WILD WHITE CATTLE 



ground by the Scottish kings and still retained many of its fine old trees 

 when I saw it some years ago. 



In this breed the animals have black ears and muzzle, the legs and 

 feet are spotted with the same colour and the horns are rather more 

 spreading than those of the ChilHngham herd. 



They show a good many wild traits in their habits and are dangerous 

 if approached too closely. 



Their appearance is very striking when seen among their wild surround- 

 ings of natural forest. 



A bull and cow of the breed are shown on Plate 40. 



Chartley Park, Staffordshire, was the home of an ancient herd of 

 White Cattle until 1905. I am indebted to the Duke of Bedford 

 for kindly supplying me with the following particulars of this interesting 

 breed at the present time (January 21, 1921): "The Chartley Herd 

 (at Woburn). Owner, The Duke of Bedford, K.G., Woburn Abbey, 

 Bedfordshire. This herd is said to have been driven into Chartley 

 Park from the royal forest of Needwood in the reign of Henry III., 

 where they remained until May 1905, when they were bought by the 

 Duke of Bedford. At that time they only numbered seven, and unfor- 

 tunately they died without leaving any pure bred progeny. Finding 

 that there was no hope of saving the pure bred stock, their new owner 

 crossed a bull with Longhorn cows. This experiment has proved a 

 success, inasmuch as the constitution and stamina of the herd have been 

 established, and all the characteristics of the old animals preserved. The 

 herd now consists of 5 bulls, 4 steers, 9 cows, 8 heifers and i heifer 



calf." 



The type of horn in the Chartley Cattle differs considerably from those 

 of Cadzow and ChilHngham, as shown in Plate 41 and in the tail-piece 

 sketch. The ears and muzzle are black. 



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