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yearling Grand Duke 2d (14640), alias Claren- 

 don 2632, bred by Jonas Webb and afterward 

 sold to N. L. Chaffee of Ohio; and the roan 

 heifer Miss Butterfly, by Master Butterfly 2d 

 (14918) out of Ratafia by King Arthur (13110). 



R. F. Nichols (Louisiana). In 1856 Mr. R. F. 

 Nichols of New Orleans imported the two roan 

 cows Lady Stanhope 2d and Nightingale, both 

 sired by Whitaker Comet (8771). As to where 

 they were taken and as to what progeny they 

 left we a're not advised. 



First importations into Indiana. We have 

 now to record the first direct importation from 

 England into the territory west of the State of 

 Ohio. In 1838 Mr. Chris. Whitehead of Frank- 

 lin County imported the roan two-year-old bull 

 Eryx (1982), bred by Mr. Tempest and got by 

 Brutus (1752) out of Venus by Sir Walter (2638); 

 the cow Young Venus, by Reveller (2529), in calf 

 to Young Grazier (8929) the progeny being the 

 roan bull Grazier 4041 and heifer Strawberry, 

 by Eryx. 



In the year 1853 Dr. A. C. Stevenson of Green- 

 castle, Incl., imported four heifers and two young 

 bulls, as follows: Bloom, red-and-white, and 

 Violet, roan, both bred by John Emerson and 

 both daughters of Master Belleville (11795); 

 Miss Welbourn, a roan bred by Messrs. Weth- 

 erell, sired by St. John (27755), and Strawberry 

 5th, red-roan, bred by Mr. Thornton of Staple- 



