OF THE SADDLE AND SIRLOIN CLUB 17 
Kans., a breed with which his brother secured a lifelong success. 
“WILL” GoopwiNn was not destined for this long, however, as he 
was a born writer, and his facility of expression coupled with 
his love for livestock opened for him a future in agricultural 
journalism which did not terminate until he had become one of 
its most forceful figures. In the summer of 1885 he joined The 
Breeder’s Gazette, then in its third year of life. His first duties 
were in the business department, looking after the interests of 
the holders of public sales and aiding breeders in the purchase 
of desirable animals. After a few years, however, he entered 
the editorial department, first as assistant editor and later as 
managing editor. Mr. Goopwin succeeded to the last position 
when the editor of the Gazette, Mr. ALVIN SANDERS (12), was 
appointed on the wool commission by PRESIDENT TaFT. 
In 1899 Mr. Goopwin acquired an interest in the stock of the 
Sanders Publishing Co., and became its vice-president. In 1902 
he proceeded to England and Scotland as staff representative of 
The Breeder’s Gazette at the English Royal and Highland and 
Agricultural Shows. During this trip he made many warm 
friends and broadened his livestock views perceptibly. From 
the opening of the International he was entrusted with the hos- 
pitality extended the foreign judges, and secreted them at Oak- 
hurst, far from overzealous friends and designing exhibitors, until 
the show actually opened. 
On his farm at Oakhurst he bred Berkshire swine, Buff Leg- 
horn fowls and Indian Runner ducks. He was very fond of pet 
stock and reared Scotch Collies and Angora cats. For several 
years he was president of the American Cat Association. He was 
a member of the Aberdeen-Angus Association, a director and 
whilom vice-president of the American Saddle Horse Associa- 
tion, a judge of the breed, and a staunch friend of GENERAL JoHN 
B. CASTLEMAN, its chief promoter. His description of the saddle 
horse gaits in The Breeder’s Gazette of two decades ago is a rare 
