Although the story of Yankee Stone is not very interesting on its own, Kingsley Swan and the other people and places surrounding the dog and his death in Fort Greene are quite fascinating, and provide a unique look at high society Brooklyn during the Gilded Age. “The good citizens who reside in the aristocratic Clinton […]
Archive for July, 2015
1908: Kingsley Swan and Yankee Stone, His Champion Bulldog Murdered in Brooklyn
Posted: 17th July 2015 by The Hatching Cat in Dog TailsTags: Clinton Avenue, Clinton Hill, Henry Aldrich Granary, John Spader, Kiliaen Van Rensselaer, Kingsley Swan, Mabel Lorraine Miller, Robert Graves, Wallabout Bay, Yankee Stone
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1880: Hindoo, the Hall of Fame Horse That Raced on Avenue X in Sheepshead Bay
Posted: 6th July 2015 by The Hatching Cat in Horse TalesTags: Coney Island Jockey Club, Dwyer Stables, Hindoo, New York History, Phil Dwyer, Prospect Park Fair Grounds, Sheepshead Bay Race Track
“It is believed there is no track in the country so popular as that of the Coney Island Jockey Club, which lies almost in hearing distance of the ever-sounding seas…The drive to the track through Prospect Park and Ocean Parkway in itself is sufficient to put any one in good humor with himself and the […]
