In the 1930s, with the introduction of aggressive Brahman bulls and Brahman crossbreds, the job became much more serious.

"I watch timber-cutting, and rodeos when they try to catch the Brahman bulls - I even know all the rules," he said.

(Look for Taurus as a humpbacked Brahman bull.)

He is not a Brahman bull, banging his way inside like Shaquille O'Neal.

Conversely, it can also be a cross between a Brahman bull and a Hereford cow.

We've got Brahman bulls and a few Santa Gertrudis.

"That was a couple of Brahman bulls simply fed up with one another by the end of the game," Riley said.

As I did, a Number 4 train rasped into and against the platform; its doors opened with the snorting sound of a Brahman bull.

He plowed into the soldier like a runaway Brahman bull, his momentum sweeping them both against the gunwale, and over it.

She recalled Carter saying that it was like riding a Brahman bull at a rodeo.