228 A HISTORY OF SHORT-HORN CATTLE. 



scended from the early New England importa- 

 tions. To these he added, soon after 1840, the 

 cows Phoebe 1st, Dahlia 1st and Beauty 1st, but 

 the pedigrees of these are imperfectly stated. 

 He subsequently imported the roan cow Ser- 

 aphina, by Wharf dale (1578), and the red-and- 

 white bull Duke of Exeter 449 the latter bred 

 by J. Stephenson of Wolviston. This bull is 

 said to have proved a capital sire. He is de- 

 scribed as an animal possessing remarkable 

 quality and subsequently passed into the pos- 

 session of Lewis F. Allen. Mr. Sheaffe bred 

 cattle until Aug. 29, 1850, when his herd was 

 dispersed at public sale. Between the years 

 1840 and 1843 James Lenox of New York, who 

 owned a fine country seat adjoining that of 

 Mr. Sheaffe, imported three cows and two bulls, 

 including Daffodil, Red Lady and Gayly, and 

 the bulls Prince Albert 133 and King Charles 

 2d 84 bred by Jonas Whitaker. The two 

 bulls and one of the females were sired by the 

 noted Sir Thomas Fairfax (5196). Between 

 the years 1835 and 1841 Mr. E. P. Prentice of 

 Albany imported eight or ten head of Short- 

 horns, which were placed upon his villa farm 

 near that city. He had founded his herd with 

 stock bought from the early importations of 

 General Van Rensselaer already mentioned. 

 Among the females imported were several from 

 the herd of Mr. WhitaKer, including Esterville, 



