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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Feb 28, 1902
Page
3
Veteran runner High Chancellor clinched the title after a hard drive amid a split field with favorites and dark horses contending for top honors. Outsiders pressed for seconds as records and titles shifted through the final sprint.
The Call will publish the Mullholland selections for tomorrow's Oakland races including Sir Dougal Lavator Estado Legal Maxim Maradine Foul Play Billisis il Rey Flamero Merops Invictus Botany Dunblane Bragg Prestano Killdoe Derby Winner.
In San Francisco on February 27, a crowded field and a heavy track produced mixed results. High Chancellor edged Hudson, while Walhurst won the mile race. Foul Play upset in the fifth. Constable notably claimed from Louis Ezell for 12. Musto and Ruiz’s Malaise-backed entry figured in the day’s action.
The day’s racing results list six races with winners Van Hoorbeke May Allen Chickadee Tom Kingsley Trebor and Lou Rey. Notable runners include Maple Vassar Dance Bill Nixon Parnassius O’Hagen Grantor Fleuron Dr. Carrick Jena Algie Poynter, with times ranging from :42 to 1:46.
The program lists six races with weights for each horse. Notable entries include Loyal, Little Gun, Lavitator, Sir Dougal, and George Dewey in the Futurity course. Justus Goebel, Harry Thatcher, Legal Maxim, Exs tada in the seven-eighths mile selling. Jennie Reid, Ural, Billisis in the three-quarters mile. Alturas, Invictus, Flamero in thirteen-sixteenths of a mile. Bragg, Dunblane, Bard Burns in seven-eighths mile selling. Killdee, Derby Winner, Prestano in eleven-sixteenths mile selling.
Race by race in New Orleans includes first race three quarters of a mile with entrants such as sealing Palarm Coccoil Wif fidence Icon and Juaneatta. Second race lists Bequeath Exvelsis Prince Zeno Uncle Tom Afra Amoraso and High Line among others. Fourth race Handicap Amigan Circus Balm of Gilead Lingo St Tammany Duke of Connaught and Anna Heahdspring. Fifth race one and one eighth miles selling Prestome Pay the Fiddler Littl Tom Tucker Deponan Linden Ella. Sixth race six and a half furlongs selling Echo Dale Boot Jerry Hunt Avatar Lefter Boomerack Alpaca Irma and Zack Ford.
Directors in Butte announce the Montana Derby with a 1500 purse on July 12 and ten additional stakes worth 800 to 1500. Entries close April 15. Opening day set for June 21 with a 40 day meet. Officials telegraphed San Francisco and seek top horses from Oakland and the East. A secretary remains to be appointed.
The Helena capital city girls basketball team will face Butte High School tonight at the Auditorium in a contest seen as a strong test for the state championship chase. Coach Olive Busbee has built a skilled lineup and Helena manager Helena Price plans a postgame reception for the visitors. The teams' listed players include Jessie Hickox and Vera Ledwidge for Butte and Elsie Abrahamson and Madge Brady for Helena, with several substitutes named for both sides.
Boxer Jerry McCarthy departs Walkerville home to seek a Utah match. He aims to box with Jack Clifford or Jack Wade and may move on to San Francisco or Oakland if no bout is arranged.
Helena high school girls basketball team travels to Butte for tomorrow night’s game with the Butte girls. Several friends and relatives will accompany the Helena players to cheer them on. Both teams boast unbeaten records and the matchup is expected to be lively.
A Detroit traveler, recounting experiences in Europe, describes the prevalent tipping culture from hotel staff to town officials. He notes exaggerated gestures, costs for extra bows, and amusing exchanges with a Chamouni coroner and locals. He also mentions tipping police, his night watchman, and even his wife for the birth of a son.
In Monte Carlo this morning Maroczy Eisenberg Tarassch Reggio and Schlechter Scheve won. Tiechmann Mortimer had byes. In the afternoon Janowski Mieses Marshall Napier Tchigorin Marco Mason Gunsberg Pillsbury Alb in Popier Wolf drew.
London reports the preliminary 1902 jockey license list includes Americans Danny Maher Patsy McDermott and W B Buchanan among licensed riders.
Washington report says Chinese minister Wu Ting-fane attended a party hosted by Mr and Mrs Alexander Graham Bell. Magician Mellina performed tricks revealing eggs from Wu and pulled a dollar from his hand before a card-charmed finale. Wu enjoyed the show and questioned egg origins for 15 minutes.
A Columbia law student, noted intercollegiate debater, shares a humane encounter after spotting a crying girl outside a Harlem greenhouse. The gardener invites her in and offers flowers, leaving a poignant impression of gratitude in his witness.
Noah Lund, a 15 year Northwest day laborer, is heir to 34000 left by his brother Charles Lund who died in Johannesburg. Detective N P Walters from Helena located him in Spokane and arranged transfer for identity proof and estate details. Charles owned mining claims north of Helena and planned to develop them after Africa stake.
Judge Hallett overruled a demurrer in the case brought by Margaret Daly widow of Marcus Daly against Busk Tunnel Railway Co. The suit seeks 22,500 for bonds paid on a bond by Marcus Daly on Keefe's tunnel project near Leadville.
Special Dispatch reports Fleming thevenegro, who escaped jail yesterday, has been recaptured in Lima this evening after authorities located him there.
Indianapolis News recounts James Whitcomb Riley recalling boyhood in which he baked miniature pies with a hired girl, dreamed of being a baker, and found delight in reading McGuffey's readers. He notes school escapades, sensitivity, and frequent trouble, recalling Dickens characters and a harsh whipping in school.
The narrator recalls harsh discipline and sympathy for children in country towns. He highlights self reliant play like whirling jennies, notes fewer paid amusements, and contrasts past boyhood feasts of eggs cooked on stove top with modern life.
T P O Connor recounts the English public life figure Ashmead Bartlett, born American, as energetic and capable yet ruined after a rapid £30,000 gain in a single year. He invested in South Africans and backed a rise during the Jameson raid, collapsed afterward, and never fully recovered his means. He never blamed the Uitlanders and spent his money on his opinions.
A man recounts a series of ominous dreams involving a knee deep walk a dining hall a sumptuous feast teeth falling out and a baby in arms. He links these to a string of misfortunes including an argument a lost ten dollar bill and his dog run over. He fears further ill luck after sharing the dreams with his wife.
In Great Falls Jack Curran defeated former champion George McLaughlin in a highly watched challenge at the Grand opera house. Curran’s aggressive technique and escapes secured a historic win as McLaughlin fought with strength and holds, with multiple falls and near-misses documented for a crowd of about 400 spectators.
A Washington Post excerpt portrays a popular young dentist amid a tense scene with a protestant patient. He calmly continues work, assuring the woman with a soothing phrase and a closing remark that he did not actually hurt her despite her fear.
He explains one infallible sign a dentist watches when a lady hurts during a procedure. She asks what it is but he refuses, saying they never tell. She presses, he smiles inscrutably, and hints that revealing it would lead her to counterfeit it.
A London paper relates George Grossmith meeting a tall imposing woman who visited him without an introduction with a music roll in hand. After her singing he gently advised she would not pass muster in the chorus. She declared she was an ogeneew in cantankerous fashion and demanded the chorus.
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