 | Robert Scott Fittis - 1881 - 580 pages
...cattle as "invariably white; muzzle black; the whole of the inside of the ear, and about one-third of the outside from the tip downwards, red; horns...bulls have a thin upright mane, about an inch and a-half or two inches long; the weight of the oxen is from 35 to 45 stone, and the cows from 25 to 35... | |
 | John Henry Ingram - 1884 - 340 pages
...their colour is invariably white, muzzles black ; the whole of the inside of the ear, and about one third of the outside, from the tip downwards, red...white with black tips, very fine, and bent upwards." In the year the battle of Burton Bridge was fought and lost, a black calf was born in this unique race;... | |
 | John H. Ingram - 1886 - 668 pages
..."their colour is invariably white, muzzles black; the whole of the inside of the ear, and about one third of the outside, from the tip downwards, red...white with black tips, very fine, and bent upwards." In the year the battle of Burton Bridge was fought and lost, a black calf was born in this unique race;... | |
 | 1892 - 374 pages
...ear, and one-third of the outside, is red. They have white horns with black tips, very fine in shape, and bent upwards. Some of the bulls have a thin, upright mane. Though the herd nearly became extinct at one time, and though the in-breeding which restored it was... | |
 | Charles George Harper - 1907 - 428 pages
...; muzzles black, the Avhole of the inside of the ear and about one-third of the outside, from tips downwards, red ; horns white, with black tips, very...about an inch and a half, or two inches, long." The occasional black calf is, of course, well known to students of natural history as a throw back to some... | |
 | George H. Bratley - 1907 - 220 pages
...cattle. Their colour was white, muzzles black ; the whole of the inside of the ear and about one-third of the outside, from the tip downwards, red ; horns white, with black The wild ^Ps. ^ *s recorded that in the cattle of year when the battle of Burton Chartley Bridge was... | |
 | James Wilson - 1909 - 168 pages
...muzzle black; the whole of the inside of the ear, and about one-third of the outside, from the tips downwards, red; horns white, with black tips, very...or two inches long. The weight of the oxen is from 35 to 45 st., and the cows from 25 to 35 st. the four quarters (14 Ib. the stone). ***** " At the first... | |
 | Rogerson and Tuxford - 1852 - 624 pages
...colour is invariably white, muzzles black ; the whole of the inside of the ear, and about one-third of the outside, from the tip downwards, red ; horns...bent upwards. Some of the bulls have a thin upright main, about an inch and a-half or two inches long. " At the first appearance of any person, they set... | |
 | Edmund Burke - 1806 - 804 pages
...colour is invariably white, muzzle black; the whole of the in•ideof the ear, and about one-third of the out-side from the tip, downwards, red ; horns...black tips, very fine, and bent upwards. Some of the bull" have a thin upright mane, about an inch and a halt, or iwo inches long. The weight of the oxen... | |
 | 1790 - 540 pages
...fide from the tip downwards, red *, horr.s white, with black tips, very fine and bent upwards ; ibme of the bulls have a thin upright mane, about an inch and an halt" or two inches long. " At the firft appearance of any perfon, they let off in lull gallop j... | |
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The principal external appearances which distinguish this breed of cattle from all others, are the following : Their colour is invariably white ; muzzles black ; the whole of the inside of the ear, and about one-third of the outside, from the tip downwards,... 
