OHIO IMPORTING COMPANY'S SALES. iSl 



thence by Lake to Cleveland, and from there to Chillicothe, where 

 they joined the earlier importation. The cattle were thus kept until 

 October, 1836, when the entire herd, consisting of the several impor- 

 tations and their produce, were sold at public auction. There were 

 seventy-five bulls and cows comprised in the entire herd, according 

 to the printed catalogue at the time. The number of produce was 

 not large, as many of the females were only young heifers when im- 

 ported, and the limited increase in but two years is thus readily 

 accounted for. 



At the sale a large attendance congregated, chiefly from Ohio, with 

 some from Kentucky, and a few breeders from other States. The 

 bidding was eager and spirited; prices went high, as many of the 

 bidders were stockholders, buying their own goods, yet several out- 

 side parties made purchases at equal prices with the others. 



As this was the most important and numerous sale ever made in 

 America, down to that time, a full account, copied from The Stioto 

 Gazette, October 26, 1836, is herewith given, with purchasers names 

 and some other items added : 



BULLS. 



Matchem (2283), Abm. Renick, Clark county, Ky., $1,200 



Earl of Darlington (1944), Batteal Harrison, Fayette county, Ohio, 710 



Young Waterloo (2817), R. D. Lilly, Highland county, Ohio, 1,250 



Duke of York (1941), R. R. Seymour, Ross county, Ohio, ,120 



Greenholme Experiment (2075), J. M. Trimble, Highland county, O. ,150 



Comet Halley (1855), R. R. Seymour, Ross county, Ohio, ,505 



Goldfinder (2066), Isaac Cunningham, Bourbon county, Ky., ,095 



Whitaker (2836), William M. Anderson, Ross county, Ohio, 855 



Nimrod (2371), Elias Florence, Pickaway county, Ohio, ,040 



Duke of Norfolk (1939), Robert Stewart, Ross county, Ohio, ,225 



Duke of Leeds (1938), John Grouse, Jr., Ross county, Ohio, 575 



Windham (2845), Charles Davis, Ross county, Ohio, 500 



Davy Crocket (3571), Peter L. Ayers, Ohio, 490 



Snowdrop (2654), Stewart & McNiel, Ross county, Ohio, 480 



Independence (2152), Hagler & Peterson, Ross county, Ohio, 400 



Perry (not recorded), by Reformer (2505), out of Teeswater, W. H. 



Creighton, Madison county, Ohio, 4 



Goliah (2068), Isaac Cunningham, Bourbon county, Ky., 300 



Logan (2218), Elias Florence, Pickaway county, Ohio, 750 



John Bull (2161), William Renick, Jr., Pickaway county, Ohio, 615 



Paragon of the West (4649), presented by the company to their 



agent, Felix Renick, Ross county, Ohio. 

 Powhatan, 828^, with his dam Flora, Geo. Renick, Ross county, O. 



Rantipole, 885 (2478), Arthur Watts, Ross county, Ohio, 810 



Reformer (2505), unsound. J. T. Webb, Ross county, Ohio 48 



