344 A HISTORY OF SHORT-HORN CATTLE. 



among nineteen breeders. Some of these were, 

 however, unable to present satisfactory evi- 

 dences of pure breeding and were classed as 

 grades. In 1851 the Short-horn exhibit had 

 increased to thirty-seven head. In 1853 Mr. 

 Brooks sold at auction his herd of non-pedi- 

 greed stock, and then brought from New York 

 the bull Yonondeo 1116, sired by Old Splendor 

 767 of the Weddle stock. He also bought the 

 yearling heifer Fatima, for which he paid $250, 

 and in 1858 the imported Gwynne cow Camilla. 

 These purchases were followed by the bull John 

 o' Gaunt 1707^, a white, sired by imp. John o' 

 Gaunt (11621) out of imp. Romelia, brought out 

 from England by Morris & Becar in 1854. Soon 

 after this it is stated that Mr. Brooks sold a 

 pair of two-year-old Short-horn steers for the 

 very gratifying price of $228.50. This was in 

 1860. Soon afterward he bred a very famous 

 white heifer that attracted the attention of en- 

 terprising farmers throughout the entire State. 

 She was fattened and bought by Mr. Wm. Smith 

 of Detroit, with the expectation of exporting 

 her to England for exhibition at the Smithfield 

 Show. This project was not carried out, how- 

 ever, and she was slaughtered in Detroit. Imp. 

 Camilla gave Mr. Brooks the bull Sunrise 4411. 

 He was white in color, symmetrical in form, 

 and of extraordinary handling quality. He 

 remained at the head of the herd until five 



