Pets of All Kinds Frame Color:Silver Colonel of the Rough Riders

Colonel of the Rough Riders

home of The New York Times at the turn of the last century and one of the tallest buildings in the world back then

to make the invasion successful

The Times reported that the colonel "came as he went

it was a celebrity's train and its passengers included Theodore Roosevelt

Pets of All Kinds Frame Color:Silver Colonel of the Rough RidersOn Feb. 5, 1956, about 100 dogs, cats and lesser creatures turned out for what a Times staff writer called a howling good time at the thirty fourth annual pet show. The article goes on to describe the swaths of creatures that attended the event at the Madison Square Boys Club, including pigeons, parakeets, canaries, goldfish, hamsters, turtles and one snail, Sammy, who was toted around by his 14 year old owner in a small jar thoughtfully lined with