tlie Devon Breed of Cattle. 
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1856, and at the Batli and West of England Show at Newton 
in 1837. This herd Is bred from the late Mr. Gibbs, of Colhel- 
stone, near Taunton, Mr. Davj, of Rose Ash, and Mr. .1. (^uartly, 
of Molland: another successful example of a judicious mixture 
of the Somerset and North Devon varieties. 
Mr. T. Wilkinson, of Chawton, Isle of Wight, bought Magni- 
ficent ((iS) of Mr. James Davy, a prize bull at the Barnstaple 
Show, and used Sultan (122) whilst he was the property of the 
late Hon. Dudley Pelham. 
In Cornwall, the late Mr. Tremayne, of Heligan, near St, 
Austell, and the late Dr. Rodd, of Trebartha, appear to have 
been the earliest breeders of note from Quartly, Merson, and 
Davy. For the last twenty years Mr. Tremayne's late agent, 
Mr. Samuel Anstey, near Fowey, and rather more recently 
Mr Palmer, of Stoke Climsland, have bred Devons, chiefly 
from the brothers Quartly. The former bought Protection (HI) 
of Mr. John Quartly, and gained the first prize with him at the 
Royal Cornwall Show in IS.IO ; and with a son of the Earl of 
Exeter (38), Uncle Tom (328), he gained the first prize at the 
Royal Cornwall Show at Truro. Mr. Palmer bought Lord Kerry 
(G04), the first-prize bull at the Canterbury Royal Show, Warrior 
(548), and President (098), of Mr. James Quartly : all of these 
being descendants of Mr. F. Quartly 's Curly and of Forester 
Mr. Sobey, residing near Liskeard, after several local suc- 
cesses, gained the first prize at the Royal Agricultural Meeting 
at Plymouth with a scion of Forester and Curly, viz., Sobieski 
(728), a son of the Duke of Chester. 
Mr. James Tremalne is now using the gold-medal bull Duke 
of Flitton (013) ; so that since 1800 Cornishmen have j)urchased 
four Royal first-prize bulls, — Warrior (548), Duke of Chester 
(404), Lord Kerry (004), and the Duke of Flitton (013) ; Mr. 
Sobey owning another in Sobieski (728). 
The Rev. A. C. Thynne, near Stratton, in 1800 purchased 
Prince Pen (099), a son of Warrior (548), Duchess (1038), 
Fancy (1908), and Hebe (2057), a first prize winner at Stratton 
in 1802, of Mr. Northey ; and in 1802 Red-deer (2313a), a 
daughter of the gold-medal cow Temptress, of Mr. Davy. 
Viscount Falmouth's first purchases were at a sale of Mr. 
Tremayne's. He afterwards bought the Duke of Chester (404) 
at Mr. John Quartly 's sale, together with cows and heifers from 
Quartly and Turner. His Lordship gained the first prize offered 
by the Local Committee at the Royal Show at Plymouth for the 
best pair of heifers, with Lily Bell (2829) and Bonnie Lass (2527) 
the latter a daughter of the Duke of Chester (404). 
Lord Portman's herd (originally bred and from time to time 
