“Like the proverbial bad penny, Napoleon, Ithaca’s famous thinking bulldog, has again strayed into the limelight.
No, Napoleon has not been arrested again for biting trolley car conductors, nor has he been interrupting shows with his sonorous, catarrhal snores. He merely left Ithaca last night, on a Pullman sleeper, if you please, for Ann Arbor, where today he will be one of the most prominent spectators at the Cornell-Michigan football game.
‘Nappy’s’ departure was as unexpected by him as it was by his many friends who missed him about town today. Having a suspicion that a large crowd of students were going down to the lower Lehigh Valley station last night for some other purpose than for a street-car ride, Napoleon got on a car himself and rode to the station to see what the commotion was all about.
The students on the Pullmans, bound for Michigan, soon recognized the Skull fraternity pet, and without further adieu, ‘Nap’ was hauled aboard and forced to shake hands, or paws, with Cornell [b]oosters. Napoleon readily signified his willingness to make the long trip to Ann Arbor provided that someone would take care of him and insure his obtaining a good seat at the game.
The details were speedily arranged and when the train pulled out at 10 o’clock ‘Nappy’ stood proudly in the center of an admiring group of singing students, wagging his tail in the rhythm of the Red and White gridiron songs.
A few days ago when the first reservations were made for the Cornell-Pennsylvania game at Philadelphia on Thanksgiving Day, Napoleon trotted into the Lehigh ticket office and had train space reserved for himself. Division Passenger Agent Millspaugh makes it a strong point to see that ‘Nap’ is always well taken care of on this trip, and thar railroad attaches are notified to accord him the very best treatment possible, including his a la carte meals on the diner.
So Nap will have the distinction of having attended the two biggest games on the Cornell football schedule.”

“Napoleon Goes to Ann Arbor for Football Game: He Will Be Well Cared For and Brought Back, So Ithacans Need Not Worry—Has Booked Passage to Philadelphia,” Ithaca Journal, November 14, 1914, 3