Two-Year-Old Debut Outsider Captures New Year Handicap
At New Orleans Fair Grounds on January 1 a two year old raced debut win. Weight and a faint heart upset favorite Ben Hodder in the New Year Handicap, with Hallowmas proving best at 12 to 1 among Derby candidates. Glen Roy and Phil Finch were the only winning favorites.
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Fair Grounds
Glen Ray
Phil Finch
New Orleans
Newton Bennington
Glen Roy
Deere
Oneill
Ben Hodder
Milagelling
Schoharie
Hannibal Bey
Paul Clifford
Whipperwill
Simplicity
J. W. O'Neil
Beechwood
Verness
Pioeelsihs
Stoner Hum
Jerry Weinberg
Buttercup
Ethel Reid
Joe Colson
Third Alarm
Bitter Hand
Black Garters
Hack
Mamie K
Bertmont
Rta
Creole Girl
Jack Hardy
Miss Hytes
Lucy Mare
Blackburn
Honking Bee
King Leopold
Lieber
Rola
Hamilcar
Stockwood
Bitter Brown
Horseradish
St. Valentine
Torchelle
Macbeth
de Gro
Frank Schram
Black Hand
Laserk
Glad Pirate
Bemay
Helen Lucas
Duchess of Montebello
New Year's on Speedway At Potomac crowds pack half mile race
Two thousand spectators attended the New Year matinee at Potomac Speedway on New Year’s Day. Events included a best two in three pace for five horses with Spalpeen Bedford Boy Robin Hood Buckshot and Bil McKinley, followed by a second heat won by Bedford Boy. A trot open in half mile heats saw Howard O Nicola with Nicola winning. Exhibition heats featured Greenline and Marion Wilkes as a pacing show. Officials included judges Gheen White Bond and starter E Taylor.
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Potomac Speedway
Spalpeen
Bedford Boy
Robin Hood
Hedford Boy
Buckshot
Bil McKinley
Spaipeen
Bill McKinley
Nicola
Howard O
Bonnie Corbin
Charles Wertzel
Howard QO
Walter Cogswell
Eleventh Street
Bedford Bay
Marrow
Acker
Keene
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Barker
Anderson
Sie
Albert G. Brooks
Portland
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Corbin
Weitzel
Charles McDermott
Mr. McDermott
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Deanne
Jamen Bean
Edna Wilkes
John H. Gheen
Charles White
Thomas M. Bond
Henry Copperthite
B. F. McCaulley
W. H. Richardson
HE. E. Taylor
Jockey badly injured at New Orleans race meet
A crowded City Park program saw seven races with heavy betting. Horses Ben sonhurst and Annie Davis emerged as long shots winners. Harry Stephens won the New Year’s Handicap by a head over Attilla. four steeplechase falls occurred, with Slack suffering a serious concussion and critical condition.
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City Park
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Harry Stephens
Attilla
Slack
Sweet Jane
Big Bow
Tapiole
Little Wallie
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Glisten
Brown Wall
Bassanio
Daleshed
Little George
Bonart
Little Boot
Merry Leap Year
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Frank Flesher
Rule B
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Flying Pappoose
McIntyre
New Amsterdam
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Onyx I
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Redlands
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Attia
Mies Rible
Sailor Boy
Foreigner
Layson
Emergency
Brush Up
Shawane
Devout
Lucy Young
Astarita
Mint | Boy
Bensonhuret
Webherfields
Nerel
Begonia
Gua Lanka
Vardant
Alcantara
Clique
Fiasco
Tarps
Pip
Frances Dillon
Beecher
Cambridge
Cadoletla
Brushton
Padre
Kite Tail
Mabel Hollander Wins 100 to 1 First Race at Ascot
New Year's Day racing at Ascot features surprises as two year old fillies race. Mabel Hollander wins at 100 to 1 by a length over Blanche C. Red Damsel takes the opening race. Rubric wins the Rose Selling Stakes as the crowd clocks fast times across six races.
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Los Angeles
Ascot
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Blanche C
Red Damsel
Rubric
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Freeslan
Homestead
Myrtle H
Retador
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Pyrrho
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Proper Wins 4A New Year Handicap at Oakland
In a record crowd at Oakland Proper today won the New Year Handicap with Gregor K second and Lubin third. Gregor K set the pace and Cal laghan chased as the field closed in the stretch leaving only a length and a half between first and last. Lubin encountered interference and Dr Legyeo faded from the stretch mix.
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Gregor K
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Thorough horse racing card with multiple venues and results
A dense list of race results from New Orleans and Oakland tracks includes six to seven furlong outcomes on the Futurity course and a New Years Handicap. Proper leads in the fourth race at one and one eighth miles, while six other contests provide winners, second places, and times. A separate note shows a Baltimore YMCA team seeking rival reserves for basketball games, listing weight class 125 to 149 pounds and contact details.
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In and Real
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N. B. Faltz
East Franken Street
Ball Player Bonner Dead in Kansas City
Frank Bonner a 41 year old professional baseball second baseman died in a Kansas City hospital from blood poisoning linked to quinsy. He played twenty years in the majors with Orioles Louisville Kansas City and other clubs. His wife, despondent over Kansas City's poor showing, killed herself last summer. his brother resides in Worcester Massachusetts.
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Frank Bonner
Baltimore Orioles
Louisville
Secon
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Qgriole
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Scranton
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JAP TO WRESTLE SOLDIER AT WASHINGTON BARRACKS
Owens Phillips a private in the Engineer Corps will wrestle Prof T Uechimura at the Washington Barracks gym Thursday night using jiu jitsu and catch as catch can styles. A good showing could lead to engagements in Baltimore. Phillips has strong local support and was transferred from the North. Prof Uchimura plans to consult M C A officials and may train with H Boxwell students to prepare for the match.
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YMCA Basketball At The Building New Year Game Victory
In a two day New Year event at the YMCA Building the boys' department first team defeated the Coles second team 20 to 17 though outweighted by ten to fifteen pounds. The rough contest featured Sloane Wilson Fauntman and Sloane with Wheeler and Covell among others as officials awarded medals and shields to winners. The YMCA plans to arrange away games with teams averaging about 125 pounds and invites outside clubs to contact the physical director.
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T. Sloane
Robertson H. Wilson
Fauntman
Tennyson
Edward Sloane
Rutherford G. Wheeler
Baren
Covell
Tanner
Stisby
Sever
Wetzel
James E. West
Storage Building Burns in Hagerstown Fire Blaze
A four story brick plant of Hagerstown Storage and Transfer Co. was destroyed by a fire originating in the office just before 7 PM. Losses total about 150000 with insurance around 8 percent of goods. Roulette Knitting Co. suffered 350000 in yarn and underwear, while Blue Ridge and Black Rock Knitting Companies held about 60 20 worth of yarn and hosiery with similar insurance. Building valued at 20000 was insured for 7000.
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Washington Post
Hagerstown
Hagerstown Storage and Transfer Company
Roulette Knitting Company
Blue Ridge Knitting Company
Black Rock Knitting Company
Mechanicsburg
No Desks For Members in Virginia Assembly Delays
Richmond Virginia January 3 Furniture for the two houses of the general assembly has not arrived delaying the convening set for January 10. A Milwaukee firm claims shipment occurred in December and will arrive by Saturday. No other hall in Richmond is suitable for both houses, and temporary arrangements are under way. Parkersburg dispatch consolidation and personnel changes noted in additional items.
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Virginia
Washington
Richmond
General Assembly
Milwaukee
Rollins Defends Pritchard as False Charge Spreads
Thomas S Rollins chairman of the North Carolina Republican State Executive Committee writes in Asheville defending Judge Pritchard. He denies a Post claim that Pritchard has fifty relatives in office and states Pritchard never handled Federal patronage in NC or elsewhere.
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Judge Pritchard
Supreme Court of
District of Columbia
Fourth Circuit
Republican State Executive Committee
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Pritchard
Thos
Rollins
Asheville
N. C
Chandler Denies Report on Racetrack Inquiry In New Hampshire
Former Senator William E. Chandler denied a Concord report accusing Consul to Sherbrooke Gen. Paul Lang and Concord postmaster Gen. John H. Brown of taking money for a racetrack charter. A twelve citizen committee had investigated the claim and planned to present it to New Hampshire’s delegation. Senator Gallinger returned from Florida, with a likely Thursday consideration by the delegation.
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Concord
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United States
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Preacher Arrest Sparks Violent Street Clash
Special to The Washington Fest from Winchester reports a street fight ending in a patrolman being assaulted during an arrest of Rev Walker Carter’s son, leading to a melee as deputies arrived and bystanders fled. The elder Carter was also seized and taken to police headquarters. the son later subdued with irons.
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Charny Metarty
Staunton Postmastership and related political moves
Staunton awaits a postmaster succession as referees endorse R A Tutwiler for the Staunton post in the western district with Maj M Yost to push to the White House. Also fire wipes out M Schwartzburg store stock in Clifton Forge with property damaged at 3400 and a Rogers family home scare. Shenandoah County selects a site in Woodstock for a new county jail after circuit court order.
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FF. P. Hammers
Elkton
Rockingsham County
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Dan
M. Schwartzburg
W. H. Rogers
Woodstock
Board of Supervisors
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Cure dandruff with Herpicide claims and samples
An old advertisement touts Mewbro's Herpicide as a cure for dandruff and baldness, promising germ destruction and hair growth. It asserts no substitute equals its scientific basis, lists sample requests and multiple local pharmacies as agents.
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Herpicide Co
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Stevens’ Pharmacy
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