The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-02-13
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BY HENRY McLEMORE United Press Stan Correspondent

Orlando, Fla, Feb 13.-(UP)- This is Q story about fainting goats, and if you are the sort of person who alwaya doubts bit of bizarre truth. perhaps you'd better turn over to the classified ads and gee whats being offered to-day in twin-screw cruisers and light. housekeeping rooms for two.
 The story of the fainting goats was told to me by Mir Will N. Rey- holds, 6 gentleman who rolled cig- arettes into millions, while he was waiting to work out q 2-year-old trotter at the Seminole Driving club. had engaged Mir Rey- holds in conversation to hear how his health had been restored by trotting horses, for I had heard that, when physicians despaired of his health several years ago, he had taken to the trotters and pacers with most beneficial re- suits.
 We were talking about the har- ness horse game, and l was telling him how I liked his nephew's Jim Haines, for the Harnbletonian next August, when, without warning, he interrupted and asked If I had ever seen a fainting goat.
 Not to be outdone, I said no, l had seen tumbling tapirs, acrobatic armadillos, and gymnastic gnus, but never q fainting goat. ! would like to, though, and where might I find one?
 "At my place, Tanglewood, in North Carolina, and I'm not jok- ing. I've a herd of them. They're a special breed of angoras. l don't blame you for doubting mo, for I didn't believe when I first heard of them, either. Tn fact, I told my informer l thought he had given up lying, years ago.
 ''So he made mo present of one. To test it. slipped up be- hind it one day and clapped my hands sharply. The goat became rigid, wavered for q moment, and toppled over. For five minutes Then 1t clambored up, still very stiff-legged and walked awkwardly off. Gradually I increased the number of fainting goats, until l had a herd of 50 or more. At any sudden, loud noise, they all would fall over in the finest faint
 
 to enjoy 1t.
 "The best laugh I ever had from the goats was several years ago when an English friend was at Tanglewood for visit. one day l suggested Q hunting trip, and we rode off through the pasture where the goats were feeding. As we neared the herd of fainting goats I spied bird in a tree, and sug- gested to the Englishman that he take a shot at 1t. So he pulled up his horse, took aim, and fired.
 with the crack of his gun, the goats, every single one of them, toppled over in a dead faint.
 "Oh, my Lord, what have I done," cried the Inglishman as he saw the goats go down. "I have killed your herd, every bloody one of them" "Yes, you have," said, land if it wasn't such a remarkable shot I'd be angry"
 "He was just offering 10 pay for them when the big billy got to his feet, followed by the rest. l thought his eyes were going to pop out of his head. He wouldn't believe the phenomena, even af- ter I explained it to him. He made mo shoot q dozen times, with the goats fainting after each shot. After that, he was in the pacturc all the time, shooting q pump gun. He had those goats fainting from Morning till night. He liked to to have worn them out"
 Before I coulyd ask Mir Key holds if he'd cross- his-heart, hope to-die, if it all wasn't true, he slipped into a sulky and headed e frisky colt down the track.
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