For years, Grumpy Bizallion’s monument was the tallest at Hartsdale Pet Cemetery in New York, standing just over six feet.
Archive for the ‘Dog Tails’ Category
1931: Toby Wendel, the French Poodle Heir With a $1 Million Dog Yard on Fifth Avenue
Posted: 27th April 2016 by The Hatching Cat in Dog TailsTags: 442 Fifth Avenue, Ella Wendel, John Daniel Wendel, John Gottlieb Wendel, New York History, Old New York, Wendel Mansion, World's Richest Dog
“The public clamored for news of this wealthy family—celebrated as much for its celibacy as its eccentricity—and the press obliged. Despite a fortune built on fur and real estate, the eight Wendel siblings shunned high society, ensconcing themselves in an antiquated house of mystery amid the cacophonous commerce of midtown Manhattan. There, starved of society […]
1903: A Fine Funeral for Dane, the Beloved Irish Setter of Harlem
Posted: 13th March 2016 by The Hatching Cat in Dog Tails, Hartsdale Pet CemeteryTags: A. Phillip Randolph Houses, Animal Tales, Christian F. Greenwald, Hartsdale Pet Cemetery, Montagne's Flat, New York History, West 114th Street, William C. Larson
One day in September 1903, the Larsons took a trip to Manhattan Beach in Brooklyn. The weather was obviously pleasant, because they left a window open in their apartment at 246 West 114th Street in Harlem. This window led to a fire escape, which was a favorite sleeping spot for their Irish setter, Dane.
1908: The Belgian Sheepdogs That Came to New York on the Tail End of a Jewel Heist
Posted: 14th August 2015 by The Hatching Cat in Dog TailsTags: 70 Park Avenue, Belgian sheepdogs, Carolyn Fellowes Morgan, Claude J. Heritier, David P. Morgan, Murray Hill, New York History, police dogs, Robert Murray
This is one of my longer stories — which is why it took me so long to post — but it’s chock full of New York City and Murray Hill history. In July 2013, I wrote about the police dogs of Parkville Brooklyn, who came to America in 1907 and were the first canine police squad […]
