(following is an excerpt from an Omaha World-Herald article by Carlyle Hodgkin, World-Herald Farm Editor)

Sam Hudson, veteran sandhills rancher and famed for his handlebars mustache, was honored Friday night by the Block and Bridle club at the college of agriculture.

His portrait will be hung with others the club has honored as having contributed much to the live stock industry of Nebraska.

E. M. Brouse, Valentine, said Hudson was born in Kentucky, grew up in Missouri, worked as a cowhand in Texas and finally settled down to become a rancher in Nebraska.

He was 79 years old April 15, and has worn the handlebars mustache continuously since he was 17.

A Six-Shooter, Too Besides the mustache, the old cow man now has a beard and sideburns. He said this was for Golden Spike days, and when his old six-shooter was mentioned, he said, "I was figurin' on wearin' that down to Omaha when I go down to spike days."

Hudson spoke briefly, recalling the early days when he used to trail wild horses, catch and sell them for about $25 apiece, also the Texas trail days.

At one time he considered ranching in eastern Colorado, but he decided that land some day would be plowed, and he wanted to keep away from the plow. So he settled in the Nebraska sandhills southwest of Valentine.

Sam R. McKelvie, near neighbor to the Hudsons, praised the old cattleman as a "neighbor and friend." "We are honoring him," said McKelvie, "but this ranching business is a plumb partnership between him and her."

He said the Hudsons have one of the most modern and hospitable homes in the sandhills.

Before her marriage, Mrs. Hudson was superintendent of the Cherry county schools.

G. E. Condra, dean of the university conservation division, recalled visits to the Hudson ranch in bygone years.

"Sam Hudson is a man whose university has been the out-of-doors," he said.

Edwin Rousek presided and the portrait was presented by Lyle Roberts, president of the Block and Bridle club.