Scrapie
The name scrapie is derived from one of the clinical signs of the condition, wherein affected animals will compulsively scrape off their fleeces against rocks, trees, or fences. The disease apparently causes an itching sensation in the animals. Other clinical signs include excessive lip smacking, altered gaits, and convulsive collapse.
Richie Wraggs
The reason for his longevity was the success in the readers votes for 'Top Ten comic strips', where his comic strip had many votes. Voted 4th top strip by the readers in issue 11 and again ninth most popular strip by the readers in issue 19 Richie was consistently voted in the top comic strips. Voted 9th most popular strip by the readers in issue 96 10th most popular strip by the readers in issue 116 5th most popular strip by the readers in issue 124 Finally in the last printed Jackpot readers top ten he was voted 8th most popular strip by the readers in issue 134
Unusually for a popular character he did make it to the merged issue with Buster. The reason for this was that Mike Lacey already drew the even more popular 'X-Ray Specs' (always in the top three strips as voted by the readers) The other nine characters voted in issue 134 all went on to the merged issue. Some other top characters from Jackpot Comic were Milly O' Naire and Penny Less and Jack Pott.