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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Dec 11, 1909
Page
17
Tudge Quinn claimed the Handicap with a strong run defeating Misa Premic and Balronia. BH Sheehan, racing first time this season, followed in third as 10 to 1 favorite Dusatisfied With Treatment Received faded from the field.
Report details multiple race outcomes across venues including Oakland and Jacksonville with odds, finish orders, and notable performances. Judges, riders, and horses named include Quinn, Titus, Rosslare, Pantoufle, Autumn Girl, Osorine, Forez, Charlotta Hamilton, Ben Howe, Enfield, and Geldtin among others. A Dead heat noted at one event and betting activity described as heavy with wagers.
Fragmented report lists numerous names and odds for multiple thoroughbred heats, with mixed results and partial outcomes. It mentions horses such as St Win and Berseue tu among many runners, but omits a coherent winner or final standings.
In a tight three horse finish at the handicap a favorite Enfield edged King Cobalt and Marchmont. Spectators saw a fierce drive as Go Four rode into the stretch with Enfield and rivals nose apart at the line.
A fragmentary racing card lists multiple races with horses and odds such as Banple Prince Charlie, Master Clarence, and King Cobalt. It records finishing positions, times, and bettors across several races, including selling and handicap events, with many OCR errors obscuring details.
In Tampa on December 1, nose finishes and a dead heat highlighted the card with Oporine and Ferez crossing together, Hirtechell closing from behind, and Autumn Girl upsetting the big odds. Five races featured upsets as favorites faltered and fresh contenders rose, with brief notes on each race's top finishers and notable odds.
A dense OCR fragment lists numerous names, horses, and locations including Jacksonville, Tampa, and various person and horse names. The readable items resemble a race entry or program but lack coherent narrative or outcomes. No dates, results, or clear event identification are present.
Two fast basketout games are set for the YMCA gymnasium tonight. The Azaneke tion Reserves face Foundry Church, while Central Regulars meet Southwest Branch Associa tion teams. Both leagues chase Class A leadership in the Washington City League, promising a fast, hard night.
A Norfolk bound express struck Samuel Barnes aged 1 and his 12 year old brother near Princess Anne Station on the New York Philadelphia and Norfolk line as they walked home from school. The infant died at the scene while the older boy was severely injured. Their father Samuel F Barnes, a Kings Creek farmer, is from the area. A separate Newport News incident reports 6 year old rail worker Frank B Coffey killed in a switching yard while heading to his engine. jury returns verdict of accidental death.
Alexandria Elks Dramatic Club presented a farce titled A Modern Anamiag to raise funds for distributing provisions to the city’s poor at Christmas. Harry Fleischmann starred as Little Tootsey-Wootsey with a large audience and songs interjected. The charity fund expected a sizable contribution from the performance.
Charles G Biggs a former editor of the Hagerstown Herald and Republican politician died of paralysis at his Sharpsburg home aged 50 He served as Sharpsburg burgess and held Maryland legislature seats He earlier worked in the first comptroller office and Treasury Department and led horticultural groups He helped found An fletam National Cemetery and Free mingsnn. Annapolis Md Dec 10 Henry White former Maryland Electric Railway employee killed by a company car at a stafford platform corner case shows coroner’s verdict of accidental death He was seated at platform edge with legs dangling. no stop signal.
Special to The Washington St Hagerstown Md Dec 10 the Indiana monument commission awarded a $10 000 grant monument contract to a Chambersburg firm to erect a memorial on Antietam battlefield in memory of Indiana soldiers killed at the battle the structure will stand on the Mulber bloody cornfield along the Hagerstown turnpike
Thomas P Thomas of this county has been granted an absolute divorce from Elizabeth Thomas by Judge Henderson. The couple had been in dispute over separation and residence with final decree issued in the Maryland county.
Dec 10 E P Walls of Kent County is appointed instructor of botany at the Maryland Agricultural College. The announcement notes a new academic appointment at the college in College Park Maryland.
Special to The Washington Post from Asheville North Carolina December 19 Rev W T Hawkins called terror of moonshiners presented three copper still remnants to Webster County commissioners to claim reward under state law for capturing stills The $60 was paid Moonshiners fear him and avoid conflict due to his popularity with locals
The Forsyth State Normal College raises 1000 dollars for the Meiver memorial fund to aid girls with limited means seeking study. Dr McFver’s Winston school class plans scholarships in her honor. A Stokes county farmer receives a letter and photo from his son Sid Love who had been living in Virginia since. An air tight beans can explosion injures Miss Hosa Holmes in Salisbury. Andrew Jackson lodge No 4 Masons forms in Salisbury with HB Neave named worshipful master.
The will of late Newton Ogdin former West Virginia state treasurer was proved at Parkersburg. He left real and personal estate to wife Elizabeth Ogdin. He owned property in Wood and Pleasant counties. Two deaths reported in Clarksburg from accidents. Fran's Wine driver fatally hurt as horses ran away on Water Street. Drown H Enoth, 19, of Aalington, killed by a B&O freight train near Central Dybig in a Clarksburg hospital. Judge Burdett of Charleston to push Kanawha county Jail investigation after statements by Tila Clarke about sixteen weeks’ incarceration alleging jailer and inmate abuse. Martinsburg Lodge of Elks closed a deal to gain possession of Dr John Snodgrags’s home for lodge headquarters.
Charles East sixteen of Friendsville was killed by an accidental gun discharge while rabbit hunting with William Cal Yer fifteen near a cave in Garrett county. W F Daugherty of Big Pool, son of William M Daugherty of Hagerstown, was seriously injured after falling from a freight train en route to a wreck at Jadigo tunnel near Pearre on the Western Maryland Railroad, landing in the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal with serious head lacerations and internal injuries. Thomas Cutt, a musician from Hagerstown, was summoned to New York by telegram from his sister Miss Eleanor Cutty of the band the Six Musical Cuttys who recently returned from Europe after engagements and an operation in a New York hospital.
Harpers Ferry reports the sudden death of Arthur Moser Ross a quarry worker aged 80 from heart trouble. He served in Virginia Lodge No 1 100 and left a wife and several children. Keyser mourns Capt John W Keys with long Berkeley county roots and Civil War service, later a legislator and builder of the Keys House. Also noted: Justice O Eakin aged 93 sheriff of Wetzel county died en route to Mount Clemens for rheumatism, survived by deputy sheriff Jess Eakin and Ross Eakin of the geological survey.
Rockville December reports two weddings: Miss Elsie May Smith aged 1 and Frank Asbury Church a widower of 40 both from Alexandria Virginia wed at the minister’s home in Rockville with Rev R White officiating. Also Miss Katherine Mae Lovelace and Joseph Christopher Flester, both of Washington, married at the minister’s home. Nearby Lay Hill couples Miss Mattie Littlefield and William P Hunter wed at Grace Episcopal rectory in Woodside. In Hagerstown John Kinkhart, an architect, married Emma Ann Knott in Herkimer New York. Miss Bessie M Ridge wed Edward B Smith at his Edgemont home. Mrs Harriet Lawrence Squier of New York and Rev George P Mayo wed in Yonkers at St John’s Church. Mayo oversees Blue Ridge Episcopal missions in Virginia.
Danville dispatch notes Silas Ware aged 60 died at his home near Danville of paralysis. He was blind and long served as superintendent of the Providence Baptist Sunday School in Fredericksburg. Also reported are the death of Mrs M E Rimer formerly Miss Charlotte Hall in St Louis, and Mrs Rebecca Lewis Martin widow of John Martin of Caroline county dying at her daughter’s home in Orangeburg after fingering fines.
Virginia brief reports Lynchburg women withdrew a petition asking Gov Swanson to commute Angela Hamilton's February electrocution for the murder of Mrs Hicks. The jury reportedly signed, but court officials refused to grant the commutation. The piece also notes local council appropriations for schools and other regional items.
Norfolk Va Dec 10 The second pellagra death in two weeks occurred here today Annie Mules a four colored woman is the victim The first victim was a white woman in South Norfolk Other cases are now under treatment in Norfolk Great Bridge and at Virginia Beach Carter Glass Hart Special to The Washington Post Lynchburg Va Dec 10 Representative Carter Glass ran to catch a street car, stumbled in his jet leg, not serious but likely to impair him for some time
Mrs Susan Graham Clark, wife of Chief Justice Wallarit and only daughter of the late Secretary of the Navy William Graham, dies at home after pneumonia illness. She leaves George Washington with seven children, including son Willon, and is survived by brothers Joseph A. Graham, James A. Graham, Augustus W. Graham, and William Graham. her mother is Miss Mashington of Newhein.
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