296 A HISTORY OF HEREFORD CATTLE 



come in for further notice later on. He exhibited 

 at the New England shows at the time Shorthorns 

 were being presented by such men as Sumner, Pratt, 

 Griswold and their contemporaries. 



Mr. Burleigh tells the story of the struggle the 

 Herefords had in winning their way into popular 

 favor in New England in the following language : 



" These cattle, like the next importations by 

 Sotham & Corning, Albany, N. Y., all met terrible 

 opposition by Shorthorn men, of which your humble 

 scribe was one. Never in the history of any state 

 did the worthy 'red with white faces' have stronger 

 opposition than in the 'Dirigo State/ But when 

 we look back and see the Shorthorn blood they had 

 to contend against, the best in the known world 

 such bulls as Young Denton, Comet, Fitz Favourite, 

 and a host of others which stood within three miles 

 of my door in the great grass valley of the Kenne- 

 bec you will admit with me the little ' white-faced 

 pilgrims' had a hard, nay an unequal, battle to fight. 

 It seemed almost like marching a little army of un- 

 trained volunteers against "a mighty host of veter- 

 ans strongly entrenched behind fortifications of 

 years in building. But what a. mighty change has 

 been wrought in a half-century and less. A few 

 men had courage to try the Herefords; among them 

 were Mr. Joseph Underwood, of Fayette, Me., and 

 Wingate Hains, of Hallowell, Me. The former's en- 

 terprising sons, G. & G. Underwood, still are breed- 

 ing a large fine herd, and it is a treat to a Hereford 

 man to sit before the open wood fire on a winter 

 evening at their hospitable home and listen as they 

 relate their earliest experiences (as boys) with 

 Hereford steers." 



The states of Vermont and New Hampshire also 



