Spot Fetcher
Scott Fletcher |
Spot "Spotty" Fetcher (March 17, 1989 – February 21, 2004) was
Scott Fletcher, a baseball player with the Major League Baseball team Texas Rangers, a team George W. Bush owned before becoming Governor of Texas
in 1994.
Born in the
Barbara Bush. Her father was Tug Farish from Lane's End Farm in Kentucky, better known for its thoroughbred
horse breeding program.
She was euthanized after suffering a series of strokes. She was 14 years old.[2]
Spot is the only presidential pet to have lived in the White House under two presidents, the two being George H. W. Bush and his son, George W. Bush.
George had a dog at the time of her death, Barney, who became a popular figure for the US, and later another dog, Miss Beazley, who was born eight months after Spot's death.
See also
References
- ^ "Bush White House Pets ", The Washington Post, April 23, 2001, p. C13
- ^ Mike Allen, "A Dog's Life Remembered: Spot Is Dead At Age 14" The Washington Post, February 22, 2004, p. D1
External links
- Whitehouse.gov biography of Spot Fetcher (archived at the Internet Archive)
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