Show stopper 95 said:
it will get you classed out of shows thats why. my friend colby threet got a heifer thrown out of the natl show beause she had a half inch spot of white hair. heifer was THROWN OUT. id freak out too if i was the breeder.
All I'm saying, is it appears to me that Gert breeders are unnecessarily ashamed of their Shorthorn ancestry. I've talked to a few King Ranch employees, and, they tell me that the purer the Gert, the better the Gert. In college,during a Tour associated with the national Block and Bridle Convention, I asked one cowhand ( who spoke better Spanish than English, and, whose family were among the original Kinenos) what, in his experience, defines "better" and "purer", Santa Gertrudis cattle. His reply came with a heavy Spanish accent, was, "you gotta accept a few roans, every now and again" He then gave me a wink, and, then, looked down at his boots and twirled his handlebar mustache.
I had to ask him in English,at the time, because, that was a "few"years before the Hispanic influx into Northwest Arkansas.
GB