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September 14, 2003 | International Goat Days Festival: Day Three
Sunday morning at the fairground was pretty quiet. The majority of events had taken place on Saturday, and with the threat of more stormy weather, many of the booths had packed up early. Every few spaces, the tents gave way to a patch of grass, marked in orange spray paint with the name of a missing vendor. The only events scheduled before noon were Cowboy Church, an antique tractor display, another anvil shoot, and the meat show, which meant more Boer judging. In truth, by this point we were a little goated out. We still laughed when we passed an open trailer whose doors appeared to read "Caution: Show Goats on Oats." We still marveled at the immensity of the Boer bucks, their massive chests and gnarled horns lined up for judging. But, as we rolled up our tent and scrounged for a breakfast funnel cake, we were about ready to go.
The amazing thing about Goat Days was the incredible breadth of events. Goats were incorporated into every aspect of the festival, and for the people involved, there were goats in every corner of their lives. Goats were food, both meat and dairy. Goats were entertainment, in races, costumes and parades. They were judged on their adherence to their breed's ideals, in the meat and dairy goat shows, and on their deviance from it, in the largest goat contest. They were both serious and frivolous, spanning the spectrum from champion to clown.

We spent, ultimately, 58 hours on the road, traveling 3230.8 miles from Maine to Millington and back again. And in the middle, we found what we sought: goat culture. — MMH



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