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white bull produced by crossing the last pure-bred 
white bull with a longhorn cow. 
The Kilmory herd was derived from the one which 
formerly existed at Blair Atholl. In the Lyme Park 
breed, interesting as being of larger size than any of 
the others, the hair is remarkable for its length and 
curliness, more especially on the shoulders ; the ears 
are generally red, although occasionally black or 
bluish black, and the horns intermediate in form 
between those of the Chillingham and Chartley 
breeds. 
The breed at Somerford Park, situated in the heart 
of what was formerly Maxwell Forest, was described 
by Mr. J. E. Harting as follows : " An ancient herd 
of white cattle, resembling those at Chartley, but 
polled, still exists here ; and these animals are con- 
sidered to be the best surviving representatives of 
the hornless and tame variety of the original wild 
white breed. The colour is pure white, the ears, 
rims of the eyes, muzzle, and hoofs being quite black. 
Like all other herds of the forest-breed they have a 
strong tendency to produce small black spots on the 
neck, sides, and legs." 
During the nineteenth century a herd of white 
cattle was established by the late Mr. G. D. Assheton- 
Smith in Vaynol Park, near Bangor, North Wales. 
According to Mr. H. E. Forrest,^ this herd has the 
following history : — 
"About the year 1854 the late Sir John P. Orde, of 
Kilmory House, Argyllshire, purchased a pure-bred 
bull from Blair Atholl, where the remnant of an old 
herd of white cattle was being disposed of — they 
^ The Vertebrate Faima of North Wales, London, 1907, p. 5 ; and 
The Naturalist, 1908, p. 334. 
