The Washington herald., 1918-06-16

| game at American League Park yes
terday. In addition to having q per
sonai escort he viii be given every
attention en- route. Prophet Boss.
realtzing the responsibility Of guard
ing this priceless animal has prom
ised to keep a watchful eye upon him
until he is safely home.
The story Of Wap-See-Ho-Hong-
for that Ii the goats name-is inter-
esting. In plain English. the name
means the Great Wolf Slayer. He
was Originally owned by the Yaqui In
dians Of Mexico, and was discovered
by John c. Jacobs, owner Of the ia
nous Deer Park Ranch, near San
Antonio, Texas, from which he was
purchased by Grand Monarch Schmid.
The grand monarch has been offered
a fabulous sum for this curious ami
NAL, but has declined all offers, be-
cause he wants him for the Grotto.
This Is what Mr.. Jacobs writes your
scribes in response to q request for
the goats history: .---
'T got this goat from the Yaquf
Indians in Mexico. I was down there
to buy some ponies from these In
dians, when I discovered this goat.
i tried 20 buy him, but was told he
was not for sale at any price. l
had picked out one hundred ponies
that intended buying, and told
them that, unless could get the
goat, I wo:!,jn't take the ponies. I
knew they needed the money to buy
, fire-water and other Indian commod-
tiles Coz n big snake dance that was
about to take place. and told them
no goat, no ponies. I hung out three
dorya hA ~
! nies at $50 each looked like a million
\ to those red bucks, so they held a
tribal meeting and finally agreed that
IL would take 80 ponies could
have the goat. ! closed.
Il wanted the goat for my friend
schmid to exhibit in his window.
but never dTC amed that he was
eligible for the Grotto.
'%There Is a wild goat in the Sierra
Madre Mountains. in Mexico. that
inhabits the region above the timber
line, in eternal snow. The male of
this species has one horn in the
center of his head. Small bands of
them have occasionally been seen as
low down as the foothills early m
the spring. after the succulent grass,
before any green thing has sprung
lDG sui.
''The Yaqui tribe. living in the foot
hills, have great many domestic
goats that run at large. coming I'D
to the camps at night for protection
from the wolves that ipfest that re-
gion- There is no doubt in my mind
that this goat had an ancestor among
these wild animals. The wild goat
has a heavy coat Of wool very much
like this rx-hf AA
goat of this section has shaggy hair.
THE more enlightened Indians of the
tribe agree with me as to the origin
Of this goat, while others think the
Great Spirit sent him to protect their
fiocks. The name this goat went by
with the tribesmen Is Wap-See-Ho-
Hong, meaning the Great Wolf Slayer,
for when the goats were attacked by
wolves. this tri-horned modern David
went forth to do battle with the Co
Hath and always with the same result,
the battle never ending until Ho- Hons
had sunk his horn deep into the yitals
Of the last wolf
Il was told by the Indian whose
hock this goat was with that he hau
never lost goat in all the time they
were headed by this warrior, while
other herds in the foot hills had at
times been almost annihilated.
This goats horn was four inches
longer than 1t now is and pointed.
have a bunch of deer in my park,
and when I brought this goat home
turned him loose in the park.
had big buck deer fully twice the
size of this goat. Ny buck was sure
he was some scrapper. so the first time
these strangers met there was an ar
gument and mortal combat In about
one-hftieth part of the time it takes
me to write it. I didn't have any buck
deer The goat backed on about 20
feet and with one rush sent the horn
TO the deer's heart. I Immediately
caught him and sawed the point of
and rounded the little knob you see
That's his history to date, but I want
to tell you there will be some more
and sadder history to Ho-Hong's cred
1t. II you fellows monkey with him
or treat him unkindly.'