188 A HISTORY OF SHORT-HORN CATTLE. 



Maximus, and Young Charlotte, by Thorp, re- 

 corded as Otho 794 arid Tarik.1022. 



Meantime the Ohio Co. had begun its memo- 

 rable importations, and the desire for good 

 Short-horns among the better class of farmers 

 was universal. Messrs. Dun and Smith both 

 died shortly after these latter importations, and 

 at an auction sale held by their executors Sept. 

 11, 1838, the prices made revealed the fact that 

 the breeders of that period were both prosper- 

 ous and enterprising. Imp. Adelaide brought 

 $1,375 from Messrs. Dillard & Ferguson, and 

 her daughter $755 from F. S. Read. The cow 

 Adeline brought $1,030, and her daughter $440. 

 Imp. Mary Ann and her Norfolk bull calf, then 

 but ten days old, fetched $2,100 from Messrs. 

 R. G. Jackson and B. P. Gray, and Allen states 

 that Messrs. Wesson and Shropshire afterward 

 gave that amount for Otley alone. At this 

 same sale R. T. Dillard and C. R. Ferguson gave 

 $1,235 for the cow Ellen, C. C. Morgan $1,230 

 for the cow Cleopatra and W. S. Hume $1,000 

 for the bull calf Oliver Keen all the property 

 of Mr. Smith's estate. The bull Comet had 

 meantime become the individual property of 

 Mr. John G. Dun, and for him the great price 

 of $3,000 was offered by Mr. Gray, one of the 

 buyers of imp. Mary Ann. He was bred by Mr. 

 Crofton from a Mason foundation. Otley was 

 supposed to have been bred by Mr. Fawkes. 



