Bud (dog)

Bud
Bud wearing goggles

Bud, a bulldog[1][2]: 57  (or American Bulldog[3]), was the mascot of Horatio Nelson Jackson and Sewall K. Crocker on the first automobile trip across the United States in 1903.[4] The pair travelled in a Winton car, dubbed the Vermont, from San Francisco to New York City, and picked up Bud near Caldwell, Idaho.[2]: 22, 57 

According to Jackson, the pair had left Caldwell, but turned back to fetch a forgotten coat. A man stopped them and offered them the young light-colored dog. Since Jackson had been looking for a mascot, he accepted, giving the man $15 for the dog. Contemporary newspapers told other versions of the story.[2]: 57 [5]: 73  On the journey, Jackson purchased driving goggles for Bud to keep the dust out of his eyes. In 1944, Jackson donated Bud's goggles, his car and newspaper clips to the Smithsonian Institution.[1][2]: 140 [4] The National Museum of American History has the items on display in their America on the Move exhibit, including replicas of Jackson standing by his car, and Bud sitting ahead of him wearing goggles.[6]

The trio, including Bud, became celebrities, and Bud was pictured in newspapers with his goggles.[2]: 100–107  Jackson noted that the dog was the only one of the trio who didn't use foul language.[5]: 72  At one point during the journey, when the men hadn't eaten for 36 hours, Jackson said they were "stealing speculative glances at Bud as we tightened our belts."[7]: 74  Bud briefly went missing when the party was leaving Chicago; according to one newspaper, he had gone sightseeing.[2]: 104 

Bud stayed with Jackson and his family, and lived out his life with them.[7][2]: 139  The dog appears in media such as Horatio's Drive: America's First Road Trip, a 2003 documentary,[8] and the children's book Jackson and Bud's Bumpy Ride: America's First Cross-Country Automobile Trip (2009).[9]

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References

  1. ^ a b "Bud's Driving Goggles". Smithsonian Institution. Retrieved 21 February 2022.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g Duncan, Dayton; Burns, Ken (2003). Horatio's drive : America's first road trip. New York : Alfred A. Knopf : Distributed by Random House. ISBN 978-0-375-41536-4.
  3. ^ Dunn, Joeming (1 August 2011). Bud: The 1st Dog to Cross the United States. ABDO. p. 4. ISBN 978-1-61641-638-6.
  4. ^ a b "About the Film". PBS. Retrieved 21 February 2022.
  5. ^ a b Curt, McConnell (2000). Coast to coast by automobile. Stanford University Press; 1 edition. ISBN 978-0-8047-3380-9.
  6. ^ "America on the Move". National Museum of American History. 2012-03-16. Retrieved 2022-07-14.
  7. ^ a b Koehler-Pentacoff, Elizabeth (1 January 2009). Jackson and Bud's Bumpy Ride: America's First Cross-Country Automobile Trip. Millbrook Press. ISBN 978-0-7613-5186-3.
  8. ^ Covington, Abigail (26 December 2020). "Every Ken Burns Documentary, Ranked". Esquire. Retrieved 21 February 2022.
  9. ^ "JACKSON AND BUD'S BUMPY RIDE | Kirkus Reviews". Kirkus Reviews. 1 March 2009. Retrieved 21 February 2022.