When you attend a Lehigh sporting event today, you’ll see Clutch the Mountain Hawk cheering from the sidelines. But Lehigh’s unofficial mascot in the 1920s was an entirely different creature: Clarence the Wonder Dog.
Described as “a brindle-colored dog of uncertain origin and less certain breed” by The Brown and White in 1935, Clarence had an uncanny ability to “predict” the scores of Lehigh football games. A small group of students would paint final scores on the dog’s sides a week before each Lafayette game. According to The Brown and White, Clarence’s predictions were correct nine years in a row.
After 14 years of faithful service to Lehigh, Clarence died at the age of 16 on May 23, 1923. He was interred in the Taylor Hall quad, where his headstone remains 92 years later.
