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Birmingham (3152), and the other was the cow Ringlet, by Belshaz- 

 zar (1704). Whether any other cattle were imported by Mr. Whitney 

 we have no information. 



About the same time as the above, the late Mr. William Gibbons, 

 of Madison, N. J., imported the bull Majestic (2249), and the cow 

 Volage (bred by Mr. Whitaker), by Charles (878). The cow bred 

 the bull Zero 190 (by Majestic). Of her and her breeding we have 

 no further account, as Mr. Gibbons took little fancy to cattle of any 

 kind, his taste running to blooded horses, of which he bred several 

 of high repute in the turf annals of his time. 



Dr. Samuel D. Martin, Pine Grove, Clark county, Ky., in addition 

 to a herd of Short-horns which he had some years before established, 

 in the year 1839, in conjunction with Messrs. Hubbard and J. P. 

 Taylor, sent an order to England and imported four cows and a 

 heifer calf, viz. : Beauty, by Laurel (2181), bred by Mr. Parker; 

 Jessy, by Plenipo (4724), bred by A. L. Maynard; Leonida, by Red 

 Simon (2499), bred by Mr. Peacock ; Sprightly, by Fitz Roslyn (2026), 

 bred by Mr. Paley; and the calf Rosalie, by Cadet (1770), bred by 

 Mr. Paley. Three of the cows were in calf before leaving England. 

 Sprightly produced twin bulls: Specie (5289), and Speculation (5263), 

 by Mendoza (4456); Beauty produced Bullion (3240), by Lofty 

 (2217) ; and Jessy produced the heifer Jessamine, by Leonidas (4211). 

 These cows all proved good animals, and excellent milkers. Many 

 of the produce are recorded in the American Herd Book. 



It is probable that about those years some other importations of a 

 few Short-horns were made by gentlemen living in our Eastern cities, 

 which were placed on their country places in their several vicinities, 

 but as they were simply amateurs, caring little or nothing for pedi- 

 grees, and the novelty of their possession soon abating, the cattle 

 themselves, and their produce, pedigrees, and history, were ultimately 

 absorbed, or lost in the common stock of the country. 



In the year 1837 or '38, Mr. John F. Sheaffe established a choice herd 

 at his farm and country residence at New Hamburgh, Dutchess 

 county, N. Y., on the Hudson. They were chiefly descendants from 

 the New England importations. To them in 1843 he added several 

 cows which he imported, among which was Seraphina, by Wharfdale 

 (1578). The other names are not now recollected. 



In 1848 Mr. Sheaffe imported the bull Duke of Exeter, 449 (10152), 

 then a calf, bred by Mr. John Stephenson, Wolviston, Eng., a valuable 

 animal, chiefly of the Princess tribe of blood. This bull made a 

 marked impression by way of improvement on his produce. He was 



