166 A HISTORY OF SHORT-HORN CATTLE. 



types of the breed, probably the sort bred in 

 the Holderness district of Yorkshire. This im- 

 portation, it will be noted, antedates the Col- 

 ling improvement. About two years later, or 

 somewhere between 1790 and 1795, one or both 

 of these same pioneer importers made a further 

 shipment of cattle of similar types from Eng- 

 land. That good use was made of this blood 

 in the valley of the South branch of the Poto- 

 mac and adjacent territory cannot be doubted. 

 Then, as now, the "first families" of the Do- 

 minion were proud of their country estates, 

 possessing the real English fondness for rural 

 pursuits and the finer types of domestic ani- 

 mals. 



Kentucky and the Patton stock. The mak- 

 ing of the Ohio Valley States soon followed. 

 Over the wall of the Alleghenies, lured by the 

 golden promise of the fair and fruitful lands 

 beyond the Blue Kidge, the Virginians entered 

 into the priceless heritage of the blue-grass 

 regions of Ohio and Kentucky. The former 

 grazing-grounds of the bison were dedicated to 

 lowing herds, showing in many instances traces 

 of the magic touch of roan. In the first intro- 

 duction of the Gough & Miller blood into 

 Central Kentucky we find, therefore, the germ 

 of the gigantic American cattle trade of .the 

 present day. The conjunction of Short-horn 

 blood with the rich grains and grasses of the 



