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Eoger Patton. Mars remained in the possession 

 of Matthew Patton, Sr., until his death, in the year 

 1803. He was then sold at the sale of his estate 

 and purchased by a Mr. Peeples of the same neigh- 

 borhood, but who soon afterwards changed his resi- 

 dence to Montgomery county, taking Mars with him, 

 where the bull soon after died. Mars, whilst in the 

 possession of Matthew Patton, Sr., served few cows 

 except his own and those of his sons and son-in-law, 

 for the reason that he charged the sum of two dol- 

 lars for each cow served by the bull, which price 

 was at that day considered so extravagant that only 

 a few individuals would breed to him. The bull 

 calves that he produced were nearly all permitted 

 to run for breeders; consequently every person in 

 a large section of country, had an opportunity 

 of breeding to half-blooded bulls, which effected a 

 great improvement in the stock of cattle in a large 

 portion of Clarke county and a small portion of 

 Bourbon county. Mars produced from the half Long- 

 horned cows, which I have before described, stock 

 that would be considered good, even at this day. 

 All the bull calves that. were bred by Patton and 

 his family were sold to persons in all the different 

 sections of this state and some to persons living 

 in other states. Mars has been dead 33 years. 



"In 1803, Daniel Harrison (my father), James 

 Patton and James Gay, purchased of a Mr. Miller, 

 of Virginia, who was an importer of English cattle, 

 a two-year-old bull called Pluto, who certified that 

 he was got by an imported bull and came out of an 

 imported cow, but gave no other pedigree. Pluto 

 was a dark red or brindle, and when full grown 

 was the largest bull I have ever seen, with an un- 

 commonly small head and neck, light, short horns, 

 very heavy-fleshed, yet not carrying so much on the 



