HIST R Y OF HEREFORD C A T T L E 



fore their arrival in Baltimore, I sold to Cap- 

 tain William Smith, one-third of the concern, 

 and to Dr. William H. Tegarden another third ; 

 reserving to myself one-third only. A suitable 

 agent was sent to Baltimore for them and they 

 would be brought to Kentucky at the joint risk 

 and expense of the three parties. On their ar- 

 rival at Lexington they were divided. There 

 fell to my lot : No. 1, which I named Tecum- 

 seh; No. 2, named Sam Martin; No. 8, named 

 Mrs. Motte; No. 10, named Georgiana. 



Captain Smith's lot: Bull No. 5, which he 

 named Bright; No. 7, cow, which he named 



YOUNG BULLS AT SHADELAND STOCK FARM. 



The Durham Cow; No. 9, cow, named Tees- 

 water Cow. 



Dr. Tegarden's lot: Bull, No. 4, which he 

 named Comet; No. 6, which he named Rising 

 Sun; No. 12, Longhorn Cow. 



No. 10 died in Maryland ; No. 3, bull, became 

 lame on the travel out to Kentucky and was 

 left on the way; he was afterwards received 

 and sold by the company to Captain Fowler, 

 who sold him to General Fletcher of Bath 

 County, Ky., where he died. 



When the division took place, Captain Smith 

 evinced great anxiety to own the largest Long- 

 horn bull. Dr. Tegarden preferred No. 4, and, 

 as neither of them were my favorites, I cheer- 

 fully yielded, and in consequence they gave me 

 the choice of the cows. I selected one of the 

 Teeswater heifers and named her Mrs. Motte. 

 It was a very pleasing occurrence to have each 

 highly gratified with receiving the very ani- 

 mals he preferred. 



The narrative of a pertinent coincident will 

 not, I think, be deemed ill-placed. 



Mr. H. Clay being in England in 1816, hav- 

 ing always had a fondness for other fine stock, 

 concluded to send home some fine cattle. At 

 this time the Herefords were great favorites 



at Smithfield. Either from Mr. Clay's own 

 taste, or from the recommendation of others, 

 he selected that stock, purchased a cow, a young 

 bull, and heifer of that breed, and sent them to 

 Liverpool to be shipped to the United States. 

 It so happened that they were put on board the 

 Mohawk, the same ship with my cattle, and they 

 arrived together at Baltimore, where they were 

 placed in the same pasture, and the agent that 

 was sent for my cattle brought out Mr. Clay's 

 to Kentucky. 



Although Mr. C. and myself at that period 

 resided in the same city, and had always been 

 personal and political friends from the time of 

 his coming to Kentucky, in 1789, till March, 

 1825, and our social and personal relations have 

 been unchanged for fifty years, yet, neither Mr. 

 C. or myself had the slightest knowledge or 

 intimation of the intention or views of the other 

 in regard to importing foreign cattle. 



Mr. Clay at one time had a good stock of 

 horses. He bred the dam of Woodpecker, one 

 of our best race horses, and he proved to be a 

 good stallion. His flock of sheep were cele- 

 brated for the fineness of their fleece. 



Having introduced the Herefords, I might 

 as well finish them. 



At this time, 1817, Mr. Isaac Cunningham 

 owned the largest and best grass farm in Ken- 

 tucky the identical farm settled by old Mr. 

 Matthew Patton, the father of the Patton fam- 

 ily, who introduced the Patton cattle. Mr. 

 Cunningham was wealthy, had a good stock of 

 . Patton cows, and had been in the habit of sell- 

 ing his young ones for breeders. Mr. Clay's 

 good judgment led him to place the Herefords 

 in the hands of Mr. Cunningham ; notwithstand- 

 ing all these advantages, the Herefords made 

 no impressions. In a very few years they were 

 unknown as a breed in Kentucky, and at this 

 day a part blooded one is rarely to be met 

 with. 



As to the Longhorns (fl 113), although there 

 were two bulls imported, the breed was nearly 

 run out. Captain Smith kept them for a while, 

 but he died soon after they were introduced; 

 his stock was neglected. The Rising Sun left 

 a good stock in Clarke and Bourbon Counties, 

 and for a while they were very popular with the 

 feeders in these counties, but they have gradu- 

 ally yielded to the Shorthorns. A mixture of 

 Longhorn blood in a remote degree is deemed 

 by many feeders of great value (and that is 

 my opinion). The hide is thick, the hair is 

 long and very closely set; they are of very 

 hardy constitution, well adapting them to our 

 mode of feeding. Cattle are not housed or 

 sheltered, but fed out in the fields, taking the 



