Gentlemen, Jim Corbett was the first great exponent of cleverness inside the rope. Here is testimony to his remarkable skill. Jim fought in the prize ring for 18 years and never had a black eye or a bloody nose. A bear is the emblem of the two neighboring Swiss cantons of Appenzell and St. Gall. In 1579, St. Gall published an almanac in which they described their own emblem as a male bear and the Appenzell bear as a female. Appenzell demanded that their neighbors retract this insult. St. Gall refused and costly battles were fought for two years. Thousands died before St. Gall solemnly declared that the bear on their neighbor's emblem was a male. Believe It or Not!
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