the Devon Breed of Cattle. 
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been Devon breeders as long as the Quavtlys ; but it cannot be 
denied that the late Mr. Francis Quartlj, of Champson in Mol- 
land, by purchasing the best he could obtain and breeding them 
with his own, was very instrumental in bringing the race to 
perfection, and in the latter part of his career received valuable 
aid from his nephews, Messrs. John and James Quartly, in suc- 
cessfully exhibiting them in the early days of Cattle-shows. In 
the summer of 1850 the public, to mark their value of his 
services as a breeder, presented him with a full-length portrait 
of himself, standing by the side of Cherry (66) and her calf. 
Persons, whose memory only carries them back to the period 
during which Devonshire has had the advantages of railway 
communication, can hardly imagine the impediments which a 
resident in the north part of it had to encounter in sending stock 
for exhibition even to the County Society's Show, where the 
journey to and from Exeter occupied two days each way, — as 
much time as is now required to send them from one end of 
England to another, but then also accompanied with greater risk 
and trouble. Whilst private donors offered handsome premiums, 
the majority given by the Society were comparatively small ; 
this, combined with the distance and other obstacles, probably 
prevented breeders in remote parts from exhibiting so largely 
and frpquently as they would have done under more favourable 
circumstances. Some few availed themselves frequently of the 
chance of exhibiting, but the greater number preferred avoiding 
the trouble, risk, and expense, and more especially the time it 
took them and their servants away from home ; for the practice 
of exhibiting stock with trained feeders and attendants was then 
unknown. 
It will be found, on refei-ence to the 'Herd-Book,' that many 
of the prize Devon bulls can be traced back to Forester (46), 
proving what is stated in his pedigree, " that he was a very 
celebrated bull." He was bred by Mr. Quartly in 1827, by 
a great-grandson of Prize (108), before mentioned as having 
been sold to Mr. Childe, of Kinlet. Mr. Quartly also bred 
his dam, but her grandsire v/as bred by the late Mr. J. T. 
Davy, of Rose Ash. It has already been stated that before the 
publication of the ' Herd-Book ' animals were often named from 
some circumstance connected with their career : thus Forester 
was so called from his having been sold to the late Mr. Knight 
to run with heifers on the Forest of Exmoor, where he remained 
some time. At length Mr. Quartly discovered the mistake he 
had made in selling such a valuable stock-getter, and was highly 
delighted when, after some trouble, he succeeded in re-purchasing 
him, more prize animals being descended from him than from 
any other bull. Among them was Mr. F. Quartly's great 
