1889.] The Sco;rco;atious of Polled Races in Ameriea. 679 
grants from Europe brouglit with them whatever sort was reared 
in the various locaHties in which they hved ; — some Dutch, a few 
French ; but the majority from various parts of the United 
Kingdom." 
Mr. WilHam Warfield. writing in 1883, said: "I well remem- 
ber spending the night, nearly a quarter of a century ago, with 
my father, Captain Warfield, and Dr. R. J. Breckinridge, at the 
home of Colonel Henry Clay, of Bourbon count}-' and seeing 
driven up for our admiration a whole herd of what he called 
" short-horn muleys " — rather a paradoxical title, but not an un- 
meaning one. A splendid lot of plums they were, and their 
owner and inventor was justly proud of them. He had made up 
his mind, like many of our Western men, that hornless cattle 
were desirable, and he was convinced that short-horns were the 
most desirable breed in existence, and so he just set to work .uid 
made himself a herd of hornless short-horns. I ncxcr learned 
from him the exact details or the tediousncss of tlie i)nKxss he 
pursued further than that he started with a few ' nuilcy ' cows — 
common beasts — and short-horn bulls. But the result .spoke for 
itself We may ask in\ain, What has become of them ? In 
England we should ha\ c had them ])rescr\ed and atlmired. and 
Rich per pound, and 
for a hornless race, 
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