Whoops And Saddles In Helena

"I don't think there is any."

But it's exciting?

"Not particularly."

You just like goats?

"I can't stand them. They aren't too smart and they smell awful."

Is there any such thing as a good goat?

"Sure. One that stands there and never kicks."

Why do you do it?

"I'm a competitor."

That serves to describe high school rodeo athletes. Barrie Beach has always been an overachiever. She was third in her graduating high school class of almost 200 this year and worked inexhaustibly to get there. Professional cowboy Shawn Davis, three times world saddle bronc champ, who helped out at Helena, said that the kind of youngster who takes to rodeo is "the adventurous type with a lot of spirit."