Champlain Handicap at Saratoga Highlights Molly Brant Victory
Molly Brant led a crowded Saratoga Champlain Handicap day card, romping to victory in the Champlain by four lengths as Dolly Spanker set the pace. Lochinvar, Workman and Kate Caffrey followed in strong showings with several favorites among the winners, including Toscan and Short Hose. Heavy track conditions influenced results across six races with Molly Brant one of the day’s standout performers.
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Dolly Spanker
Odom
Claude
Toscay
Short Hose
Workman
Lochinvar
Kette Caffrey
Homestead
Keynote
Headmaster
Toscan
Fuller
Proper
H Cadran
Marjoram
Jones
King Pepper
James V
Little Johnson
Thistie Heather
Martin
Cottage Maid
Hildebrand
Prince Ching
Ballver Foot
Petit Maltre Alec
Shaw
Work- Man
Incense
McCafferty
Mejor Daingerfield
Reservation
Major Daingerfield
Kate Caffrey
Fall Reveler
Cochran
Charedella
Vercos
Rosemary Kane Orega
Linda Rosa
Sperling
Plexim
the Messenger
Bymettus
James F
Andy Williams
Fo San
Caulifower
the World
Southampton
Prince of Elm
Yiona
Bells of
Stalwart
Pasadena
Easy Street
Old England
Jane Holly
Blele L
Pronta
Agnes D
Allan
Doctor Loder
Jack DeMund
Naughty Lady
Briarthorpe
Gaviota
Red Light
Agcetth
Legie
Derry
Sufferance
Old Stone Best In Handicap At Fair Grounds
Old Stone proved the best in the feature at one mile and a sixteenth, winning by a head over Toby Tosa with His Worship and Aggie Lews among the favorites. Track was heavy and lumpy. Other races listed include Mis Worship, Cres certon, Barley a Dream, Toby Tosa, Aggie Lewla, Athel toma, and Howling Dervish with multiple entries and times noted. Tomorrow’s entries announced for six races with numerous horses named across selling and handicap events.
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St. Louis
Fair Grounds
Old Stone
Toby Tosa
Worship
Aggie Lews
Dale
Jack Moran
F Booker
Accond
Ollie Burnett
Swat Piet
Durrows
Tuckapaw
Brida
Darcy
Topsoil
Lady Felix
St Agnes
Hourke Cochran
Young
Avoid
D Austin
Vulcan
H Anderson
Becundus
Feronia Sanctiss Ma
North Wind
Indy Moore
Little Corker
Pyrrho
Worthington
Steve
Howell
Foley
Wecond
Jack Young
Jod
Risa
Aggle Lewla
CH. Anderson
G To
Lady Strathmore
D. Austin
Pte
Aline
T. Dean
Catherine Knox
Lady Hasbrouck
Fannette
Maghonl
Kiss Quick
Lyriat
Mia Greapon
Santa Ventura
Atheltoma
J Conway
Howling Dervish
J. Dale
Jerry Hust
Anderson
Lansdown
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Doctor Scharf
Bensanhurez
Etd Velasquezale
Seiling
Aten
Monogram
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Brooklyn
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Torlo
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Kennington
Bel Coeur
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Fruit
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Helen Hay
Feronla
Flora Willoughby
Varna Fongo
Glennevin
Athena
Missendine
Sting
Bright Flower
Broodier
Albany
Ives
Holster
Robin Hood Wins at Hawthorne in Tight Finish Race
Heavily backed favorite Robin Hood edged Marco and Haingult to win the third race at Hawthorne. Katie Zitt won the first race as a late backer failed to place. The program also listed six other races with runners and times, and tomorrow’s entries for seven races across steeplechase, flat, and additional events.
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Lady Free Knight
Illuminate
Wetherfields
Dutch Barbara
Light Brigade
Christine A
Professor Neville
Money
Hawthorne
Chicago
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Katie Zitt
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Raviana
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Togo
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Orfeo
Henry
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Plautus
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Lov
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Subtle
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John Smulski
Helgesen
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Pirabelle
Fair Allen
Bob Franklin
Charlie Miller
Tom Maybin
Cyprienne
Allce Virgie
Helgergen
Fading Light
Dominique You
Evander
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Captain North
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May Elliott
Useful Lady
Matador
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Trompeuse
My Alice
Golden Mineral
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Baywood
Julia M
the Forum
Joe Frey
the Fog
Langford James
San Remo
Apple
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Major T J, Carson
King Hilsworth
Poncasta
Dalvay
Mob Attacks Sheriff and Deputies in Snow Hill Riot
A mob in Snow Hill Maryland attempted to seize prisoners from Sheriff Lankford while escorting them from Magistrate Rowndee office to the county jail. Eight white men and four colored men were jailed after refusing road labor or payment of seventy five cents. The sheriff and deputies repelled the crowd with vigorous action, fighting to defend the prison doors amid a tense confrontation.
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Snow Hill
Washington
Sharif Lankford
Rowndee
Lankford
Policeman Narrowly Escapes as Waugh Fires
Special to The Washington Post from Norfolk Virginia describes a dramatic confrontation at Pinners Point where railroad brakeman W W Waugh opened fire on County Policeman Hubbard during an attempted arrest. Hubbard retreated into a store but Waugh fired repeatedly and fled on an outbound freight train.
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Washington Post
Norfolk
W W. Waugh
Pinners Point
Hubbard
Waugh
Mussel a Slow Traveler in Nature’s Odd Race
From Country Life in America, a humorous note on mussels as the slowest movers among sea creatures. The mussel climbs by black threads and gelatinous spray, leaving old threads as markers, often inching up wharf piles as time drags. It asks whether a mussel could cover a mile in a year, suggesting it would win a slow race.
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America
The Panama Brook and a Sailor’s Verse Mix
A Wallace Irwin poem in Life satirizes panama travel and tropical disease. It riffs on shifting routes, political figures, and the prospect of yellow fever while jesting about labor and sanitation. The piece ends with a plug for Hood’s Sarsaparilla as a cure.
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Wallace Irwin
Hood
RockvilleMontgomery Fair Opens With Big Washington Turnout
Special from Rockville Md August 23 opening of the fifty first Montgomery County Agricultural Society fair draws large crowds under ideal weather. Exhibits run to four days with a strong poultry section, livestock displays and a full race program including a special for horses owned in the city.
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James T. Bagley
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J H Mehring & Co
Littlestown
W. K. Biiely
Jacob Poss & Son
Warmers’ Supply Company
Silver Spring
Eobert & Co
Frederick
Farmers’ Supply Company
E. Quincymith
Washington
Baltimore and Ohio Road
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Tody
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Joe D
Dan D
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W. Va
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Washington, D. C
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Alexandria
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Locomotive Falls Into River After Rail Split
The Baltimore and Ohio yard engine No 1111 derailed on a Lake trestle and plunged into the Potomac River. Fireman Frank Kooken of Piedmont died from injuries. engineman William Franklin sustained serious but non fatal injuries. The wreck resulted from a split rail and the engine was completely demolished.
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Lake
Potomac River
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Piedmont
Wilam Franklin
Kooken
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Keyser
Kookenm
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Order of
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Prisoner Dies of Sunstroke in North Carolina
Charlotte, Aug 22 David Kennedy a black man sent to the chain gang last week for larceny died from sunstroke today. Kennedy was convicted of stealing about $60 the property of a woman named Alice Young.
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Charlotte
N.C
David Kennedy
Kennedy
Alice Young
Alexandria City Council Weighs Electric Franchise The vote on the franchise sparks a dispute and street upgrades emerge.
The Alexandria City Council adjourned its last regular meeting by noon on September 1. Officers debated the Electric Railway Company current rights and the mayor vetoed a kitchen permit. A new sewer and street work were approved and flagmen were ordered at Henry Street crossings. The session included re elections of officials and a city-wide paving push.
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King Street
Alexandria
John Crilly
Columbia Street
Leadbeater
Crilly
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Payne Street
Duke Street
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Patrick Streets
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Electric Railway Company
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Mount Vernon
Way Company
King
Committee On
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