IIG 
The Rise and Frofjrcss of 
favourite, Curly (92), ■whom lie esteemed with her mother. Long- 
horned Curly, two of the best cows he ever bred. Curly gained 
a first prize at the Devon Agricultural Show at Exeter, and was 
the mother of the first prize bull Hundred Guinea (56), and the 
first prize cow Pretty Maid (366) at the Royal Agricultural 
Show at Bristol ; also of Rosebud (402), winner of the second 
prize as an in-calf heifer at Lewes ; Duchess of Chester (1299), 
and a host of other first prize animals. Sillifant (120), (so named 
from his having obtained a prize offered by Mr. Sillifant at the 
Devon Show), was a grandson of Forester (46). In 1836 Mr. 
Quartly relinquished business, had a sale, and was succeeded at 
Great Champson in Molland by his nephew Mr. John Quartly, 
with whom he resided until his death on the 23rd of July, 1856, 
aged ninety-two. Mr. John Quartly writes, " Great Champson, 
the farm I now rent of Sir N. W. Trockmorton, Bart., has been in 
the occupation of my forefathers, my uncle, and myself, for one 
hundred and seventy years ; and I believe the cattle now on the 
farm are of the same breed as those at the beginning of that 
time. At my uncle's sale, in 1836, I bought one bull-calf, six 
cows, five heifers, and two heifer-calves." Among these were 
two of the cows before-mentioned, viz., Pretty Maid (366), and 
her mother Curly (92), who in 1837 bred Mr. John Quartly the 
far-famed bull Hundred Guinea (56) ; he Avas purchased in 
1840 by Messrs. J. S. Bult and Bond (near Taunton), for what 
was then thought an extraordinary price for a Devon bull, viz., 
one hundred guineas, and was ever after known by that name. 
He gained the first prize at the Devon Agricultural Show as a 
yearling in 1838 ; at the next Show in 1839 the first prize as an 
old bull ; a silver cup at Taunton in 1840 ; the first prize in 
Class 1 at the Royal Agricultural Show at Bristol in 1842 ; and 
the first at Tiverton in 1844. His sire was Sillifant (120). When 
he was located in the Vale of Taunton Deane he first added 
superior quality and symmetry to the size of beasts kept in that 
district, from which many of his progeny found their way into 
the prize-lists of the Royal, Smithfield, and other Shows. Mr. 
John Quartly bred the Earl of Exeter (3y), also descended from 
Curly (92), and Forester (46), who was the winner of the fol- 
lowing Royal Agricultural prizes, viz. second at Exeter in 1850, 
and first at Windsor in 1851 ; the Duke of Chester (404), winner 
of the first prize at Chester, and afterwards sold to V iscount 
Falmouth ; Frank Quartly (205), sold to Colonel Morris, of 
New York, where he gained first prizes at the State Show and 
at the American Institute in 1853 ; and Sultan (318), a Royal 
prize bull, are all descended on butli sides from Curly (92) and 
Forester (46). Handsome (2043), Lovely (2150), Playful (354), 
all Royal winners, claim the same descent. The late Mr. Henry 
