Sable Chief

Cluny Macpherson (1879-1966) (Principal Medical Officer, 1st Newfoundland Regiment and inventor of the gas mask), and other dignitaries.

[5][4] During ceremonial events, he would march at the front of the band, keeping in step throughout,[6][4] and he would stand at attention during the playing of the Newfoundland National Anthem.

[4] Sable Chief was outfitted with a collection box at events to raise donations for the British Red Cross Prisoners of War Fund.

Worthington after the bandmaster had been decorated with the Royal Victorian Medal by George V.[14] The next month, Sable Chief accompanied the band and a detachment from the 2nd Battalion of the Newfoundland Regiment to march in the procession at the Lord Mayor's Day show on 9 Nov 1917 in London.

[19] Initially, Sable Chief was on display in the office of Sir Edgar Rennie Bowring (1858–1943), the first High Commissioner of Newfoundland to the United Kingdom (London, England).

[21] In Sept 1964, on the 50th Anniversary of the departure from St. John's of the first contingent of Royal Newfoundland Regiment, Sable Chief was placed on a carpeted platform in the observatory of the Confederation Building (St. John’s, NL) as part of the WW1 collection for the opening of the military museum, officiated by Mary, Princess Royal and Countess of Harewood.

Judy Ferguson initiated a fundraising campaign and on 28 Jun 2006, she presented a check to curators for the restoration of Sable Chief to enable him to be viewed again by the public.