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recruited from Messrs, Davy, Tapp, Dee, Merson, and Quartly) 
and its successes for very many years .are well known. He 
bouo:lit Nelson (81), bred by Mr. John Tapp in 1840, and 
Champion (17), Mr. Hole's first-prize bull at the Royal Meeting 
at York. His Lordship bred the first-prize two-years-old heifer, at 
the Battersea Royal Show, Young Hebe (2450), exhibited by Mr. 
Paul], near Dorchester ; she had previously gained the first prize 
at the Wells Meeting of the Bath and West of England Society, 
at which show Mr. Paull gained the second prize with another 
of Palmerston's daughters, bred by Lord Portman. At the same 
show Mr. J. A. Smith, near Doichester, exhibited and gained 
the first prize with a cow by Palmerston (47G), bred by Lord 
Portman, and the third prize v. ith Curly (07) when 14 years 
old, which was the dam of Napoleon IIL (404), the first-prize 
bull at Salisbury. Mr. Smith wisely bought first-class animals to 
commence with, and during his short career as a Devon breeder 
has been fairly successful. In consequence of Mr. E. Pope's 
death, his herd, which numbered many prize-takers, has been 
recently sold. 
Mr. R. B. Warren's first entries were in the third volume of 
the ' Herd-Book.' He purchased the three bulls, Doctor (400), 
Little John (488), and Robin Hood (.WO), of Mr. R. Mogridge, 
of Molland : his females are from Lord Portman, Davy, Quartly, 
and a few by Mr. Farthing's Baronet (145). 
Mr. Miller, near Sherborne, possesses prize-takers, but has 
not yet entered his stock in the ' Herd-Book.' 
Charles Hambro, Esq., of Milton Abbey, near Blandford, first 
appears in the fourth volume of the 'Herd-Book,' and gained 
the first prize for an in-calf heifer, Lina, at the Bath and West 
of England Show at Exeter, and the second prize for his 2 years 
and 8 months old heifer Miss Portman (bred by Lord Portman) 
at the Royal Show at Newcastle-on-Tyne in 1864. 
The Earl of Eldon's Devons first appear in the fourth volume, 
commencing with Lucknow (670), bred by his Lordship ; by 
General Havelock (420), bred by Mr. Webber, of Halberton, 
Devon, together with three females from Mr. Farthing ; and the 
bull Caesar (798), bred by Mr. Bodley. 
Two or three years ago his Grace the Duke of Northumber- 
land, of Slon House, Middlesex, commenced Devon breeding, 
and has purchased altogether one bull and six females from 
Mr. J. Davy, of Flitton. 
Miss Rose, of Mullamore, county Monaghan, Ireland, has 
two bulls and three females entered in the fourth volume of the 
' Herd-Book,' viz., Duke II. (710), bred by Mr. P. Halse, of 
Molland ; Duke (183) ; and Pickwick, bred by Mr. Mogridge 
[by King of the Bretons (659)], who also bred two of the females, 
