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1896: Cap Lawson, the Alligator That Fought a Newfoundland on Coney Island

Posted: 1st April 2015 by The Hatching Cat in Animal Attractions, Reptile Stories
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In July 1896, Victor D. Levitt, the manager of the Bostock-Ferrari Midway Carnival Company, received an alligator that hailed from the St. Sebastian River in Florida. Victor considered the gift to be a bad luck sign, as the large alligator had been bruised in a train wreck on its way to New York. Victor decided […]