Harry Cat was a large and lazy solid white cat. He lived with a woman named Mrs. Lester and his twin feline brothers, Tom and Dick, in a wood frame boarding house at 8 Remsen Street. On December 10, 1899, he saved the 65-year-old house from burning down.
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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.
