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.
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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
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1920: Jack Bleeck and Minnie, the Mascot Mouser of a Men-Only Speakeasy
Posted: 11th April 2015 by The Hatching Cat in Cat Mascots, Cat Men, Cat StoriesTags: Artist and Writers Club, Cat Stories, Cat Tales, Hartsdale Pet Cemetery, John Bleeck, New York History
It was a cold November night in 1920 when good luck brought the orphan kitten to the Opera Café at 561 Seventh Avenue (near 40th Street). John “Jack” Bleeck, who had just taken over the place after working as a bartender there for nine years, saw the kitten outside and invited her in.
1895: Nicodemus, the Prize-Winning Alley Cat of New York Prankster Brian Hughes
Posted: 28th February 2015 by The Hatching Cat in Cat Men, Cat StoriesTags: Brian G. Hughes, Brightside, Monroe, New York History, Nicodemus, Puldeka Orphan
One of Brian’s biggest jokes involved a stray cat that he purchased for a dime in 1895 from a young bootblack on Hester Street who was just about to drown it. According to one news report, Brian bought the cat because he was attracted to the cat’s six toes.
1906: Lulu Grover and the East Harlem Cats She Bequeathed to President Roosevelt
Posted: 26th October 2014 by The Hatching Cat in Cat Men, Cat StoriesTags: Angora cats, Cat Stories, Henry L. Stimson, Lulu B. Grover, New York History, President Theodore Roosevelt, Teddy Roosevelt
Lulu B. Grover loved her two Angora cats almost as much as she adored President Theodore Roosevelt. So when she decided to end her life on December 8, 1906, she first made sure that all the necessary preparations were in place to ensure her cats went to a good home after her death – in other words, the White House.
1900: The Brave and Brawny Black Cats of the Brooklyn Navy Yard
Posted: 17th October 2014 by The Hatching Cat in Cat Men, Cat StoriesTags: Admiral's Row, Brooklyn Naval Hospital, Brooklyn Navy Yard, Cat Stories, feral cats, Francis T. Bowles, Kings County Distillery, New York History, William L. Cowan
In the early 1890s, the Brooklyn Navy Yard was overrun with rodents. Almost all the docks in the yard were in need of repair where they had been gnawed by the rats, and the losses in rigging, spare sails, and other wares were also great. Unfortunately, there was not one cat to be found during […]
