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acter, an individuality peculiarly his own, that 

 stamped him as one of the best of the breed in his 

 day and generation. 



Burleigh & Bodwell. Mr. Hall C. Burleigh of 

 Maine has already been mentioned as one of the 

 earliest New England breeders. He bought his first 

 purebred bull in 1865 and was so pleased with the 

 results of his use that in 1868 he purchased eleven 

 head, then the entire herd of Hon. M. H. Cochrane 

 of Quebec, including the young bull Compton Lad 

 1327.* Mr. Burleigh at once began exhibiting his 

 cattle at the leading eastern fairs, Compton Lad 

 proving a remarkably successful bull. He was ex- 

 hibited for a period of nearly eight years, and is 

 reported to have won seventy-four first prizes out 

 of seventy-five shown for, seventeen of which were 

 in competition with other breeds. This is the bull 

 that was exchanged by Mr. Burleigh at the Phila- 

 delphia Centennial of 1876 to Mr. John Merryman 

 for the famous Sir Eichard 2d, which as has been, 

 already stated, sired a wonderful lot of cattle while 

 in use in New England and in 1878 was sold along 

 with 19 females to T. L. Miller. 



In 1879 Mr. Burleigh formed a partnership with 

 Hon. J. E. Bodwell and began importing extensively 

 from England. We believe he brought out seven 

 lots in all, most of which were immediately resold 

 for shipment to the west. Prominent among these 

 were the bulls Tregrehan ^06 and Anxiety 2d 4580. 



*It has been stated that the late George Shores of Wateryille, 

 one of the pioneer Hereford breeders of Maine, was financially 

 interested in this purchase also 



