In the late 1800s and early 1900s, when the use of live horses and other animals in grand productions on the big stage was all the rage, a thespian college for quadruped actors was just what the doctors ordered. Drs. Martin J. Potter and Samuel S. Field, to be specific.
Posts Tagged ‘New York History’
1901: The Thespian Horse College at Ben-Hur Stables in Gramercy Park
Posted: 26th April 2014 by The Hatching Cat in Horse TalesTags: Ben-Hur, Doc Potter, Dr. Martin J. Potter, Dr. S.S. Field, Hippodrome, horse story, New York History
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1935: The Peacock That Caused a Standoff at the Plaza Hotel
Posted: 19th April 2014 by The Hatching Cat in Birds and PigeonsTags: Central Park, Chickering Hall, Coterie Club, New York History, Peacock, Plaza Funeral Home, Plaza Hotel, West 47th Street Police Station
On November 11, 1935, a blue peacock decided to make his escape from who knows where and lead numerous grown men on a four-hour chase through the streets of New York. It’s a plane! It’s a bird! It’s a peacock! Imagine walking down Fifth Avenue in Manhattan on a Monday morning and seeing a peacock […]
1897: Superhero Policeman Fogarty and the Crime-Stopping Goats of East Harlem
Posted: 21st March 2014 by The Hatching Cat in Goats of New YorkTags: East Harlem, Goat Town, Goatville, Harlem Market, New York History, Old New York, Policeman Daniel J. Fogarty
The following story is dedicated in memory of the eight people who died in a building collapse in East Harlem, when a leak in a natural gas pipeline laid in 1887 exploded on March 10, 2014. If you’ve read Edith Wharton’s “The Age of Innocence,” you may recall her describing “the one-story saloons, the wooden […]
