Show LIPTON UPTON IS TRYING TO fIGURE Y OUT THE BEST MASCOT fOR HIS i LATEST CANDIDATE FOR THE TROPHY I i. i i IS While While still admitting ad IIO LONDON ON July that ho he still pins his faith nith to I tho leafed four shamrock Sir Thomas Lip Lipton ton whoso whose now challenger for the tho Americas America's cup is now on its way to America Indeed ho he has bas serious thoughts ts of establishing a a- private Shamrock museum mu mu- scum seum which could be bo filled with such items as ti tigers tigers' er whiskers a hen i 1 partridge c. c pedigree rabbits fro frogs frogs' logs lORs chickens chickens' wishbones grasshoppers St opper w with le legs 5 like dromedaries a 0 ma magnificent ni American ea eagle lc and a monkey not to mention scores of hor horseshoes including one front from Fitzsimmons the tho champion boxer and a broom which was to bo be carried car car- ried ned on tho the Shamrock for luc luck lucia and aud mast headed beaded if it she sho had bad won the cup V Was s Lucky Son Sou I Even Evon this docs does not exhaust the list of extraordinary mascots which have bavo been offered and cent to Sir Thomas for one lady wrote him wishing him to tako her hor son who was U a II luck lucky young man with beautiful ul red Ted hair while another offered alTered to send scud him an elephant Yachting enthusiasts however are aro aroby by byno no means the only sporting people who believe in the value of mascots Harnel Hamel the intrepid aviator the mys my mystery tery of whoso whose fate fato still remains unsolved unsolved un un- un solved always carried with him a little lit tIe tle green mooD moonstone tone sent to him from Now Zealand by bv a very cry dear car friend Most aviators however havo have their I mascots mascot which range from miniature Toddy Dears bears to lions' lions t teeth oth which aro are supposed sup to bo be very lucky mascots for flying men Motorists aro are quito quite as superstitious superstitions and among the mascots which have havo been displayed in in the west end shops chops are ara such puch articles 0 an tiny silver models i 4 of Bt St Christopher which for coma fonio I curious reason has been adopted I aboard as ns the patron saint of motorists a wolf tI tooth which is said to banish fear fear and a coral eoral amulet which is is supposed supposed sup sup- posed posca to work wonders In the tho same sarno shop too wore were displayed tin tiny mascots for bridge players and the manager said that tho o moro more hideous the tho toy tOJ tho the greater its value as a lu k bringer A pink fluffy cat with grin grin- nine a 11 ra pollywog Jum f on nn eyes rag raJ elephant with a brilliant brilliant scarlet coat and Bob a Do miniature model of a do dog with a neck longer than its body are amon among the mo most t popular of those I mn mascots for bridge players Even E burglars havo have their mascots and no really conscientious London Lonnon goes oes about his business with without out a n. bit of coal on his hie person as a charm against eventualities When Whon the charm has worked once it works again ain and ond when the tho tho receiver 11 notes tho bit bitof bitof bitof of coal ho knows S it is cafe fato to talk business busi busu nc ness s. s |