Posts Tagged ‘Hippodrome’

1901: The Thespian Horse College at Ben-Hur Stables in Gramercy Park

Posted: 26th April 2014 by The Hatching Cat in Horse Tales
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In the late 1800s and early 1900s, when the use of live horses and other animals in grand productions on the big stage was all the rage, a thespian college for quadruped actors was just what the doctors ordered. Drs. Martin J. Potter and Samuel S. Field, to be specific.

1908: The Police Dogs of Parkville Perform at Madison Square Garden

Posted: 2nd August 2013 by The Hatching Cat in Dog Tails
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Part II of a Parkville Precinct Tale I recently told an old New York story about Max, one of five talented young pups from Belgium that comprised the first authentic police canine squad in America. Max rose to hero status after leading police to an unconscious man near Parkville, Brooklyn, only a few months after […]