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same year R. D. Shepherd of Baltimore, Md., 

 imported nine females and six bulls, some of 

 which were without pedigrees. Several of the 

 cows, Including Lucrece, Haidie and Diana, 

 were sold to Hon. Henry Clay and taken to Ken- 

 tucky. In 1837 or 1838 William Gibbons of 

 Madison, N. J., imported the roan bull Majestic 

 (2249), bred by Mr. Crofton, the roan Arthur 

 (3040) and the white cow Volage; both of the 

 latter bred by Whitaker. In 1838 Dr. John A. 

 Poole of Brunswick, N. J., imported the white 

 yearling bull Bernard 19, descended from Mag- 

 dalena, by Comet, and the cows Maria, Fanny 

 and Barmpton Cow. In 1839 Joseph Cope of 

 Pennsylvania bought at Kirklevington the roan 

 bull Yorkshireman (5700), bred by Bates and be- 

 longing to his Blanche tribe; paying for him 

 something over 100. In 1839 Daniel Holman 

 imported the red-and- white three-year-old cow 

 Jane, bred by G. L. Ridley and sired by Young 

 Magog (2247). We should also note the ship- 

 ment of the roan cow Violet, by Regent (2517), 

 along with the bulls Young Rocket (4979) and 

 Rubens (2573) to H. Whitney of Connecticut 

 about 1840. Also the importation by William 

 Whitney of Morristown, N". J., about the same 

 date of the twin heifers Cornelia and Harriet, 

 by Birmingham (3152), and their dam, the 

 roan Ringlet, by Belshazzar (1704), of the Earl 

 of Carlisle's breeding. 



