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Viscount Portman's Royal Windsor, " a nice symmetrical 
bull, and a good type of the North Devon breed," originally 
bought, it appears, by Lord Portman's agent for fifty shillings. 
Duke of Bourton, a very level animal, was placed second, 
whilst Champion 2nd, a good growing and fleshy bull, was 
third. 
The yearling bulls are reported by the Judges as exceptionally 
good. Mr. John Tremayne's first prize bull, Lovely Laddie, was 
perfect save in the horns. Fancy's Gordon appeared to be a big- 
bull for his age ; whilst the third prize bull, The Coiint, is of 
decidedly useful character. 
The cow class had distinction conferred upon it by the 
presence of Sir William Williams's Flower 2nd, the Devon 
champion at Windsor, who maintains her beautiful symmetry 
and fleshy qualities. 
A good class of two-year-old heifers gave the Judges some 
difficulty on account of a marked want of uniformity in size. 
Rosebud, a fine growing heifer from the Pound Farm herd, was 
placed first, being closely followed by Mr. W. H. Punchard's 
Lady Jane. 
Yearling heifers were throughout a satisfactory class, and, 
indeed, an exceedingly pretty one. The first place was secured 
by Sir W. Williams with Fiction 2nd. 
South Devons (flams). — These were one of the sights of the 
Show, and crowds of visitors, impelled by curiosity, turned 
their steps to the stalls occupied by the " South Devons," " South 
Hams," or " Hammers," in order to take full advantage of so 
favourable an opportunity for acquiring some knowledge of this 
strictly local breed. How local is their distribution is shown 
by a glance at the catalogue, from which it is seen that the 34 
entries were all made from the districts around Plymouth, 
Plympton, Ivybridge, Kingsbridge, and Totnes. If on the map 
a line be drawn from Plymouth eastward to Totnes, a triangular 
area is marked out, of which this line is the base, and the southern 
coast-lines culminating at Start Point form the two sides. This 
area is the native home of the South Devon cattle, of which it 
is strictly correct to say that they left an agreeable impression 
upon the minds of those who saw them at Plymouth. Whether 
or not they have an ancestral relationship with the North 
Devons, they present little external resemblance to the " Rubies" 
of to-day, for their colour is far more suggestive of the yellowish 
coats of the Guernseys. They possess good milking properties, 
but they are larger, coarser, less compact, and altogether less 
well-bred than the dainty cattle whose native pastures cover the 
hill slopes of North Devon. The Judges regarded the South 
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