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"keeper," and these animals were forwarded in 

 good condition ; and as they were well bred and 

 their coming had been widely advertised they 

 attracted much attention, and when offered at 

 auction drew the presence of a great attend- 

 ance not only from the States of New York and 

 Pennsylvania but from the then distant cattle- 

 breeding districts of Ohio and Kentucky. The 

 sale occurred at Powelton in September, 1837, 

 the bulls averaging $353, the cows $480,- and 

 the total sales aggregating $14,215. Among 

 those sold upon this occasion were the follow- 

 ing: 



Clarksville, by Lottery (2227), a roan two-year-old heifer, 

 bought by Mr. Neff for $630 and subsequently sold to John tladley 

 of Clinton Co., O., in which State she gave rise to a considerable 

 family. 



Young Isabella, a red-and-white cow, bred by Richard Booth, 

 sired by Memnon (2295) out of the celebrated Isabella by Pilot. 

 She was bought by C. J. Wolbert of Philadelphia for 1405. 



Profitable, roan, two-year-old heifer, sired by Young Ebor 

 (3682), sold to Mr. Neff of Cincinnati for 1550. 



Ruth, red-and-white six-year-old, bred by Richard Booth and 

 belonging to the old Killerby Moss Rose family, also sold to Mr. 

 Neff at $460. 



Beauty,* red-and-white four-year-old, bred by Mr. Tempest, 

 sired by De Veaux (1916), running through Bertram (1716) and 

 Frederick (1060) to Ceiling's old Bright Eyes sort. This cow was 

 likewise purchased by Mr. Neff at $540. 



*From imp. Beauty was descended the great family of show and breed- 

 ing- cattle known as " Profitables," afterward famous in Ohio in the hands of 

 the late David Selsor, from whose herd many splendid individual Short- 

 horns of that tribe were sold throughout various Western States. There 

 was at one time an effort made to discredit this family on account of alleged 

 inability to trace the lineage direct to imp. Beauty. The breeding was, 

 however, certified to by Mr. J. J. Jones, who boxight the cow Profitable 2d 

 from Mr. Neff. See reference to this in Breeder's Gazette, Sept. 14, 1882. 



