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fore their arrival in Baltimore, 1 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 tor them and they 

 would be brought to Kentucky at the joint risk 

 and exjjense of the three parities. 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 SHADELA;\'D STOCK FARM. 



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

 water Cow. 



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

 named Comet ; No. G, which he named Kising 

 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 wa}'; he was afterward.^ receivf-d 

 and sold by the company to Captain Fowler, 

 who sold him to General Fletcher of Bath 

 County, Ky., where he died. 



W^hen the division took place. Captain Smith 

 evinced great anxiety to own the largest Long- 

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

 ».'-. neither of them were mv 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 181G, hav- 

 ing always bad a fondness for other fine stock, 

 concluded to send home some fine cattle. At 

 this time the Herefords were great favorites 



at Smithheld. Either from Mr. Clay's own 

 taste, or froni 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 samie 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 

 jiersonal 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 mvself had the slightest knowledge or 

 intimation of the intention or views of the other 

 in regarfl 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 v/ttrf; cele- 

 brated for the fineness of their fleece. 



Having introduced the Herefords, I might 

 as well finish them. 



At this time, 1817, Mr. Lsaac Cunningham 

 owned the largest and best gra-s farm m 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. C'lav's 

 good judgment led him to place the Herefords 

 in the hands of Mr. Cunningham ; notwithstand- 

 ing all these advantages, the Herefords made 

 no impre-sion.s. In a verv few vears thev were 

 unknown as a breed in Kentucky, and at this 

 day a part blooded one is rarely to be met 

 with. 



As to the Longhoms (^ 113), although there 

 wPTft two bulls imported, the breed was nearlv 

 run out. Captain Smiith kept them for a while, 

 but he died soon after thev were introduced ; 

 his stock was neglected. The Rising Sun left 

 a good stock in Clarke and Bourbon Counties, 

 and for a while they were verv 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 

 bv manv feeder.- of great value (and that is 

 mv opinion). The hide is thick, the hair i:- 

 long and very closely set; thev are of verv 

 hardy constitution, well adapting them to our 

 miode of feeding. Cattle are riot housed or 

 sheltered, hut fed out in the fields, taking the 



