380 Report of tlie Stewards of Stock at the Battersea Show. 
the Davy family for upwards of a century) was drawn out for 
the gold medal with the same owner's first prize yearling heifer 
"Princess Alice," who was the first heifer calf at Leeds; and 
all the heifer and heifer-calf classes were commended. 
One of the Judges speaks of Mr. Davy's 
" Duke of Flitton " as being a capital type of the North Devon, with a rare, 
level back, an astonishing loin, a good fore-quarter, the best of texture, and 
with all his points in good keeping, but with not so pleasant a head. Mr. 
Newbery's ' Bonaparte ' was useful, but not so level and symmetrical ; and 
Messrs. T. and J. Palmer's 'Lord Gary' was nice and level and of good 
texture, but of diminutive size. Mr. Farthing's 'Viscount' is a very meaty 
animal, of immense size for his age, but of a very different style and touch to 
the jjure North Devon, and far too much loaded witlr fat for breeding purposes ; 
' Crown Prince ' was useful, but deficient in mellowness and depth of flesh. 
' Temptress ' was a splendid specimen of a North Devon, with a lovely head, 
and gracefully-laid shoulders and chest, forming one of the finest fronts ever 
seen ; she was, perhaps, the most perfect type of an animal in the yard. ' Pic- 
colomini ' was also a surpassingly good cow ; and the third cow, Mr. J. A. 
Smith's ' Rachel,' a very neatly-formed animal of exceedingly good quality. 
Mr. PauU's two-year-old first prize heifer, ' Young Hebe' (bred by Lord Port- 
man), was all that could be desired, with a fine touch and nice even frame of 
large size. Two such yearlings as Mr. Davy's ' Princess Alice ' and ' Young 
Empress ' have been seldom seen in one man's possession, but I am inclined to 
think that the latter will make the better of the two, as she is younger, and 
promises to have more size and commanding appearance, with quite as good 
quality. His first-prize heifer calf, ' Lady Fortune,' was also remarkably neat. 
Mr. James Merson, a very steady supporter of these classes, showed some 
beautiful animals, and took four prizes." 
The Sussex Cattle were, " as a whole, good, and I should say 
decidedly improved. There were two very useful old bulls and 
two or three very good cows ; but the younger animals were 
hardly equal to the elder ones. They had fine, deep flesh, and 
quite maintained the improvement which they have shown of 
late years at Smithfield." Experience has proved them to be as 
hardy if not hardier on poor cold clays than any other breed. 
The classes were very fairly filled, and three out of the five 
firsts were awarded to the Messrs. Heasman, who found them- 
selves alone with a cow and a bull in these classes last year. 
Only fourteen Lomj-horns were entered in the six classes, and 
of these " the breeding cows were good but the bulls had nothing 
to recommend them." The first prize in the cow class was won 
by Mr. Warner's " Lupin," Lieutenant-Colonel Inge being second 
with his " Fill-pail," and first with his aged bull "Tom." Mr. 
Burbery, whose blood dates back as far as the beginning of the 
Wroxton herd in 1756, had the first and second prizes for year- 
ling heifers, and also bred Mr. Davis's first prize yearling bull. 
Although they are generally looked upon as relics of a bygone 
age, there are several herds of this breed in the Midland Coun- 
ties and elsewhere, varying from fifteen cows and upwards. 
Their " fill-pail " talent (which is well indicated by the conven- 
