A STRANGE MASCOT
The “Waratahs” as the members of the New South Wales Rugby team in England are called, do not possess such a formidable mascot as their predecessors, the “Wallabies,” says the London “Sporting and Dramatic News.” ..The “Wallabies” brought over with them a dangerous looking, but really harmless snake some four or five feet long. 50i..2 of the players had a habit of producing this reptile from around their bodies at unexpected moments. On one occasion a certain sporting journalist experienced a nasty shock from finding this serpent lying coiled up in his bed when he turned the clothes back. The journalist, with the aid of some stimulant recovered from the shock but to the grief of the “Wallabies” the snake, like Tom Cobleigh’s ole mare, “took sick and died.”
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Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 245, 6 January 1928, Page 10
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132A STRANGE MASCOT Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 245, 6 January 1928, Page 10
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