On May 8, 1939, a 400-pound tiger escaped from his wooden crate near the Madison Square Garden Bowl on Northern Boulevard in Woodside, Queens. According to several newspapers, it took more than 60 men to corral and capture the tiger in the back yard of a private residence.
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1939: Colonel, the Tiger Who Escaped From the Circus in Woodside, Queens
Posted: 24th July 2020 by The Hatching Cat in Cat StoriesTags: Madison Square Garden Bowl, Queens history, Ringling Brothers, Tex Rickard, Tiger escapes, Woodside
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1927: Ranger I and Ranger III, the Mascot Cats of the New York Rangers Hockey Team
Posted: 14th May 2015 by The Hatching Cat in Cat Mascots, Cat Men, Cat StoriesTags: Harry Westerby, Hopper Farm, Lester Patrick, Madision Square Garden III, New York History, New York Rangers, Tex Rickard, The Great Kill
New York Rangers trainer Harry Westerby discovered Ranger in the winter of 1927. The little girl cat was cold and whimpering outside the steel door of the hockey dressing room in back of Madison Square Garden III, so Westerby brought her indoors.
