The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1897-09-16
WILD CATTLE IN ENGLAND.
The Breed Preserved in a Few Jeal-
OusIy Guarded Herds.

The Breed Preserved in Few Jeal-
OusIy Guarded Herds.
There is some doubt concerning the
original stock from which the few jeal-
ously preserved herds of wild cattle are
descended. Some authorities believe
them to have sprung from imported an
ima.s turned feral, but the weight Of
opinion favors the theory that they
are descendants of the magnificent
beast described by Caesar. Whatever
their ancestry, the breed of white cat
tie is of high antiquity. The great
mobiles recognized that the wild OK must
not disappear before the steady in
crease Of population and the destruc-
ton of the forests which sheltered him,
and we owe it to their exertions that the
species survives. Considerable tracts
of forest land, with the game they car
ried. were inclosed by royal license.
and special laws were enacted in the
interests of the animals so preserved.
The penalty for poaching in one of
these inclosed parks was three times
as severe or savage as that inflicted
upon the unfortunately killed game in
natural forest. After interviewing
with camera the comparatively pacific
beasts in the cattle sheds at the Zoo. g"
| am inclined to think that the poachers
in parks which contained wild cattle
must have been few. The man who,
with a bow or spear. essayed attack
upon a herd of wild cattle in large cap
tivity would rarely have required from
the hands of his fellow men afterward
more than burial.
There are only seven herds now in ex-
istence. Thanks to the initiative Of
the British association, a very interest
ing and valuable report on these was
prepared some ten years ago. The old
est herd is that of Chillingham park, in
Northumberland. The park was orig
inally incIosed about 1900. or possibly
earlier. 1t now covers LOO acres. eX-
elusive of woodland. and the famous
Chil.ingham herd numbered in 1886 90
head. Charley park. near UttoXeter,
in Staffordshire, was inclosed some
where about the middle of the thir-
teenth century; the last published ac-
no,r+ 0f +bo bar1 - ,C,+,;,,r ,,,,,,r,, ~, ,
IN Anil toos ,,,ha, ~ 4a+aI I,.a, 10
head. Cadzow park. Hamilton, n. b.,
foroI+ !, ,,.biaL ~ D,,,., =. ...:.1 49,
b.,,.o t,,,,,+,l ,,.;Il aa..Io - 900, .L..1
are no records TO show when Cadzow
was inclosed. In 1856 the herd con-
sisted of 60 head. These three parks
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+ba now ex,tinct NIiddIa+on how'd r,od.
di+ion 70 tbo berds rnen+ioned soma 20
or - o+bars bo.a d,,.;,,d1ad - o,.+ira-
ton wf+bir tbe Ios+ brndred ,.aors
A,+bouob +ba s,,r,.i,ors ora dasoord-
cd from The same STOOL, contain berds
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