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imported the bull Duke of Cambridge 447. 

 They had many years previously bought, in 

 connection with Hon. Henry Clay, for $1,000 

 the imported bull Orozimbo 786, and also bought 

 cows imported by Mr. Gambel, via New Orleans. 



James S. Matson (Kentucky). In 1852 J. S. 

 Matson of Paris, Ky., imported the roan two- 

 year-old bull John o' Gaunt (11621), bred by J. 

 S. Tanqueray, and the roan yearling Javelin 

 (11610) of Lord Hill's breeding. The former 

 was used on some of the best cows in the State, 

 including a number of Abrarn Renick's. 



Wilson & Seawright (Ohio). In 1854 Messrs. 

 Wilson & Seawright of Cincinnati, 0., imported 

 the bulls Fair Trader 1545, Lord Eglinton 1795, 

 Deceiver 409, Locomotive 646, Benjamin Dis- 

 raeli 1251 7 and heifers Gaudy, White Stockings, 

 Margaret and Isidora. This same firm subse- 

 quently imported four other heifers, two of 

 which were named White Rose (both white), 

 one Fanny with heifer calf, and a fourth the 

 roan Laura. The two White Roses and Laura 

 were bred in Ireland. 



Mason and Bracken (Kentucky) Associa- 

 tion. In the year 1856 a group of Kentucky 

 breeders organized a company under the name 

 of the Mason and Bracken Counties Importing 

 Co. Their purchasing agents were Messrs. Al- 

 exander R. Marshall and Henry Smoot, the 

 importation being lauded at Philadelphia in 



