Re: The Bearcat

[jphowdy]

Before a football game Alice would sit in a cage in the northwest corner of the field. The handler would get her out on a lease and walk her around the field heading south towards the closed end, then east across the back of the end zone then north up the sideline, finally turning west to head for the cage.
In her later years she would make it about half way around and then stop and sit down. The handler had to carry her from that point on and I'd guess she was in the at least 40 pound catagory.
I don't know if she died, retired, or the handler decided he wasn't going to carry her sorry butt anymore but she stopped showing up I'm guessing at least 5 years ago.

---- jon breiner <address@hidden> wrote: 

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"Alice" used to come to UC games, but either she got too freaked by the 
crowds or got old and sick.  But for some reason the zoo stopped bringing 
her.

By the way, somebody tell Andy LaCombe!  He has been calling for this kind 
of forum for years!

Jon


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bryan Sherman" <address@hidden>
To: "Bearcat Forum" <address@hidden>
Sent: Thursday, June 08, 2006 9:31 AM
Subject: [UC Basketball] The Bearcat


> I like the article linked to from bearcatnews regarding the open forums on
> the Bearcat image (score a few points for the admin):
> http://ucbearcats.cstv.com/genrel/060706aab.html
>
> They want to try to reconcile the two Bearcat images... the mascot and the
> logo.
>
> While our team wasn't named for it, how many folks know there is an actual
> animal that is called the Bearcat? It's from Southeast Asia and is also
> called the Binturang. Didn't the Cincinnati Zoo used to have one (and do
> they still have one)?
>
> Here are some pictures I sound, the first one is a really nice shot:
> http://graphics.stanford.edu/~merrie/San%20Diego/photos/photo_17.html
> http://tripura.nic.in/sepahijala/gallery/gallery1.jpg
>
> Looks like the logo is more like the "real" Bearcat than the mascot is.
>
> Bryan