186 A HISTORY OF SHORT-HORN CATTLE. 



of Col. Powel and became the ancestress of the 

 family so noted in Kentucky and other West- 

 ern States under the name of Louans. From 

 the Curwen herd Mr. Law also bought the bull 

 Bishop (73) and the cow Assurance. 



During the same year there was imported 

 into Maryland the roan bull Champion (864), 

 the white heifer White Rose, by Warrior (673), 

 and the red-and-white heifer Shepherdess, by 

 Magnet (392) all of Mr. Champion's breeding. 

 White Rose was in calf to Blaize (76) sire of 

 imp. Pansy previously mentioned and was 

 sold to Gov. Lloyd of Maryland. She produced 

 to this English service the bull Wye Comet 

 (1591). Shepherdess and Wye Comet were sold 

 to Col. Powel. Mr. Allen credits this importa- 

 tion to Col. John S. Skinner, and Mr. Warfield 

 to a Mr. Oliver. 



Walter Dun's importations. In 1833 Mr. 

 Walter Dun, a Scotchman living near Lexing- 

 ton, Ky., sent an order to a friend, one William 

 Douglas, residing in the South of Scotland, to 

 go into Yorkshire and buy several head of 

 Short-horns to be shipped out to America. 

 Ample funds were supplied, and the animals 

 were to be chosen with reference to quality 

 rather than to price or pedigree; Six head 

 were bought and shipped from Liverpool Sept. 

 5, 1833, arriving safely in Kentucky on Nov. 26 

 following. This shipment proved of much value 



