 | Robert Scott Fittis - Genealogy - 1881 - 580 pages
..."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 white, with black...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 - Ghosts - 1884 - 340 pages
...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 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 - Ghosts - 1886 - 668 pages
...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 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;... | |
 | Great Britain - 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 - Ghost stories - 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...bulls have a thin upright mane, about an inch and a half, or two inches, long." The occasional black calf is, of course, well known to students of natural... | |
 | James Wilson - Cattle - 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...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 st., and the cows from 25 to 35... | |
 | Rogerson and Tuxford - 1852 - 624 pages
...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 white, with black...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... | |
 | Thomas Green Fessenden - 1823 - 432 pages
...tips, downward, red ; horns white, with black tips, very fine, and bent upward ; some of the balls have a thin, upright mane, about an inch and an half,...or two inches long. The weight of the oxen is from 36 to 45 stone, and the cows from 25 to 35 stone, the four quarters, 14 Ib. to the stone. The beef... | |
 | Edmund Burke - History - 1806 - 804 pages
...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 white, with 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... | |
 | English literature - 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 and... | |
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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... 
