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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Mar 11, 1902
Page
10
Multiple races list horses and odds across six events. Notable names include Temprano, The Phantom, Major Hooker, Parsifal, Saint entries such as St. David and Reot appear among selling and handicap divisions. Racing action dominated by thoroughbred names and varying prices across one mile plus distances.
Coach reports Heinrichs is reinstated after a Voor Start incident in the fourth race. The horse carries honors as authorities review the steeplechase event and confirm the outcome remains intact.
The Call publishes Mulhollands selections for Oakland races with Mocoritea Antales Blackthorn in the first race Delsega CGuida Temprano in the second Jim McCleery Ned Dennis El Rey in the third Lodestar Hungarian Sunetlo in the fourth Towers of Candies Botany Edinborough in the fifth Duke of York Loyal Courtier in the sixth
In Oakland Dorian and Dunblane fell after a tense finish in the fourth race as Impromptu started poorly but surged to win by a neck. Connor was briefly knocked out when Dunblane struck him in a fall. Bell Reed won the 2yearold race by a length in rough track conditions. Jockey Arthur Heinrichs, once suspended, is restored though too heavy to ride here.
Oakland sports notes list weights and entries for today’s races. First race shows Golden Light 105, Black Thorn 87, Race 108, Mocorite 106, Gold Baron.
Crescent City results from a March 10 meet in New Orleans list six races. Winners include Miss Kingston in the one mile selling, Tom Maybin in the half mile, Helen Paxton in the steeplechase handicap, Felix Bard in the one and one sixteenth miles, Jena in the one eighth miles selling, and Sir Christopher in the six furlongs selling with respective runners up and third place finishers.
The Record-Herald reports that A G Spalding may be forced to withdraw as NL president if two top Spalding associates do not calm a rising faction. His campaign tactics and California absence upset loyal supporters who demand his exit.
President Hart travels to the Pacific coast for talks with his chief adviser. The aim is to reach an agreement with Spalding for a withdrawal to support a compromise.
J B Rosenthal chair of Chicago Olympia games finance committee will travel to New York and Washington to lobby for a 500000 federal appropriation. He plans to ask Congress to match every dollar Chicago contributes to the Olympian contests, signaling a major public funding appeal.
Manager McCloskey of the Butte club signs Frank Ward to play second base and lead off the batting order. Ward is a former National League player who has been with Philadelphia and Washington and in the Eastern Western California and Southern leagues. The chess tournament reports semi finals with Pillsbury Mortimer Maroczy Albin advancing. multiple games and byes noted.
Chicago lightweight Martin Dvuffy defeats Brooklyn welterweight Mat ty Matthews in a six round contest at the American club tonight in Chicago.
A Broad Street fruit seller showcases a small basket of peaches in his window claiming they are the only ones in America. He offers 100 for any others found, noting the fruit were imported from London for Pr A R B Widener's dinner for J Pierpont Morgan. The peaches cost 1 50 each in Covent Garden.
Annie E Taylor sought lasting fame by barrel riding Niagara Falls but the exhibition ended disastrously in Cincinnati. She required aid from the city relief department after her manager deserted her without funds. She misjudged public taste.
The U S Supreme Court ruled the Illinois anti-trust statute unconstitutional due to its exemption for agricultural products and livestock. Justice Harlan wrote the majority opinion, finding the farm product exemption violative of the 4th amendment and undermining equal protection. Justice McKenna dissented. The decision casts doubt on similar state laws in Montana and other states with farm exemptions.
A Philadelphia lawyer had a portrait hung at a political club near Eleventh and Chestnut streets. As critics gathered, all but one client defended the likeness while others criticized its attitude and pose.
The client argued the work did not resemble the original asking defendants to point out the differences. He insisted the likeness failed, joking that the subject had his hands in his own pockets.
The Rev Dr Minot J Savage uses a story to illustrate clergy guilelessness. A minister and a prosperous layman argue over the minister's occupation and whether his Boston offer and present salary amount to a true call or merely a raise.
An Army inspector general has visited Lake and McHenry counties in Illinois and Kenosha county in Wisconsin in search of a site within 56 miles of Fort Sheridan. A four mile long tract is sought for artillery, with a 2000 foot infantry range, plus barracks and buildings. Lake County is favored for proximity, with a partial site agreement already in place.
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