270 A HISTORY OF SHORT-HORN CATTLE. 



able material, and in a subsequent chapter we 

 shall have occasion to point out the far-reach- 

 ing effects of Mr. Alexander's importations* 

 upon Short-horn breeding in the Western 

 States for a long series of years. 



Importations by the Shakers. In 1854 and 

 1856 the society of Shakers at Union Village, 

 Warren Co., 0., imported about eighteen cows 

 and heifers and eight young bulls, most of which 

 were from the fine old herd of James Douglas' 

 of Athelstaneford, Scotland. Among the cows 

 were April Morn, Violante (with white heifer Ata- 

 lanta), Marchioness, Margaret, Duchess, Blanche 

 (with white heifer Lady Blanche), Farewell, 

 Bellevue and Heroine, all from the Douglas 

 herd. Of Mark Stewart's (of South wick) breed- 

 ing was Hawthorne Blossom, and from Mr. 

 Hutchinson's stock they obtained the roan 

 Prize Flower, by Prince Charlie (13503). From 

 Mr. Douglas they also bought the bulls Captain 

 Balco (12546), Morning Star (14962), King of 

 Trumps (14767), Chancellor (12579), Hearts of. 

 Oak (14684), Duke of Soiithwick (14455), and 

 Hawthorne Hero (14682). 



In 1854 the Shakers of Pleasant Hill, Ky., 



* Mr. Ben F. Vanmeter, who afterward became a prominent breeder in 

 Kentucky, in the course of a recent letter to the author says: "I came home 

 across the Atlantic with Mr. R. A. Alexander in 1853 just before he made 

 his first importation of blooded stock. He and I were the only two South- 

 ern men on board, and although I was then only nineteen years old a friend- 

 ship sprang 1 up between us which continued to the end of his life. I con- 

 sider that he was the greatest benefactor the blooded-stock interest has 

 ever had in America." 



