Just one look at Bud Nelson is enough to tell आप that he was the greatest dog who ever lived. He’s an old-timey dog wearing goggles in a scratchy black-and-white photo—if he hadn’t existed, he would have been dreamed up for a steampunk novel या Bioshock game. The human in the चित्र is Bud Nelson’s owner, a doctor called Horatio Nelson. Horatio was the first man to पार करना, क्रॉस America द्वारा car in the साल 1903, with his hilariously named co-driver Sewall K. Crocker and, of course, Bud. That made Bud the first dog to पार करना, क्रॉस the United States द्वारा car.At the time, the automobile was still in its infancy, meaning that driving was neither सुरक्षित nor fun. The car was a roofless monstrosity with little to no suspension to protect them from the mostly unpaved roads, and it would have made a lot of noise while belching out noxious smoke. But Bud Nelson was braver around the thing than some people would have been back then. He was दिया the goggles to protect his eyes and sat there looking just as happy as he does in the photo, all the way across the continent of North America.