the Devon Breed of Cattle. 
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(^uaitly (brother of Francis) <liccl at West Molland in 1840; at 
his sale, which took place soon afterwards, his son, Mr. James 
Quartly, purchased about twenty bulls, cows, and heifers, having 
previously bought Sillifant (120) at his uncle Frank's sale in 
1836. Oi the many Royal Agricultural and other first-prize 
bulls bred by Mr. James (,Juartlv, the following can be traced 
on both sides to Forester (46) and to Curly (*J2), viz., Baronet 
(6), Quartly's Prince of VValcs (105), Emperor (41), Napoleon 
(259), Warrior (548), King of the Bretons (659), and Lord 
Kerry (664). Amona: the prize females arc Bracelet (43), Rose- 
bud "(402). Dolly Vardeu (142), Moss-Rose (903), first at 
Carlisle ; Duchess of Chester (1299), first at Chester and at 
Warwick. And on one side, lh(! Duke of Devonshire (35), first 
in Class 2 at Exeter ; Duke of York (oT), first in Class 2 at 
York in 1848, and first at Exeter in 1850 ; Sylph (434), second 
at Lewes ; Princess (379), and a host of others. 
The late Prince Consort first established a herd of Devons in 
185G from those of Messrs. Turner, Farthing, Mogridge, and 
Quartlv ; the prize-lists of the Royal, Smithfield, Birmingham, 
and other Agricultural Societies testify how judiciously the 
managers of that herd have bred animals combining the extra 
quality and symmetry of the North Devon with the size of the 
Somersetshire Devon. The Royal stock were first entered in the 
third volume of the 'Flerd-Book' in 1859. Zouave (556), who 
had such a splendid back and loins and claims descent from 
Forester (46), gained the first Royal Agricultural prize at 
Chelmsford in 1856, and a second in Class 1 at Chester. A son 
of his, the Colonel (387), gained the first prize at Carlisle as a 
bull-calf, and at Chelmsford as a yearling ; his grandson, Prince 
Alfred (709), gained first prizes at Battersea as a calf and at 
Worcester as a yeai'ling. Prince Alfred's own sister, the Rose of 
Denmark (3019), gained the first prize as a calf at Worcester, 
and as a 2 years and 11 months-old heifer at Plymouth ; both 
combinations of Quartly's and Farthing's blood. At Mr. John 
Quartly's sale, in 1860, Peace and Plenty (935) and Dairymaid 
(1264) were added to the Royal herd. The former was in-calf 
by Napoleon (259), and produced Crown Prince (604), the first 
prize yearling bull at the Royal Show at Battersea. 
The Davy family have bred choice Devons for the last 150 
years; they know that John Davy, who died at Rose Ash in 
1790, aged 84, always bred them : at his death the herd was 
divided between two of his sons, the late Mr. John Tanner Davy, 
who inherited his property at Rose Ash, and William, who had 
the leasehold property of Flitton Barton in North Molton. The 
elder brother, John, had always a noted herd, and, after the esta- 
blishment of local Agricultural Societies, he gained many prizes 
