180 HISTORY OF THE SHORT T HORNS. 



Smith, were disposed of, all the animals bringing good prices. Among 

 the former were 



Cow Cleopatra, sold to C. C. Morgan, for $1,230 



Cow Ellen, sold to R. T. Dillard and C. R. Ferguson, for 1,235 



Bull Oliver Keen, 5 months old, sold to W. S. Hume, for 1,000 



For the imported bull Comet, 356, which had, previous to the sale, 

 become the sole property of Mr. Dun, $3,000 was offered by Mr. 

 Gray, one of the purchasers of Mary Ann. The offer was refused, 

 the herd of Mr. Dun remaining in the possession of his family under 

 charge of his executor, Mr. John G. Dun. 



The young imported bull Otley (4632) had been previously sold 

 for $2,100 to Messrs. Wasson and Shropshire, of Bourbon county, Ky. 



"THE OHIO COMPANY FOR IMPORTING ENGLISH CATTLE." 



Excited somewhat, probably, by the recent Dun importation, in 

 the year 1834 several spirited cattle breeders of the Scioto valley 

 and neighboring counties in Ohio, associated and selected an agent 

 the late Mr. Felix Renick, of Chillicothe who, with two assistants, 

 Edwin J. Harness and Josiah Renick, proceeded to England early in 

 that year for the purchase of a herd of Short-horns. It was a pro- 

 pitious time. The prices for good stock of the kind in England were 

 then low. Mr. Renick bought some from Mr. Whitaker, at Otley, 

 Yorkshire, who had previously sent out many cattle to Col. Powel. 

 He had a large herd of his own, his acquaintance with other breeders 

 was extensive, and Mr. Renick had good facilities for making selec- 

 tions from some of the best herds, and at prices within the means at 

 his disposal. During Mr. Renick's stay in England he purchased 

 nineteen Short-horns bulls and heifers. They were from various 

 eminent breeders living in or near the valley of the Tees. All the 

 animals were thorough-bred, and, with one or two exceptions, which 

 could not be then readily obtained, had excellent pedigrees. They 

 were duly shipped and arrived in Philadelphia during the summer, 

 and driven over the mountains into Ohio, where they were kept on 

 Mr. Renick's farm, near Chillicothe, and bred as the joint property 

 of the Association. 



In the succeeding years, 1835 and '36, two further importations, 

 selected from equally good herds as the previous importation of 1834, 

 were made by the same Association. These animals arrived in 

 New York, and were transported to Ohio, via Erie Canal to Buffalo, 



