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Newspaper
Townsend Messenger
Location
Townsend, Montana, United States of America
Date
Apr 02, 1896
Page
2
New York column notes Gen Weyler ban on reporters and other far flung items. It covers police praise for London's crime-free year, a Chicago dog panic, South Carolina phosphate gloom, a Santa Rosa heiress eloping with a drug clerk, and London lord mayor robes costing a bundle with a diamond chain.
California racing gossip centers on Pierre Wibaux the Montan a Plunger who has shaken bookies by turning quiet whispers into bets. He funds large sums through brokers and hopes to retire Domino to stud as he shifts from bold public bets to discreet commissions. Domino a celebrated 5 year old son of Himyar and Mannie Gray is retiring after a storied career. New entrants William C Whitney William Astor Chanler E D Morgan Joseph Widener and W S Hobart join a renewed high class racing push with planned spring stakes and a marquee circuit culminating at Gravesend and Coney Island.
Captain Anson outlines pennant possibilities for the Chicago, Baltimore, Boston and Cleveland clubs discussing rules changes and deals. A profile of Emanuel Lasker highlights his rise, early talent, Berlin birth, and 1889 Haupt-Turnier win, noting the St Petersburg match with Steinitz Pillsbury and Tehigorin.
A humorous pastiche recalls schoolmates from 1872 Johnny Fiske Nellie Fry Freddie Low Sammy Small Billy Sands and the narrator who laments his late life as a joke of fate The piece shifts to a New York World punch line about Mr Bunker Teeter and a quip about early speech and Job’s curse
A historical note discusses how evaluating superiority by age in horses each year could boost interest in the sport. It weighs the impact on competitions, breeding decisions, and fan engagement with yearly age classifications.
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