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head from England in 1839, including the bulls 

 Van Buren 1062, bred by Col. Cradock and 

 sired by Magnum Bonum (2243) and the year- 

 ling Don John (3603). The females included 

 the roan yearling heifer Wild Rose, by Chorister 

 (3378), bred by Mr. Watkin; the red cow Har- 

 riet, by Grainford (2044), and the Magnum Bonum 

 heifers Fatima, Beda and Blossom all of Col. 

 Cradock's breeding. 



Fayette County Importing Co. The first 

 "syndicate" formed in Kentucky for the pur- 

 chase of English Short-horns was that repre- 

 sented by the Fayette County Importing Co., 

 which, in the spring of 1839, sent the Rev. R. 

 T. Dillard and Mr. Nelson Dudley abroad as 

 agents. They bought twenty-one head of cows 

 and heifers and seven bulls. After arrival in 

 Kentucky the cattle were placed upon the farm 

 of David Sutton, near Lexington, and in July, 

 1840, were sold at auction. This was consid- 

 ered a very superior lot and included such fine 

 bulls as Eclipse (9069) and Carcase (3285), of 

 S. Wiley's breeding. Among the females that 

 afterward gave rise to good families of Short- 

 horns were Victoria, by Plenipo; Fashion (dam 

 of heifer calf Zelia, by Norfolk); Lady Eliza- 

 beth, by Emperor; Rosabella 2d,by Velocipede, 

 etc. Indeed, some of the best cattle bred in 

 subsequent years in Kentucky and the West 

 claimed descent from this selection, and on 



