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herd. Royal Duke of Gloster (29864) was considered one of 

 the most valued bulls in service at Sittyton. This family has for 

 many years been popular in both Canada and the United States. 



The first Shorthorns imported to America were brought to 

 Virginia in 1783 by Gough and Miller, and though not called 

 Shorthorns the evidence shows them to have been of this breed. 

 These men also imported again about 1792. It is said that in 

 1 79 1 and also in 1 796 a Mr. Heaton brought Shorthorns to New 

 York State. A Mr. Cox also brought a bull and two* cows to 

 Rensselaer County, New York, after the close of the War of 

 1 8 12. In 18 17 the first pedigreed bulls. Marquis (408) and 

 Moscow (9413), were brought to America, S. M. Hopkins import- 

 ing them into the Genesee valley in New York. What are 

 known as "The Seventeens " were imported in 1817 by Colonel 

 Lewis Sanders of Kentucky, and included four bulls and four 

 heifers. One of the heifers died before reaching Kentucky, but the 

 others — Mrs. Motte (the Durham Cow) and the Teeswater Cow — 

 were the first to be imported west of the Alleghenies, and their 

 descendants are known as "The Seventeens.'' In i8i7and 1818 

 importations were made to Massachusetts; in 1821, 1822, and 

 1823 importations were brought to New York State and from 

 then on into various sections of the Eastern states. 



The Ohio Importing Company, organized at Chillicothe, Ohio, 

 in 1833, with about fifty stockholders, became the most impor- 

 tant factor in introducing Shorthorns to America up to this time. 

 In 1834 Felix and Josiah Renick and E. J. Harness went to 

 England, where they visited Bates, the Booths, Maynard, Clark, 

 and other famous breeders and purchased nineteen head and 

 brought them to Ohio. In this shipment were the heifers Rose 

 of Sharon, by Belvedere (1706), bred by Thomas Bates, and 

 Young Mary, by Jupiter (2170), bred by J. Clark. The history 

 of these cows is inseparably associated with Shorthorn fame in 

 America. Importations were also made in 1835 and 1836, and 

 on October 29, 1836, occurred the most important Shorthorn 

 auction sale held in America, when this importation was sold off 

 and the herd closed up. Forty-three animals sold for ^34,540, 

 an average of $803.25. The formation of the Ohio Company 

 was one of the notable steps in American Shorthorn history, 



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