White Foals and the Gray Mystery Stir Turf Circles
The New York Herald reports a lively Turfmen inquiry into white foals, with multiple horsemen recalling milk white colts born to mares of various colors. Experts distinguish white from gray by pink skin under hair and by foal coloration, noting no white thoroughbreds are registered and many white-appearing foals later gray.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Herald
Turfman
Herald
Turfmean
Rufus Rand
Knightstown
Ind
N. Hexter
Romeo
Michigan
Mr. Hexter
Tod Sloan’s Rise and Fall on Stage and Turf
Tod Sloan rose as a premier American jockey with unmatched skill and panache but his desire for Broadway life and luxury led to conflict with stewards. His fame grew, then European bans and disbarments followed, as English, French, and American authorities mirrored their disapproval of his lifestyle and attitude. Carroll Institute Reserves seek basketball games. contact J. Crogan.
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Tod Sloan
Sloan
Jimmy McLaughlin
Garrison
Ike Murphy
Broadway
Belmont
Saratoga
Mr. Belmont
Ted Sloan
New York
Shean
England
Amys
America
Watter
London
Fmeglish Jockey Club
Europe
Kentucky Breeders Seek White or Stay Colt Candidate
Fragmentary text indicates Kentucky breeders considering a white or stay colt, mentioning a horse named Tosa or Mimare and a history at J. B. Brengho del Paso stud. The passage is garbled, but references a stud horse and years of employment at a named breeding operation.
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Kentucky
Harald
Lexington
Col Multon Young
Overton H. Chenault
America
Thomas Clay McDowell
Ashland Stud
Fallusa
Tosa
Mimare
Meyer
J. B
Brengho del Paso
Never Saw White Foal in Washington Horsemen Views
A Washington survey of horsemen finds no confirmed case of a white foal at birth. Prominent breeders and trainers, including John H. Gheen, Wash Nailor, W. W. Hutchinson, Leonard Acker, H. Richardson, Charles Colliflower, B F McCauliy, Charles F Wright, and Tom Cannon, report never having seen or heard of such a foal.
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Washington
The
Post
Creatrous
District of Columbia
John H. Gheen
Hyeryman
Wash Nailor
W. W. Hutchinson
Virginia
Leonard Acker
W. H., Richardson
Charles E. Colliflower
B. F. McCauliy
Charles F. Wright
Society For the Prevention of Cruelty To Animals
Abdallah Park
Cynthiana
Tom Cannon
Forty Years Ago the Jamaica Trotting Landmark to Vanish
A landmark in Queens trotting history, the Hiram Woodruff property on Jamaica Avenue will be absorbed by municipal improvements. Once a hub for famous horsemen, the site includes Dexter and Fince among memories, with Woodruff's stable grounds becoming part of Highland Avenue access to Forest Park. The Woodruff era and the Union Course era are recalled through nearby graves of famed trotters and a monument over Woodruff's grave.
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Borough of
Queens
Hiram Washington Woodruff
Jamaica Avenue
Kings County Line
Woodruff
Jamaica Plank Road
United States
Highland Avenue
Forest Park
Woodruff Place
Dexter Park
Commodore Vanderbilt
Robert Bonner
George Alley
Dexter
New York
The
Stock Exchange
Woodrutt
Union Course
Sir Henry
Eclipse
Hiram
New Jersey
Ture
Shoss
Hiram's
Simeon D. Hoagland
Oliver Marshall
Cochran Brothers
Fashion
David Bonner
William Wibro
George and
Isaac Woodruff
Dave Bryant
James McMann
Flora Temple
Don Piifer
Emble Jackson
D. L. Pettee
Lady Brooks
I. J. Nadine
Highland Maid
Greenmountain Maid
Crepe Collins
James Irving
John Drew
John [. Snediker
Budd Dobie
Carl S. Burr, Jr
Long Island
George Wilkes
Charles J. Foster
Spirit of the Times
Suliey
Fince
Dan Pfifer
James W. Britton
James McMinn
Brewster
William Shaw
Hirar's
Shaw
Richard Croker
Cypress Hills
America
Emma
Sultan
Moscow
Georges M. Patchen
Blanche
Gray Messenger
Harness Horsemen Rally Over Pacer Popularity On Local Track
Gossip among Washington harness men details surge in pacer appeal at speedways, noting rich owners favoring gaited road horses, sales like Morning Star and Angus Pointer highlighting market shift. Brightwood Driving Club to meet for oyster roast as stake racing plans loom. anecdotes recall historic Washington trotter prices and famed horses Spoiled and Charley C. also mention Spalpeen and Wigsetis. Corcoran Cadet Corps to face Belvedere basketball in National Guard gym with wrestling and dancing to follow.
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Washington
New York
Select Four Hundred
Crescens
Morning Star
Tom Cannon
John F. Gheen
Douglass
A “K. Shultz
Brooklyn
N. Y
Gheen
Charley C
Mr. Childs
Dick Heathen
Baltimore
Bull Simmons
Sam Rice
Maurice S
National Capital
Gen. Beall
Brightwood
Hartford
Spofford
John B. Turner
Corcorans
Belvederes
Corcoran Cadet Corps
Belvedere
National Guard
Center Market Armory
Nic” Ross
Joe Turner
Carcorans
Boyle
Bateman
Rice
Chism
Draeger
What Ails Julia Anyway By Gum Bagley in the New York Svening Mall
A melodramatic chewed scene features Julia Fitzsimmons escaping cruelty accusations in a divorce proceeding. The narrative voice blends theatrical spoof with memories of boxing stars Fitzsimmons and Robbie. The piece skewers gender bias and stage romance with heavy dialect and comic asides.
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Gum Bagley
New York
Julia
Mia
Fiteslimmona
Fitz
Bob Fitzsimmons
Rose Fitzsimmons
Robbie
Robie
Rose
Hobbiie
Hosa
Carson
Burt
No. 3
No 3
John May
Gifford
Vivian
May
Owrever
Departmental Baseball League Plans Meeting For Reorganization
Chief clerks from government departments will meet this week to draft plans for the forthcoming Departmental Baseball League season. The gathering, likely Thursday afternoon at Chef Clerk Chance’s post office office, aims to resume the policy from the first year after noting President Alvord’s resignation.
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A. C. Rioa
Chef Clerk Chance
Alvord
Sad Deaths On Track Turftman Incidents At Benning Meet
At Benning a rough race ends in tragedy as a colt buckles against a rail and is shot after injury. A young stable boy consoles, sobbing on the track as the crowd disperses. A similar Highball incident in New York years ago left trainers recalling the moving, painful scene and the horse’s breaking heart.
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Benning
Highbail
Atu
New York
Chicago
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Howlett
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T. Delaney
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Woodrure
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Florez
Mathnne
Angus Pointer
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Spalpeen
New Speedway
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Cupid
Calber
Sphynx
Gaiety
Pat S
Sunday Postry
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Bedworth, Jr
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Charles McDermott
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Aryland Rye
Graddog
MGR
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Old Braddock Maryland Rye
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