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When she recognizes a village, “where my father lost our red Shorthorn in a game of forty-five,” we suspect that money is short and her father unreliable.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 9, 2026
Swona's cattle originated from a cross between Aberdeen Angus and Shorthorn stock.
From BBC ● Sep. 13, 2025
Hill also has Herefords, an English breed known for its fertility, as well as Beefmasters, a composite breed of Herefords, Brahmans and Shorthorn cattle that are more tolerant of drought.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 9, 2021
The joint’s pièce de résistance is Wagyu beef – Japanese Black, Japanese Polled, Japanese Brown and Japanese Shorthorn – the finest of fine steaks real money can buy.
From The Guardian ● Aug. 11, 2015
Very large or heavy beasts, if pure-bred, usually belong to one or other of the Shorthorn, Hereford, Sussex, Welsh, West Highland, Aberdeen-Angus and Galloway breeds.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 5 "Cat" to "Celt" by Various
With common meats like the Durham shorthorn cattle coming in and out of the San Francisco company, the head of the business had an urge to move toward a more niche meat market.
From Washington Times ● Oct. 26, 2016
Sam Rayburn, 58, of Bonham, Tex., bachelor, shorthorn breeder, and for seven years a moderator of the New Deal, was waiting to speak his piece.
From Time Magazine Archive
In Buffalo Park, at Wainwright, Alberta, some of the shaggy loggerheads were experimentally crossed with Angus, Hereford and shorthorn cows.
From Time Magazine Archive
Capper wrested her title from an English shorthorn named Cherry.
From Time Magazine Archive
The shorthorn bulls of Hereford bore little resemblance to the longhorns of Craven.
From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
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