Your best guess on historical bull
Posted: Sat Jul 30, 2016 3:14 pm
In the historical Grinstead videos from British Pathe, you will see a bull being led by his nose. WHO is he? Is he SPARR NERO 1428, or OXLEY TIM 1447?
There is an outside chance he could be Castle Morton Fann 1456 but it is so doubtful to not be considered because of the size of the horns.
This is a film from 1949. In the 1949 herd book there are only three bulls mentioned with this herd. In the listings of calves born, all three sired calves. Castle Morton Fann only had two calves registered with DCS, both were Grinstead. He is shown as the sire of two calves born early in the year, but he does not appear in her listing at the end of the year.
Sparr Nero. His birthdate is 12/13.1945. If the video was in the spring he would be a full four years old... . nearly five it it was fall.
Oxley Tim His birthdate is 5/9/1946. Spring Video would have him about 3 years old. . . .fall just months older.
When you click on this link you will see options beneath the photo box. One of them is to view the stills. If you go to the section 5:30-6.0 you will see the bull.
I think this is Sparr Nero. Does anyone have a photo of him? I was told that there is an Australian "Bulletin" that has a photo of Sparr Nero but I've never been able to locate it.
http://www.britishpathe.com/video/still ... attle-herd
There is an outside chance he could be Castle Morton Fann 1456 but it is so doubtful to not be considered because of the size of the horns.
This is a film from 1949. In the 1949 herd book there are only three bulls mentioned with this herd. In the listings of calves born, all three sired calves. Castle Morton Fann only had two calves registered with DCS, both were Grinstead. He is shown as the sire of two calves born early in the year, but he does not appear in her listing at the end of the year.
Sparr Nero. His birthdate is 12/13.1945. If the video was in the spring he would be a full four years old... . nearly five it it was fall.
Oxley Tim His birthdate is 5/9/1946. Spring Video would have him about 3 years old. . . .fall just months older.
When you click on this link you will see options beneath the photo box. One of them is to view the stills. If you go to the section 5:30-6.0 you will see the bull.
I think this is Sparr Nero. Does anyone have a photo of him? I was told that there is an Australian "Bulletin" that has a photo of Sparr Nero but I've never been able to locate it.
http://www.britishpathe.com/video/still ... attle-herd