BULLDOGS IN THE NAVY.

Colonist, Volume LI, Issue 12490, 17 March 1909, Page 1

BULLDOGS IN THE NAVY.

-Lord Charles Beresford's distribu tion of a litter of bull pups among cer tain battleships of the fleet under hi: command is not the first action or his part associating an old friend ant companion dear with the" "King'i ; Navee." "I had the honoiir of tin I somewhat intimate acquaintance o: i the proud father of the pups when i guest on the flagship," says Mr H ■■ W. Lucy in the "Sydney Morning . Herald." "I fancy he appreciatec the sympathy expressed to him in his struggle over the somewhat steej stairway leading from the quarterdeck to the saloon and state cabins. Being- a trifle stout and scant oi breath, he used to groan direfully ai the unwonted exercise, whether it led him on to the deck or below. He was the second of his race who has enjoj-ed the advantages' of the cheery ownerj ship of Lord Charles Beresford. It was his father whose association with i the great battleship named after King Edward VII was made permanent when'he died.: Lord Charles had a cast taken of his massive countenance. Masks of brass-were formed and fastened on to the. end of the wooden plugs that filled up the mouth of the camion when notin practice. On the quarter deck of the flagship a pair of these Jiving likenesses of the sire look down upon the son and heir as he Walks about or lazily lies at full length, permitting himself to be pulled by the ship's cat, which he could break in two with a sudden snap of his massive jaws."