High Prices Paid for Fast Horses at Harlem Meets
The American Horse Breeder traces historic horse price records from ancient times to the Bell Boy sale at $53,500 and later auctions of Arion and Axell. It notes prices reflect more than utility, tied to love of horses and status. A program of summer stakes for Harlem and Chicago tracks is announced, with twelve events and added money up to $7,500 each, entries due February 10.
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Solomon
Ypt
Robert Bonner
S&s
America
Belloy
Bell Boy
Axtell
Arion
Mstago
Harlem Key Club
Hansen
Washington Park
Harlem
Ichicago
Seria
Austhia Setae
Riverside Selling Stakes and Related Races Details
The notice lists stakes amounts for several horse races including Riverside Selling Stakes with $2,000 added, 1% miles, and other events such as Petit stakes for fillies $1.0 added, Graduate stakes for colts and geldings at five furlongs, and Proviso selling stakes at five and a half furlongs. Additional midsummer and fall stakes close in July. A new one mile time course treads as part of ar lem's year innovations. The steeplechase course has been rebuilt, horsemen cottages erected, and twenty acres acquired for paddocks and pasture. Harlem season will run forty three days with $2,000 in stakes and purses promised.
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Riverside
Arlem
Audubon Handicap Upset at New Orleans Race Meet
Tayon's defeat in the Audubon handicap worth 1230 to the winner dealt a blow to Gay as the heavy favorite led early but Alard edged ahead in a desperate stretch drive. Amigari Velma Clark were other beaten favorites. John W. Schorr signed Lucius Lyne for the coming season. Weather cool and clear, track fast. Winners and odds: Levey 3, Sir Florian 4 to 5, Marie Bell 1, Alard 6 to 1, Predereich 16 to 5, W. B. Gates even.
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New Orleans
Tayon
Gay
Alard
Amigari
Velma Clark
John W. Schorr
Lucius Lyne
Levey
Sir Florian
Marie Bell
Prederich
W. B. Gates
Sensation at Oakland as The Giver likely poisoned
In Oakland the race day shock arose after The Giver, expected to win the fourth race, appeared poisoned and was scratched. A veterinary examination follows while owner Charles Boots and officials investigate. Water Scratch was today’s favorite at 1 to 6 with Plead upset in race one at 6 to 1.
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San Francisco
Oakland
Giver
Charles Boots
Water Scratch
Plead
Kitty Kelly
Malaise
Finch
Thaddeus
Constellator
Duckey
Writ restrains police raid on poolroom in St Louis
Judge Ryan issued a temporary injunction delaying police action against the Southern Telegraph and Money Order Company offices, accused of running a poolroom contrary to law. The order stays until a final decision within about thirty days. if gambling is proven, the injunction will be dissolved.
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ST. Louis
Ryan
Southern Telegraph and Money Order Company
In Junction
Derby Date Moved to May 3 by Louisville Club
Louisville officials announce that the Kentucky Derby date is shifted from May 1 to May 3 by the New Louisville Jockey Club to provide Nashville two days in the event schedule. The change affects attendees and participants planning for the premier race in Louisville.
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Louisville
Louisville Jockey Club
Nashville
Kentucky Futurity purse and trotting horse notes from era
The Kentucky Futurity for foals of 1902 carries an $11,000 purse. Belle Kuser is touted as Maryland's fastest trotting mare. Sphinx remains a notable aged trotter while Cresceus breaks records and plans a Toledo stud debut. Duplicates of Nutwood progeny dominate early stud lists, signaling a shift toward trotting lineages and new syndicate activity in New Orleans and Chicago.
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Kentucky
Maryland
New Orleans
Ead
George H. Ketcham
Mocking Bird
C. J. Hamlin
National Trotting Association
New York
John H. Shults
Enoch Wishard
J. W. Drake
Chicago
John Huggins
W. C. Whitney
Richard Croker
Hot Springs
George Arnold
John Spian
Terre Haute
Ind
Spian
George Ketcham
California
Silver Bow
Robert McGregor
Cresceus
Dallas
Toledo
M. H. Ticheneor
Louis Newgass
G. W. Poolecarte Blanche
O'Brien
St. Louis
Fizer & Co
Nutwood
Cuban Central rail line work advances to Santiago
Alfred Mitchell, veteran railroad contractor, reports ties from the Southern States for the Cuba line from Santiago to Santa Clara. About 5,000 workers in five localities toil as 39 miles of track are laid and 35 miles graded amid a rainy season. major stockholders include Sir William Van Horne and William C. Whitney. the Cuban Central project faces weather delays and labor conditions largely Cuban and Spanish with some American help.
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New Orleans
Cuba
Santiago
Sir Wiliam van Horne
Canadian Pacific
William C. Whitney
New York
Santa Clara
Santo Domingo
Island
United States
Railroad to Havana link advances under Cuba plan
The Santiago line, soon to connect with United Railroads of Havana, requires full rights of way and will cut through a rich, gumbo soil region with cane thriving. Bridges stretch up to 620 feet, 614 feet. Fifteen thousand tons of rails are en route as favorable weather aids track laying, though completion by June next year is questionable due to labor shortages.
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Ican Company
Cubs
Santiago
United Railroads of
Havana
Foraker
Cuba
Victory for S. H. 8 basketball clash concludes
The Y M C A dominated the second half in a clear victory over Butler. Ovid Butler scored from midfield twice as the Y M C A built a comfortable lead while Butler showed signs of poor training. The final tally featured Fleming Ryse Harden Hester McGaughey Pritchard and Murray among the scorers with several fouls and missed attempts recorded.
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Ovid Butler
Butler
Ryse
Pritchard
Fleming
Murray
Duffin Pritchard
Huggins Harden
McGaughey
Longley
Bates
Bates and Huggins
Gavin
Mehring
Harden
Hester
Huggins
Duffin
Second Y M C A Basketball Team Gears for Games
The second Y M C A basketball team, with Captain Bauman who has played on the first team, is the city’s second best and has shown strong teamwork. Players include M Rominger, H Rauch, R Bauman, Co Dyer, W Geckler, R Fogarty, F Nichols, and W Rominger. The squad, formed this season with several players under age for the first team, plans preliminary games against the first Y M C A team and seeks matchups with Shortridge M T H 8 Butler German House and other outside teams.
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Bauman
Shortridge
Butler
M. Rominger
H. Rauch
R. Bauman
Co. Dyer
W. Geckler
R. Fogarty
F. Nichols
W. Rominger
Yale Defeats Western Reserve In Cleveland Tilt
Yale basketball team beat Western Reserve University 25 to 14 in Cleveland. The victory came from Yale’s superior teamwork though Reserve was more accurate from the field. Captain Prendergast’s foul line misses cost Western Reserve eight points.
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Cleveland
Yale
Western Reserve University
Clevelanders
Prendergast
Reserve
Cincinnati Y M C A Beats Purdue 40 to 21 in Basketball
The Cincinnati YMCA basketball team defeated Purdue University 40 to 21. Purdue’s trip south has been disastrous with three losses in eight games.
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Cincinnati
Cincinnati Y. M
Purdue University
Purdue
Lee Leads as Marion Bowlers Trail in Fraternal League Race
Lee of the Washingtons moves to the top of the Marion bowling averages, overtaking Cooper and Brown of Marion who hold second and third. A Fraternal Bowling League meeting in Phoenix building Room 4 at 2 30 pm discusses forming eight clubs with Masons and Maccabees potential additions and schedule plans to start within a week or ten days.
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Marion
Phoenix
Masons
Maccabees
Odd Fellows
Failey Second In Shortridge Bowling League Championship
James Randall won the individual championship as the Shortridge Bowling League ended its season last week with Failey in second place. Randall and Herbert Wagner aim to form a new league among Shortridge students with prizes to be offered. League averages list multiple players and teams including Delectables and Mayers.
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James Randall
Shortridge
Failey
Randall
Herbert Wagner
Delectables
Mayers
Appel
Delectables - Vonnegut
Trentons Kearney
Hoot Mons
Ketcham
Nico
Central Bowling Club Holds Annual Holiday Party
The Central Bowling Club ladies hosted their annual bowling party at the Germania House. Decorations featured holly with favors tied by red ribbon and small silver bells. Prizes went to Mrs Charles Off, Mrs Sig Armstrong, Mrs Theodore Hatfield, Mrs Dc Piel, and several gentlemen including Mr Frank Brandt Mr Rapp Mr C Koelling Mr F Kotteman Mr Charles Off and Mr Charles Field.
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Central Bowling Club
Germania House
Charles Off
Sig. Armstrong
Theodore Hatfield
Dc. Piel
Frank Brandt
Rapp
C. Koelling
F. Kotteman
Charles Field
Cascos IX The Philippines Manila Critic
The casco is a bamboo hooded boat used by Filipino river crews for coast and river transport in Manila. It measures seventy to ninety feet, carries five to ten men, and moves with bamboo poles. Rent and pay vary, with a peso daily wage and rentals from fifteen to forty pesos.
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Manila
Liverpool
New York
Chicago
Manila Bay
Bataan
Philippines
Casco
Casco Dwellers and the Theft Problem in Manila Waters
The casco district is depicted as a primitive, lawless hub where American soldiers and fortune seekers profited during wartime. It supplied unloading and mustering needs, with rentals soaring and the government paying the high cost. Casco is portrayed as a hideout for thieves, likened to water rats in global ports, and warned that modern lighters may replace its role.
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Casco
Manila
America
Pasig
Aerial tournament planned for St Louis world fair
St Louis officials announced an aerial navigation tournament as a major feature of the exposition. Four classes cover balloon construction aerial voyages military ballooning and aerial navigation with prize money between 150000 and 200000. A traveling organizations building costing about 100000 will serve as a central headquarters for commercial travelers.
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ST. Louis
Aerostatics
Department of Transportation
Travelers’ Protective Association
United States
California hospitality shines in a stranger’s tale in New York Times
A New York Times reader recounts California kindness from Sacramento to Pasadena. She describes strangers sharing roses, peppers, seats, and guidance with warmth. The visit culminates in a rose carnival at the opera house where locals treated guests with hospitality, and California delegates welcomed strangers with lavish displays.
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California
Sacramento
Pasadena
San Francisco
Texas Solving a Problem at Big Plantation Plan
The Omaha Bee discusses Texas proposing to settle convict labor by buying a large plantation to employ prisoners in cane growing and sugar making. It argues convict labor would face limited competition and that national productive capacity may fail to meet demand.
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Omaha Bee
Texas
Waiting Wages Arise From Striking Men Policy
In the Brooklyn Eagle editorial voice the piece laments a new problem of demanding waiting wages for workers put out by strikes. It questions the value of work if idle workers receive pay for not working, critiquing the logic and consequences of such policy.
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Brooklyn Eagle
Mrs Waggener Buys Morris Chair. Bill Arrives Early
In Atchison, Mrs B P Waggener bought her husband a Morris easy chair as a Christmas gift and kept the purchase secret. The bill, charged to Mr Waggener, arrived before the chair itself, delaying the festive surprise.
St Louis Ground Breaks for Exposition Again
The Chicago Record-Herald notes St. Louis has once more broken ground for its exposition project and hopes that only the ground will break, not the city's prospects.
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Chicago
Six Day Bicycle Race Ends in Fist Fight and Riot
McFarland and Maya won the six day race at Parksquare Garden with Leander and Rutz second. A last sprint sparked a spill and a near riot as riders, trainers, and spectators clashed after the tape. Referee Kelsey urged an NCAA probe into what officials called a disgraceful scene.
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Boston
Parksquare Garden
McFarland
Maya
Freeman
Gongoltz
Leander
McLean
King
Chevalier
Fischer
Krebs
Keegan
Muller
Jaak
Rutz Freeman
Munroe
Samuelson
Gougoltz
Simar
Butler
Jack
Kelsey
New England
Board of Control
Will Stinson
Pedestrian race leads as Tracey challenges Shelton at West End Coliseum
St Louis report shows Tracey, Shelton, Cartwright and Noremac in front after twenty four hours in the three mile heel and toe walk. Tracey appears strongest among the leaders, with a likely head to head clash with Shelton. Hoagland beat Donovan in 22 14 at night, with midday scores listing top contenders and points totals.
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ST. Louis
West End Coliseum
Shelton
Tracey
Cartwright
Noremac
William Hoagland
M. Donovan
Hart
Leestein
Hegelman
Cavanaugh
Richardson
Kid West
Fleming
Guerrero
Nat Herreshoff Plans New Ninety Foot Defender
Anticipating an international yacht race, Captain Nat Herreshoff reportedly plans a ninety footer to defend the America's Cup against Sir Thomas Lipton's Shamrock II. No orders issued and no decision to drop the Columbia or Constitution yet, but Herreshoff eyes the future as in 1900.
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Bristol
R. L
Nat Herreshoff
Thomas Lipton
Herreshoft
Richmond Defeats Anderson in Roller Polo Derby
Special to the Indianapolis Journal from Richmond Indiana report that Richmond beat Anderson 6 to 3. The victory puts Richmond in the lead of the state championship series.
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Indianapolis Journal
Richmond
Ind
Anderson
Wrestlers Sam Murburger Ed Steinmere Meet at Tomlinson Hall
The event outlines a wrestling bout between Sam Murburger and Ed Steinmere to be held at Tomlinson Hall on Tuesday evening. Northwestern University has offered W. J. Highland, the Purdue trainer, to oversee the athletes.
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Sam Murburger
Ed Steinmere
Tomlinson Hall
Northwestern University
Purdue
W. J. Highland
Paris
Cambridge
Yale
New York
Jenkins
Dan McLeod
Tom Jenkins
Harry Hodge
University of Pennsylvania
Ann Arbor
University of Michigan
Ecurt
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