When James A. Hogg, a professional rat catcher by trade, opened his new dog bathhouse in Harlem in 1903, it attracted much attention from the press. Sure, there were by this time several hospitals for dogs and other animals. And boarding houses for those wealthy pet owners who could afford it had also been around for years. But a bathhouse for dogs was quite a novel idea, even for a city where dogs were considered a luxury.
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1890: Tom and Jerry and the Famous Trotters Who Went Sleigh Riding on Jerome Avenue
Posted: 4th January 2022 by The Hatching Cat in Horse TalesTags: Fleetwood Park, Gabe Case, George H. Huber, Jerome Avenue, John J. Quinn, Macombs Dam Bridge, New York City History
In the late 1800s and early 1900s, the first snowfall of the season in New York City was marked by a race in horse-drawn sleighs. Trotters of wealthy captains of industry, railroad men, bankers, merchants, and stablemen would race through Central Park, down Seventh Avenue, over the Central Bridge (Macombs Dam Bridge), and down Central Avenue (Jerome Avenue) to the popular roadhouses in what was then the West Morrisania neighborhood of the Bronx.
