Show SHIPS' SHIPS MASCOTS LOSE NERVE Pet Animals on British Vessels Show the tho White Feather When Shells Begin Exploding There are some incidents about the tho mascots In the big naval battle battie of ot Jutland Jutland Jut Jut- land which are worth r repeating The mascot on the Tiger was a bulldog a afine afine fine fellow When getting into the battie battle battlo bat bat- tie tle the crew were a bit concerned asto asto as ns to how v their favorite would take the crashing of high explosives on the ship shill so they plugged his ears with cotton cotton cotton cot cot- ton wool wrapped his head around as asIt asif asif if It he had a heavy hen dose os of toothache and a couple coulle of men took tho the bulldog much to his annoyance to a room that was thought to be as ns quiet as the ship could provide The dog didn't quite fancy Caney being treated as an all Invalid and resented the coddling but when the shots began he took it pretty badly and ond was mighty glad he lie had a pal sitting sitting sitting sit sit- ting on either side holding him by the tho paws Another boat had a n fine big black cat Ho was overlooked when they got Into action and amId the first shell that came camo aboard this fellow got ot loose and took a n flying dive overboard As tho the boat was going about 27 knots even eyen the most tender hearted Jack Tar could hardly risk going after afler Tommy On another ship the they had a n little bantam bantam ban ban- tam which strutted about bout more proudly proud proud- ly than tho the dinkiest midshipman and with as big a show of ot courage as the hardiest of at old The tars were proud of ot the their pet could assume before beCore strangers rs When the tile first German shell hlll on onboard onboard I board the bantam lost nil all bis lils fine show and v flew down n one oue of caf f the ventilators When he be was rescued oDd and photographed photographed photo photo- graphed after the fight he presented p n R bedraggled appearance London London Pest Post |