“The barking of two dogs, answering each other on the wind and sleet swept East River saved the lives of more than 80 men, women and children asleep in the cabins of a line of 40 coal barges, torn from their moorings, at the foot of East 96th Street.”–New York Daily News, December 27, 1926
Archive for the ‘Dog Tails’ Category
1903: Bob, the Canine Golf Caddy of Brooklyn’s Marine and Field Club
Posted: 24th February 2021 by The Hatching Cat in Dog Mascots, Dog TailsTags: Brooklyn History, Dyker Meadow Golf Club, James Pottle, Marine and Field Club, Maud B. Pottle
Bob was an intelligent greyhound owned by a young golfer named Miss Maud Beatrice Pottle of Bath Beach, Brooklyn. He was specially trained to be Miss Pottle’s golf caddy. She even made a harness for him which allowed him to securely carry her golf clubs.
Virtual Event for Dog Lovers: The Dog Days of Gotham
Posted: 23rd August 2020 by The Hatching Cat in Dog Tails, Virtual EventsTags: Dog Days of Gotham, New York City History, Untapped New York, Virtual Event
Free Virtual Event: Join me on Thursday, August 27, at noon, for the Dog Days of Gotham: Dames, Damsels, and Pampered Pooches of Old New York. In this virtual tour, we’ll “walk” through the old city streets while I share fascinating and hilarious stories of wealthy and eccentric women and the pampered pooches they adored.
1888: Cozey Bell, the Skye Terrier Almost Buried at Woodlawn Cemetery, Bronx
Posted: 11th September 2019 by The Hatching Cat in Dog TailsTags: Absalom Peters, Daniel Tier, Gilbert Valentine, Mary A. Bell, New York City History, William A. Booth, Woodlawn Cemetery
When Mrs. Mary A. Bell’s Skye terrier died in 1888, she purchased a plot at Woodlawn Cemetery in the Bronx and buried her beloved Cozey Bell among the human graves.
