Coeur d'Alene evening press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1907-1929, 1908-01-16
PACIFIC FLEETS PETS
Mascots on Board Armada Ad-
miral Evans Commands.
PEDRO, A GOAT, HEADS LIST.

Dogs, Goats and Two PIss on Board.
Culebra BIZ, Pedro OF Guantanamo,
Patrick Spite. San Juan, Brooklyn Bill,
Canarsie. Harlem Mike, Hobo and
Nutmeg H., In convention assembled
the other day, babe an oficial farewell
to the Atlantic coast when the great
battleship feet commanded by Ad-
mirai Evans started ON its cruise TO
the Pacific, says a Norfolk special dis
patch to the New York Times.
Patrick Spite, Nutmeg ii. and the
others are some of the famous mas
cots of the Atlantic fleet, and although
there is no way of telling there IL not
sailor ON board any OF Admiral
Evans big fighters who does not be-
lIeve that every one of them knew ex-
actIy what the sailing of the Atlantic
feet meant
The sailors are just as careful Of
these mascots as they are Of the maya
zines, and there Is not a man among
them who would not have a funny
feeling about his heart II anything
should happen to any one Of these lit
AAC 0AAAAANAc WAOEg PACnCu(C OA 00&AV
they consider one of the surest guar
antees Of successful voyage to San
Francisco.
One OF the sailors on the Connecticut
took a census of the mascots that have
sailed for the Pacific and he found
out that the sixteen bRttleships when
they passed out OF the capes had on
board about twenty-five goats, one
donkey, thirty-two dogs. two pigs and
a dozen parrots. These are the mas
cots Of Admiral Evans mighty arma-
da, and an interesting lot they are.
At the head Of the list stands Pedro
Of Guantanamo, admitted by all the.
sailors to be the smartest goat mascot
In existence. Pedro, they say, can do
anything dog can, while as for goats
they declare none ever existed with
half the intelligence Of that Of the
Virginia's famous mascot Pedro, Il
will be remembered, is the goat that
p fond Of waste paper, particularly
mail, and he Is known throughout the
heet as Captain schroeder's waste
basket"
Nutmeg II. Of the Connecticut sue
cessor Of the intelligent little animal
OF the same name that died on board
the flagship Connecticut when that YES
sci was in New York few weeks ago,
IL too young yet for a diploma, but ne
IL learning, and by the time the feet
reaches Trinidad he win have become
full fedged mascot In good standing,
90 say the sailors Of the flagship.
pafFiOlr Gntfo anOa Nha vVnaanak - A.
cruiser Galveston, It Is said. was kid
mapped from that vessel by the men of
the Maine. Once upon q time Patrick
got into print as the goat that ate a
boz OF matches and then drank a pint
OF benxine. The matches went on, so
the story goes; but, strange to say, the
benzine did not explode, and Patrick
Spite IL today as healthy and well
groomed q mascot as there Is to be
found In the heet
Culebra Bill IL a native Of Cuba and
was brought to the United States by
| Chief Boatswain's Mate Stanow when
StanOw was on the cruiser Des Moines.
Bill Is now on the Louisiana. Brook
lyn Bill. as his name indicates, comes
from the borough across the river from
Manhattan. He was once the property
Of the armored cruiser Brooklyn. Bill
Is fond Of paint, can digest nails and
smoke a pipe. He is on the battleship
Minnesota, the flagship Of Admiral
Thomas. Bill travelled over $4,000
miles as the mascot Of the Brooklyn.
San Juan, now the Official good luck
provider OF the battleship Vermont, ac-
eording to tradition, was on the Olym-
pla during the battle Of Manila, and
that IL why, the sailors say, he IL hard
OF hearing. The noise Of the terrific
firing made by the guns in that engage
ment. they say, affected his eardrums.
Harlem Mike, also a New Yorker, Is
on the Missouri, while Canarsie ca
vorts about the decks Of the Ken
lucky. Hobo Is loved on the Kearsarge.
OF the dogs, every ship has from one
to three. while the ships that own pigs
are the Alabama and the Connecticut
The Alabama il also the owner Of a
donkey. II was reported that Bllth-
ers, the ladder climbing dog, was on
board the KansaR. This In a mistake
Blithers Is now at sea on the torpedo
boat destroyer Hull. Last summer
while the Hull was In New YORK Blith-
ers was stolen. A week later, the sail
Ors say, 'ha found his own way back"
One OF the sailors on the Connecticut
was asked what would happen n all
the mascots were washed overheard.
I'VE would turn around and 50 back
home" he answered, "but no such
thing is going TO happen, for our mas
cots don't stay On deck IN rough
weather"