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 Chillingham 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., Wobum Abbey, 
Bedfordshire. This herd is said to have been driven into Chartley 
Park from the royal forest of Needwood in the reign of Henry HI., 
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 1 heifer 
calf." 
The type of horn in the Chartley Cattle differs considerably from those 
of Cadzow and Chillingham, as shown in Plate 41 and in the tail-piece 
sketch. The ears and muzzle are black. 
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