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herds. Harriet was a red-roan of March, 1835. 

 She was imported for Mr. James Renick of 

 Kentucky, a son-in-law of Mr. Felix Renick, 

 and her blood, as well as that of Josephine 

 and Illustrious, was afterward used by the late 

 Abram Renick in crossing upon his Rose of 

 Sharon family. 



Among the sixteen bulls imported in 1835 

 and 1836 one of the most noted was Comet 

 Halley (1855), a light roan bred by John May- 

 nard, sired by Matchem (2281), dam by Freder- 

 ick (1060), tracing to Robert Colling's Golden 

 Pippin. After Reformer became inefficient 

 this bull seems to have been more generally 

 used upon the best cows of the company than 

 any other except the Duke of York. He had 

 no difficulty in defeating in the show-yard the 

 bull Comet of the Dun importation which we 

 have previously mentioned. Goldfinder (2066), 

 a roan of 1835, had a very successful career as 

 a breeder, fully confirming the hopes Mr. Whit- 

 aker expressed regarding him at the time he 

 was selected as a calf. Prince Charles (2461), 

 another roari, calved in 1834, bred by Mr. Whit- 

 aker and sired by Norfolk, was imported spe- 

 cially for Mr. Geo. Renick and ranked among 

 the very best of all the bulls brought out in 

 the course of the operations of the Ohio Co. 

 and its individual members. The roan bull 

 Nimrod (2371), by Norfolk, matured into a 



