Once upon a time, a renowned employee for the Southern Railway lost a battle to a cat that had broken into his home on West 44th Street. This Southern gentlemen was a pro at catching possums, but he was no match for a stray New York City feline.
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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.
