Futurity 10 Savable By An Eyelash
Salvator implausibly rallies to win the Futurity stakes at Sheepshead Bay before a crowd of about 50 000. Lord of the Vale falters late as Savable edges ahead to take the rich prize.
31 Aug 1902
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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Aug 31, 1902
Page
1
Salvator implausibly rallies to win the Futurity stakes at Sheepshead Bay before a crowd of about 50 000. Lord of the Vale falters late as Savable edges ahead to take the rich prize.
Savable bred by J. B. Haggin and owned by John A. Drake won the Futurity at Sheepshead Bay with Lord of the Vale second and Dazzling third. Time 1:14. Crowd of about 50,000 witnessed a dramatic finish as Savable closed from behind to beat Lord of the Vale by a length. Belmont observers said Lord of the Vale would have won with more time. Total purse 53,400 with 45,400 to winner. Drake reportedly earned the era’s largest turf wager, over 100,000.
Special Dispatch to the Standard from Livingston Montana Aug 30 A ranch home 27 miles northeast of Livingston saw the death of Fred Bishir 40 a Winterset Iowa native killed by his hired man David Brockus after a quarrel over a boy's kitchen duties Brockus claimed self defense but authorities dispute the justification Coroner Leard impaneled a jury and Brockus is jailed pending further investigation.
James McHugh, a long time county poorhouse inmate, was found unconscious with a bullet through his brain in the rear of a shooting gallery tent in Dillon. A shooter missed the target and struck McHugh as he slept off drink. He was 55 and had lost both hands to frost. last seen at 7 AM after receiving whiskey.
Twenty one car men returned to work at Union Pacific in Omaha on August 30 accepting the piece work system. Officials expect remaining car men to follow next week while boiler makers and machinists say the strike continues unaffected.
In Everett Washington on August 30 a 7 year old child of a Bookkeeper Gray who worked for the Hyatt Mill company was killed by a blaze near a large refuse pile at the edge of the mill area while playing nearby.
Alfred D. Jones aged 87 the man who laid out an 1854 townsite in what became central Omaha and served as the first postmaster of Nebraska died in Omaha. He was reportedly Nebraska's first settler and Omaha's first postmaster.
Monroe Mich Aug 30 Lynott Bloodgood local money lender was arrested after a coroner's jury concluded he fired the shot that killed Joseph Labarge yesterday as he fled a mob chasing him for alleged assault on Mrs Walter Lemerand. Bloodgood was arraigned before Justice Noble and bail set at 5000.
David Carey, mentally distressed, placed an identification tag on a sleeping child and fired a heavy caliber revolver bullet into his mouth aboard a railroad train in Billings. He died within two hours.
David Carey a miner and milk rancher near Butte, despondent over financial troubles and threats, killed himself with a 45 caliber handgun aboard a Northern Pacific train near Billings. His six year old daughter Inez was with him. she survived, unharmed, and gave officials details. Carey's death followed a long period of hardship including failed dairy operations and family illness. The body to be buried in Butte after inquest findings.
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