Does not favor a neutral man in National League dispute
John T. Brush, replying on neutrality in the National League leadership, argues managers with no financial stake may run affairs better but insists his own focus is the league's interests and New York Club gains. He criticizes the American League as a disappointment and notes Philadelphia’s stand on Deehlanty and Lajoie.
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Commercial Tribune
New York
John T. Brush
Sidious League
National League
Messrs. Dreyfuss
Takeh
American League
Johnsonites
Johnson
Philadelphia
Delehanty
Brush
Lajoie
Cleveland
Last Racing Landmark Gone in New Jersey
The Linden Park race track property is auctioned on Wednesday ending New Jersey racing links to past turf history. The sale follows Monmouth Park and signals an era with limited dates and weak local patronage, while New York and Pennsylvania draw racing crowds. Pedigree certificates for W. C. Whitney yearlings are lodged with the English Jockey Club in London listing many Meddler line offspring.
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Commercial Tribune
New York
Linden Park Race Track
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
Linden
Monmouth Park
Elizabeth
Jersey
W. C. Whitney
England
English
Jockey Club
London
Goldfimch
la Fleche
Watercress
Lady Cardigan
Knight of the Thistle
Clementine
Knight of Ellerslie
Cassette
Kingston—Ballyhoo
Lissak
Caneta
Rose Standish
Meddler
Handspun
Edith Gray
Poetess
Yorkville
Victoria IV
Aunt Betsy
Meddlerm
Kalulu
Orange Leaf
New York Team Will Train in the South
The New York baseball team under Manager Mc Graw will report to Washington on March 14 then travel to Barganah for training March 16 through 26. After muscle conditioning they begin a South tour through Birmingham Nashville Memphis Louisville Indianapolis and Columbus Ohio April 6 then Buffalo April 7 and at the Polo Grounds from April 8 for local exhibition games.
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Commercial Tribune
New York
McGraw
Washington
Barganah
South
Birmingham
Nashville
Memphis
Louisville
Indianapolis
Columbus
Giants
Buffalo
Polo.Grounds
Cincinnati Talent on the Columbus Team
Columbus manager Leonard announced signing for the coming season with players from catcher to outfielder. Notable names include Fox Myers Toft Roach Slatterly MacMahen Bailey McPartland Omas Williams Cristatl Crabill Wolfe Weisham Mellor Raymer Clingman Turner Viox Hopker Woodlock Bridewell Mart knoll McFarlan Boeleen Bannon Walters Dunlenty. Most recruits come from California Eastern and New York leagues.
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Columbus
Leonard
Columbus American Association
George Fox
Bade Myers
Jack Toft
M.L. Roach
John T. Slatterly
John MacMahen
Harvey Bailey
Frank McPartland
William Omas
R. Williams
W. Cristatl
EB. G. Crabill
M. A. Wolfe
Weisham
W.H. Mellor
Fred C. Raymer
W. F. Clingman
Terry L. Turner
Roney Viox
William Hopker
Mike J. Woodlock
H. Bridewell
James Mart B Knoll
Claude McFarlan
William Boeléen
John Aos Walters
J. Dunlemvy
California
New York
Interesting match games at Oriental Alleys
Several match games set for Oriental Alleys on Wednesday evening. The marquee contest pairs Deye and Kopp of the Chick and George team against Miller and Endlein of Hendry's Five for 25 dollars a side. Previous winners include Hoppes and Longo. An additional five by nine game series features Harry Kim and Al Ries fee at 16 dollars per side, best four of nine.
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Deye
Kopp
Chick and George
Miller Endlein
Hendry
Hoppes
Longo
Inter Sl
Harry Ki
al Ries
Sg Week
Ryan Agents Target Horses at Newport Scheme
New Orleans dispatch reports John J. Ryan and Frank Fowler promoting a winter racing circuit with a foreign book at Newport Kentucky. They promise 200 horses shipped next Wednesday, $250 purses with $400 handicaps, and extensive betting operations. Trainers and owners move assets, while intertrack plans and potential clashes with Cincinnati agents loom.
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Commercial Tribune
New Orleans
John J. Ryan
Frank Fowler
Newport
Cincinnati
Ryan
Turf Congress
Western Jockey Club
Johm’ J. Ryan
St. Louis
Messrs
Ryan, Carmody
Fowler
America
John J. Ryan & Co
John Mayberry
Memphis
Ellison
Skilfall
Captain Arnold
Lyman Hay
Montgomery Park
Tom Maybin
Albert Simons
John A. Drake
Washington Park
Hart Durnham
Worthington
Peat
Huzzah
Marcos
Begon
New Orleans Classifieds Hint at Featured Names and Pairs
Commercial Tribune tips list a string of paired names and terms across places Ingleside Cornwall Travers Semenos Irideus Hainault and Blesseds Damozel Expedient while mentioning keyword like Smile Glennellie You Dare Kiss Quick and Bone Fisherman Digby Bell Bedner Adam Searchlight Doreen with no clear narrative.
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Glennellie
Son Uburbap Queen
Cornwall—Travers
Leenia—Flop
Optimo—Barrack
Ingleside
Imp
Semenos
Irideus Orfeo
Hainault
Digby Bell
Bedner
Adam
Doreen
Damozel
Friend
Ibs
Chemist
Ripper
the Owl
Calzado
Somenos
Orsina
Irideus
Stenaxi
Fossil
Young
Marlow
Edna Rose
Polonius
Y Rowell
Bucolic
Hudson
Orfeo
Haina
Pat Morrissey
the Pride
Velma Clark
Resin
Geraldyne
Blackthorne
Estado
Harry Teher
Maggie Felix
Lexington Pirate
Searchlight
Babe Seles
the Buffoon
Canejo
Me Tik
Blea
Bathos
Eastern horsemen plan for winter and spring racing
New engagements and travel plans sweep through the New York racing scene as trainers and owners outline winter operations. Briggs Perry heads to New Orleans with potential plans for a future string, while David Gideon shifts to Europe after West Baden. Brown, Brien, Adkins, Littlst and other trainers set wintering locations and spring assignments for yearlings and racing strings.
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Tribune
New York
Broadway
Briggs Perry
New Orleans
Little Jim
Crescent City
Virginia
New Foo
David Gideon
West Baden Springs
Hot Springs
Europe
Trainer Brown
P. H.mccarren
Sheepshead Bay
Bily
Brien
Lexington
Elor
Kentucky
John Adkins
Canada
Daily race entries with horse weights and opponents
A list of races shows maiden, selling, and handicap events with horse names and weights for multiple heats. Entries include Guatama, Bastile, If You Dare, James I Corbett, Shotproof, Vineland, Death, Swordsman, Bar rack, Decoy, Jim Gore II, Velma Clark and many others with specified pounds or odds where legible.
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Guatama
Bastile
Smile
Moranda
Glen Nellie
Trombone
Tillo
Judge Magee
James I Corbett
Alfred C
Kiss Quick
Dr. Scharff
Doeskin
Precisely
Moron
Little Jack Horner
Lady Alberta
Shotproof
Sontag
Suburban Queen
Vineland
Arthesian
Nicolette
Black Patti
Never Smile
Warner’Fonso
Ditto
Irene Mac
Woodmont Belle
Death
W. J. Deboe
Travers
Worthington
Rolling Beer
Spina
Darrell
Cornwall
Swordsman
Georgia Gardner
Flaneur
Goldaga
Lady Midas
Aimless
Leenja
Barrack
Banish
Leone
Optimo
Chickadee
Leviathan
Hildreth Plans East Return to Race in 1908
Sam Hildreth, wintering at Montgomery Park, expects a staged return to Eastern racing in 1908. He has jockey club assurances, eyes New Orleans and California material, and may feature McChesney and Lucien in Eastern campaigns. His stable includes nine horses with a mix of promising young runners.
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Commercial Tribune
Memphis
Tenn
Sam Hildreth
Montgomery Park
Hildreth
Notifcé
Jockey Club
Joif
Madden
Vossburg
New Orleans
McChesney
Turfmer
Darnell & Herz
Lucien
Appleby
Waring
Hildréth
California
Frisco
Burns & Water House
Schorrs
Anosher
Montgomery Hill
Tichenor & Co
W. H. May & Son
J. W. Schorr
G. C. Bennett
Tracy
Charles Ellison
Charley Mahone
Ben Strome
Schorr
Jockey Smith Claims Agrobat Was Doped
Jockey Smith asserts Agrobat showed sudden race improvement from stimulation and doped condition. Owner Phil Dwyer promises full investigation and potential reinstatement if proven true.
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Smith
Phil Dwyer
Breeding and Sale Moves in Kentucky Horse Trade
Algernon Dangerfield sells Lady Violet to J E Madden as a half sister to Myrtle Harkness. Rival Dare and Miss Conrad sold privately to train for General Aérezeff in Russia and other mares join planned Bran Lad breeding program. Incubator sale hints at future potential. Hart Wallace Jr. reports losses of mares Rapture and Unadilla. Henry Oxnerd buys six year old St Simon stallion from England for six thousand pounds to bring to Kentucky.
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Commercial Tribune
Lexington
Algernon Daingerfield
Washington
John E. Madden
Hamburg Place
Lady Violet
Myrtle Harkness
Imp
Pirate of Pénzance
Jack Keen
GeneralAézereff
Russia
R. G. Bolick
Chicago
Dare
Onlye
Mollie Jackson
W. M. Jackson
Miss Conrad
Imp. Conrad
Miss Caveland
Keen
Frank van Meter
Tom Hayes
Hayes
Ingoldsby
Chick
Hart Wallace, Jr
Versailles
Rapture
Malden
Gienold
Snark
Adalid
Tancred
Henry T. Oxnerd
New York
England
St. Simon
Kansas City to open single race track next fall
Special Dispatch reports Kansas City to have one race track operating by next fall with possibility of two. Edward Corrigan backs the strongest project, a five mile land tract bought for early development. A quar ter million capital and fully paid stock mark Corrigan’s venture as crews prepare before winter.
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Commercial Tribune
Kansas City
Edward Corrigan
Corrigan
Chinamen Play Races at Crescent City New Orleans
Two Chinese migrants at the Crescent City race track in New Orleans are daily racing fans. They maintain a dope book and study horse form with the regulars, betting heavily and sometimes winning large sums.
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Crescent City
Commercial Tribune
New Orleans
Eya
New Orleans Racing Sees Record Attendance And Top Jockeys
The Crescent City Jockey Club meets post an all time strong start with twenty four bookmakers lining the ring and northern visitors outnumbering locals ten to one. Helgerson leads the jockeys while apprentices show promise to fill gaps in the ranks. Henry McDaniels stands as the best two year old with the Buckmassie colt valued at $20,000 and a strong stake entry outlook.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commercial Tribune
New Orleans
Crescent City Jockey Club
Hawthorne
Harlem
Crescent ‘City
Jockey Club
Helgerson
O’connor
Buchanan
Fuller
Gannon
W. Hicks
Hoar
Robbins
Houbre
Cochran
Burns
Landey
Henry McDaniels
Brighton Beach to Offer Record Stakes at Silver Anniversary
Brighton Beach Racing Association plans its silver anniversary season with twenty stakes, eighteen at the 1908 meeting. Added money rises in the Brighton Handicap to 10000, in the Cup to 5000 plus 1000 value cup, and Produce Stakes up to 25000 with 3000 to breeders.
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New York
Brighton Beach Racing Association
Brighton
Lush Seeks Boston First Call Ahead of Loftus Offer
Billy Lush of the Boston Nationals says Boston has first call on his services after rejecting a provisional contract with extra pay. He has informed Tom Loftus of Washington of an offer, while Boston officials ask him to wait until the league meeting on December 9. Irwin leaves Providence for Rochester after negotiations with Providence and Montreal.
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Commercial Tribune
Boston
Billy Lush
Boston Nationals
Tom Loftus
Washington
Lush
J. B. Billings
Mr. Billings
Montreal
Rochester
Irwin
Special Race Arranged Between Crack Horses
A rain or shine match race is set for Ingleside next Saturday featuring Sombrero Articulate and Kenilworth each carrying 100 pounds. The mile sweepstake will be run amid a muddy track. Public support follows the suspension of jockey Coburn by the stewards.
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Commercial Tribune
San Francisco
Ingleside
Sombrero
Articulate
Kenilworth
Coburn
Jockeys Stall at Ingleside Spoiling Coast Racing
The article reviews Coast racing turmoil with jockey Coburn under scrutiny and suspensions for post starts. It notes Taek Was the star rider and mentions Jackson Hopper Ingleside suspicions on discipline. It also covers National Baseball League leadership debates and Brush's stance on a president.
Law and Catharine Knollys Meet in Paris in Turbulent Times
John Law, gambler and financier at the center of European intrigue, seeks out Lady Catharine Knollys in Paris as France teeters on revolutionary change. Their past wounds reemerge amid a city alive with talk of kings, debt, and a glittering court. Law confronts remorse and longing as he reunites with the woman who once shaped his fate and a child’s future hangs in balance.
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Paris
Marie
Suzanne
France
John Law
Weady
Marly
Will
Catharine Knollys
England
Catharine
Sir Arthur Pembroke
Law
London
Europe
B . Doe
Amsterdam
Vienna
Phil
Orleans
Laws
Knollys
Sibyl
Persunres
Mary Connynge
Philippe of Orleans
Earl of Banbury
Countess of Warrington
Lord Stair
Sadler's Wells
Gayly
Mose Jacobson to Train Public Stable in Lexington Kentucky
Mose V. Jacobson, famed Cincinnati turfman and farmer, plans to locate in Lexington and train a public stable at the Kentucky Association course this winter. He has taken four coming three year olds owned by J James of the Wind track magnet and expects about fifteen horses in his string after January 1. Also noted is John D Creighton of Omaha expanding into thoroughbreds, aiming to train and race a dozen two year olds with hopes of a strong 1908 season.
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Commercial Tribune
Lexington
Mose V. Jacobson
Cincinnati
Kentucky Association
J. James
Windsor
Applegate
Tom Ochiltree
Imp
Aintrée
Chantress
Siddartha
Albert—Everbright
Boulevard
Lestér
Lazzarone
Teeta May
Blue Eyes
Jacobson
John D. Creighton
Milionaire
Omaha
Neb
Hayes
Orchard Park
Marvelous Country and Flights of Law in a Daring Romance
A melodramatic synopsis follows Law as he escapes to America with Catharine’s rival Mary Contynge, travels down the Mississippi, and joins a pioneer band in the South. Sir Arthur pursues, Indians capture them, and they return to Niagara for a peace settlement. Mary remains with Law as a child is born, and the tale ends with Law in France amid a royal funeral.
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London
Roeeta
Knollys
Owith
Mm Connyinge
Catharine
Cath Ori
Catharoe
Law
Mississippi
South
Sir Arthur
Ambroke
Lady Catharine
Niagara
Mary Contnynge
Mary
Connynge
Canada
Mary Copnynge
Montreal
France
Germany
John Law
Louis
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Merry
Morris Park
L. Smith
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Phil J. Dwyon
Seth Pena
Jim Buchanan
Jack
Jack Odom
Brighton Beach
Lee Ja
Quietus
Tilowalio
Ane Jackson
Taek
Tank
Jacksof
Ea ‘Hopper
Fudge Ab
Jackson Oh
Latonia
Muldale Track
Jackson
Alot
Jake Holtman
Jake
Holtman
Monk Coburn
National Baseball League
Hend
Anotice
Teft
Bhusy
Mose Jacobson
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