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Coton's theory: "If humans can be educated by watching films, can't horses too? I think so. Who knows? He might feel like imitating Teal [this year's Grand National winner] after he's seen it." But Black Diamond was not Houyhnhnmly enough. In South Nottingham's Point-to-Point Steeplechase on Easter Monday, Black Diamond placed fifth...
Despite its anti-social attitude, however, the musk ox has at least one wildly enthusiastic human admirer. John J. Teal, a husky, Arctic-roving anthropologist, finds it almost as gifted a beast as the shmoo; last week in Manhattan, he announced that he considered musk oxen the hope of New England, and said that he looked forward to the day when hairy herds of them would crop contentedly on the stony hillsides of New Hampshire and Vermont...
...first of all, is not an ox. Its true name: ovibos (literally, sheep-ox). Also, it has no musk sacs. It gives tasty milk, produces one of the softest wools known to man, and yields meat (though only if killed) which tastes like a combination of mutton and beef. Teal plans to lead an expedition to Ellesmere Island in the Canadian archipelago next autumn (when this year's crop of musk-ox calves will have reached the size of police dogs), snatch eight of the small fry from their mothers, and bring them back to his Vermont farm...
Since he has promised the Canadian government that no adult musk ox will be killed in the process, the job of oxnapping promises rich yields in exercise and excitement. At the moment, Teal plans to release a set of dogs to scatter the musk-ox herd. Expert ropers will then try to lasso and tie up the adults, and after that a group of strong young men will run down, hog-tie and crate the eight lucky calves...
...matter of hours. But Reporter Douglas, taking command of the rescue operations, wants the story-and Leo's suffering-to stretch out for at least a week. Douglas gets his way by appealing to the worst instincts of two other crooks: a vicious sheriff (Ray Teal), who welcomes publicity for his electioneering, and Minosa's unloving wife (well played by Jan Sterling), who is all set to desert her husband until Reporter Douglas shows her how to make a fast buck by sticking around...