This true elephant story brought tears to my eyes, and was very difficult to write. However, I believe it’s an important story to tell in order to show how far we’ve come in America when it comes to treating both animals and humans, how far we still need to go, and how important it is for us to ensure that other countries catch up and keep pace with us.
Archive for the ‘Animal Attractions’ Category
1903: Topsy, the Elephant Electrocuted by Thomas Edison at Coney Island’s Luna Park
Posted: 14th March 2015 by The Hatching Cat in Animal Attractions, Elephant TalesTags: Circus Elephant, Coney Island, Elephant Hotel, Luna Park, New York History, Topsy
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1923: The Foul Bulls That Went on a Rampage at Yankee Stadium
Posted: 9th September 2014 by The Hatching Cat in Animal AttractionsTags: Cromwell's Creek, Highbridge, Macomb's Dam Bridge, New York History, Tex Austin Rodeo, Yankee Stadium
“I said anything could be done in New York, including rodeo. And I proved it.”—Tex Austin, regarding the rodeo he organized at Yankee Stadium Every time I sit in the nosebleed seats at Yankee Stadium, I laugh at the placards on the back of every seat that say “Be alert for bats and/or balls.” Ha, […]
1915: Lady Eglantine, the Hen That Received a Royal Roost at New York’s Imperial Hotel
Posted: 12th June 2014 by The Hatching Cat in Animal Attractions, Birds and PigeonsTags: A.A. Christian, Cromwell Childe, Grand Central Palace, Hotel Imperial, Kitty Gordon, Lady Eglantine, New York History, Willard D. Rockefeller
Today, we have ticker-tape parades to honor our favorite sports teams when they win the World Series or the Super Bowl. In 1915, New Yorkers had a welcoming parade to honor a chicken. A white single-comb leghorn hen named Lady Eglantine, to be exact. Mind you, this was not an ordinary hen. This was Addison […]
