DEVELOPMENT OF OHIO VALLEY HERDS. 209 



Independence (2152), roan yearling, by Earl of Darlington, 



dam imp. Matilda Hagler & Peterson, Ross County 400 



Commodore Perry (1859) , red yearling, by Reformer, dam 



imp. Teeswater W. H. Creighton, Madison County 400 



Goliah (2068), red yearling by Earl of Darlington, dam imp. 



Calypso Isaac V. Cunningham, Scioto County 300 



24 females sold for $19,545 ; an average of $814.37 



19 bulls sold for 14,995 ; an average of 789.20 



43 animals sold for 34,540 ; an average of 803.25 



The bulls Reformer and Columbus were sold 

 at this sale as " unsound/ 7 and as they there- 

 fore commanded a low price they are not in- 

 cluded above. The company made a present to 

 Felix Renick upon this occasion of the roan 

 six-months-old bull calf Paragon of the West 

 (4649), sired by imp. Duke of York (1941) out 

 of imp. Rose of Sharon. This was a graceful 

 act upon the part of the stockholders, as the 

 calf was regarded as perhaps the most valu- 

 able young bull in the possession of the com- 

 pany at this date. Like his sire, the Duke of 

 York, he proved a very superior stock-getter, 

 and in the fall of 1837 won first prize as a year- 

 ling at the Ohio State Fair at Columbus. Rose 

 of Sharon's daughter, Lady of the Lake, pur- 

 chased by Mr. Seymour, proved a great breeder. 

 She never grew into a large cow, but was ex- 

 ceedingly neat, with a very handsome head 

 and prominent eyes. She was of a deep-red 

 color, with a little white on each flank and star 

 in forehead. She was sold to George Renick, 

 for whom she bred five heifers, to-wit.: 1838 



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