Harness Horses Gather At Fair Ground For Training Start
Activity at the state fair grounds shows stables filling up as entries prepare for early season work. Lon McDonald's 30 head stable arrives, featuring fast two and three year olds and stars like Bob Douglas and Alfonso, with Emily Jen and a chestnut colt among highlights. Mirth Saunders adds horses such as Martha Dillon and Ida Helen, while Float Dillon joins later after a minor illness, as trainers report mud tracks limiting speed but maintaining steady workouts.
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Lon McDonald
McDonald
Bnard
Claes
Bob Douglas
Aquin
Justo
Mainheet
Alta Thomas
Axworthy
E Mitiara Saunders
Martha Dillon
Ida Flen
Emma Dillon
Arothy Dillon
Flota Dillon
Float Jolly
Mbery
Peter Dory
Fred Patchen
Little Ary
Clark
Dr. Bowers
Gusto
D Jerome M
Atkins to host Queen City in KI C League opener
The KI C League opens at Washington Park on Sunday with Atkins facing Cincinnati's strong Queen City. Expect a close, well played game as both teams are evenly matched. Atkins debuts in new home uniforms with a full lineup list including Brud er and Pruitt among others. Game time set for 3 p m.
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Washington Park
Atkins
Queen City
Cincinnati
Bruder
B. Johnson
Pruitt
If Swartz
Churchill
Anderson Seeks Match With Dillon Or Morgan
Young welterweight Anderson, once a local sensation for his scalps, challenges Jack Dillon or Jack Morgan. He has recovered from illness after a Brazil bout with Shipley and now trains daily at his 802 E Maryland street club, ready to box for a purse.
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Young Anderson
Jack Dillon
Jack Morgan
Dillon
Morgan
Anderson
Brazil
Shipley
Ilineas
E. Maryland Street
Fighting Bob Speedy sets Derby pace in near record time
Louisville May 7 With jockey Stanley Page up Fighting Bob the George Reiff entry for the Derby reeled off the full Derby distance Friday in a sensational time of 2 0 7 3 5 close to the Derby record of 2 0 6 1 4 set by Lieut. Gibson in 1909.
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Louisville
Stanley Page
Bob
George Reiff
Lieut. Gibson
Entries of 17 Cars for Glidden and Chicago Trophies
The A A A contest board has 17 entries for the Glidden and Chicago trophies tour. Nine for Glidden, six for Chicago, two non contestants with two Cadillac gun carriages entered by Northwestern Military Academy. Route shifts extend entry deadline to May 15, with fees rising after.
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North Western Military Academy of
Highland Park
Mim
R. P. Davidson
Southwest
Butler
Contest Board
Pathfinder
Dallas
Tex
Oklahoma City
Okla
Premier Motor Mfg. Co
Premier Motor Ofg
Chalmers Motor Co
Cole Motor Car Co
Maxwell-Briscoe
Parry Auto Co
Moline Auto Co
Lexington Motor Car Co
John C. Moore
Cole Motor Car Ca
Parry Auto Company
Northwestern Military Academy
Cincinnati
Louisville
Nashville
Sheffield
Memphis
Little Rock
Texarkana
Lawton
Wichita
Kansas City
Omaha
Des Moines
Davenport
Chicaco
Royal Automobile Club House Opens Soon in Pall Mall
ITONDON May 7 In a few months the future home of the Royal Automobile Club in Pall Mall will open. Builders claim American time efficiency and record London construction. The 40 foot deep swimming tank, 90 by 30 feet, will need little daytime light. The Georgian style smoking room runs 98 by 40 feet. A 120 foot long theater for lectures and concerts seats 400. First floor houses the library, billiard and card rooms, with a restaurant where ladies may be admitted. The central hall dome rises to the second floor with an upper terrace offering a five view of London.
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Itondon
Royal Automobile Club
Pall Mall
London
Athens
Upper Terrace
Minute precision in Premier auto parts under Vice-President Weidely
Premier Motor Manufacturing shows visitors the extreme measurement tolerances in pistons bearings igniter hammer shafts and other components. George A Weldely emphasizes that bore sizes differ by only two to three ten-thousandths of an inch, with piston tolerances tight to twenty five five one hundred thousandths and bearing gaps at three ten-thousandths. The process relies on micrometers and stringent checks to ensure no variation beyond a hair’s breadth.
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Premier Motor Manufacturing Company
George A. Weldely
Weidely
Young Corbett's Benefit Teaches a Good Lesson
In Hartford nine years ago a rising champion Young Corbett defeated Terry McGovern as a crowd watched. The piece recalls his honesty in defeat, his wealth from the win, and the charity benefit afterward. It also discusses weight disputes between Abe Attell and Jem Driscoll over ringside versus pre-fight weigh-ins for the featherweight title.
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Hartford
Con
Charlie White
McGovern
Young Corbett
Fairmount Club
New York
Terry McGovern
Corbett
Little Corbett
White
Terry
Tom Sharkey
Jim Corbett
Battling Nelson
Attell
Jem Driscoll
England
Driscoll
All Feathers
National Club
Abe
Body mounted of famed racehorse Black Demon near Minneapolis
Minneapolis May 7 Direc tum 2.35 percent states the famed Black Demon has achieved a posthumous honor. The racehorse now has his body mounted and will occupy a prominent place at owner W Savage's farm near Minneapolis, preserving the horse's legendary status on the nation’s tracks.
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Minneapolis
Minn
Sunday School League to Start Fifth Annual Pennant
Eighteen teams will compete in Marion County Sunday School league beginning May 30 with twenty one schools applying for admission. Entries determine early selection. games at Riverside Garfield Brookside Central Hospital Fairview parks. Member schools include Baptist Christian Methodist Broadway Central East Park and others. A separate under sixteen league is planned.
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A. K. Jones
Orst
Riverside
Garfield Park
Brookside
Central Hospital
Fairview
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Woodruff Place
College Avenue
Christian
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Hillside
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East Tenth
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Howard Place
Maridian Street
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Tuxedo
Villa Avenues
Presbyterian
First
Memorial
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Union
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