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

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

I should have mentioned his brother, the late William Hay, Shethin, the celebrated breeder of shorthorns, and one of the greatest feeders in the north.

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

Paul of Embersbury, who occupied some of the best meadow and upland country, a man of some character and standing, had taken to the shorthorns before Thardover succeeded to the property.

From The Hills and the Vale by Jefferies, Richard

Mr Alexander Hay, Shethin, was the first who introduced shorthorns into Aberdeenshire.

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