274 A HISTORY OF SHORT-HORN CATTLE. 



Hector (13002), and Lady Constance, by Lord 

 Derby (13179). Three of the Booth cows were 

 bred by Mr. R. Chaloner, Kings Fort, Ireland, 

 and one by Mr. Torr. These were kept on Mr. 

 Richardson's farm at Westchester, the herd 

 being sold soon after his death, which occurred 

 a few years after the arrival of the importa- 

 tion. 



Dr. H. Wendell (New York). In 1856 Dr. H. 

 Wendell of Albany brought out an importation 

 of four cows and heifers and the bull Lord 

 Ducie 662--all bred by R. Bell and crossed by 

 Bates bulls. The red Craggs cow Alice Maud, 

 by Grand Duke (10284); the roan Lady Liver- 

 pool, by 3d Duke of York (10166); the red-and- 

 white Acomb heifer Agnes, by Earl of Derby 

 (10177), and the roan two-year-old Famous (of 

 the Bell-Bates Fletcher tribe), by Earl of Derby 

 (10177), were in this shipment. Agnes was in 

 calf to Gen. Canrobert (12926) and dropped the 

 red-and- white Duchess of Cleveland after im- 

 portation to that service.* 



J. 0. Sheldon (New York). Sheldon of Ge- 

 neva, N. Y.> who afterward acquired the Thorne 

 Duchesses, imported in 1857 the roan yearling 

 Bates Oxford bull Grand Duke of Oxford ( 16184) , 

 bred by Capt. Gunter from Oxford llth; the red 



*We have neglected to list in its proper order the importation of the 

 red-and-white cow Lucy, by Young North Star (2384), brought into New 

 York in 183(5 by a Capt. Sproul. This cow was bougrht by J. S. Berryrnau of 

 Fayette Co,, Ky., in 1338. 



