170 A HISTORY OF SHORT-HORN CATTLE. 



and took them to his farm in Westchester Co , 

 N. Y., where he then resided. It is surmised 

 that the Short-horns which he had previously 

 imported had also been taken to that place, but 

 as to this there is no verified account. What 

 finally became of the Heaton cattle and their 

 descendants nothing definite is known, except 

 that some superior cattle were for many years 

 grown in Westchester Co.,N. Y., after the pres- 

 ent century came in, but no pedigrees of them 

 have been traced except in one or two instances 

 through " Brisbane's bull," which was purchased 

 of Mr. Heaton by the late Mr. James Brisbane 

 of Batavia, N. Y., in the early years of this cen- 

 tury. The bull left much valuable stock in the 

 vicinity of Batavia and was supposed to be a 

 pure-bred Short-horn. Of the Heaton stock 

 retained in the vicinity of New York nothing 

 further is known. It is altogether probable 

 that the people of that vicinity, knowing little 

 of any breed in those days, let the stock " run 

 out," and that the blood was finally lost in the 

 common herds of the country.* 



The Cox importation. While the Virginians 

 were settling upon the virgin fields of Ken- 

 tucky, and helping to occupy the rich coun- 

 try to the north of the broad stream of the 

 Ohio, enterprising men were seeking to intro- 



In this connection see also the story of the importation and return of 

 "The American Cow," page 46, 



