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...Webster," the famed frog of Mark Twain's story, who could "get over more ground at one straddle than any animal of his breed you ever see," lost to another freshly caught frog when the rival owner filled Dan'l full of quail shot "pretty near up to his chin...
...professional quizgoer is a hardy type of radio fan spawned by giveaway programs. Some pros-a shrilly competitive breed-travel from quiz show to quiz show in packs. But most are mavericks, jealous and watchful of their fellows. All but a few are women...
...commission: "A surgeon, driven to amputate a foot to save a patient's life, would be blameworthy if he unnecessarily cut off the whole leg." In the same way, a belligerent should seek to damage his enemy as lightly as possible and "shun all acts . . . calculated to breed hatred...
...summer of 1925 I offered Mrs. Riddle $20,000 for Anesthesia Faith of Hillstead, whose record of 19,741 milk, 1,112 fat was then the record of the breed. My offer . . . was declined, and the cow died without ever having another calf. When Mrs. Riddle founded Avon Old Farms she by no stretch of the imagination owned a cow worth $60,000 or one-tenth as much...
...middle place there are the Owners; and thou shalt know them by their great height and their garments of Shark Skin; but thou shalt breed them...