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

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

But though the Squire had supported the shorthorns, even the shorthorns had not prevented the downward course things agricultural were following.

From The Hills and the Vale by Jefferies, Richard

Mr Milne of Kinaldie is an eminent breeder of shorthorns; he has distanced all other competitors with his cows.

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

A sentiment fully concurred in by the ladies, who both declared that they'd never have, come so far only to look at pigs and "shorthorns."

From The Martins Of Cro' Martin, Vol. I (of II) by Lever, Charles James