The  Devon  Pack  Horse  as  an  Army  Horse.  87 
Some  Particulars  of  the  last  Eight  Stallions  which 
DESCENDED  IN  DIRECT  TAIL  MALE. 
Sportsman  A.  Foaled  about  1800,  sold  to  Hanover,  and 
whose  stock  are  said  to  be  still  represented  in  the  King’s  stud, 
London. 
Cottager  A . Son  of  the  above,  foaled  about  1822,  was  a 
noted  trotter  and  steeplechaser  in  his  day,  and  after  winning 
all  the  trotting  matches  in  Devon  was  sold  abroad  for  300 
guineas. 
Triumph  A.  Spn  of  the  above,  foaled  about  1836,  was  sold 
to  Hanover  for  800  guineas. 
Cottager  1st.  Son  of  the  above,  foaled  about  1840.  A noted 
trotter  and  show  horse. 
Cottager  2nd.  Son  of  the  above,  foaled  1861.  Took  all 
prizes  at  shows  for  best  roadster  stallion. 
Triumph  1st.  Son  of  above,  foaled  1879.  Sold  to  America 
for  500  guineas. 
Triumph  2nd.  Son  of  above,  foaled  1882.  Sold  to  the  late 
Yere  Shaw,  Esq.  Exhibited  in  London,  1897.  Lately  died  in 
St.  Albans. 
Sportsman  {Young).  Son  of  above,  foaled  1896.  Sold  and 
now  alive  in  Australia. 
The  whereabouts  of  Devon  Pack  Horses. 
The  home  of  the  Pack  during  the  past  century  was  in  West 
Devon,  that  is,  the  country  between  the  Dart  and  the  Tamar. 
This  country  is  cut  into  North  and  South  Devon  by  Dartmoor, 
and  in  both  north  and  south  of  the  moor  the  Pack  horse  was 
plentiful  up  to  twenty-five  years  ago.  Living  as  I do  in  South 
Devon,  this  article  concerns  more  especially  the  breed  south  of 
the  moor,  where  in  the  district  known  as  the  South  Hams,  thanks 
to  the  Giles  family,  it  continued  up  to  1900.  In  North  Devon 
the  breed  has  been  more  neglected  than  here,  and  although 
formerly  there  was  a certain  amount  of  interchange  of  blood 
between  the  two  districts,  yet  the  moor  was  such  a formidable 
barrier  that  each  district  seemed  to  have  had  separate  studs  of 
stallions.  I have  before  me  a list  of  stallions  that  formerly  were 
well  known  in  North  Devon,  but  of  these  only  two  occur  that  I 
have  met  with  in  the  pedigrees  of  South  Devon  stallions  and 
mares.  I reside  in  the  centre  of  the  district  travelled  by  the 
late  Mr.  Giles— the  South  Hams — and  I have  inspected  in  the 
last  year  fifty  Pack  mares  by  Giles’  Pack  stallions,  and  fifty 
young  stock  by  thoroughbred  Hackneys  and  cart  stallions  out 
of  these  mares.  These  pure  mares  vary  from  ten  to  twenty 
years  old,  and  are  of  various  heights,  from  14.1  to  15.3.  It  is 
daily  becoming  more  difficult  to  trace  these  mares  ; they 
