30 The 'Book of the Goat. 



apparent. Mated to the Baroness Burdett-Coutts's Gertie, 

 a she-goat of wonderful size and shape besides possessing 

 great milking properties, they produced Grey Rock, the 

 most popular and most sought-after winner in the Prize 

 Record. (This goat, as a kid, is depicted on page 281.) 

 With his progeny the Anglo- Nubian fanciers got back the 

 arched face (commonly referred to as " Roman nose"), 

 delicate nostrils, and long drooping ear displayed in the 

 early crosses. Grey Rock, mated in 1897 to the present 

 writer's London Pride, produced Marmora ; this was 

 sold to Mr. Ravenscroft, who with it won a number of 

 prizes, and used it largely in the production of his 

 many prize-winners. Later Marmora went to Killerton, 

 near Exeter, as the property of Lady Acland, who attri- 

 butes to his blood the improvement of her present herd. 

 Among the principal breeders and exhibitors of the Angio- 

 Nubian on a large scale at the present day, in addition 

 .to those above mentioned, are Lady Arthur Cecil, Lady 

 Gertrude Crawford, Miss Elsie Mortimer, of Holmwood, 

 and Miss E. M. Hill, of Leigh-on-Sea. 



Other importations of Nubians will be mentioned when 

 dealing with this breed. A Chitral male called Bricket 

 Cross was introduced by Mr. B. Ravenscroft about the 

 year 1904, which has supplied again fresh blood for this 

 deservedly popular variety. An illustration of this 

 magnificent animal, which won annually many prizes until 

 its death in 1908, is given in Fig. 2. 



The points of a typical specimen of the Anglo- Nubian 

 are as follow : Coat short throughout, with no fringe of 

 long hair on the back or long tufts on the flanks ; colour, 

 preferably black and tan, or reddish-brown with or with- 

 out black or black-and-white markings, but free from 

 white streaks on the sides of the face, which would indi- 

 cate Swiss blood. The horns, if any, should be small 

 and curve downwards and outwards rather than directly 



