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of them were rather rough about the tail-head, but 

 the quarters were always long. Of course I could not 

 handle them ; but they appear to have plenty of good 

 hair, and I do not doubt that they have thick, soft 

 hides, like the ordinary Long-horns with which I am 

 acquainted. The head has great fulness between the 

 eyes, which are very taking in their appearance, being 

 bright, quick, and lively. The horns, which show every 

 sign of high breeding, are beautifully curved, and taper 

 finely to the point, which is sometimes tipped with 

 black, but not always so. Those animals which have 

 been made into steers show a much greater development 

 of horn, as is usually the case ; the horns of the bulls 

 are much thicker than those of the females. The teats 

 of the cows are black." 



The following is the report of Mr. John Thornton, 

 the well-known Short-horn auctioneer : — 



"We drove from Stafford, on the morning of 

 December 1st, 1874, through a bleak country, to 

 Chartley Park. The keeper had drawn the wild cattle 

 together ; some in a small paddock, where, with several 

 young calves, was an old bull, recently castrated. The 

 remainder of the herd was in a kind of enclosed yard 

 in a hollow in the park, through which a small stream 

 ran, and in which were built hovels. By these arrange- 

 ments we were as close to them as it was possible to 

 get. The old man who foddered them said he had 

 never yet been able to touch one, either in the park 

 or the shed. 



" The peculiarity most striking was the colour : a 



clear white body, head, and neck, with much hair ; but 



the ears, nose, circle round the eyes, and the hoofs were 



black, and there were a few black spots on the fetlock 



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