706 Heport on the Goats Exhibited at Windsor. 
competition) of this description, but, on the contrary, the pick of 
the prize-takers of the year, there was a sufficient proportion of 
the rough element to mar the uniform improvement in the 
whole, and to justify the opening remarks of the Judges in their 
report." 
There were, nevertheless, special features in connection with 
this department at Windsor which raised it in importance 
above every other goat show yet held. This was mainly due to 
the patronage bestowed on the Goat Classes by Her Majesty 
the Queen, and to some interesting exhibits appertaining to 
goat culture collected on the stand of the British Goat Society. 
Here were displayed specimens of mohair from Angora goats 
in various parts of the world, with samples of dress materials 
into which mohair largely enters ; goatskins from the Cape and 
the Levant, dressed as mats or tanned into " morocco " leather ; 
specimens of goats' cheese from Germany ; butter made from 
goats' milk ; and other minor details. The chief attraction con- 
sisted, however, in two Cashmere shawls, one presented to the 
Queen by the Maharajah of Cashmere, which had been sent by 
Her Majesty's commands from Osborne for this Show; and the 
other a shawl of English manufacture, made as an experiment 
in 1828 from the combings of a herd of cashmeres imported into 
England some five years later, and from which the Queen's goats 
are descended. This shawl, together with a gold medal awarded 
for it by the Society of Arts in 1828, were the property of Mr. 
C. J. H. Tower, of Weald Hall, Essex, and were inspected by Her 
Majesty at the close of the Show. 
Report of the Judges of Goats. 
[Classes 238 to 243.] 
We regret we cannot congratulate the Eoyal Agricultural Society on 
tlie exhibits of goats generally, as there were so many with long hair, which 
we consider a decided objection ; but at the same time there is a marked 
improvement in the short-haired variety since the Kilburn Show, which, 
we believe, was the last time the Royal Agricultural Society had classes for 
goats. 
With a view of supplying a report that may he of some use to exhibitors, 
we append the following notes from our judging books. 
Class 238. Hornless Males. — We must certainly congratulate the 
exhibitor of No. 3677 (Mr. Paul Thomas's Zampa) — a Toggenhurg (Swiss) 
—who won easily the First Pkize in the Class, also winning the 
British Goat Society's Silver Medal for best male in Show. The goat was 
a remarkably fine short-haired animal, combining height, length of body, 
and substance, being also deep round the loins, where most he-goats fail. 
Second Prize, No. 3675 (Mr. Charles L. Jackson's Buffalo Bill) : moderate, 
but showing more breed than the Reserve Number. 
Class 239. Horned Males.—Fm^T: Prize, No. 3679 (Mr. Christopher 
J, n. Tower) : a good Highland goat, with nice head and curved horns, 
