272 THE PORTRAIT GALLERY 
-HOST OF MAXWALTON 
106. Rep 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 Mrc. 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. Key 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 
