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Landed families are known for giving the same name to successive generations of men (example: Alexander Rae Baldwin III, who can trace his lineage to the Mayflower), but they don't hold a candle to Handsome Dan XVIII:

Don't mistake his sniffing
for haughtiness.

The tradition was established by a young gentleman from Victorian England, who attended Yale in the 1890's. The line now numbers 18, and the original successors have been the intimates of deans, directors, and coaches. One was tended by a head cheerleader who went on to become the Secretary of State. Another was featured on the cover of a national magazine. Yale was the first university in the United States to adopt a mascot, and to this date, none is better known than Handsome Dan.

The venerable university can take down statues and change the name of its residential colleges--perhaps even rename the whole institution--but if they put Handsome Dan in the doghouse, its donation request will go straight to the shredder.