220 A HISTORY OF SHORT-HORN CATTLE. 



Unfortunately no exact data exist in reference 

 .to these selections. It is known that in 1837 

 Messrs. Gordon & Bradford of Nashville im- 

 ported the cow Hibernia, recorded in Vol. 

 XXIV of the American Herd Book. She was 

 white with red markings, said to have been 

 bred in Ireland, and was sold soon after im- 

 portation to the Shakers of South Union, Ky. 

 About the same date Mr. Harvey Hill of New 

 Orleans imported and sent to his farm in Ten- 

 nessee the roan heifers Gentle, by Cupid (7941). 

 Lady Littleton (white), by Ranunculus (2479), 

 and Mild Spring, that were sold to Mark R. 

 Cockrill of Nashville. Messrs. Shelby & Wil- 

 liams of Nashville imported the heifers Agnes 

 and Buttercup (the former calved in 1835 and 

 the latter in 1836) and the bulls Champion and 

 Cassius. These latter were without pedigrees 

 so far as the records show. 



Mr. B. Letton imported in 1840 into Ten- 

 nessee the young cows Beauty, Spot and Cow- 

 slip. Beauty calved the white Aqua, and Spot 

 the red-and-white Neptune at sea. An un- 

 named roan and a red-and-white heifer were 

 included in this same shipment. All were 

 without herd-book record. Some five years 

 previous a Mr. Murdock'had imported the red- 

 and-white Bella, by Silkworm (5129), and cow 

 Rebecca bred by Sir John Kennedy together 

 with the bulls Murdock and Silkworm both 



