480 A HISTORY OF HEREFORD CATTLE 



38 compared with these features in the Shorthorns, 

 and turned away in apparent disgust at sight of 

 what they termed their peaked and cat-hammed 

 hindquarters. Being accustomed ourselves to judge 

 of cattle somewhat from the Shorthorn standard 

 (we at that time owned a small herd of this breed), 

 we could not but admit to ourselves that the Here- 

 fords were open to some criticism in the above men- 

 tioned features, and we thereupon resolved to make 

 an effort to correct the defects. 



"After seeing the imported bull Anxiety 2238 at 

 Chicago on his arrival in this country, and being 

 much impressed with his conformation, we were 

 satisfied that the features so severely criticised in 

 the Herefords could be very materially improved. 

 To this end we detewnined to see for ourselves what 

 manner of Herefords they had on the other side of 

 the Atlantic. In pursuance of this resolution we 

 visited Herefordshire in the following summer of 

 1880 and brought over a shipment of nearly sixty 

 head. This importation we followed up the next 

 year with a second importation of over 100 head, 

 and again in 1882 with a third importation of a like 

 number. With the exception of some thirty bulls 

 that we brought over for use on a western ranch 

 in which we were interested these cattle were nearly 

 all females, selected for breeding and not for specu- 

 lative purposes." - 



Anxiety 4th and North Pole. — ^After this last im- 

 portation these breeders found themselves in posses- 

 sion of a large herd of females selected from some 

 twenty different herds and representing many 

 strains of breeding and different types. They also 

 had the two bulls Anxiety 4th 9904 and North Pole 

 8946, which they retained for service after the other 



