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DISQUALIFICATION OF POLLED CATTLE. 
I should be glad if I could have stood before you in the class 
of ewe lambs. I am, dear Sir, yours truly, 
Geo. George. 
i Mr. Eulcher. 
Elmham, Thetford ; June Ylih , 1864. 
To Professor Simonds, Veterinary Inspector to the Royal 
Agricultural Society. 
Sir, — I am directed by Lord Sondes to submit the fol¬ 
lowing case to you. 
The Norfolk Agricultural Association offers a prize of £10 
for the “ best Norfolk and Suffolk polled red bull;” a 
gentleman offers a silver cup also for the best bull, but with 
this condition, £< Horns or Slugs to disqualify for this cup.” 
The prize of £10 is awarded to, and the cup withheld 
from, the same animal, in consequence of a majority of the 
judges having decided that the bull has slug horns or slugs. 
Your opinion is requested as to the literal meaning of the 
term “ slug.” Can a horny excrescence in the skin, not 
attached to the bones of the skull, be called a slug? 
I am, your obedient servant, 
Thomas Fulcher, 
Steward to Lord Sondes. 
Loyal Veterinary College, Great College Street, 
Camden Town, London, N. W. ; 
June 18 thy 1864. 
Sir, — I beg to inform you, in reply to your note, that the 
term “ slug-horn,” or f£ slug,” is applied to a horny develop¬ 
ment, continuous with the skin covering of the frontal bone 
of the ox, but unconnected therewith by a bony base. This 
term is also used without reference to the length or shape of 
the horny production. Rudimentary horns are usually re¬ 
garded as having a bony base. According to these definitions, 
any horny growth into which a projection from the frontal 
bone does not extend so as to constitute its base, is a “ slug 
horn.” Although this is so, still I think that in such a case 
as the one in dispute, neither my opinion, nor that of any 
other person, should be regarded as final, until an examina¬ 
tion had been made of the animal itself. 
I am, Sir, your obedient servant, 
Jas. B. Simonds. 
Mr. T. Eulcher. 
Subsequently to the receipt of this note, arrangements 
were made for Professor Simonds to visit Eimham and 
