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...Bull soon discovered that of the 250 Teddy bears lost on transport vehicles in London each year, almost all are claimed; that exactly 50% of British children surveyed and 55% of American ones consider Teddy their favorite toy; and that 45% of a sampling of British children call their critter "Teddy" because, as many of them pointed out, "he is a Teddy." However, 40% of American slum children who were shown a picture of the toy thought that the animal...
...that, the quarter horse remained a no-account critter until 1941, when the American Quarter Horse Association was formed to legitimize the breed. Since then, more than 500,000 quarter horses have been registered in the U.S., and many of the racers among them work in plush surroundings. California's Los Alamitos Race Course, a $15 million complex 35 miles south of Los Angeles, was built in 1947 by Frank Vessels Jr. and his late father on the site of a former beet farm. Los Alamitos drew 457,080 fans last year and attendance is up 30% this year...
...reply to Mr. Juniper's letter in defense of Austin [April 1]: Although "a little old Texas mouse" may be "a friendly critter," one that I happen to like, I was painfully surprised to find that a whole tribe of friendly critters had set up housekeeping in the oven, closets and dog-food bags in my brand-new house; they forced me, contrary to my inclinations, to start a trap-hunting campaign. To be sure, mousetraps are rather cheap in Texas: 19? a pair. In my years in Europe, New England and Tennessee, I have neither become acquainted with...
From San Antonio, Lady Bird and her entourage, 70 strong, flew to the desert mountain fastnesses of Big Bend National Park, where she was greeted by a crowd of 4,200, including, one local noted, "every living critter around here." So stark and jagged that astronauts have visited it to see what they will encounter on the moon-yet fiercely beautiful withal-Big Bend receives far fewer visitors than most other national parks, was thus a prime spot for one of the First Lady's See America First promotion trips...
...stayed at the Driskill Hotel [March 18] many times and never been frightened by a mouse in my room as was Bill Moyers-it was a mouse, of course, not a rat. A little old Texas mouse is bigger than a Washington mouse, naturally, but a friendly critter, like the Driskill management and all the rest of Austin...