch. Research and expcrlmentaUon have This beautiful herd sire.. . . a full blood C harrolai.se ... knds himself to the production shown that the sizs wid siamina of BraHtea,-can-fully I of the I me strain of Charbray catUe at our ranch. combined with the gfain nnd fattening qualities of other breeds, produces a superior be«£ stock. Our combination ot Brahma and aiarrolaisa has resulted •Congrattdations. in CHARBRAY, which we believe is the beef cattle of th« future. to the Texas Cattle Industry on its <* r* *% „ i * A - ... *^ WQth Anniversary, as typified by the KING RANCH WEILS TEXAS COUNTY REGISTERED CHARBRAY CATTLE ~ FUTURE CATTLE OF U.S.A. Mailing Address Mailing Address Box 156 WE INVITE VISITORS Box 156 v 1S-G Corpus Christi CALLER-TIMES, Sun., July 12,1953 Many Students Tour Ranch To See Progressive Methods Iowa State College sent the first mal' husbandry and of range man- This group, and most et the group of students to ever'tour the agement, vt other collega groups, are in charge King Ranch ms a college-sponsored •Many Point V4 students, exchange of Dr. J. K. Northway while- h«T8. project in 1931. • students from foreign, countries, Dr. Northway conducts' i semliae Dr. Cam, professrr of .animal visit the ranch for-i conducted on the ranch's breeding program husbandry nt the college, had visit- tour to study American methods of and on the eus alive and preventa- ed the ranch on a summer vaca- beef production and to learn of the tlve medical practices used, tion; Following his visit, he decided breeding! and grass experiments t During their stay, the RpTC «ttk it would be advisable for his stu- conducted by the ranch. Forty five dents sre given a barbebua picture- above was taken in 19*9 dur- ing the National Amateur Field QuallTrials It King KancK's luge Canela Pasture AMONG THE BEST —Walter Sandifer, professional 1 the d og a rm trainer and handler of King Ranch dogs, Holds Running ^Hl? ™! - ?- k olwaterjfrom-his.hat is, unidentified. On horse: at W Wranger (left) and Aklway, two of the finest field i» Iieio fcchroers irom \enita. Oklaaoma. and mounted .at' righfis a Dr. McDon- 01 L.aliiornia. • ' -•• - ' dogs on "the ranch, Roth have won several ribbons over the country. Breedin• •-. . • gC? of- • Field Tria. l Dog.^7 s-- • •• •' Now Sizeable Project 011 Ranch Interest in oreeding of fine hunt-, The dog program was started on j Running W Happy died recently jirsr and field trial dogs at the|a small scale in 1W7 hut it wasn't {but she left Winnies with « inr nf ;Ki% Ranch came by sheer acci-1 «»W «« that it became Cull scale, ™fj,rai PuPPie:> Wllh a Io< ™ ;dent. jThe dogs bsJong to Richard Kle-iP0'6""8'' i In February.of 1949 the ranch?*«T- Sr. { Sandifer spends a- lot of time J j played host to tie National Ama-i At the present time the ranch moving around the country with & -'i -' iteur Field Quail Trials- on its 4 < 50 dogsc*-^,' al*"l• pointers^--v*-;iLa* j, ii»n* a. thj_ e ranch field dogs said in June iCanclo Pasture. It was the firstjcorner of the vast ranch where!if a;es. fIor " with 15 o-f —th-e ,field trials ever held in Toxa': on!Baiter Sandifer holds full sway.}-**5! to run praine chickens on ia naiionai sca3e. j Sandifer is a professional trainer'(p81"*1?* timing ground in Elk- [ The allure of the raminc doss "« Dandier, ]h^ Manitoba. The ranch ss getting set to host in are ea Pln h t f K r - v i --- — -- pointers and two I**£iKm ^0W^ raising- and henceforth j ~' ^ °" ~ * " ' " "" setters in the trials. Pointer* make ! b*S«i to produce some! " may o« a iew years yet, — • " • • - ' »-« .-.t*r-i. •>»B««T.»»a^»:T3HpBu-T.ir«»;«-«r w ">«^» Bt-ViJ [i "T«TiJIi O 1 [fine hunting dogs but rarely are icham Pions- (though, because drought of the T'RAINED FOR THE POINT—Starlit, one of the many fine hunting dogs raised on ' :ood in field trial -where a "Jot of] Most of the animals are bcin?! pait, *°ur .years has cut down the I factors, • ' - - •• - '" " the King Ranch, comes to a point for trainer Jack Kirhberlin. Starlit had located a (handling, covey of quail during her training program and Kimberlin gets ready, to flush them. lacter. ^ >...... , The picture was taken in 1949 just -before the National Amateur -Field Quai! Trials iQJOstotnan Winner |as long as the field dogs don't gojtkmal trials it entertains, at the ranch. and begin chasing rabbits. can't affoni to have 3 Held g which persists in chafing rab- WES s, He has t ov tend to the h « - at hand and not get stde- her second m j-ears, traciseij bv anvthing:. But in the. Geld trials were Rich- Good Prospects -.<-.rf. K!sb3T?T. Sr.'s Starlit, handled The ranch now has Running \V, by Jcch Kimberlin, and Val L«h- Dot. Airhvay and Running" w! jmann's Rwzming W Sparldes. Lch-[Wrangef, among others, that look! Santa Gertrudis QUARTER jmann worfes on the Kin^ Ranchilifce they might develop into fine' —J owned Running- W Happy as field animals. Wranger and Airl-i CATTLE ... FUTURE FtELD DOG CHAaiPS—Running W. Zuinba as SparWes. _Happy wasn't Sway already have Wn several rib-] ... NORSK looks fondly &t her pups bom recenth- at the Kin" eligibllae fof nr fTi*the* ^raHrincnationa?l t-i^Tfilctrials1. *,fbont s s_t* severalt show_t s -i_n Arkansa»^_t s i Ranch dog kennels. One o£ them misht'turn out to fae Sparkles and Starlit did well in and Oklahoma, the trials. To make it even more Running W Sparkles Is still atj a national field trial champion. Holding Zuinba is i interesting, Kleberg was given the ranch but she's getting a Ut- 'Sandifer, ranch trainer and handler. Sparkles and Happy by Lehmann. tie old for the strain of field trials. r Geo. W. Lyles Taft Implement Salutes King Ranch BREEDER . . . ON THEiR . . . Registered Brown 700 YEARS of PROGRESS And for outstanding Service to Texas and the World at Large! i ement In nearly 20 years of service to South Congratulates Texas, has enjoyed a steady growth •from year to year, due to the fact that we, too,, have always featured .,. and the QUALITY BRANDS TEXAS CATTLE on ! 100 YEARS OF PROGRESS 1853 -1953 Uvaide Hunter No. J10096 ======FOR SALE REGISTERED BULLS COWS WITH OR WITHOUT CALVES Westinghouse, Firestone, RCA Radios - Television Geo. W. Lyles Complete Line of Appliances... OHic«: 1914 Loc*fed 8 Milti South TAFT IMPLEMENT CO. F-22Q1 VISITORS WELCOME * af \Jvf\d9, T«r., an TOM REDING, Mgr. tv, Tex. Toft, Texas Victoria, Texas ball, anywhere, anytime, under management would rather have'manner.. C rpU5 ChriSti any conditions. , them'tee * game as sportsmenj The Cowboys have hved up J ° CALMER-TIMES, Sun, JUly 12, 1953 I7-G And King Ranch Cowboy mana- than to wm one acting in any othei ithpt advice ever since. '"' f*r Garza quite readily" admit* that his te*m it not going to play the Wildcat*. j Garza exptejns it this way. "In 1951, "'T scheduled three games with the Wildcats, and we won all three. The Wildcat fans complained of our umpiring, etc. The came year I scheduled three games with the old MoPac All Only the Best! Stars, and we lost all three. We didnjt :alibi; Instead, when-the All Stars- broke up, we asked some of their top players to join ua, and they did. To Avoid Arguments" "There is such an intense feeling existent between the Wildcat fans and our fans, that J don't think it I is a good thing to start the argu- i merits all over again by scheduling {them. After all, we beat them three times, and'our aim now is to play the best out of town teams available and give our fam^ the best competition possible." This season the Cowboys had won 2 and lost 2, Into early April an'd during April, May. and early June had the! following schedule lined ut>. San Antonio Travellers, Kingsville Navy, • Harlingen AfB, KING RANCH COWBOYS—Front row, left to right: Gilbert Rodriquez, short stop, Sintort Independents, Casa Pasquel Piano Garcia, first base; Arnando Saenz, center field; Lefty Tony Rodriquez, pitcher; of .Nuevo Laredo, 'Mexico; . Edin- Jesus Garcia, catcher; Lupe Juarez, left field; Alberto Buentello, pitcher. Back row: burg Merchants, Burton Auto Sup- Miguel Ochoa, right field; Andres Sotox, catcher; Lorenzo Mendietta, pitcher; Jesus ply of Weslaco, Rivas y Belfort of Nuevo Laredo, and Grand Prize of Muniz, pitcher; Gonzalo Gonzales, second base; Sesario Cavazos, catcher; Enrique San Antonio. Bazan, third base,; and Jesus Garza, manager. During the past four years the Cowboys have hosted teams from Monterrey, Mexico, San Antonio, Corpus Christi, Piedras -Negras, Mexico; Nueveo Laredo, Mexico; King Ranch Cowboys Colorful, and many other towns and cities in South Texas. . • _. ' Their record by seasons against that type competition is as follows: Unnsual Baseball Aggregation 1949 won 21, lost 10; 1950, won 24, lost 9; 1951, won 26, lost 7; 1952, By 9AXE TKtJSSEUi tackled the Cowboys in their home] won 23, lost 11. Today Che King Ranch Cowboys • Last year the team realized a Csller-Time* Correspondent park will vouch for, . : have a Sunday in and Sunday out KIKGSVILLE (Sp)—The King The park has been '"assaulted'1 net profit of $1,100 at the end of the Pinch Cowboys are undoubtedly by the best semi-pro hitters avail-! home schedule that brings the season. The' management dipped -&; i -e ot the most colorful and unique able, but there never has been a: best teams available to their park. into that money to buy each man ) \seball teams in the history of home run hit over the Assault They play almost all their games a line sweater,' and then the- play- t e game. They are also a very at home due to several reasons. ers split the remainder of the pro- We Congratulate Park fence. Not even since 1951.' i ug-h semi-pro cJub that has Batata- when a special wire fence border- Rabid Fans fits. s'-hed a record of 93 wins against ing the outfield at something ap- May Install Lights : * losses in the past four years of One is that they have a rabid In the tuture, manager Gbrza i >mpetition while meeting 'the best proaching regulation baseball dis- group of fans who assure visiting states, the team hopes to "plow tances was erected. teams performing before a full under" its profits toward better- 'KING RANCH : mi-pro teama available in their i -ss. STo Homers house. Another is that -half the ment of the team, the field, the men on the team are actually The King Ranch nine, managed "When the new- fence was built, stands, and perhaps in the not too we decreed that any ball hit Cowboys on the King Ranch, and distant future to the purchase and! 1 • astute Jesus Garza, can claim most of the other half have regular Developers of Santa Gerfrudis t e distinction of having played for jthrough the fence, or that rolled erection of lights. j under it. was a ground rule double. day jobs in Kingsville during -the illcll , ! *_.._ ^ \\ «_3i . _ _ .» _ "Then," Garza says, a gleam in veral yeara In the largest base- JAnv" ball hit' it was & homer. week. They prefer to play at his eyes' " couple We salute the world-famous King Ranch;on its continuing program, of develop- . . nocked a. ball home,t .du.due to. touetough working asas- „.of? ^lii.fnightsi „a week, as well as Sun- fence at least & mile over thst fence for an honest home signments each Jlonday. ment and improvement in and for 'the livestock industry. Along with new and bet- : om home plate. More frankly, run." day afternoons." 1 -e Cowboys had their 500-s.eat The team is made up of King: Former Rep. Richard Kleberg, ter range grasses, a new strain of quarter horse, and counties'other developments, « K-den stands facing north across Distances from home plate are Ranch cowboys (just as the name Sr., attends many of the Cowboys Kmg Ranch has made a great contribution to the world's meat supply by bringing < -e of the many vast pastures of 350,down the third base line, 410 implies) and some of the top games and certainly could be list- t -e King Ranch. The only fence in center field, and 320 down the talent in Kingsvtllo. ed as one of their ardent backers. into being the entirely new Santa Gertrudis beef cattle. This strain, a cross be- first base foul line. The fact that Kleberg's Advice i i sight was a blurry line of wire the shortest distance from home The Cowboy's number one rival tween Brahma and Hereford, is-of giant proportions. It is h<2nvh. arcunc«.._.._..i i on_..c_ _ of_ *tne *.i | That's a story in itself. ually formed over 10 years ago, d It was named after Assault, the but not until I8t8 dSd it assume %«*>? wJE^fflSS' £3! •*', ffitffi Lb !; first Texas-bred Kentucky Derby the stature of a prominent South /o, fh w^ilr h.0t' ^nfortunate- viouslv unnecessar\' punishment, i winner, th« horse which copped Texas semi-pro nine. That was for the Wildcats, the compeb- t the following Tuesday's prac the winner's crown in the 1946 Run when Jesus Garra. became man- A for the Roses. ager. Garza, who is n painter's r h ' ' ed up and addressed the team. It was well named, in more helper at the Missouri Pacific rail- Ranch Cowboys have the fans arza save,, in essenceece,, Dicck *vay» than one, as even." member road shops by trade, told the team sewed up lock, stock, and barrel. KieberG g told the members of the1 tit the Co%vboys will testify, and when he became manager thathat_hist hist The Wildcats are currently, for} King Ranch Cowboys to always re- every .slugger who evtr stepped aim was to bulW up the scheaulejthschedule! .e_ second year__. . I..n. n,_. row._,,. hurlin..„ g (membe„...„„r that a visiting' team dc- up to the plate on any of the and build up^thejenni. That aimjoutst«ndin£"chaUYnges7o"'the"bo\v^ WILMINGTON, DELAWARE many vSsStlng teams that have .. • 'boys to play them a game of. base-'and that he and the Kins Ratich FAIT in the Future of the COASTAL BEND! Our production costs are less be- cause we are located in the heart Our fleet of Big Six delivery trucks of the grain and cotton growing assure quick service, anywhere in sectid'h. Texas. Six to eighteen-ton loads. MILL-FRESH! Big Six U% Protein Big Six Products reach your ranch as fresh as a new laid egg! Your livestock receive all the extra benefits of the full measure of proteins, carbohy- drates, vitamins, and minerals found only in mill-fresh cubes » and feeds. Big Six prices ere lighter on W" tr«*i your pocketbook. Mill-to- ranch distribution costs less. MATHIS CORPORATION MATHIS, TEXAS MILLERS OF BEEF CATTLE FEEDS AND CUBES EXCLUSIVELY TEL 356 FIRST m the The largest cattle enterprise of its kind in the world, the true mag- i nitude of King Ranch cannot be measured in acreage, nor beeves nor ' 'v ' T horses ... its greatness lies in the tireless research and labor and the resulting contributions it has made to one of our basic industries. Stock improvement, development of more nutritious grass foods, are famous "Running W" Brand but a few of the accomplishments. Today, breeder stock from the great ranch are scattered to distant points, giving people everywhere the IQQtk. i benefit of King Ranch experience and unceasing effort. \M\ay the history of King flbi:BHB^Z33^^u3D^BiY™~"'^ XBnnKMBHHDH acco and service years e ® re of free 9? it can This Page Sponsored by A VALLEY INSTITUTION * ft t t 4 •* V f > Corpus Christ! CALLER-TIMES, Sun., July 12, 1953 19-G Humble Camp, Ranch Maintain Ow• '" n *Fir e Truck" s Two seta of fire-fighting equip- ploye of Humble, is. in charge of mutt are maintained on the King the oil company's equipment. The Ranch, one by the Humble OU ranch truck, built to the specifica- and Refining Co. at Straftton Camp tions of the Humble truck, is kept and the other by the ranch at the at the machine shop at Santa Ger- Santa Gertrudis headquarters. In trudis and Nick Dia, headquarters addition, they have an agreement foreman, is in charge of fire-fight- ing operations. And the employes for mutual, assistance with the in the machine shop are qualified Kingsvilla Volunteer' Fire Depart- drivers and operators of the equip- ment il and when heeded. ment. Humble has ^approximately Humble and the ranch each has 21 men at the Stratton Camp train, a modern fire truck, designed and ed in fire-fighting-. built by Humble to fit thefr 'par- Grass and brush fins are tha common types on the ranch, Dacke ticular needa. The Humble truck said, with an occasional oil .instal- was. built In 1946, has a SOO-gallon lation blaze. The two sets of equip- tank and a pump that can deliver ment will average two or three, 200 gallons- of water a minute for fires a year., ' . . j fire-fighting:. ' . The trucks are equipped with! two fog nozzels for brush and grass I The pump is driven from a pow- fire control, fogging 16 gallons a er take-off. This makes it possible minute from each. One man rides for the equipment to pump.while near the front of the truck, fogging it travels slowly along the line of water on the fire line and another rides at the rear to get the small! a brush or grass fire. blazes and sparks the first nozzle, Dacke in Charge may have missed. j Paul Dacke, who is chief of the as Foam for -Oil Kingsville department and an em- For oil fires, the equipment car- ries liquid foam and a foam nozzle., 35,000 A YEAR tary, the ambassador to the United Dacke said he used this about a! States, and his adjutant.' year ago to extinguish a Navy jet Business Leaders - * Smooth-Wire that crashed on the ranch, Presidents, general managers Dacke said that whil1e there ara! and chairmen of the board of dir- Mesh Fence only two to three fires a year on Guest List Like ectors of many of our large man- the ranch, the equipment makes ufacturing and marketing corpora- many more runs than that. Ranch tions, of major oil companies, in- Used on Ranch and oil company employes report ternationally; known publishers and every fire they spot and the equip- ^ editors, all .are included on the The King Ranch has never ment goes out. Often they find it World Who's Who been a profitable customer of the to be a controlled fire, set to burn roster of the registers. something. The King Ranch guest register Thumbing- through -one of the barbed wire industry. at the ranch office of Dr. J. K, lis,,,Kt ovf notabl. e.. men• and wome..~..^n, registersicgiaieia, thme writewrner selected at "The first fences constructed on Dacke said the ranch and com- J g5 3Mi Northway are almost an interna- who have visited includes Will random one page of the visitors the Ranch by Capt. Rfchard King pany equipment are not restricted • i-in 11 r ii «n>. IIP Ml '_' ill. t'*"wUJJ^i>*)HLl:TOilTrTfFT"rP"* T: ^ nffTTM ROSOl'S. a frf»nnr»nt ^rie^frx*. \,ne, who r<*£*lRtf»rf»rt "Kfov» IT -IOCT «m.- to us on the ranch or in Kings- tional Who's Who. Rogers, a frequent visitor before who registered May 17, 1952. The were plain affairs and these were 6 SON OF MAN O' WAR—Free France, a son of Man O' War, is led down a ramp Scrawled on the pages of Ihe his death, Jack Dempsey) Sir Ru- home addresses listed on this page ville. They have answered calls to by a King Ranch employe, Manuel Cortez. The horse was purchased by the' ranch leather bound booJts are the signs- pert and Lady Clarke of Austra- give an idea of where these 35,000 followed by smooth wire fences. the Kenedy ranch and a short time iii it/^x tures of kings and presidents, gen- visitors come from. The ranch now uses a smooth- ago, the ranch, Humble and Kings- lia, King Mihat (Michael) of Ru- Addresses listed there are the wire mesh fence designed and ville equipment combined their ef- erals and admirals, ministers o£ was employed by the Taft Ranch xvar and ambassadors of good will, mania, Roy Rogers and his wife, U. S. Naval Hospital, Corpus manufactured especially for it. forts in an attempt to save a far- MEMORIES and pulled ma up to th» ranch, Dale Evans, and Lord and Lady Christi, Great Bend, Kan.; Winter The only barbed wire found on mer's stock of hay. A year and a as their traveling salesman for the house, Santa Gertrudla, and -hero •dentists, students and ranchers. Haven, Fla.; Curtiga, Braail; Aale- half ago, a grass fire got out of From all countries o£ the world Halifax. the ranch is the deer-proof fences Taft Packing House and my ter- I first saw and met Robert J. Yrt* „, .,. ,• sund,, Norway\vay; Munichunc, GermanyGermany*; at Santa Gertrudia and Laureles. control on the Laureles Division ritory to the south ended at Fal- approximately 35,000 people an- These consist ol four strands of and burned off 500 acres and quite Kleberg, Sr. I was & welcome nually visit this, the largest ranch barbe^aii/cdu wirwjte O.GVVCabove thmee four-lour-fi o o t a ^n**strin^g w*of. .LCJJUfencCe ueiurbefore zit was furrias then over ;to Kingsville. stranger and was -put tip over of its kind in the world. Some mesh fence and another strand at controua' on its 100th Anniversary,-extend;our congratulations on the many and varied accomplishments during this period, and particularly« •/ on its crowningr? acJiieve- ment - THE SANTA GERTRVDIS BREED OF BEEF CATTLE! Mr. and Mrs. Wade T. Chl'drcss Dan H, BriHon Owners ALBANY, GEORGIA Manager Largest Breeders of San fa Gertrudis - r ^ ,d FIRST SANTA GiRTRUDiS IN CANADA ^ WE HAVE We take considerable pride and pleasure in an- A FEW OPEN nouncing the sale of the FIRST Santa Gertrudis Cattle ' HEIFERS to Canada, This herd, consisting of 11 Certified Pure- ft « « * * * bred and 10 Accredited Cows, 13 Calves and 2 Bulls, > SOME TOP goes to Mr. and Mrs. J. Grant Glassco, of Toronto, whose LONG YEARLING BULL CALVES "Cofd Creek Form" is located at Woodbidge, Ontario. No. 21—A January, 1952 Bull Calf- Weight at 15 Months, 1340 Pounds .. a Pioneer in Texas Merchandising, Extends -^ l*£i f*& fe to the Cattle industry of Texas on the Occasion of Its iversary - I jf ~ .. as typified by our good .neighbor SEARS HQS Served A Long*2 Time', Too! Yes, Sears, a proneer in Texas Merchandising, is happy to safuJc its good neighbor King Ranch, on ifs cenfuey of progress; on Its many splendid achiayemefifs in the livestock and agricultural fields; on its patience combined with scientific data that accounts for much of its growth and influence in'this and other parts cf the world. ; Sears is afso proud of its proximity fo this world-famous 900,000-acre ranch which lies at the ou}«kufs of 8lve friendly cify of Kingsviile. Sears has served frhtj entire~areo for c!ose *o a quarts* of a century and is proud of the customer-confidence developed aver the years through its "satisfaction on af{ sales or your rwoney back" policy. Sears is now recognized as an unexcelled "one stop chopping center where you sJiop for family, hom«, car and farm." Sears h deeply fnferejretf in off agricultural projects and * sincerely txEieves fhot what i* good for the rural ' communities u good for everyone. Sears, Roebuck J379 Leopard St. Corpus Christ! Texas