The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-08-14
THE GOAT Il HoODoo.
Failure of the Mascot of the Yale ArtilloEHS
men to Do His Duty.

men to Do His Duty.
CAMP HAVEN. NIANTIc. Conn.,. Aug. 13.-ThO
little black and white spotted billy goat giveH
to the Yale Light Battery for a mascot is ovid
IDENTITY a hoodoo. Ever since his arrival Id
camp. three weeks ago. Billy seems to hav&
exercised a spell Of Ill luck over the college
artillerymen. Notwithstanding his blue-tinte6
horns. Yale flag. and Stars and Stripes.
In Battery A.. First Connecticut Light ArttIs
lery. it may be said. by way Of introduction, one
platoon Of Hotchkiss guns 10 composed almost
entirely OF Yale men. while, the, other consists
Connecticut towns. Naturally. each platoon
ssn o' @bsn f. Hni excel s IN camp sports or dtFllSs.
the battery gun drill on Tussdsy. the friend.
they raced abreast After a Counter.
d %sTSR Fl into Soq posItGiD %iesf ot ti% asttt the i fSsD avn II
critical fentsd p point In the drill when the Captain IN.
Yale. section stufbborrSSlyp t rsius aesd to nI trot 20 Por :
ward. On the side lines walked the Billy biHS goat
Tm ma 3 scot but he evidently drove Yale luck away,
have hoodooed the Yales men In the gun drill.
messed another defeat Of his college iriends." In
3a,TT IA di-ehoppinG contest he saw the sons Of
athlete IN college. cut and split a TesSDsi zse3d
lH9G in eight minutes. but when WAGNER Henry
NN''s' 70 ~ lllO JOuUk man, uTODDDu Inc
same axe after a, similar performance, only
three and one-half minutes had elapsed. IN
tnls contest. as will be seen. Billy in the role OF
spectator was not q mascot. but a Yale hoodoo.
htSShh e s1 aSy ms week. week when the billy goat felt IN
f fhhmmP streets; the aTtillerymnen heard the new9
that their expected Porto Rico expedition had
been abandoned. How q mascot could feel
anything but blue at such a time puzzled the
soldiers. 30 when a wise private said the goat
d9uPtless was a hoodoo the Yale soldiers accept
Billy may be ahoodoo In camp. but he do.
serves credit Tor at least one unique discovery.
Two artlllerymen recently, saw him running
deTlng what would happen, they determined TO
watch the goat, Unmlndful OF his spectators.
Billy ran TO an iron kettle near the blaze. IN
HnIG Hot 70 hlsturb the goat the soldiers hid
Hes Knocked on the cover of the coffee
p ore SAID me tall soldier. whose head pros
Blu he'll drink the Coffee" interrupted the
Probably the coffee baR.G
NO. Dair Of overalls."
:. 00Seralls In the coffee boiler 2"
COO" n nyoE yGsTr Don't you understands The
meals tftPT a wash u9 boi,a ms coffee boiler between
before the astonished companion could uttsP
2 cry OF surprise tho other had scared away the
siness thttso In c iTHm a CHOICE evening meal, And
has heen used exclusively for eofee,' 0'''A
AZ tne time 81 enlistment the young artillery
hoped Ip' HIsDt 70 tb iaee shot and shell, and even
bbiuG on spanish breastWorks. bat. with a littiS
hiaSk and white spotted billy goat for a maseoE
MI itiyob nSEG Geen oniy the powder smoke Of exhis
oyer, Notwithstandlpg, the influence Of BiiiXc'
w ore iuSE, so proyerbisl In the college athletic
cut sHfi IiE Isy I ySt .aEe battery 6S : A; First 6cnnesa:
lore An honorable discharge from the voiSStSS7
b. HL