Autos Demand At New York Show At Madison Square Garden
The Importers Automobile Salon at Madison Square Garden drew a large crowd with strong sales and high orders. Notable purchases included R W Rouss’s 40 horsepower Fiat, a record by far for the year, while major collectors and society figures like Vanderbilt Whitney and Du Pont attended. A standout exhibit featured a seven passenger runabout by Quinby with unique storage and comfort features. The event also showcased the New Year’s Eve klaxon sound, and a debate over a camel in the parade sparked by a Ball designed display.
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Madison Square Garden
R. W. Rouss
Mr. Rouss
Mr. Reuss
C. K. G. Billings
Charles P. Doerger
John Jacob Astor
Doerlger
de Dietrich
Walter C. Allen
John J. du Pont
Wilmington
Joseph Widener
J. B. Dixon
Jules Vatable
W. Starr Miller
Whitney Warren
Ernest Wiltses
George W. Wanmaker
Howland G. Leavitt
Theodore P. Shonts
A. D. Bennett
John C. Tomlinson
B. T. Cable
Clarence R. Lewis
Sidney R. Perry
James L. Stewart
Arthur Lincoln
Jales
Bache
George G. McMurtry, Jr
Lowell M. Palmer
Robert Gair
Charles Lanier
William Skinner
C. W. Barron
Alexander S. Cochran
Charles F. Stoppans
Francis L. Wellman
Wellman
Major McClellan
New York
Croker
Miller Reese Hutchison
Queen Alexandra
Stand
S. R. Ball
Garden
Quinby
Astor
Booth
Witk and Key
Ric Croker
BH. L. Edwards
Dalia, Tex
W. G. Clark
James Barclay
Amos Canfield
Bianchi Co
Australian cricketers win first test in Sydney finish with late rally
Australia won the opening test of the five match series in Sydney after trailing England at one stage. England led 273 and 20, Australia 6 and 25 for 6. George Gunn starred for England with 119 and 74 as the game extended to six days.
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Australia
Sydney
England
Armstrong
McAlister
Cotter
Carter
Hazlitt
George Gunn
New England Breeders Club Bankrupt in Rockingham Park Case
The New England Breeders Club, builders of Rockingham Park in Selden, has been declared a bankrupt corporation by Judge Edgar Aldrich in U S District Court. The decree stays state court actions by creditors, though an appeal is expected arguing the club is an amusement company not entitled to mercantile bankruptcy relief.
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Concer
New England
Draw Ends Dramatic Featherweight Title Bout in San Francisco
England’s Ower Moran and American Abe Attell fought a 25 round draw in San Francisco cited by 7 000 to 8 000 spectators. Moran, overweight by two ounces, pressed throughout while Attell showed clever defense and edge on points per referee Jim Jeffries. Multiple challengers promptly wired in declaring for the winner.
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San Francisco
Ower Moran
England
Co’ma
Abe Attell
America
Moran
Attell
Jeffries
Tommy O'Toole
Philadelphia
Spider” Morrisey
Ed Kelley
Buffalo
Frankie Neil
New Orleans Year Opens With Thoroughbred Racing Card
At City Park New Orleans on New Year’s Day the two year old division produced Irfaneh a bay filly by Mesmerist La Cheviot winning the opening race. Chapultepec owned by Burlew and O Neill captured the New Year Handicap at one mile in 1 403 5 with McDaniel guiding the favorite to a six length margin. Harting suffered a bad spill unseating Baker in the third race. Multiple races followed with Al Muller Blue Lee Ace High Chapultepec St Narie Conney K and Gambrinus among notable results.
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New Orleans
City Park
Irfaneh
McDaniel
Harting
Baker
Nicol
Hollvmass
Lloyd
Arionette
Swain
Anne McGee
Alice
Lightning Flash
Chalice
Tolane
Jessie "McCane
Cunning
Sainward
Gala
al Muller
Minder
Blue Lee
Lee
Evelyn
Dubel
Hollow
Bucking Row
Needmore
Gee Whiz
McAfee
Ace High
Orly
Mountain
Bright Boy
Okenite
Granada
Barting
St. Narie
Powers
Woodlane
den of Dawn
Jennie’s Beau
Banridge
Ed Kanean Feastalan
R. Thompson
Warren
Conney K
Handridgs
Dobel
Charlie Eastman
Dom Hamilton
Hume
Dr. Meluer
Prean Brummel
Lees
Gambrinus
Delphie
Terns Red
Gold Way
Pride of Woostock
Thelansman
Tudor
Glamor, Alpermarchen
Ficnawsy
Clara Huron
Alegra
Mieses Wins Many Games in Simultaneous Exhibition
German chess master Jacques Mieses of Leipsic played sixteen opponents at Rice Chess Club in a two hour and forty five minute session winning thirteen and losing two with one draw. Notable results included victories by Jackson and J London and a draw by J Young. New Year’s Eve saw Mieses beat nineteen Brooklyn Chess Club members, with several top players such as F. H. Sewail and A. J. Souweine among the victors. Multiple defeats listed for various players.
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Jacques Mieses
Leipsic
Rice Chess Club
Jackson
J. London
Herr Mieses
J. Young
J Fleischmann
R. ©. Connor
T. Dawson
H. Wallace
C. H. Ramsdell
Ss. T. Kemp
J. Marder
L. Kunen
H. W. Hammond
A. J. Danziger
Morris
M. Feudenheim
M. Elias
Brooklyn Chess Club
F. H. Sewail
Columbia
A. J. Souweine
A. (. Cass
W. M. Coleman
L. M. Stephens
Roy T. Black
Cornell
Magnus Smith
A. Lawrence
S H. Chittenden
S. T. King
Merkley
J. E. Randall
J. H. Norwood
Anderson
G. W. Tucker
J. H. Watson
H. W. Westerberg
F. B. Rosebault
C. A. J. Queckberner
Marksmen test at Bath Beach traps with 200 targets
Four gunners fired at Bath Beach traps of the Marine and Field Club yesterday. Each marksman shot 200 targets in strings of 25. W. H. Davol won the first hundred third event and H. A. Gubner, a new gunner there, took the second.
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Bath Beach
Marine and Field Club
W. H. Davol
H. A. Gubner
Marine and Field Cicb
Camerons And Brooklyns Tie In High Profile Football Match
About two thousand spectators witnessed a spirited association football game at Marquette Oval Brooklyn where the Cam erons holders of the New York Amateur Association Football League title met Brooklyn Football Club. The teams finished level two goals apiece after a tense second half with J P Stuart and A Hampson scoring for Brooklyn and W Cameron replying for the Camerons.
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Marquette Oval
Brooklyn
Camerons
New York
Brooklyns
J. P. Stuart
Cameron
A. Hampson
W. Crowe
W. Cameron
Philadelphia
Philadelphia Cricket Club
Wissahickon
Staten Island Football Club
A. van der Zee
B. Tabor
E. Lindell
C. B. Jennings
Staten Island
E. ¢. Jenkins
E. Dwyer
Columbia University
Some Holiday Golf Feature at Dyker Meadow Club
Amateur champion Jerome D Travers and W. R. Simmons won a four ball match by two up over J. M. Rhett and W. B. Rhett at Dyker Meadow Golf Club. Travers impressed with a notable 5. Handicap event drew 31 starters, C. J. Crookall took first prize, with a tie for second between F. J. Phillips and J. M. Rhett. Baltusrol Golf Club held a separate handicap with 70 starters. S. P. Davidge and A. S. Morrow won, and several net scores under 100 were listed including J. Crookall and T. Ennever.
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Jerome D. Travers
Rf. Simmons
J. M
W. B. Rhett
Dyker Meadow Golf Club
Travers
C. J. Crookall
F. J. Phillips
J. M. Rhett
Baltusto Golf Club
S. P. Davidge
A. S. Morrow
J. Crookall Gross
Ss. P. Davidge
S. Merrow
Bayard
T. c. Ennever
Trophy for M. Kessler Wins New Year's Bicycle Race
Martin Kessler of the Monroe Wheelmen won the twenty first New Year’s bicycle run from Columbus Circle to Yonkers and Tarrytown in 1 hour 2 minutes, lowering the record by two minutes and earning the Gerbereaux Cup. J Forsyth finished third after earlier beating Kessler last year.
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Martin Kessler
Monroe Wheelmen
Columbus Circle
59Th Street
Broadway
Yonkers
Tarrytown
Kessler
J. Forsyth
Forsyth
Charles Merent
Lake View Athletic Club
J. A. McKeever
J. Chicachee
J. Schanks
F. Rodgers
G. H. Fertsch
Arthur Harris
Brooklyn
Joseph Smith
New York City
Thomas Young
J. Roth
Roy
J. Golder
M. P. Gregory
P. C. Hendrik
Dobbs Ferry
F. W. Coffee
P. J. Beager
M. Kohn
S. Rein
W. Marks
M. Kessler
Monroe
Fast Run to Hounds on New Year in Hempstead
On New Year’s Day Meadow Brook Club members held a cross country run behind English fox hounds at East Williston. The fast pace over four miles included jumps at fences with several riders pulled out. Jack Rawlins fell but was uninjured enough to remount. finishers included W. R. Grace H. S. Page Mrs. James Burden Cornelia Bryce R. F. Pott and the two whips Lambert and Hannon.
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Hempstead
Long Island
Meadow Brook Club
East Williston
Roslyn
Taber Willetts Place
Townsend Estate
Robert Bacon Place
Parks
J. Phipps Place
Velsor Farm
Jack Rawlins
Mr. Rawlins
W. R. Grace
Samuel Willetts
H. S. Page
James Burden
Cornelia Bryce
R. F. Pott
Lambert and
Hannon
Cragin Brothers Win Fifth-Set Rally for Indoor Doubles Title
In the seventh regiment indoor tennis final Bryan and Clark defeated Calhoun Cragin and Arthur Cragin after a five set battle. The match swung with Bryan and Clark leading 5-2 in the third set but Cragin brothers forced a five-game rally to claim the set. Bryan and Clark finally prevailed 6-4 6-2 5-7 3-6 7-5.
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Bryan
Clark
7Th Regiment
Robert T. Bryan
Morris
Calhoun
Arthur S. Cragin
Cragin Brothers
Lark
Calhoun Cragin
Seventh Regiment
Arthur S.cragin
Bartenders under surveillance watch union drink rule
Scouts from the Bartenders Union visit cafés and saloons to ensure union men only order drinks when bartenders display the union emblem. The measures target non union drinkers, with scouts on duty for the next day or two and disciplinary actions to follow for offenders. Last evening some violators were reportedly caught and will be reported to their unions.
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Bartenders’ Union
Sportsmen's Show At Grand Central Palace Draws Crowds
Hundreds attend the Sportsmen's Show in the Grand Central Palace with record attendance. Ernest Seton Seton lectures to a packed upper-floor audience. A rifle tournament by the National Rifle Association features a crowded range with junior marksman contenders from Morris High Curtis High High School of Commerce and Stuyvesant High in ongoing competition for the challenge cup. A moose photography tale by Arthur Robinson details a nighttime paddling mishap ending with all four in the water and a ducking, underscoring the exhibition's adventurous spirit.
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Grand Central Palace
Ernest Thompson Seton
Seton
National Rifle Association
Greater New York
Morris High
Curtis High
High School of Commerce
Stuyvesant High
J. Ehrlich
J. H. Morgan
H. Byrnes
A. Garcid
Arthur Robinson
Robinson
Mr. Pratt
Dominick
Bateson
Germans May Row Here At Olympic Regatta
International interest grows as Germany likely to send two or three crews to the national regatta with part expenses covered. Americas selection headed by James Pilkington to name the U S team for Olympic races. Contenders include Bennett Durando Miller Greer and Fred Shepheard with Mercury Foot oarsman a near sure pick.
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Thames
England
Germany
Valdimir Sand
Potomac
America
Hellas Rowing Club
Berlin
United States
James Pilkington
National Association of Amateur Oarsmen
Bennett
Springfield Rowing
Durando Miller
New York Athletic Club
Frank B. Greer
Boston
Fred Shepheard
Seawanhaka Boat Club
Mercury Foot
Electric trolley line planned for B. and O. division
A semi official source says the northern B and O division from Butler to Kane, a 114 mile stretch, will be converted into an electric trolley line. The current maintenance and operation costs of the railroad are said to exceed the new project’s estimated expense.
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Butler, Penn
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
Kane
Penn
Crescent Athletic Club New Year's Trapshooting meet results
Honors were easy as Crescent Athletic Club hosted a New Year's trapshooting contest at Parkway Driving Club. G. Stephenson won the Holiday Cup after tying with A. Hendrickson and then prevailing in a shoot-off, while Palmer captained the 31 to 71 team win and many shooters posted high figures on a day of light conditions and 45 targets.
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Crescent Athletic Club
Dara
Parkway
Palmer
H. B. Vanderveer
J. P. Fairchild
N. Hubbard
F. B. Stephenson
J. McDermott
W. W. Marshall
E. €. Brower
L. M. Palmer
J. P Fairchild
Stephenson
Big New Year’s Day Trap Shoot Ties At Bergen Beach
Bergen Beach Gun Club hosted one of the year’s biggest shoots with more than forty marksmen. In the distance handicap sixteen to eighteen yards, George Kouwenhoven and L. Shorty tied for Class A with 44, A. L. Seymour led Class B at 41, and A. L. Burns won Class C with 39 from the 18‑yard line. H. W. Dreyer shot 131 of 125 targets across thirteen trophy events, leading the day’s scores.
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Bergen Beach
George Kouwenhoven
L. H. Shorty
A. L. Seymour
A. L. Burns
H. W. Dreyer
O Donohue Wins Holiday Cup at New York Athletic Club
At Travers Island the New York Athletic Club held a holiday trapshoot with nine gunners. J J O Donohue won the Holiday fixture with twenty four hits while E F Pelham topped the Souer trophy leg with twenty four. C W Billings led the January cup leg by breaking forty four of fifty. Other shooters tied for prizes in several twenty five third events.
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Travers Island
New York Athletic Club
Fred Pelham
J. J. O Donohue
E F. Pelham
Fred Hodgman
J. J. Donohue
Mr. Hodgman
Donohue, Jr
C. W. Billings
Mr. Billings
Cacao Crop in Ecuador Likely Down in Second Half
Guayaquil reports the cacao crop for the second six months of 137 will fall about 19,000 quintals from 196. Total output for the last half of 07 is 173,000 quintals with Arriba district at 73.53, Balao at 53,963, and Machala at 5.90. In 196, Arriba produced 99,710 quintals, Balao 54.90, Machala 2.78% quintals. A quintal equals 1 pound.
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Guayaquil
Arriba
Balao
Machala
Wanted Purchase Contract for 1908 Packard Limousine
Advertised notice seeks a purchase contract for a 1908 Packard limousine. Cash payment and strict confidentiality promised. Requesting full information, best net price, delivery date and point, correspondence to A. Box S32 Tribune Office.
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SS Ee
Tribune Office
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