202 A HISTORY OF SHORT-HORN CATTLE. 



"I am authorized by the company to make another small impor 

 tation in the spring, which I beg the favor of doing through you. 

 The calf of your old cow Minna by Norfolk I shall expect, pro- 

 vided he still continues to do well and proves, when the time 

 arrives for starting him, to be first rate in form, size, handling, 

 etc. This will be left entirely to your own judgment and deci- 

 sion. But we wish, if possible, to have something a little supe- 

 rior to anything that has yet been imported. If you do not con- 

 sider him so at that time we do not wish him sent. We also wish 

 you to procure us two young cows with calves by Norfolk or other 

 good bull. * * * The prices we were asked for year-old bull 

 calves by Lord Althorpe and Mr. Bates were fifty guineas. Prom 

 others we could have purchased them, perhaps equally good, from 

 that price down to thirty guineas. We want none without fair 

 pedigrees, but form and size they must have or they will not be 

 well received here. You will, of course, not forget the handling 

 and quality." 



The importation of 1835 was a small one and 

 included several animals sent out on individ- 

 ual account. It was upon this occasion that 

 Mr. Bates shipped to America the Skipton 

 Bridge Bull (5208) and the heifer Hon. Miss 

 Barrington as a present to the Bishop of Ohio 

 at Kenyon College. In 1836 a large shipment 

 was forwarded, including many splendid spec- 

 imens of the breed. These lots came via New 

 York, being shipped from Albany to Buffalo by 

 the Erie Canal, by lake from Buffalo to Cleve- 

 land, and thence driven "overland" to Chilli- 

 cothe. Great care and j udgment were evidently 

 used in making these selections. Whitaker 

 had the assistance of Mr. Paley and Mr. Fawkes 

 and wrote to Mr. Renick shortly before the cat- 

 tle were forwarded as follows: 



"Mr. Fawkes and I returned last night from our tour of inspec- 

 tion among all the principal breeders from Ripon to the Bishop of 



