258 WILD WHITE CATTLE OF GREAT BRITAIN. 



attention from the bailiff, Mr. H. Ford, who, having 

 acted in that capacity for twenty years, showed us every- 

 thing ; and we had also with us the old huntsman, who 

 had been there for forty years. 



The herd, which is without horns, consisted of 

 twenty head in all. There were no steers, and only 

 two bulls — one three years old, and about to be sold 

 to the butcher because not so useful as he should be ; 

 the other a big calf, eight or nine months old, and 

 intended for future use. There were nine pure-bred 

 cows, three in-calf heifers from them, and one cow-calf 

 a week old. Besides these, there were four half-bred 

 cows by pure-bred sires, and one two-year-old heifer 

 from one of these : she is in calf to a pure bull. An 

 old and very fine bull, which the bailiff much regretted 

 I had not seen, had been sold to the butcher not long 

 before. 



The three-year-old bull, which we saw tied up, and 

 which we handled, was on short legs : not very high- 

 standing, but compact and well made ; fine in the bone ; 

 the hair rather wiry — but then it must be remembered 

 that he was certainly out of condition and somewhat 

 hide-bound, for the bull-calf handled very differently. 

 He was fair in the ribs and loin ; not particularly neat, 

 nor yet especially defective, in the hind quarters ; mode- 

 rately good in the twist, but rather light in the leg, and 

 in these respects resembled (as did the herd generally) 

 the wild animal. The fore-quarters, chest, girth, and 

 bosom, very good ; plates and fore-flank remarkably 

 good ; shoulders very neat, and head and neck very 

 beautiful — the head broad, short, and blood-like ; the 

 neck strong, very much arched, and of great substance. 

 There was a tendency to a mane, and the bailiff assured 



