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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Sep 29, 1909
Page
17
T Wilsons entries finish first and second to total 91,200 with Rocky O Brien third. Sandman, a long shot, trails two lengths back at Quincy Stables.
Belmont Park fall meeting draws large crowd as Radium Star wins a tight finish over Candleberry by a head in the 11th stakes, earning $10,200 for trainer Creevy and owner Belmanat. Rocky O’Brien and Sandman followed, with detailed results and odds leading into multiple races and a busy program across the Belmont Park card.
Fragmentary listing shows horses, riders, owners, and stalls with numbers and prices. Names like Hamilton, Angel, and Marbles appear among entries and prices, reflecting a busy race card and betting details from a historical program.
Georgetown prep scrimmage shows McNulty fielding for the varsity with a 5 touchdown burst and prep unit promising speed against older rivals. Cornell and PennsylvanIa reports detail early-season scrimmages, with Baker and Wykoff, Young and Irwin among new coaching staff arrivals. Harvard, Yale, and Sewanee prep for opener games as teams sharpen tackling and signal drills ahead of weekend showdowns.
Fragmented OCR lists college football games with many garbled team names and places. Readable items include Yale versus Sewanee, Cornell at Ithaca, Princeton at Princeton, Dartmouth versus Amherst, and Georgetown versus Bucknell among scattered pairings and venues, all from a noisy page.
At Churchill Downs on a pleasant September afternoon the card offered mediocrity with the best moment the fourth race featuring a 2 furlong allowance won by Arbel Queen. Final prices included 20.42 and 10.45 with other payouts noted for the second and third races, while time and entrants listed reflect a slow overall day for racing.
Princeton varsity and scrub teams played a lengthy scrimmage in clear focus on broad team play. Merle Smith’s 100 yard kickoff return sparked the second squad’s standout touchdown while Fred Read and Christie showed solid gains and punt returns amid limited forward passing attempts.
Annapolis reports on Naval Academy football practice with tentative regular team make-up. Capt Meyer directs line play while Barriun Thyram and Howard work the backfield and ends. Newcomers Austin Hart Rhodes Cochran join signals as Tele snider, last year’s end, sits out.
The Columbus Grand Jury meeting afternoon featured eighteen heats with two stakes favorites, George Gano and Margin Suffer, beaten in close events. The program included top horses, a 2:19 trotting race, and names like Allene Baro, Porm swil, and Ruby Poteet among others.
Senator Aldrich of Rhode Island and Prof A P Andrew, visiting Paris for the American monetary commission report, are receiving notable attention. They have dined with M Pallain governor of the Bank of France and leaders of major French credit institutions and held talks with financial experts. Aldrich aims to strengthen U S finance to match Britain and France.
The Badilton meeting lists six furlongs with Simone failing to place, Calvdaod winning five furlongs at 9 to 3, and Madbristman and Hob Jona Dlie Jon among top contenders. Third race details, fourth Lerdriogham plate winner Gram Seal, sixth race Jame B. with Nigh Met leading, and Adoration featuring in another event.
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The Hofson Fulton celebration commission gathered at the Knickerbocker Hotel in New York City. Socially prominent figures from Washington were mentioned, including Mrs. Mary C. Lawton, widow of Gen. H. W. Lawton, a recent guest at the La Garde home. Mrs. A. B. Taylor is visiting Shoreham. Louis Wilson of Washington is listed among cent arrivals at the Hotel Chalfonte in Atlantic City.
Miss Saffell daughter of Mrs Janet Staffell wed Franklin A Cubbens yesterday at 8 pm in St Pauls Church parsonage. Mgr Mackin officiated a quiet ceremony attended by relatives and a few friends. After October 15 the couple will reside in Birmingham.
The State Department replies to Morocco over a protest against Spanish actions in the Rif, stating the United States cannot intervene under its Algeciras Convention commitments and general policy. Amid war updates, Spanish forces report gains in Nador and Soluan as Moorish resistance narrows. Separately, a social notice mentions Mr and Mrs Schiller hosting at 227 Pennsylvania Ave NW on October 3 for their son Milford’s confirmation.
Paris reports Laveran announced a new cure for sleeping sickness to the Academy of Sciences. The treatment uses subcutaneous injections of an aniline ematic, based on experiments by Dr Evans and work by Dr Thiroux in Senegal, yielding remarkable results.
The Virginia-North Carolina Good Roads Association held its first convention at the YMCA auditorium in Lynchburg. Delegates and visitors heard from Senator Daniel, St. Julian Wilson, Barksdale, and Judge Mann as officers were elected and plans were formed to route the New York to Atlanta steeway via Natural Bridge Lynchburg Danville and Greensboro North Carolina.
Special to The Washtanton on Warsaw Va Sept 2 The annual reunion of the Westmoreland Confederate Camp was held at Stortrosd Commander J M Wright presided De W On Kirk of White Staten Capt John Lamh of Richmond and Hon W A Jones of Warsaw spoke A tablet to the memory of S F Atwell and J C Wheelwright cadets of W M L who were killed at the Battle of New Market May 24 194 was tendered Memorials to the memory of Capt J L Chandler Robert Parker M Hutchinson W W Palmer and Gale Knit dead members of the camp were read
Special to The Washington Post Norfolk Va Sept The Lior Haven Hotel once in receivers hands sold at public auction to the Atlantic Trust and Deposit Company for 70 with mortgage cleared to 1000 liens on property total 20000 Lynn Haven hotel built and furnished before Jamestown exposition at 890000, expected to reopen after closure.
100000 worth of bonds for street improvements and 2. Democratic primaries for local officials held today with the result that the bond issue was approved and candidates chosen. Treasurer W. H. Paylor named.
South Bend Indiana Sept 8 at a banquet the honorary commercial commissioners of Japan heard A Smith a Southend manufacturer claim Japan should protect patents abroad and copy isware. Horer Greene of the State Department interrupted noting Japan now has laws to safeguard American patents. The exchange eased an awkward moment.
The jewels of Abdul Aziz, former sultan of Morocco, pledged in 1907, remain unredeemed and are likely to be sold at public auction. Taken to Paris in December 1907, experts valued them before pawning with the state for £250,000.
The Invitation meeting at Chesterbrook Farms outside Berwyn featured a women’s steeplechase where Capt Oscentt’s Picket, ridden by Lucie Cherbonier, led before the horse bolted and threw her into trees. Cherbonier remounted to finish. sister Marie Louise had been injured at Bryn Mawr. Emily Randolph on Melbourne Nominee nearly finished before remounting. The event drew excitement with several riders thrown, but no official scoring.
A heavy storm on the North German Lloyd steamer Kronprinz Wilhelm from Cherbourg caused a steerage passenger Andre Kenzoski to be crushed by a falling table. Cabin passenger Carl D. Jackson, 4 Riverside Drive, was injured in the mishap as crew worked to secure the ship.
Met opera star Geraldine Farrar landed in Kronpong Wilhelm wearing a vast blue velvet hat shaped like a butter firkin and decorated with a sunburst of feather embellishments. Reporters noted its many nicknames including butterteb and extinguisher as she joked about the creation and posed with her dog Folie, exuding joy at the reception.
The engagement of Miss Mary Giles of Hagerstown to Harry Jane of Washington has been announced. The marriage will be private, with only immediate relatives and friends invited, and will occur at the bride's home on Thursday October 7. Miss Giles has traveled extensively abroad.
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