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Mr. G. S. ("Gil") Burleigh in his time exhibited 

 many high-class Herefords at western fairs. In 

 1880 he advertised Herefords effectually, with the 

 cow Princess B. 1777, of his own breeding, winning 

 many prizes. She was also a successful breeder, her 

 progeny commanding high prices. Her son, the bull 

 Prince Imperial, sold for $1,000. Moss Eose 1787, 

 another of Mr. Burleigh 's best show cows, was also a 

 good breeder. He was a frequent exhibitor at the 

 old Chicago Fat Stock Show, always making credit- 

 able presentations. In 1883 he had first prize in the 

 ''cost of production " class on the heifer Hattie, of 

 his own breeding and feeding. Another good one 

 was the crossbred heifer Minnie, bought from Bur- 

 leigh & Bodwell as a two-year-old, and exhibited by 

 them throughout the east. This heifer weighed at 

 maturity over 2,000 pounds. Mr. Burleigh owned 

 and used the great bull imp. Anxiety 2d 4580, and 

 his son Troubadour 10220, also Hampton Hero 12- 

 444 and 2d Duke of Manchester. Anxiety 2d was at 

 one time a feature of the leading western shows and 

 tied the famous Eudolph for his ribbon at St. Louis. 



After closing out his herd at auction at Kansas 

 City in April, 1885, with an average of $404.70 for 

 the females and $293.10 for the bulls, G. S. Burleigh 

 moved back to Vassalboro, Me., where he kept a 

 small herd of Herefords for some time, headed by 

 Lancer 94024, a son of Sotham's Corrector. Mean- 

 time he has also maintained a herd at Mechanicsville, 

 la. Since 1905 he has resided at Southern Pines, 

 North Carolina. 



