THE AYRSHIRE BULL. 91 



THE AYRSHIRE BULL. 



THE points of the Ayrshire bull should be in many 

 respects those of the cow, but modified by sex. His 

 head should be broad, the muzzle good-sized, the 

 nose small, the under jaw short, and the throat 

 nearly free from hanging folds ; his horns should 

 have size at the root, as indicating vigor ; his ears 

 thin, and of a golden color within; his eye mild but 

 intelligent, the expression, a masculine vigor, super- 

 added to the feminine type. 



His neck should be not too short, but arched, as 

 giving that style which is so attractive. The muscles 

 strong and large, as being masculine ; symmetrical in 

 their development, and should not originate from 

 too limited attachments. By this we do not mean a 

 heavy neck, but large in those muscles alone which 

 lie on the sides, well up, and which are so peculiarly 

 masculine in their character as not to be unduly trans- 

 mitted to female progeny. 



The shoulders should be close to the body and 

 thin, the back broad, the spine not as well defined 

 at the shoulders as in the cow, nor the hips quite as 

 broad. The broader the hip, however, the better ; 

 yet breadth of hip being more of a female character- 

 istic, this point means more in a slight variation in 

 the bull than in the cow. The pelvis should be long, 



