When 8-year-old Jiggs died on September 14, 1925, he was called “Brooklyn’s fattest dog” in his “obituary” in The Brooklyn Standard Union. You see, Jiggs had a bad habit of making the daily rounds at the Brooklyn Borough Hall restaurants, and when he died, he tipped the scales at 121 pounds.
Archive for April, 2015
1917: Jiggs, the Jelly-Belly Fire Dog of Brooklyn’s Engine Company 205
Posted: 13th April 2015 by The Hatching Cat in Dog Mascots, FDNY Horses/MascotsTags: 1 Pierrepont Plaza, Brooklyn Engine 205, FDNY history, Jiggs, New York History, Thomas "Smoke" McEwan
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1900: The Goats That Goaded the Fox Hills Golfers on Staten Island
Posted: 8th April 2015 by The Hatching Cat in Goats of New YorkTags: Fox Hills Golf Course, Isaac Mackie, Louis Henry Meyer, Mount Manresa, New York History, Rosebank
In 1900, members of the new Fox Hills Golf Club overlooking the Narrows began complaining to authorities about the goats that were running at large and interfering with their game. They claimed that the goats came from “Goatville,” a settlement near Rosebank inhabited primarily by Italian immigrants who held tightly to the old country customs and religion.
