Arizona republican., 1912-07-17
WHOLE GOAT FAMILY
 WILL BE PRESENT
An Added Feature to the Exhibits at
 the State Fair

That eminent and distinguished cltlzen' MT. William Goat, his wife, Mrs. Nancy Goat, and all the little
 Willie ad Mamie Goats. who are members in good standing of the Free and Accepted Order of Butt-ins and who in addition belong to tha Angora clan, will be star performers al the state fair next fall Of course no goats of the common or garden Varlety-in other words the pIebcian butters-will have part in the show.
 Heretofore all animals from bulls to pug dogs and from HOlsten cattle to deckle edged Ostriches have had admittance to the fair exhibit That is. all but the goats. But this year the Williams and Nancies will have all inning. They will be on view from morning to night and for the entire six days of the fair The goats the thing, as the immortal bard would have said had he been writing of goats. And he probably would have written of them except that the gay and festive Angora hadn't come into fashion in his day
 It generally has been supposed JtCItNOIOlC lIIdl lIlc SOlt dllIl dIlu tlIu of the goats creation was the produc- tion of an animal of pugilistic pro- Icnsities But recent history shows the fallacy of that theory. A well upholstered Angora goat is as val uable as a crop of alfalfa; and flock of them makes the owner q malefactor of great wealth
 It is only in recent years, hoWev- CT, that the Angora has come into his own. He has been a conner lately i1 Arizona, even if he hasn't quite arrived yet. But it is expected that. he will come into his heritage as soon as they start the Angora show here next fall.
 Secretary C. B. Wood. of the state fair commission recently f> been in correspondence with some goat Ieople-that is with some people who are in the goat business. These men are known as the National MOhair Growers association, mOhair being the principal crop which the Angora rrOduces This association has ar ranged for d big convention and show in Phoenix and they have arranged to have it while the fair is in prog ress. It will be a fine thing for the goats for it will give many of them a chance to get into the public eye. Incidentally. it vii be a fine thing for the proprietors of the goats, for there are some mighty fine prizes to be offered
 Secretary Baker. who writes on be- half of the Mohair association, says the convention will be held here be ginning october 29. It is the policy of the association to hold it's annual convention in some town at the time q state fair is in progress and Phoe- !. nix was lucky enough to draw the prize this year It is safe to say the association will never regret it's choice
 Several trophy cups have been of fered. One sweepstakes cup will be awarded to the owner of the best buck and another will go to the owner oI the best doe. There will also be prizes for the owners of the most likely kids. CNo slang intended)
 Then a cup will be given the pro Gucer of the best mOhalr which as a condition of entry, must be more than twelve inches in length MT 1 T,eyassove. of New York. who offers 1 this cup. also stands ready to buy | all the mohair of this quality and VIII ! pav from a dollar to twelve dollars 1 a pound for it.