216 A HISTORY OF SHORT-HORN CATTLE. 



Booth of Studley, dam imp. Moss Rose by 

 Eclipse. He was imported as a calf, was after- 

 ward sold to Benjamin Warfield, and left much 

 good stock. At a sale held by Mr. Clay at Lex- 

 ington in the fall of 1839 eight cows and heifers 

 averaged $420 each, the highest price paid be- 

 ing $835 for a two-year-old. 



Dr. Martin's importation of 1839. Dr. Sam- 

 uel D. Martin of Clark Co., Ky., who had been 

 breeding Short-horns for some years, in 1839 

 sent an order to Mr. Paley for a shipment of 

 cattle. Mr. Paley had assisted in the selections 

 made for the Ohio Co. and filled this order by 

 sending out nine head, including the cows 

 Jessy (roan of A. L. Maynard's breeding), by 

 Plenipo (4724); Beauty (red-roan), by Laurel 

 (2188); Leonida (red), by Red Simon (2499); 

 Rosalie (red-and-white), by Cadet (1770), dam 

 Leonida, just mentioned; Sprightly (red-and- 

 white), by Fitz Roslyn (2026), and Jessamine 

 (roan), by Leoniclas (4211) out of imp. Jessy, 

 mentioned above. The cow Sprightly gave 

 birth in December, 1839, to a pair of twin bulls, 

 afterward recorded as Specie (5289) and Specu- 

 lation (5293), both bred by Mr. Paley, and sired 

 by Mendoza (4456). Imp. Beauty produced to 

 an English service the red bull calf Bullion 

 (3240). 



R. Hutchcraft's importation. Reuben H. 

 Hutchcraftof Bourbon Co., Ky., imported seven 



