New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-12-23
HIGH JUMPING IN CENRAL PACK.
TWO NEW GOATS THAT cAvcIEAR AN hi'hi'
FOOT FEE


FOOT FEE
An Enclosure ten feet hsn has peeh Ouii' siouAI
M 49, -, oo,,,co,1ear the Arsenal In Central
nj, ., socrro tvyo q, latest acquisitions OF the
ram ~ I'.,a 5etween the pckets facing the
walk the animals tb.nseiVes can 90 so'H " '"o VIC
| .ors They are 10 innocentloohng eoa's' some
80. - - horo compactly built, but otherwise
w. .,gar,n o.vntally from the squatter's goat TO DO
so,nd an Tho Jocks on the upper part OF Mammalian
Island. ,.,- .,..., 30 tho Man.
-, ats, arc OF a distinct breed and possess quar-
,,,os ,ut tho native goat never dreamed Oh lho
| ,ao animals are Morocco goats and were born In
| Nonern Africa. They captured by party vi
ors on that coast after the parents had been shot.
| nd taken on shlpboard when the vessel reachea
iNew-York about a month ago, after lorg voyage
tle goats had grown from kids to good sized animals
and the Sailors not knowing what else to do with
thcm disposed Of them a dealer in animals for a
small consideration and they found their way Into tho
Arsenal collections
"There is no particular value attached to the AMI
mails except from their rarity" remarked Dlrcctor
Conhn. They tho first pair OF Morocco goats
probably that found their way to this country
They are young in their second year quite gentle,
as you see and Will eat out Of your hand. but II
startled all their Inherited wildness comes out l
never saw such animals. They seem TO have mnseics
of rubber, nom the way they jump l have never
lad much trouble with the most dangerous animals
The goats came forward and thrust their noses
through the Enclosure 10 get the pieces OF apple Wnch
were offered them They seemed In every way 70 peno
their bad reputation. "Iwas told" Dr. Conklln added
when got them, that they were great jumpers, Dut
they appeared so doce that thought they would re-
main In an ordinary Enclosure such as that whoh holds
the deer, fence FIVE feet high. The goats had as
appeared the next morning, and 1t was not an easy
task capture them in the Park had TWO feet mora
built on the fence, when they were put back "lthn
two hours they went that fence as easily as boys
when at play at eap-frog. The jumping OF the
thoroughbred hunters in Madison Square Garden lew
weeks ago doesn't begin 10 compare with that Of these
goats / raised the fence H. a height Of eight feet
and they went over Il again just easily. go now
have fence len feet high
That beats their rcordp $500
Il am not 50 sure of that The space within their
nclosure Is so limited that they cannot got good
start to 60 so high, or ] would not trust them win
anything less than a ffeenfoot fence. Then, they
are getting accustomed to these quarters and are not
so easily alarmed they wore; but If startled think
they might still mis- fence Their leap Is pecn-
ar. They crouch little, give short lump In the
air and as thoy strike the ground bound upward again
as If they were shot from caapult. The muscles OF
their legs extremely tough but the legs are not
adapted for great rapidly endurance in running
They have been developed by generations Of climbing
on The Morocco hills AS these goats get older and
their bodies I'm captivity become heavier, they VIII
probablv become less active. Possibly oar native
goat has his faculty OF high jumping If he ever
had t. since he became partly civilized and accustomed
IN n diet of brown paper