Gladstone's luck

[Gerd Syllwasschy]

Daniel J. Neyer:

> Gladstone wasn't lucky in "Links Hijinks"--Donald winds up losing to him
> through a stratagem that backfires. In fact, in this story it's Donald
> who has the incredible luck, lobbing a golf ball past all obstacles and
> into the hole--but of course, the luck is negated when Donald's ball hits
> a duplicate he had already planted there. 

I second that.

> Didn't Gladstone appear in one other story before "Race to the South
> Seas"? I'm thinking of the Swami Swindle story, where both Donald and
> Gladstone try to raise ten dollars for Daisy's club but lose out the
> nephews. In this story, the Gander doesn't have any advantage over
> Donald, and is just a "rival braggart" as in the Wintertime Wager story.

Yes, that's WDC 95 "Gladstone Returns" mentioned by Olaf. There is a third
Gladstone story drawn (and probably published) before "Race to the South
Seas", namely WDC 103 "Rival Beachcombers.

Gerd


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