the Devon Breed of Cattle. 
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Davy, Merson, Mogridge, and Quartly, and purchasing the Gold 
Medal bull, Duke of Flitton (G13), after the Battersea Show. 
He gained a first prize at the Royal Show at Plymouth for his 
bull-calf Profit's Duke (912), by Duke of Flitton (613), out of 
Profit (992), bred by IVIr. Davy, and a second prize for a cow 
bred by Mr. Merson. 
Tlie late Earl of Leicester was one of the earliest patrons of 
Devon cattle from a distance. His selections were from nearly 
all the best Devonshire herds, and it was from Holkham that 
their first exportation to the United States took place. The 
present Earl has gained many prizes at Birmingham and Smith- 
field, also a second prize for his ball, Monarch (77), and the first 
for his cow at the Royal Show at Norwich, together with a prize 
for his two-years'-old bull at Lewes. Two Quartly bred bulls. 
Prince of Wales (105) and Napoleon (250), together with Athel- 
stone (364), bred by Captain Davy-, were used at Holkham for 
some time. 
Mr. John Blomfield, of Warham, Norfolk, has long been a 
noted breeder, winning three prizes at the Royal Show at 
Norwich. He bought Sillifant (122), the second-prize bull at 
York ; and in 1862 Mr. James Davy's Garibaldi (636), a son of 
his old favourite Palmerston (476). 
Mr. A. Hammond, of West Acre, beat Mr. Blomfield in the 
heifer class at the Norwich Royal Show. 
His Grace the Duke of Manchester gained the first prize for 
his bull, and the second for his cow at Northampton in 1847. 
Mr. William Umbers, late of Wappenbury, Warwickshire, 
commenced Devon breeding in 1810, buying from Messrs. Tapp, 
Davy, Reynolds, and Burnell, in Devonshire, and from the late 
Mr. Childe, of Kinlet. He once sold a heifer for IQd. per lb. 
for the living weight ; so that she realised 60 guineas. His son, 
Mr. Abraham Umbers, inherited his stock, and has gained many 
prizes ; his herd now consists of three bulls, eleven milch cows, 
and several in-calf and younger heifers. 
The late Mr. T. Umbers also gained many first prizes with his 
Devons, which, at his decease, became the property of Mr. S. 
Umbers, who has been a successful exhibitor at local shows, and 
gained the first prize at the Chester Royal Show with Birming- 
ham (147), a son of Northampton (86). 
It is to be regretted that Mr. John Tapp, of Twitchen, Devon 
(who possesses one of the oldest herds), seldom or never exhibits ; 
few, if any, have choicer animals. He bred the first-prize bulls, 
Sillifant (121), and Nelson (81), whicl\ were sold to Lord 
Portman. 
Mr. John Passmorc, of Bishop's-Nympton, bred Actacon (1), 
by Duke (30), the second-prize old bull at the Exeter Royal 
