074 Report on the Cattle Exhibited at Windsor. 
cows each of whicli might have received a first prize. We would respect- 
I'ully suggest to the Council, that in view of the large number of entries in 
the Guernsey Classes at this Show, and the daily increasing favour which 
the breed is now receiving, it would be well to increase the number of 
Classes, and to treat Guernseys in the same way as the Jerseys. A^'e 
would specially call the attention of the Council to Class 143, for bulls 
calved in 1887 or 1888. It is almost impossible to judge such animals with 
either satisfaction to ourselves, the owners, or the public, some exhibits 
being more than two years old, while others are considerably under a year. 
The same remarks apply to Class 144, where heifers in calf for the first 
time have to compete with the old cows, with which they have but little 
chance in competition. We trust the Council will favourably consider 
these remarks, which we are confident represent the views of all Guernsey 
breeders, both in England and in the island itself, and that next year the 
breed will receive greater encouragement from the Society, to which its 
position in public estimation justly entitles it. It is impossible in this 
report to bring all the deserving animals under review, but we have endea- 
voured to notice the most prominent. 
Class 142. Bulls calved in 1883, 1884, 1885, or 1886.— Although the 
entries were comparatively few, the animals were of high merit. The 
First Peize, No. 2264 (Mr. W. II. Carrington's Eydale), which also gained 
the Queen's Medal and the Special Petze for the best bull, is an animal of 
great quality and grand appearance. W^e understand he obtained the first 
prize in the island at the annual Show this year, and he easily obtained 
premier position at Windsor. Rydale is a very straight level bull excep- 
tionally good in loin and over the rump, with a deep full barrel ; he shows 
every point desirable in a bull for dairy purposes. No. 2259 (Sir F. A. 
Montetiore's Sir Francis), the Second Peize, also easily gained his position ; 
he is a well-known animal, and certainly was never better shown than he 
was here. He has a grand frame and is of rich colour, and has an admi- 
rable skin ; he is perhaps a little flat-sided as compared with Hydale, but is, 
notwithstanding, a grand animal. No. 2261 (Mr. II. Stanley Morris's 
Noj-man) stands Thied ; he is in many respects a good bull, but is certainly 
" throaty " and is deficient above the tail ; he has, however, a first class 
curveline escutcheon, and is of rich quality. Reseeve Numbee is 2268, 
Mr. Glynn's well-known Bull Hopeful. Like everything else he cannot last 
for ever, and though still a good level bull, age begins to tell, and he has 
had to give place to others. No. 2267 (Mrs. Parson's Conservateur), an island 
bull, is of good quality, but the company was too good for him. This 
Class as a whole merits and receives our warm commendation. 
Class 143 — Bulls calved in 1887 or 1888 — gave us much trouble from 
the cause mentioned in the beginning of this report. There were in it 
25 entries, and although there was nothing so surpassingly good in it as 
in the previous Class, some excellent and promising animals were shown. 
The FiEST was No. 2282 (Mi-. W. J. Beckingham's Loftus), bred in England 
by Mr. Long. This is a young bull of June 1888 ; he is very rich in quality, 
with excellent quarter and fair escutcheon, good colour and of elegant 
appearance, and promises to develop into a really good animal. No. 2275 
(Colonel Macleay's Pepin 4th) is Second. In some respects this is a better 
bull than the winner, being deeper and fuller in the barrel, but he is 
terribly " throaty," and will always sufler from this in competition ; he is 
however level, and his false teats are good and well placed. Third Peize 
went to No. 2288 (the Express Dairy Company's Bonnie Laddie). This 
is a large bull with a strong resemblance to his sire "SterHng," who 
was always coarse ; he has, however, good points, being level and having 
a deep barrel ; he is, however, very white, and is lacking in quality. He 
