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Newspaper
The Silver Messenger
Location
Challis, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Feb 24, 1903
Page
3
A tavern yarn by a sailor recounts dreams that foretell a wreck and a rescue aboard the Cultivator and Cutwater. He narrates a plan to marry Delia after a voyage to New York, Bud Bleecker’s schemes, and a dramatic night at sea ending with a perilous rescue and the Cutwater’s fate.
In Sacramento at Second and J streets two historic buildings once hosted early California political power. The Magnolia saloon once run by Baldy Johnson and the Rhoads Townsend House stood as centers for deals, mob justice, and dramatic lynchings. The 1850s riots saw public executions and a mob outcry, including the staged hangings tied to grand larceny and political intrigue.
Ed Gaylor was chosen to drive Cresceus in the World’s Champion $6,000 wagon race at Memphis in October. The event is a free for all trot over mile heats with top trotters from around the world, and Gaylor aims to set a new world record. Other entrants include McKerron, Lord Derby, Tue Monk, and Ancella, with Gaylor to use his Terre Haute road wagon.
Egan of Exmoor Country club Highland Park wins Western golf title at Wheat on in a thirty seven hole final against cousin Walter Egan of Lake Geneva. Egan fights every inch to claim the honor and cements his status as the premier golfer in the West and among the best in the country.
William Juneau will captain the Wisconsin football eleven this fall. Coach Kipatrick says Wisconsin will not field as strong a team as last year due to many star players lost and few substitutes. He notes Stagg has a good batch of freshmen this year and contrasts Madison’s smaller group with Marshall Field’s bigger pool. Southern racing circuit revival anticipates a busy fall and winter with Bobby Walthour and Jack Prince in Atlanta and many cities hosting coliseum tracks.
The British team defeated the Americans by twelve points and the Canadians by eighty six at the Rockliffe rifle range in Ottawa Canada to win the Palma trophy. USA Lieut Holcomb won the medal for highest individual score. Gardiner, the Lowell pugilist, seeks bigger games and eyes a fight with Fitzsimmons or Jeffries, with Root a potential return match.
Eddie Bald, the renowned cyclist nicknamed the Ddiercle champion, plans to race in Europe against the fastest foreigners at Parc des Princes this fall. He has ridden the National circuit all summer, showing speed and discipline, hoping to win despite current champions. Lipton Eyes Earlier America's Cup Race Date
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