272 THE PORTRAIT GALLERY 



HOST OF MAXWALTON 



106. Reid Carpenter, senior member of the firm of Car- 

 penter & Ross, proprietors of Maxwalton Farm, was born at 

 Mansfield, Ohio, June 6th, 1853. Mr. Carpenter was educated 

 as a lawyer, and his early years were spent as a practicing attor- 

 ney. From the vantage point gained in this position, he became 

 interested in the manufacturing of sanitary appliances, and was 

 ultimately made president, when the business was incorporated 

 under the name of the Humphreys Mfg. Co. He first became 

 interested in Shorthorns in 1902, placing a few purebreds on 

 his farms just outside his native city. In 1903 he secured the 

 services of Peter G. Ross, then herdsman for E. S. Kelly of 

 Whitehall Farm, Yellow Springs, Ohio. In order to encourage 

 Mr. Ross and to make him a permanent supporter of the busi- 

 ness, he formed a partnership with him in 1905 under the firm 

 name of Carpenter & Ross. 



The foundation of his success lay in the purchase of the 

 imported Avalanche in the winter of 1903, the cow then being 

 in calf to Whitehall Sultan. The following spring she dropped 

 Avondale 245144, a bull without peer, and asserted by some to 

 be without equal, as a sire. Avondale won first prize as two- 

 year-old at the International, was breed champion of the Amer- 

 ican Royal, and at other ages won prizes ranging from first to 

 fourth in class. It was not as a show bull, however, that Avon- 

 dale's success was marked, but rather through the showyard 

 winnings and the sale values of his progeny. He was the sire 

 of five International champions and over a score of first prize 

 winners. Attempts to replace Avondale with bulls of other 

 breeding proved unsuccessful, the most notable purchase being 

 the imported Shenstone Albino, senior champion of the 1909 

 International, sire of the 1913 champion Pride of Albion, and 

 grandsire of the 1919 circuit champion Pride of Oakdale. On 

 Avondale's death he was replaced by two of his sons, and only 



