In 1893, the first importation of Angora goats from South Africa, which
was of value to American flocks, arrived. The two bucks, Pasha and Dick,
which were secured by C. P. Bailey from R. Cawood, were sired by the
great buck Sam. Mr. Schreiner says, "Sam was born in 1888, and sheared
as a three year old, at twelve month growth, 15 pounds 2 ounces. He was
exhibited for many years at all chief Agricultural shows and was never
beaten but once, a judgment reversed at a subsequent show in the same
year. Sam was the most famous goat in South Africa; with splendid weight
of fleece, he combined a fineness of fiber rarely seen in an old ram."
Pasha developed into a great sire and his get has been distributed into
nearly every State in the Union, Canada, Mexico and Australia. Without
doubt Pasha's blood courses through the veins of more Angoras than any
sire ever imported. He was acknowledged by every one to be the best
individual ever brought to America. Mr. Landrum, who had seen most of
the Angoras brought from Turkey and who saw Pasha at San Jose,
California, in 1899, pronounced him the most perfect goat he had ever
seen and a much better goat than any which had ever come to America from
Turkey. He bought some of Pasha's get for his own flock.
[Illustration: ANGORA BUCK PASHA.