BULLDOGS IN THE NAVY.

Gisborne Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2452, 17 March 1909, Page 2

BULLDOGS IN THE NAVY.

_ Lord Charles Bores ford’s distribmtion of a litter of hullpups among certain battleships of the. fleet- under his command is not the first action on his part associating an old friend and companion dear with the “King’s Navee.” “I had the honour of the somewhat intimate aequaintaniee of ttjj> proud father of the pups when a. guest on the flagship,” says Mr.H. AY. Lucy in the “Sydney Aloruing Herald.” “I fancy he appreciated the sympathy expressed for him in his struggle over the somewliat* steep stairway leading from tne quarter-deck to the saloon and state cabins. Being a trifle stout and scant of breath, he used to groan direfullv at the unwonted exercise, whether it led him to the deck or below. He was the second -of his race who has enjoyed the advantage of the cheery ownership of Lord Charles Beresford. It was.his father whose association with the great battleship named after King Edward AMI was made permanent when he died. Lord Charles had a oast taken of his massive countenance. Masks of brass •were formed and fastened on to the end of the wooden plugs that fill up the mouth of the* cannon when not in practice. On the quarterdeck of the flagship a pair of these, living likenesses of the sire look down upon the son and heir as he walks about- or lazily lies at ful length, permitting himself to he pulled by the ship's catj" which he could break in two with a sudden snap of his massive jaws.”