shorthorns

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It is a cross of Indian Brahma cattle, which are resistant to the tropical heat and diseases of southern Texas, and pure-bred shorthorns, one of the great English beef breeds.

From Time Magazine Archive

Their fame is European; they own the largest herds of shorthorns in the world.

From Cattle and Cattle-breeders by M'Combie, William

They are the slowest of all; and the odds are long against any one keeping awake after the conversation has taken its steady turn into shorthorns, Swedish turnips, subsoiling, and southdowns.

From Arthur O'Leary His Wanderings And Ponderings In Many Lands by Lever, Charles James

On the way to Cork the Chief Justice's coach was stopped by a drove of valuable shorthorns on the road.

From Law and Laughter by Morton, George A. (George Alexander)

Hugh Aylmer’s herd of shorthorns was sold at West Dereham, by Mr. John Thornton. 

From Norfolk Annals A Chronological Record of Remarkable Events in the Nineteeth Century, Vol. 2 by Mackie, Charles