Goats, and Pigs at Kilburn. 
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Billy." The class contained 7 entries. The next class, for 
females of the short-haired British varieties, had 11 entries 
(one absent j, and was a good class in regard to the character of 
the animals. The Judges gave the preference to a rather homelv 
looking matron, almost a giantess, of eight \ears, very useful, 
exhibited by !Mr. F. A. Crisp, and Professor Simonds again took 
second honours in this class for '■ Lady Camden." " Size and 
milking features" were with the Judges avowedlv the first con- 
siderations, " followed by shape, qualitv, and condition ;"' and 
as the judging was conducted upon the points " system, 
wherever the competition was at all close, it is easy to conceive 
how a great-framed, deep milker, like !Mr. Crisp s, took her first 
place, although wanting in what is termed " quality," and not- 
withstanding her age : for against that must be reckoned the fact 
that her fertilitv is very evidently not exhausted ; and another 
fact, known to all who have watched the goat-classes at recent 
shows (and of course one of which the Judges were not ignorant), 
that the same animal gained the " milking prize " at the last 
Dairy Show, where her yield was found to be at the rate of 
o quarts per diem. The so-called long-haired British goats 
were few in number, 4 males and 3 females. In the male 
class, the first prize was adjudg-ed to a remarkablv handsome 
two-year-old, unquestionably long-haired, but not so unques- 
tionably British, although described in the catalogue as Welsh. 
Once more a protest was delivered, and again the award rescinded ; 
Professor Axe, therefore, took the first instead of the second prize 
for his " Pinner Duke," and the second passed to !Mr. Crook- 
enden's goat, which previouslv had the reserved number. In 
the female class all three entries were attractive-looking animals. 
Miss A. Jacomb s " Xina," in her ninth year, vet wearing well, and 
Mr. C. Daymon's "IS an," both accompanied by twin offspring, 
fully deserving the first and second places respectively assigned 
to them, while ^liss .J. Davies s seemed good enough for honours, 
had there been a third prize, or had either of her rivals failed to 
appear. 
Foreign Goats mustered only 7 entries, long and short haired, 
horned and hornless, entering into general competition. The 
class of male goats, four in number, and all in their pens, com- 
prised some grand animals, the Baroness Burdett-Coutts's horn- 
less claret-black Hungarian being- the grandest of them all. In 
the lemale class, Mr. G. M. AUender had entered a couple of 
the Pyrenean breed, but unfortunately thev did not arrive, and 
the second prize was, upon the recommendation of the Judges, 
awarded to Professor Axe"s Xubian, the only other one which 
made an appearance. 
