Two-Year-Old Debut Outsider Captures New Year Handicap
At New Orleans Fair Grounds on January 1 a crowd watched two-year-olds begin racing with Hallowmas prevailing in the New Year Handicap for three-year-olds over a mile and seventy yards. Weight and a faint heart beat Ben Hodder to the post, Glen Roy and Phil Finch scored as the only winning favorites, while Newton Bennington split his halves with Glen Roy and Deere.
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New Orleans
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Paul Clifford
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J. W. O'Neil
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Laserk
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Duchess of Montebello
New Year's on Speedway Draws 2,000 Fans at Potomac
A New Year matinee at Potomac Speedway attracted about 2,000 spectators, with one third women. Five horses competed in a pace event, led by Hedford Boy ahead of Robin Hood, Buckshot, Bil McKinley, and Spalpeen. Times ranged to 1:68 1/2 in heat one and 1:09 in heat two, followed by a two-horse trot won by Howard O. Nicola, with Greenline exhibition heats and notable participants including Charles Wertzel, Marion Wilkes, and The Deanne. Officials included judges John H. Gheen and others. timers and starter noted.
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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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Sie
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Portland
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Corbin
Weitzel
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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 horse races
A large crowd gathered at City Park as seven races were run. Baleshed took the two year old event, while long shots Bensonhurst and Annie Davis impressed. Harry Stephens won the New Year’s Handicap at 9 to 2, beating Attilla by a head. Slack suffered a serious brain concussion after a fall in the steeplechase and is in critical condition.
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City Park
Baleshed
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Harry Stephens
Attilla
Slack
Sweet Jane
Big Bow
Tapiole
Little Wallie
Father D
Harpoon
Evaskill
Lou M
Glisten
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Little George
Bonart
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Merry Leap Year
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Rule B
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Tarps
Pip
Frances Dillon
Beecher
Cambridge
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Mabel Hollander Wins Debut at Ascot on 100 to 1 Odds
New Year's Day racing at Ascot produced shocks with two year old fillies. Mabel Hollander edged Blanche C. at 12 to 1 in a three furlong dash. Rubric captured the Rose Selling Stakes while Red Damsel led the day’s earlier winners.
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Ascot
Los Angeles
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Proper Wins 4A New Year Handicap at Oakland
In front of a record crowd at Oakland Proper won the New Year Handicap with Gregor K second and Lubin third. Gregor K set the pace followed by Cal Laghan as the field closed in the stretch leaving the winner by a length and a half. Lubin suffered interference and Dr Legyeo faded.
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Dr. Legyeo
Proper Favorite Wins New Year Handicap at Fast Pace
Weather clear track good as Proper, favorite, wins the New Years Handicap at one and one eighth miles. Six races list a long card across New Orleans Fair Grounds and Oakland venues with multiple winners and odds. Basketball team seeks games. Central YMCA Baltimore reserve squad requests matches with 125 to 149 pound teams.
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East Franken Street
Ball Player Bonner Dead in Kansas City
Frank Bonner 41 a veteran baseball infielder died in Kansas City hospital from blood poisoning after quinsy. He played twenty years in pro baseball with Baltimore Orioles Louisville Kansas City and the American Association standout at second base last season. His brother in Worcester Mass is his nearest relative.
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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 earn him engagements in Baltimore, with strong support from fellow soldiers and local interest in heavier-class talent. Prof Uchimura, teaching at the M C C A in Boston, plans to visit the M C C A in Washington to prep and hopes to use Boxwell’s students for practice. He remains confident in his jiu jitsu while showing skill in catch-as-catch-can.
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Uchimura
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Hoston
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H. Boxwell
YMCA Basketball Game Ends In Narrow Victory
In a New Year morning match at the YMCA Building the boys' department first team beat Coles, a senior team from the department, 20 to 17. The lighter team faced heavier opponents, and the game was rough and keen. Medals and shields were awarded by James E. West. The YMCA seeks outside teams averaging 125 pounds for future games.
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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
Fire destroys large Hagerstown storage building
A January 1 fire in Hagerstown Maryland destroyed the four story brick storage and transfer plant owned by the Hagerstown Storage and Transfer company. Estimated loss is 150000 with only wells spared. Major losses include Roulette Knitting with 350000 of yarn and underwear insured at eight percent of value. Blue Ridge Knitting and Black Rock Knitting also suffered significant losses and insured portions. The building cost 20000 and 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
Richmond reports the two houses of the general assembly may lack furnished desks when convening January 10. Milwaukee firm says shipments, shipped December, will arrive by Saturday, but no other hall in the city is large enough for both houses. Other items note Parkersburg newspaper consolidation, West Virginia officials, and local crimes and sports.
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Washington
Richmond
General Assembly
Milwaukee
Rollins Defends Pritchard in NC Political Row
Thomas S Rollins, North Carolina Republican chairman, declares a Post report that Judge Pritchard has fifty relatives in office is false. He notes Pritchard served as associate justice of the DC Supreme Court and circuit judge for the Fourth Circuit, and says he has had no role in Federal patronage since becoming chairman.
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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 Local Race Track Probe
Former Senator William E Chandler says a Concord probe by a twelve person committee has not charged officials with taking money for a race track charter. He notes the committee has offered no denial or confirmation and that the state delegation will likely review the matter on Thursday. Senator Gallinger has returned from Florida.
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Concord
N. H
Paul Lang
Oxford
United States
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Canada
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Salem
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Preacher Arrested After Street Fight in Winchester
Special to The Washington Fest reports in Winchester on January 1 Patrolman Neville tried to arrest Rev Walker Carter's son for street fighting. The preacher attacked the officer, blood was shed, crowds gathered, and police and deputies secured the scene. The youth was captured and irons applied at the police station.
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Walker Carter
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Staunton Postmastership Contenders Named
Staunton postmastership rumors center on Revercomb Pragler and Collins who reserved for Federal patronage in the Seventh district. Rumor says R A Tutwiler endorsed by Staunton postmaster, with Maj Yost poised to press White House. Tutwiler currently chief deputy marshal for the Western district. Special to The Washington Post. Clifton Forge Fire wipes out M Schwartzburg stock, family escapes with nightclothes. Damages set at 34500. Woodstock hearing for new Shenandoah jail site selected in Woodstock after circuit court order.
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Cure dandruff with Mewbro's Herpicide claims
Bold advert promotes Mewbro's Herpicide as a cure for dandruff and baldness. It asserts germ destroyer action, hair growth, and scalp health, urging readers to buy from druggists or send stamps for samples. Also lists local agents and barbershops for applications.
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Mich
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