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bred by Mr. Maynard. She proved very pro- 

 lific, giving Mr. Mason ten calves (of which six 

 were bulls) between 1796 and 1807. America 

 is indebted to Fortune, as foundation dam, 

 for the Woodburn Miss Wileys and the fa- 

 mous Bedford and Warfield Loudon Duch- 

 esses. Also for the Baroness family, ten of 

 which sold at E. G. Bedford's sale in 1874 for 

 an average of $600 each. Our Lady Chester- 

 fords claim a similar origin; and of this tribe 

 was Dodona, a noted English cow that, after 

 having been sold to Earl Spencer as barren, 

 in the skillful hands of Mr. Jonas Webb had 

 190 descendants within a period of twenty-five 

 years. Matchem (2281), sire of the Matchem 

 cow that gave Mr. Bates his Oxford tribe, was 

 bred by Mason from a Fortune foundation. 

 The Matchem blood also went into the Booth 

 herds. Usurer (9768), used by Lord Ducie upon 

 the Bates Duchesses, came from Cassandra, 

 daughter of Mr. Mason's No. 25; and of simi- 

 lar extraction was the cow Goodness ances- 

 tress of the American family of that name- 

 that sold at auction in Kentucky for $2,025. 



Mr. Mason made a memorable closing-out 

 sale in 1829, which was largely attended by 

 leading breeders, Earl Spencer being one of the 

 heaviest buyers. At this sale the highest- 

 priced lot was the three-year-old roan heifer 



Lady Sarah, by Satellite (1420). purchased by 

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