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Where did the Brindle come from?
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<blockquote data-quote="Rustler9" data-source="post: 399982" data-attributes="member: 440"><p>Doc,</p><p> I'm not sure that I have a clue as to what you've just written. I don't think that we were discussing any single trait selection-rather we were discussing the Butler white color pattern that frequently shows up in herds with this bloodline. You mentioned:</p><p></p><p></p><p>Please remember that we are talking about true Longhorn cattle here and not a Longhorn composite which is so often seen nowadays and passed off as Longhorn. These true Longhorn cattle are quite functional and have excellent maternal traits. True Longhorn cattle will not have the carcass of a Limousin or Simmental so I will not even try to argue that point. I've been debating with our association's board of directors over this very issue this week. We have shows to showcase our breed and so many of the exhibitors bring in animals that have other blood bred into them so as to have the conformation of other beef breeds. Even when our association had Longhorn crossbred classes some of the breeders cheated on that. One such animal that was shown as a Longhorn cross turned out to have no Longhorn blood in it-it was a Maine I believe. Then of course our association dropped blood typing to protect the cheaters. It amazes me the extremes that some people will go to just to say that they won. Actually, I think our association probably dropped the Longhorn cross classes because some prominent breeders' animals look so crossbred that you can't tell the difference and some of these people have been so influential especially where money is concerned that it would be an embarrassment to them. Of course, this is probably of no concern to you but there are many of us out there who would like to keep the old true Longhorn alive and not continue to dilute it as is being done and has been done for quite a few years now.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Rustler9, post: 399982, member: 440"] Doc, I'm not sure that I have a clue as to what you've just written. I don't think that we were discussing any single trait selection-rather we were discussing the Butler white color pattern that frequently shows up in herds with this bloodline. You mentioned: Please remember that we are talking about true Longhorn cattle here and not a Longhorn composite which is so often seen nowadays and passed off as Longhorn. These true Longhorn cattle are quite functional and have excellent maternal traits. True Longhorn cattle will not have the carcass of a Limousin or Simmental so I will not even try to argue that point. I've been debating with our association's board of directors over this very issue this week. We have shows to showcase our breed and so many of the exhibitors bring in animals that have other blood bred into them so as to have the conformation of other beef breeds. Even when our association had Longhorn crossbred classes some of the breeders cheated on that. One such animal that was shown as a Longhorn cross turned out to have no Longhorn blood in it-it was a Maine I believe. Then of course our association dropped blood typing to protect the cheaters. It amazes me the extremes that some people will go to just to say that they won. Actually, I think our association probably dropped the Longhorn cross classes because some prominent breeders' animals look so crossbred that you can't tell the difference and some of these people have been so influential especially where money is concerned that it would be an embarrassment to them. Of course, this is probably of no concern to you but there are many of us out there who would like to keep the old true Longhorn alive and not continue to dilute it as is being done and has been done for quite a few years now. [/QUOTE]
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