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232 TEXAS ALMANAC -1945-1946
42 "HK " Started
by Capt Richard King
about 1870, run to-
day by the King
estate,.
43. "Runnin W."
A Run on the King
W Ranch near Kings-
vlle, Texas, since
1919.
44. "Half Circle Ten."
Started for George W.
Saunders in 1864 on
his tenth birthday.
Saunders, San Anto-
nio, led min founding of
Trail Drivers Associa-
tion.
45. "JAL." Cowden
LJA Brothers of Midland,
Texas operated the
"JAL" Ranch in New
Mexico and Texas for
twenty-five years be-
ginning about 1882.
46. "Half Circle
Two." Another brand
of the Cowden Bros.
47."Y." Run by
Capt. Chas. Schrei-
ner from 1887 to
1919; now run by
G u s F. Schreiner,
Kerrville.
48. "LFD " Run from
1878 to 1920 by Geo.
I'FD W. Littlefield, Austin,
LFD and associates. Dis-
continued in 1923,
three years after the
death of Major Little-
field.
49 "TL " Run in Ar-
cher and Clay Coun-
ties since 1880 Now
run by A B. Edwards
of Henrietta.
50. "Bar S " Run by
- the Sawyer Cattle
Company, San An-
gelo, since 1884.
51. "Lightning " Run
in Brewster, Presi-
S dio and Jeff Davis
Counties from 1886 to
1928 by A. S Gage,
run today by his heirs.
52."A Bar." Run by
A E. Gates in
Webb, Dunimmit, La
Salle and Duval
Counties since 1900.
53 "H Crook " Reg-
istered in 1866 in
Matagorda County by
J B Hawkins, now
run by Hawkins
Ranch in Matagorda
County.
54. "0 Six" Started
in the 1850s; bought
O by L M Kokernot in
b K1873, now run by H.
L Kokernot, San An-
tonio.
55. "Spur" Started
about 1878: bought
by the Espuela Land
and Cattle Company,
Ltd. of London. in
the 1880s This com-
pany was later ac-
quired by the Swen-
son family of New
York In 1910 W. J.
Lewis of Dallas
bought the brand and
has since run it in
Hall County.56 "Jigger Y " Has
been run since about
1900 byo McElroy
Ranch Company,
Crane, Texas.
57. "Pot Hook." Since
S 1900 has been run b
f Joe T. Sneed, Amaril-
lo, Texas.
58 "Lazy Y " Is run
today by Fred Sny-
der, Lubbock, Texas.
59."S M S." Has
M h been run since 1883
by Swenson Bros.,
Stamford, Texas.
60. "JA." Started in
1876 by Col. Charles
Goodmnight to repre-
sent initials of John
Adair Run today in
Randall, Swisher,
Briscoe, Donley, Arm-
strong and Hall
Counties by the es-
tate of Mrs. Cornelia
Adair.
C 61. "Casey" Started
in 1854 by Robert
Casey; run today by
his son, W. D Ca-
sey, Toyah, Texas.
62. "Hundred a n d
One." Started in
I 1886 by R. S. Guthrie
I because of his friend-
ship with George Mil-
ler, founder of the
famous 101 Ranch in
Oklahoma; later run
by Mrs: Iva Guthrie
Turney, El Paso.
63. "D." Started In
1847 by Daniel Kinch-
loe; bought by A H.
Pierce in the 1870s;
now run by the
Pierce estate. Pierce,
Texas.
64. "Long X." Run
sine 1882 in West
Texas by Reynolds
Cattle Company, Fort
Worth.
65. "Single L." Has
been run since 1888 in
Goliad, Bee, Live Oak,
L Refugio and Aransas
Counties by Cyrus B.
Lucas, Berclair, Texas.
66 "MatadorV"
Bought from John
Dawson in 1879 by
the Matador Land
V and Cattle Company.
Run by that company
since; ranch head-
quarters, Matador.
67.' 'Triangle." Reg-
istered min 1911 by J.
C McGill in all coun-
ties south of the
Nueces River Run
today by the McGill
Bros., in Kenedy, Kle-
berg, Jim Wells, Starr
Hidalgo and Brooks
Counties. Apparently
made with "running"
iron. Many triangle
brands, both "run-
ning" and "btamp,"
have been u.,ed in
Texas.68. "Half Circle L."
Started in Wharton
County in 1885 by
M. F. Taylor. Since
1906 it has belonged
to J. D. Hudgmins,
of Hungerford, Texas.
who runs it on sever-
al thousand Guzerat
Brahma cattle.
69. "Swinging Elev-
S en." Started in 1932
by the Callaghan
Land & Pastoral Co,
Encinal, Texas, to re-
place the "Corbota"
brand. The "Corbota"
was a running cir-
cular brand (See No.
69-A) and was bad
for the hide.D
EL69-A. "Running Cir-
cle." (See No. 69.)
70. "D." This brand
was run by P F.
Dunn, Corpus Christi.
for many years.
71. "E L." Has been
run since 1886 by the
Elsminore Cattle Com-
pany, Pecos, Texas.72. "Seven F." Brand
F of Ralph H. Harris,
San Angelo, Was ac-
quired y his father
in 1888.
X - 73. "X Bar." Was
run by the Higgin-
bothams, Dallas, for
many years,
U 74. "U." Bought by
W. R. McEntire in
1880. Since 1920 run
by his son, Geo. H
b his son, George
McEntire, Sterling
City, Texas.
75. "Three Blocks"
Has been run for the
( LI past forty-four years
S by W. H. Portwood,
Seymour, Texas.
76. "T V." Started
I n 1854 by T C. and
W. J. Wright; run
since by some mem-
ber of Wright fam-
ily. Now run by W.
T. Wright of Alice,
Texas,0 a
77. "T h re e D s."
Started in 1881 in
Wise and Clay Coun-
ties; was run by W.
T. Waggoner estate,
Vernon, Texas.78. "Turkey Track "
Bought in 1881 by
Hansford Land and
Cattle Co Run by W.
T. Coble, Amarillo,
for many years.
79. "P a n t h e r
- Scratch.'" Registered
S in 1889. Bought in
1910 by T. J. Poole
Sr. Run on Coastal
Prairies in recent
ears by T J. Poole
Jr., Bay City. Texas.
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