Big Prize Money For Boston Horse Show Attracts Hope
Unprecedented inducements push Boston horse show prize money toward 20 000 dollars with possible total prizes over 25 000. Back Bay anticipates a record attendance as plans include new classes such as best stallion for string carriage horses with three get shown. Lawson offers 2500 in prizes including the Lawson trophy and a 1000 prize for high stepping harness horses. Lawson’s own string will appear at the show.
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Dawson Runner-Up In New England Pro Pool Championship
Dawson known as the St. Louis Kid defeated Ingraham 100 to 72 at Rexford Dawson advances to runner-up for the professional pool crown and will face Joe Hood the current record holder next Wednesday Hood leads 123 points in the upcoming match The event is part of a planned world professional championship with entrants from Montreal Salem and Boston and play expected to begin about February 11.
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Harvard Yale Regatta Details Set After Cambridge Conference
Cambridge managers and captains of Harvard and Yale crews to meet to finalize next summer’s Thames regatta in New London. Yale representatives Captain Kagrden and manager A H Richardson attend. expect no changes to the prior year’s programme.
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Sails Framing A Masted View Of The Exchange Building
A hypothetical tidal wave carrying the Lawson cup defender up State street would leave the Exchange Building largely obscured by sails. The building measures 162 by 165 feet and stands 165 feet to the topmast peak, while the sails cover about 13 500 square feet and would overlap the frontage by about two feet on each side.
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Needed angle irons arrive for American Cup contender
Captain Hank Haff of Mr. T. W. Law's team spent hours in Crowninshield's Boston office reviewing sail plans for the yacht and discussing gear. Sailmaker Adrian Wilson and others called. a record club topsail and multiple jib topsails are planned for all conditions as the build progresses toward the fiftieth America's Cup anniversary.
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Shamrock frames ready for keel plates in London update
The Yachting World reports Shamrock frames are punched and bent for keel-plates. The framework uses nickel steel of fine quality with close-grained hard timbers at all angles, five sixteenths inch thick, rivet holes prepared for three quarter inch rivets.
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Progress as Bristol Cup defender deck frames take shape
In Bristol Rhode Island the deck beams and frames are being joined in Herreshoff's south boat shop. The designer aims to have a dozen or more ribs riveted before adding the first angled uprights. Riveting holes are punched and counter sunk. By Tuesday or Wednesday enough frames should be joined to begin ribbing. Little work is done on the lead keel at present.
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Boston Turnverein Prepares Annual Schanturner Exhibition
The Boston Turnverein promotes systematic physical culture and invites the public to attend next Monday night’s annual schanturner exhibition showcasing its training methods and benefits.
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Commodious Club Hall Hosts Family Oriented Gymnastic Exhibition
The Boston Turn Verein invites the public to an 8 o'clock program of physical performances featuring a good orchestra to energize young athletes. Children, teens, and adults participate under I. A. Heers, with small classes and no transfer to higher grades until ready. After the exhibition, dancing follows.
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McCoy Seeks Delay in Sharkey Fight Details Adjusted
New York Jan 18 Kid McCoy requests postponing the February 28 Sharkey bout to March 14. No articles signed today as McCoy demands glove style clauses bandage use and purse division terms before agreeing to fight.
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Townsend Wins Amateur Billiard Championship Match
New York on January 18 Arthur Townsend defeated Frank Charliner in the amateur billiard championship tournament by a score of 9 to 7.
Esterhazy Appeal Rejected by Council of State
Paris January 18 The council of state rejected Count Esterhazy's appeal against the decree cashiering him from the navy. The ruling confirms his dismissal and ends the dispute over his naval service status.
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Baseball power struggle shapes 25-cent ball plan in Boston
Billings and Soden clash over the American Association as the National League seeks to expand. Johnson’s group targets Boston's Charles River Park while Somers eyes a new venture. The American League faces a split with talks of 25-cent ball and a battle for top players and fans.
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Racing Tonight At Park Square Garden Promises High Miles
Ten professional riders contest a 25 mile event at Park Square Garden with prize money per mile. Star turnout includes Louis Gimm, Frank Waller, Charles Turville, Oscar Babcock, Alec McLean, Hugh McLean, Harry Caldwell, W E Yenzler, John Dubois, and J Desrochiers.
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A A U Championships Second Night Features Out of Town Victors
At Pittsburg Penn January 18 seven boxing bouts and ten wrestling matches highlighted the AAU championships. Foreign contestants dominated, with John Mumford of New York among winners defeating Edward Schevelen and others. Frank Britk and Frank Haley also advanced in their weight classes while John F Mumford defeated Goo Tag and John Hapin fell to Mumford in semi finals.
Dartmouth Defeats Cornell 26–12 in Basketball
Dartmouth topped Cornell 26 to 12 in a college basketball game on January 18 at Hanover. The win tightened Dartmouth’s home stretch while Cornell struggled offensively.
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American Association Circuits Set for 1890 Season
Promoters met the National League board at the Fifth Avenue Hotel and planned the inaugural American Association circuit including Washington Baltimore Philadelphia Boston in the East and Detroit Milwaukee Louisville Indianapolis in the West. Chicago loses a team while Detroit joins. Louisville gets the city franchise under Harry Pulliam. Watkins takes Indianapolis. Bryan White lead Washington. Irwin to Boston. Clarke to Baltimore. Doyle moves from New York to Chicago in a player swap for Strang Ganzel and Carvin.
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League's Hostility Meeting Clears Eastern Circuit
President Ban Johnson of the American Baseball League Judge Goldman and John Mc Graw of Baltimore and Manager Manning met in Washington to settle Baltimore and Washington club details and discuss Philadelphia and Boston. Johnson said the situation in our Eastern circuit is now in fine shape and the lease of grounds was addressed.
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Boxing Gossip Says Erne McGovern Match News Is False
In Boston Frank Erne the lightweight champion declares he will retire from pugilism and not seek new fame. He denies any planned match with Terry McGovern and outlines plans to study architecture at Columbia College. Ben Benton notes nearby boxing steps and club notices amid a flurry of heavyweight chatter.
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Young Corbett Defeats Bernstein in Seventh Round
Young Corbett of Denver defeated Bernstein of New York in the seventh round in Denver. Bernstein suffered a broken jaw as a result of the bout.
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Harvard Varsity Hockey at Soldiers Field Today
The Harvard Varsity hockey team faces the law school team this afternoon on Soldiers Field in a campus matchup.
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