Amigo Yates, a longhorn on the Yates Ranch south of Abilene, currently has the largest horn spread in the world -- 103 inches. Dallas Morning News file
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Amigo Yates, a longhorn on the
Yates Ranch south of Abilene, currently has the
largest horn spread in the world -- 103 inches. Dallas Morning News file
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Texas Long Horn has very very long horns with an average height of 5 1/2
feet with a record length of 9 feet! The Texas Long Horn has a red dull coat
usually with spots but the coat can range in color and shape. The Texas Long
Horn can be found from Texas to Minnesota. There are at least 100,000 of them in
the U.S. alone.
What is so unique about the Texas Longhorn? What makes it different from the multitude of other breeds now available in North America? Simply this: The Texas Longhorn was fashioned entirely by nature right here in North America. Stemming from ancestors that were the first cattle to set foot on American soil almost 500 years ago, it became the sound end product of "survival of the fittest". Shaped by a combination of natural selection and adaptation to the environment, the Texas Longhorn is the only cattle breed in America which - without aid from man - is truly adapted to America. In his book The Longhorns, J. Frank Dobie states this situation well: "Had they been registered and regulated, restrained and provided for by man, they would not have been what they were."