Archive for September, 2013

1912: Bum, the Heroic NYC Police Dog of Notorious Mulberry Street

Posted: 28th September 2013 by The Hatching Cat in Dog Tails, FDNY Horses/Mascots
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When Patrolman Cornelius O’Neil found the yellow dog he named Bum on Mulberry Street in Little Italy, the mangy mutt was half-starved and trailing remnants of a pack of firecrackers by his tail. Patrolman O’Neil decided to rescue the dog and make him the mascot police dog of the newly designated 12th Precinct of the New York City Police Department.

1902: The “Ghost” Horse of New York’s Academy of Music

Posted: 23rd September 2013 by The Hatching Cat in Animal Attractions, Horse Tales
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On September 8, 1902, the operetta “Robin Hood” opened at New York’s Academy of Music. The opera was produced by The Bostonians, a touring theater troupe that performed operettas written by America’s foremost composers. “Robin Hood” was the first successful operetta written by Americans—librettist Harry B. Smith and composer Reginald De Koven. On the third […]

1946: Susie the King Cat of Brooklyn’s Bay Ridge Wharf

Posted: 15th September 2013 by The Hatching Cat in Cat Men, Cat Stories
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Weighing 20 pounds and standing about one foot tall, Susie was a jumbo cat. She was also the terror of the rats on the Kerr Steamship Company pier at the foot of 57th Street in the Bay Ridge section (now called Sunset Park) of Brooklyn. Susie would often kill up to 10 rats in a week; her record was eight rats in four hours.

1901: Harry, the Blue-Ribbon Police Horse of Prospect Park

Posted: 2nd September 2013 by The Hatching Cat in Horse Tales
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Harry was a wonderful horse who served with the Prospect Park Police from 1893 to 1901 and who won several blue ribbons at the annual Brooklyn Horse Show.