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HISTORY OF THE SHORT-HORNS. 



or less interested in Short-horns up to the present, and have been familiar with most 

 of the breeders of Short -horns in England, from the days of the Collings down to 

 the present time, and I have never heard any one doubt that the Messrs. Shipman, 

 Winston, Reed and Wilson, possessed as pure Short-horns as existed at that day. 

 ' Given under my hand, at Darlington, England, the 6th day of March, 1854. 



(Signed) TIMOTHY LANCHESTER.' 



'I could have had a number of other certificates from younger 

 breeders, but I preferred to take one from this old and much esteemed 

 gentleman, who had personally known those old breeders. 



(Signed) H. H. HANKINS. 



' BLOOMINGTON, OHIO, March 25, 1855.' " 



To pursue the 1817 importation exhaustively, we quote further 

 from Vol. 4, American Herd Book, edited in the year 1859 : 



" I herewith publish a list of the produce, by name, of the three 

 cows of Col. Sanders' Kentucky importation of 1817, together with 

 the produce of some of their daughters. The record will be gratify- 

 ing to many who are interested in that blood, and valuable for future 

 reference. For these papers I am indebted to Mr. H. H. Hankins, 

 of Clinton county, Ohio, who received them from Dr. S. D. Martin, 

 of Clark county, Ky. They are as follows : 



"Produce of Mrs. Motte, Kentucky importation 1817. 



"Produce of the Durham Cow, Kentucky importation 



" * The Herd Book pedigree of Wickliffe's bull, says : ' Got by San Martin (2599)'. L. F. A. 



