Doug Boilesen, June 2024
Howard Taylor Middleton was a writer
and illustrator for the monthly trade magazine The Talking Machine
World which was published from 1905 - 1928. Anyone who has loved
an animal knows the feeling of loss when there is what always seems
a too-soon departure.
The poem by Middleton about the death
of his horse and included in the January 1910 issue was not something
unemotionally inserted. One can smile at the Nipper pose of his
horse but Nancy was clearly a companion that brought joy to HTM.
Nancy, like Mr. Middleton, was also
obviously an admirer of the Phonograph.
