"To those not familiar with the early volumes of the English Herd Book, and who know not its lack of completeness in extending to almost time immemorial its lineage of the race, it may appear strange that so many short bull pedigrees are found in it ; also that many hundreds of them contain but a single sire, or only a sire and grandsire, with no dam or grandam by name, or further reference ; and that several hundred bulls are recorded by name only, with no pedigree whatever, or reference to any other recorded animal. But it must be remembered that the names of only a very few animals can be traced further back than a hundred and twenty years, and even the names of their breeders to a not much earlier date ; yet every bull at the time of his record was considered a Short-horn, both by his breeder and the compiler of the Herd Book, unless otherwise noted, and by the Short-horn public was accepted as such. Following that basis, the descendants of such bulls, through Short-horn cows, have been admitted as belonging to the Short-horn family by the prevailing opinion of breeders. "

I just thought you'd like to know.

Your reference to Ms. Easby escapes me still, but never mind.

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