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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Sep 29, 1906
Page
10
Miss De Groot of New York owns Mahomet a 60 pound bulldog with three hundred blue ribbons and many cups. The famed dog, descent of Rodney Stone, sold for $2000 and earned more than double in exhibition fees last season. She plans a national winter circuit to show him.
The Quannapowitt led yesterday’s 11 trips arriving at T Wharf with nearly 60000 pounds of fresh mixed fish. Groundfish total reached 212700 pounds as haddock and cod markets set modest prices. The Freedom reported 700 medium mackerel and 200 tinkers sold at 18 and 8 cents respectively. Several ocean liners and cargo ships were mentioned including Cymric Arabistan Iberian and Laurentian sailing from Liverpool to Boston and beyond. A training ship Enterprise was sighted near Cape Cod and the Bark Harvard returned to Boston with timber cargo awaiting further loading.
Shipping notes list arrived steamers, schooners, and tugs with routes to Baltimore Philadelphia and New York, plus vessels Cleared and Sailed excerpts. Hoosac Tunnel Excursion details Boston & Maine ride Oct 6 including North Adams Wilmington VT options and ticket offices.
In New York on September 28 a 40 to 1 outsider named Tipping captured the Sea Breeze selling stakes at Gravesend, defeating Wes by a head with Rye a length back for third. Frank Lord and Sea Salt were the other winning favorites.
Plans to send marines from Southern States to Cuba are delayed by Gulf storm. Colonel L. T. Waller, ordered from Norfolk to Cuba to command marines there, is delayed at Jacksonville Florida. Efforts to contact marines at Pensacola Florida and New Orleans Louisiana have failed.
Clarkson dazzled for New York as the Highlanders won the opener 2 0 and Griffiths Browns lost the nightcap 2 1. Cleveland scored in the third and eighth but New York tied in the eighth on Conroy’s stolen base and Hoffman’s two bagger.
October 4 round trip from Boston via Boston and Maine R R to Albany and New York by steamer down the Hudson, returning by Fall River line to Boston. Fare advertised at a set rate. Boston & Maine Passenger Department offers a free illustrated booklet as souvenir and guide upon request.
The 15 round fight between Peter Sullivan and Arthur Cote was halted in the ninth round when Chief Harmon refused to let it continue after an accidental knee foul. Referee Hodgkins ruled a draw as disappointed spectators urged completion. Police cited safety concerns following a fatal Portland boxing match earlier in the week.
Walter Christie, in a 60 horsepower Christie car, risked his life on a softened road course near Westbury Long Island. He completed 29.7 miles in 27 minutes setting a new distance record and aiming to beat the prior international mark of 29 minutes 29 seconds set by Daredevil Joe Tracy. Christie started strongly from Westbury and maintained near one mile per minute through 16 turns including the Jericho turnpike and Stanhasset dip at high speed.
Boxing chatter covers Chester Goodwin versus Matty Baldwin at the Lincoln Club Chelsea next Tuesday. Rumors include Blink McCloskey近期 155 pounds, 142-pound match if a week’s notice, Gus Ruhlin’s note on Jeffries weight, and Jack O’Brien looming. Also mention Charlestown Amateur Sparring Oct 15 18 and Davenport Ta bout Jimmy Potts.
In a bold first day move at Ann Arbor coach Yost shifts Joe Curtis from tackle toward end to exploit Rule 11. He aims to use Curtis back of the scrimmage while staying off the five man line, signaling foxiness in maneuvering under new rules.
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