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indication of constitutional vigor, and if the curls 

 extended back along the neck, so much the better. 

 Hereford bulls usually have it. Bison bulls always 

 carry it in profusion, and there are none to question 

 their iron constitutions. 



Baron Victor had a thick, short neck running 

 quickly into a chine of exceptional width. The 

 shoulders were heavy as in the case of all really 

 masculine bulls, but well placed, and there was a 

 world of lung and heart room beneath his wide- 

 flung foreribs. The back was broad, and loin deeply 

 covered with good mellow flesh. Back of the hips 

 he showed a little of the traditional GRUICKSHANK 

 weakness, but the quarter was long and heavy, 

 flanks full and twist well let down. He had ample 

 bone, the shortest of legs, and in his prime moved 

 with singular freedom and precision. One often 

 hears the expression that certain animals possess 

 "strong character." In human kind the word may 

 have reference to morals, or at least to things 

 rather more esthetic than are contemplated when 

 the term is employed in bovine description. In the 

 case of a bull it means that he has an individuality 

 of his own as distinguished from the common herd; 

 that there is something in his head and eye that 

 says: "I am I myself; not any old animal." There 



