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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Apr 22, 1902
Page
10
Cloudy fast track for six races with selling and purse events. Notable horses include Sir Christopher Strangest Specific Gonfalion and Winged entries such as Rightful Allan Bonfire and Step Around. Jockeys and owners unnamed, but purses and handicaps are listed across six races with times and weights.
Florinet II wins despite six to one odds while favorite Harry Thobarn bolts early. Reina de Cecilia also falters as results show varied outcomes across other tracks and locations.
Special Dispatch reports the Call will publish tomorrow's Oakland track race selections by F. E. Mulholland. First race lists Lento Hi Pilar Ned Dennis. second race Nonie Esterneil Winnecook. third race Little Margaret Am orina Donami. fourth race John Boggs Pollie Weithoff Katie Wolcott. fifth race Quadra Constable Vassalo. sixth race Bernota Rubus Bassanzo.
San Francisco reports Florinet II wins in the third race at five and a half furlongs with Modder as runner up and MacFlecknoe in third. Other results include The Scot taking the first race at five and a half furlongs, Amorina winning the second, Expedient the booked mile and sixteenth, Milas in the seventh, and Walhurst securing the final race.
Results from seven races at New York on April 21. Wartenicht won the first at five furlongs with 1 03. Impetuous was second and Ponca third. Francesco took the seven furlongs second race, Margraviate finished second and Early One third in 1 27 2 5. Belle of Medford prevailed at six furlongs with May Harrison second and Somoza third in 1 15. Benson Hurst won the four and a half furlongs with Alan second and Red Knight third in 55 2 5. Graden won the five furlongs selling, Cansville second and Trenth am third in 1 03 2 5. Bounteous won the seven furlongs selling, Cresson second and Furlough II third in 1 29 3 5.
In the April 21 program the first five furlong race ends with F G Goode winning Lucy Crawford second and Overlace third in 1 03 1. The five and a half furlongs results show Money Moss first Father Weather second Pretorius third in 1 08. Teucer wins the mile and twenty yards with Ecome second Cogswell third in 1 45 2 5. Digby Bell takes the mile one seventy with Charley Moore second Red Apple third in 1 47 4 5. Pennant wins the four and a half furlongs with Computation second Seize third in 46 4 5. Moderator wins the mile twenty with Lavator second Big Injun third in 1 44 1 5.
Memphis April 21 report from Montgomery Park lists seven races. Eva Russell wins the first five furlongs with Votary second and Ren Chance third. Waina-Mainen takes the second race, Severy places, Ice King third. Woodlake wins the four and a half furlongs with Lady Lake second and Au Revoir third. Terri Firma wins the Gashosha hotel stakes mile with Lacrimae second and The Rival third. The Lady wins the mile and an eighth with Scarlet Letter second and Maxi mus third. Mr. Porm eroy takes the mile, Ermack second, Chorus Boy third. Wild Pirate wins the mile with Satin Coat second and The Four Hundred third.
Today’s program lists weights and entries across five races. Notable horses include Ban Maddie 106 Lento 102 El Pilar 19 and Master Cal 109 in the first race, Knockings 107 Winnecook 107 and Casi ello 112 in the second, Tom Mitchell 109 Len Reno 107 and J H Bennett 110 in the third, Mike Strauss 111 Urehin 111 Marineuse 108 in the fourth, and Legal Maxim 14 in the fifth along with several others.
Philo and Grayville top a crowded lineup in the first race with numbers 110 and 116 respectively among a field including Belle Graham Geheimness and Pure Dale. Sixteen entries across six other events follow with prices and weights listed for each horse. Clear, fast.
Racing card lists seven eighths mile selling with Lattre 115 Shandonfield 102 Carroll D 114. four and a half furlongs purse includes Becky 97 Albatross 97 Morca 114 Rose Tint 114. one mile sixteen with Woodtrice 119 Snake 103. Peconic mile and 70 yards Knight Templar 98 Man o War 103 Fonsaluca 105 Trump 106. handicap five and a half furlongs Delagoa 120 Fliz Moan 115 Floim 118 St Finnan 114 Fly ng Buttress 108. maidens five eighths Bobbinet 107 Tonea 110 Navigator 110 Baby M 107 Raglets 107 Tom Lawson 110 Gillie 107 Mackey Dwyer 110 Dohian 110 Red Knight 110 War Cry 110 Dr Haggard 107 Chamblee 110 Tugai Bay 110 Cine cinnatus 119 Scottish Blue 107.
The Pennsylvania Supreme Court reversed the lower court and upheld the reserve clause in National League contracts affecting Napoleon La Joie and players now with the American League. It declared the clause reasonable, with jurisdiction to restrain playing for other clubs during the contract term.
Polka dot lawn wrappers come in navy medium blue helio pink with wide flounce double shoulder ruf fle and shirt waist cuff trimmed by two rows of white and black finishing braid. Dress skirts in black gray tan brown navy and army blue priced at $1.50 to $6.75 with lined perculine spun glass velvet binding flounced and trimmed with taf feta tuckings.
In Philadelphia on April 21 pitcher Don Donovan shut down Brooklyn with four walks and four hits allowed, plus a wild throw. Attendance listed at 3,016 as the Phillies scored in the first inning and held on for the victory behind battery Donovan Windham and Ahearn White and Dorn. Umpire Brown.
Mathewson pitched creditably for the home team as New York bats midst Hale’s control. Batteries Hale and Kittridge for New York, Mathewson and Yeager for the opposition. Umpire O Day.
Helena stockholders re-elected A. T. Goodkind as president Jacob Fischer as vice president W R Church as secretary and H M Pachey as treasurer The board of directors includes John O Connor T J Cronin and William Muth Nearly all club funds have been collected A meeting discussed baseball matters and a new pitcher was sought with word sent to Manager Flannery in Oregon to secure one.
Chicago tops opponent in a tight season opener as bats cluster in the second and eighth frames. Yerkes provides a key gift, two errors hindered the visitors, and Chance and Taylor handled batteries for Chicago while Emslie worked the plate as umpire.
In Chicago on April 21 the monster chess correspondence tournament started between Brooklyn and Chicago. Fifty eight of 116 Chicago players with white pieces sent their opening moves by postal card to Brooklyn opponents. Replies from Brooklyn white players arrive to Chicago over the next two days.
Scores from the Thornton alleys in Butte show results from the class BA one man event held last night with individual performances detailed.
In Philadelphia at the Washington Sporting Club Charles McKeever led until round six when Young Peter Jackson overtook him after a second interfered in the ring by claiming a foul.
Two gentlemen on a Lackawanna ferry discuss office towers and the fate of a Standard Oil executive. The elder jokes about friends on upper floors, while the younger notes no elevators exist in Standard Oil thus stairs remain steep and slippery.
Bob Fitzsimmons posted a 2400 bond for a bout with Jeffries and will fight at any club Jeffries selects in San Francisco on reasonable terms. He asked Jeffries to post bids and consider the National Sporting Club offer of a 15000 purse plus 1000 expenses, awaiting a direction. New lines report Mohangi and Congo river mapping updates and vast upcoming cartography work in Africa.
Jeffries discusses a potential Fourth of July bout with Fitzsimmons and hints at posting his forfeit. He doubts the Century club of Los Angeles will close a deal, while California remains the likely venue. A Congo map revision note follows.
In New York the four offspring of Marion Crawford obtained supreme court orders allowing them to hyphenate their names as Marion-Crawfords. They expressed pride in adopting the new surname format and asked to use it publicly.
The article debates the use of hyphenated surnames and the public identity of a writer named Francis Crawford. It considers the pros and cons of sharing a middle name, children’s article identity, and how hyphenation might affect family name continuity across generations. It notes the difference between a father’s name and his children’s potential reputations.
W. H. Kitto, shown in the portrait, is matched to wrestle A. Angove at the Broadway Athletic club on May 12. Kitto declares he is in excellent condition and will win, noting his experience against strong wrestlers in the wrestling line.
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