The origin of the hot dog is not clearly known. There are several variations of its birth. For instance, a NY Evening Journal cartoonist claimed at the turn of the 20th century that a vendor at a NY Giants game created the tasty treat on the spot and dubbed them "red hots." He drew a cartoon of the moment as a dachshund sitting in a long bun and used "hot dog" instead because he couldn't spell dachshund. Another historian claims that a frankfurter vendor in New Jersey nicknamed his sausages "hot dogs" and earned himself the nickname in the process, causing the name to stick to the food for years to come.