196 A HISTORY OF SHORT-HORN CATTLE. 



breeds if thought advisable, and in a letter writ- 

 ten by Henry Clay to Gov. Trimble, dated Wash- 

 ington, D. C., Dec. 13, 1833, the great Kentuckian 

 advised the purchase of typical specimens of the 

 "Durham," Hereford and Devon breeds. He 

 thought the Devons might do well, as being 

 specially adapted for contending with the hard- 

 ships of the long journey from the West to the 

 Eastern markets. That Mr. Renick was not 

 averse to studying this proposition is shown by 

 the fact that while at Baltimore en route to Eng- 

 land he and his colleagues visited a herd of 

 Devons belonging to Mr. Patterson of that city 

 and they were well pleased with the " rubies." 

 Proceeding to Philadelphia they called upon 

 Col. Powel, examined his Short-horn herd, and 

 received many useful hints from him in refer- 

 ence to the purchasing and shipping of stock 

 across the Atlantic. It is of interest in this 

 connection as showing the changes in popular 

 taste in respect to color that Felix Renick spoke 

 of the Powel cattle as "white, red-and-white 

 pied and the fashionable roan." They had set 

 out from Ohio upon their long journey on Jan. 

 29, 1834, and it is needless to say that they ar- 

 rived in England free from prejudice not only 

 as between the different breeds but also as be- 

 tween the rival breeders of Short-horns, con- 

 cerning whom they had doubtless heard some- 

 thing from Col. Powel before embarking for the 

 other side. 



