In Part 1 and Part 2 of this series, we met Tramp and Sport, who were popular cat and dog mascots of the Richmond Hill Police in 1924. For this last story of the series, I will tell you about my great-grandfather Joseph Probst Jr., who served on the Richmond Hill Police mounted unit in the early 1900s. I will also explore the history of the Richmond Hill police station and Mounted Unit Troop G.
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1907: Patrolman Joseph Probst Jr. of Richmond Hill and His Equine Partner
Posted: 8th September 2021 by The Hatching Cat in FDNY Horses/Mascots, Horse TalesTags: Jeremiah Watson Briggs, Joseph Probst Jr., Mounted Unit Troop G, NYPD history, Queens history, Richmond Hill Police
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1923: Tramp, the Beloved Police Cat of the Richmond Hill Police Station
Posted: 25th August 2021 by The Hatching Cat in Cat Mascots, Feline MascotsTags: 102nd Preciinct, 283rd Precinct, Cats of Old New York, police cats, Queens history, Richmond Hill Police, Richmond Hill Queens
In March 1916, the Richmond Hill Police precinct, which covered all of Richmond Hill, Woodhaven, Morris Park, and part of Forest Hills, was designated a mounted precinct. That is, every mounted police officer throughout Queens was transferred to the 283rd Precinct in Richmond Hill.
With more horses came more stables — and more vermin. What the Richmond Hill Police needed was a good to mouser to handle all the rats and mice that shared the stables with the horses.
