When King Edward was in Newfoundland he received as a present from the inhabitants a magnificent specimen of a dog, and circumstance occurred in connection with this animal which brought out the readiness with which the Prince, as he then was, grasped the situation: The dog had to have a name, and competition was invited from the suite and officers for a suitable one. A list of names was submitted to the Prince, but after a careful scrutiny, none of them met with approval.
"Perhaps your Royal Highness would suggest a name yourself?" said the Commodore. "Certainly," said the Prince. "Call him Cabot." It was a most happy thought and a graceful little compliment to the memory of Sebastian Cabot, the discoverer of our oldest colony. "Cabot" became a great pet on board, and was afterwards presented to the Queen and Prince Consort. — Our Dogs. (18)


A statue of Cabot became a popular subject for stereoscopic viewing, a technology invented in the early 19th Century:





Cabot is also mentioned in The Times (London) of May 30, 1864 and the June 1864 issue of Sporting Magazine, which both comment on Cabot's success in the show ring in England; in the anonymous 1860 volume The Tour of H. R. H. The Prince of Wales through British America and the United States; in Philip Tocque's 1878 volume Newfoundland: As It Was, and As It Is in 1877; and in R. B. Lee's 1894 work A History and Description of the Modern Dogs of Great Britain and Ireland.

There was even a brief article in the New York Times which reported on the finely-worked silver collar, made by Tiffany, for Cabot.