During "baaaaaaad" financial times National turned to sheep to mow the lawns. Robert Widlar was responsible.

RAP's 1997 comments: 
Widlar drove down to Gilroy, and bought a sheep from a farmer, and brought the sheep back to Santa Clara, in the back of his Mercedes convertible. He then tethered the sheep out on the lawn. 

It took only a few minutes for the photographer from the San Jose Mercury News to show up. 

At the end of the day, Widlar went over to a nearby saloon, and tied up the sheep's rope to a barstool. At the end of the evening he gave the sheep to the bartender. What would YOU do?

Tom Chambliss, an NSC old-timer, claims the gal in the photo was Vickie Darst. Thanks for the info, Tom. We've been hoping to get that identification for years.