Great uncle Biff Beagle went to the Olympics thrice, taking the gold once, back when they still considered zephyr-wrangling a legitimate sport. By 1964, it was omitted from the games as the practice was unduly cruel to the zephyrs most of whom were reduced to mere breaths.
Hortense Beagle- a prominent figure in the arts and crafts movement in America- created a stir when she married her "cross-stitch husband" (a pillow comprising a burlap sack filled with corn and sorghum) with an audience of 200 odd witnesses at the World's Columbian Exhibition