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Anybody could do him, the latest short-horn in camp could lie his last dollar out of him.

Flush of Gold 2010

Messrs. Fordham Brothers, near Adelaide; they made a communication to him concerning the bull; he would and could swear to the identity of the animal with the Fifteenth Duke of Cambridge, an imported short-horn bull, the property of Mr. Hood; had seen him before that at Momberah; knew that Mr. Hood had bought said bull in

Robbery Under Arms 2004

The industry of Waimea is cattle raising, and some feeble attempts are being made to improve the degenerate island breed by the importation of a few short-horn cows from New Zealand.

The Hawaiian Archipelago Isabella Lucy 2004

But the most important piece of evidence (here the judge stopped and took a pinch of snuff) was that afforded by the short-horn bull, Fifteenth Duke of Cambridge — he had been informed that was his name.

Robbery Under Arms 2004

He had seen a short-horn bull outside of the court this day branded ‘J-E’ on the shoulder.

Robbery Under Arms 2004

My family have always taken a keen interest in farming and my great-grandfather was one of the pioneers in developing the short-horn breed of cattle.

St. Andrew's Day Special Meeting 1961

In November 1861, the author was called to perform this operation upon the short-horn Galloway cow, Josephine the Second, belonging to Henry

Cattle and Their Diseases Embracing Their History and Breeds, Crossing and Breeding, And Feeding and Management; With the Diseases to which They are Subject, And The Remedies Best Adapted to their Cure Robert Jennings

I may say, Madam, speaking metaphorically, that your cat is of the short-horn Durham stock, and wasn't made to be trod on. '

The Knickerbocker, or New-York Monthly Magazine, January 1844 Volume 23, Number 1 Various

A feeder approaches a well filled short-horn -- he touches it here -- he pinches it there -- he declares it to have many good _points_ about it; but pronounces the existence of defects, where the uninitiated see only beauties.

Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 53, No. 330, April 1843 Various

When I began farming, he told me an immense deal about his cow; and both of them came to see my first calf, and ascertain whether she had the proper marks of the handsome short-horn of the region.

The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 07, No. 43, May, 1861 Creator Various