In 1921, Mrs. William Kissam Vanderbilt purchased a thoroughbred German police dog while traveling in Belgium. She presented the dog to Mr. and Mrs. S.W. Watson of Harlem, who at one time had been paid servants in the Vanderbilt mansion. German police dogs from Ghent, Belgium, were quite popular with dog lovers and breeders in […]
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1929: Billy, The German Police Dog of Harlem Honored With a Human Funeral Service
Posted: 7th May 2018 by The Hatching Cat in Dog Tails, Hartsdale Pet CemeteryTags: Charles Henry Hall, Gabriel Furman, Hartsdale Pet Cemetery, Louise B. Hart, New York City History, S.W. Watson, Watt-Pinkney Estate
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1900: Major Van Buren Stephens, the Hero Dog of New York’s Chelsea
Posted: 20th October 2016 by The Hatching Cat in Dog Heroes, Dog Tails, Hartsdale Pet CemeteryTags: Chelsea Gardens, Clement C. Moore, Hartsdale Pet Cemetery, John T. Stephens, London Terrace, Myra Van Buren Stephens, New York History
In July 1900, Mrs. John T. Stephens lost the canine love of her life. Having lost her young son just two years before, the death of her dog Major was more than she could bear.
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.
1917: Zowie, the Beloved English Bulldog of Vernon and Irene Castle
Posted: 1st August 2015 by The Hatching Cat in Dog Tails, Hartsdale Pet CemeteryTags: Edward Bliss Foote, Hartsdale Pet Cemetery, Hubert Townsend Foote, Irene Castle, Major Frederic McLaughlin, New York History, Robert E. Treman, Vernon Castle, Zowie
“Her death last year was the hardest to bear of any – until his came. Somehow I like to think that her little soul was waiting to greet his, so that he mightn’t feel strange or alone in the great world above us. I can see her jumping and running for joy and licking his […]
1902: Sydney De Voe, the Chelsea Collie That Lived Like a Gentleman and Died Beloved
Posted: 7th May 2014 by The Hatching Cat in Dog Tails, Hartsdale Pet CemeteryTags: A.R. De Voe, Dr. Samuel K. Johnson, Hartsdale Pet Cemetery, New York History, pet cemetery
I often visit the the Hartsdale Pet Cemetery in Westchester County, New York. That is where my mother I came across the story of Sydney De Voe. You may recall one of my earlier posts about Princess Lwoff-Parlaghy and her pet lion, Goldfleck, who was buried at the Hartsdale Pet Cemetery after living a very […]
