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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Jul 31, 1907
Page
27
In the Nautilus Stakes Acrobat Faxonte on Platers Run led early but Bad vs Beats Latter challenged. Bad News Surprise finished strong, but Five Choices won by a length and a half over Sally K with Pre tanon in close pursuit.
The Fort Erie meeting saw speculation run high as bets crowded the tote and several horses faced trouble. One rider was fined thirty dollars and suspended for a riding offense, while a favorite failed to deliver as the crowd watched several longer shots gain briefly before faltering.
A garbled OCR fragment lists numerous names and places around Brighton Beach and related areas. It appears as a rough, unreadable collage of personal names, international terms, and scattered numbers without a coherent event or clear context.
The opening day at Cleveland Driving Park showcased the Tins Jedown Stakes for 2134 class pacers. Reproachless, owned by Gen WB Chisholm, led but Hidalgo pressed hard, forcing a record reduction before Hidalgo clinched the heat with a strong finish. Carlo claimed the first race of the day, setting a new mark, as Ed Geer drove multiple starters across the program.
The Amateur Athletic Union of the United States forms an alliance with the Canadian Amateur Athletic Union to govern athletics on the continent. The Montreal conference, with leaders including President Sullivan and President Boyd, announced the pact. Proceedings were held in New York with key figures such as former secretary El Hern own.
The Washington Word New York reports the annual American Automobile Association tour from Cleveland to New York ended with a tie between HK Short and St. horsepower White and 8 Smitha. Both cars completed the stage with only minor detours for repairs, covering nearly the same mileage as the standard route.
In a dramatic Western Tennis Tournament bout at Onwentsia Park Chicago Wal Ines S Johnson of Philadelphia defeated Tavold H Hackett of New York after Hackett defaulted at the end of the fifth game in the second set with the score 75 5. Johnsons forceful attack overwhelmed Hackett and the crowd saw one of the year’s finest singles games. The event pushed the tournament to the third round in both singles and doubles as most visiting players swept their matches.
Sporting Comment notes Johnny Britt and Spattling Nelson meet in Frisco with little stakes as both lack a reigning title. The piece questions future clashes involving Joe Gans, critiques managers and current race conditions, and previews shifts in baseball and football standings, highlighting suspensions, injuries, and pennant hopes.
Special to The Washingtos Fest Winchester Vansily 3% Winchester beat Pittsburg Collegians 4 to 3 at Reservair Park. George pitched a grand game for the visitors, Cant Bell allowed four hits and struck out seven for the locals. Key moments included a seventh inning run by Winchester after MacDonald doubled, a two-run eighth inning after Brown was hit, and a final push on a long fly by Cantwill. Pittsburg scored in the fourth when McCracken reached on a hit by pitch and Shi Ize drove in a run.
The Fort Erie meeting featured multiple races with notable finishes. Winners included Gaton Beach and Mounta in tight bouts, while Burns, Banero, Rob, and Doyle posted strong showings in their respective divisions.
A Caledonian athletic meet unfolds at Marshall Hall with a Galdonian versus English team exhibition. The program includes 100, 220, 299, 440 and 1 mile races, broad and high jumps, with winners awarded cups and medals. Additional events for boys, girls, and women promise prizes from toys to jewelry and dresses.
Thirty six new typesetting machines will be added to the Government Printing Office equipment, with four Mer mercer type and twelve Lansdon machines. They will be operational before Congress opens, and the Merchenthaler systems will be set up for bill work after successful tests at the Merchenthaler factory in Brooklyn under GPO supervision.
Four preliminaries at Washington public playgrounds began at six. Contests involved North Capitol, Lu Street, Rosedale, and Powers School children, with events at Seventeenth and Gale, Nineteenth and I streets, and Sixth and G streets. An athletic program of twenty events followed, directed by Crawford, Thacher, Welch, and others.
The committee reported progress by Gaskill assistant engineer of the Pennsylvania Railroad and chairman. Since the last meeting inspectors logged smoke from 2 engines light gray 3% dark gray 21 black. Southern Railroad had 10 cases light to dark gray and 18 black. Richmond Fredericksburg and Potomac 1 light gray 5 dark gray. Chesapeake and Ohio 2 cases dark gray 1 light gray. Baltimore and Ohio 1 case duck gray. Mr Foss said fewer cases than before and Mr Thayer noted improvement on the Southern road with only five black smoke incidents among 130 engines since the last meeting.
The Bulsting trades council elected officers for six months. President James J McCracken of the Hoisting Engineers. vice president Samuel J Bryan of the Bridge and Structural Iron Workers. recording and corresponding secretary John E Keating of the Interiorable Workers.
Washington hears of a domestic marriage between J H Duffey and Mrs Dreforet R Hoyt. Duffey, once with Matflmora and Ohie Balleaud, known in Calvary Baptist Church music circles, renounces a $20,000 remainder from a first husband. The wedding occurred at the Church of the Strangers with Blackburn officiating. Duffey, son of Rev F C Duffey, studied music and held posts in St Bartholomew s and other venues before pursuing a full music career.
Justice Ashley M Gould ruled that the will of Jom V M Clapp should be probated in the District Probate Court. Capt John M Clapp resided in Wayning, New York, and left substantial real estate and stock holdings in Washington and Pennsylvania. The daughter contested probate on grounds the deceased was a New York resident, but the court held district jurisdiction over the estate valued in the millions.
A one pound dynamite stick was placed under the Pocasset Club front stoop at 2 Bastish street, headquarters of Sheri Nicholas J Hayes in the Twenty Eighth assembly district. James Foy the janitor discovered the improvised fuse and alerted police. the device failed to explode. Hayes has faced threats amid tight security as neighbors and party members rally around him.
A Porto Rico church property dispute heads to the U S Supreme Court. The Roman Catholic Apostolic Church of Porto Rico seeks to restore control of estates formerly owned by the Dominican and Franciscan orders on the island. The lands, nationalized by the Spanish government in 153%, were not properly acted on, the church argues, and it asks restoration under U S authority. The case centers on three old convents and surrounding rural estates formerly held by the orders.
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