XIV 



YOUNG MARY 



. In 1833 there was organized at Chilli- 

 cothe,. Ohio, what was known as the 

 Ohio ^Breeding and Importing company. 

 This was a stock company of prominent 

 stockmen, with the real purpose in view 

 of importing Shorthorn cattle to Amer- 

 ica. In January, 1834, Felix Renick sailed 

 to England, where,, as agent of the com- 

 pany, he purchased seven Shorthorn 

 bulls and twelve cows. Among these 

 were two yearling heifers Young Phyl- 

 lis by Fairfax (1023) and Young Mary 

 by Jupiter and out of Mary by Saladin 

 (1417) that later became the founders 

 of two of the most popular and valuable 

 Shorthorn families in America. The 

 former was bred by the Earle of Carlisle 

 and was of very superior breeding, while 

 the latter, the subject of this sketch, was 

 bred by J. Clark, a slightly known 

 breeder, and did not have a pedigree of 

 'importance compared with the other 

 cows imported. In England Young Mary 

 cost 26. 10s (about $130). 



These . two heifers were taken to Ohio 

 in 1834 and placed upon the farm of 

 Felix Renick in Ross county. Here 

 Young Mary was kept for about two 

 years, when she was sold at an auction 

 sale held by the Ohio company on Felix 

 Renick's Indian Creek farm, on Oct. 29, 

 1836. This sale is of special interest 

 from the, fact that it was the first com- 

 pany Shorthorn sale held in America. 

 Young Mary, then a 4-year-old, had a 

 heifer calf at foot named Pocahontas, by 

 Comet Halley, and the pair were pur- 

 chased by Edwin J. Harness of Ross 

 county for $1,500. That same season 

 Messrs. Vanmeter and Cunningham took 

 an interest in the cow and calf with Mr. 

 Harness, and by mutual agreement took 

 her to Kentucky, where she passed the 

 remainder of her life on the farm of 

 Mr. Cunningham. Mr. Harness died soon 

 after the sale, so the heifer was then 

 owned by the other two partners. 



Young Mary had no show yard career, 

 neither was she a distinctly show ani- 

 mal. Sanders says she is descrioed as 

 having been a large cow of striking 

 appearance, a light roan in color, with 

 some white, especially on her legs. Her 

 horns, which were inclined to be "crum- 



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