Posts Tagged ‘Animal Tales’

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 Cemetery
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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.

1893: The Kangaroo That Kicked and Boxed at Koster and Bial’s Music Hall

Posted: 14th April 2015 by The Hatching Cat in Animal Attractions
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Frank the boxing kangaroo was a headliner at Koster & Bial’s Music Hall, a vaudeville theater and beer garden at the northwest corner of 23rd Street and 6th Avenue.

1908: The Iguanas That Escaped From the Bronx Zoo

Posted: 11th April 2015 by The Hatching Cat in Animal Attractions, Reptile Stories
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This story about the early days of Bronx Zoo begins with an Irish immigrant named John Mullaly, who worked as a reporter and editor in the mid-1800s for several New York City papers. John was a big proponent of green spaces, and often wrote about the lack of such spaces in New York City. Consider […]

1897: Trilby and Barney, the Old Dog and Veteran of Cat Alley

Posted: 16th November 2014 by The Hatching Cat in Dog Tails
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Trilby was just a scared little puppy when she first appeared on Mulberry Street in the winter of 1895. She had run down the street at top speed with a tin can tied to her stump of a tail and the nasty little boys of the Mott Street gang in pursuit.

Seeing a narrow opening between two buildings on Mulberry Street, she darted through the gap and found herself in the confines of Cat Alley.

1902 and 1932: Billy and Tommy, the Goat and Cat Mascots of The Lambs

Posted: 21st August 2014 by The Hatching Cat in Cat Mascots, Cat Stories
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A while back, I wrote about Sir Oliver, a parrot that performed on Broadway in the early 1900s and served as mascot for The Lambs, America’s first professional theatrical club. Right after I posted the story, New York actor and Lambs’ Shepherd (president) Marc Baron contacted me to tell me that The Lambs also had […]

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