Re: The Bearcat

[Saffell, Charles J MM1 NAVSUBSCOL]

I always thought it looked like they had sedated her, but I guess since
they are nocturnal, she was just tired.  

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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


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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