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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Sep 29, 1909
Page
47
T Wilson's horses sweep finish positions with a first and second place totaling 91,200 dollars. Rocky O Brien claims third as Sandman, a 50 to 2 long shot, trails two lengths back at Quincy Stables.
Belmont Park annual fall meeting of Stolebee Racing Association attracted a big crowd. Radium Star and Candle Berry staged a tight finish with Radium Star narrowly beating Candleberry by a head. Rocky Hen and Sandman followed, earning purses amid a long card of races and a total purse of about $10,200 to $10,400 awarded across events.
The readable fragment lists numerous horse names and odd pricing, with scattered places and owners. It mentions horses like Lady Sybil, Stare Totnes, Aphrodite, and Grande Dame among many others, plus prices and lot notes, reflecting a crowded catalog of entries and bids from a race meeting.
Georgetown headlines recount a scrimmage where Frent Gerimmmage led the prep team against the varsity, scoring five touchdowns as the older players mounted a late push. McNulty stood out for the varsity with a 60 yard run, while Feenan and Cunnis were among key standouts hampered by injuries and health issues.
Jagged list of college games with several readable matchups. Yale hosts Sewanee or New Haven faces Wesleyan while Princeton meets Drexel and Cornell plays against RPI. other lines show Georgetown versus Lehigh and Albany against Holy Cross with scattered misreads and garbled place names.
The weather improved crowd at Churchill Downs as a mediocre program offered near races. The fourth event produced the closest finish with a 2-year-old allowance race won by Arbel Queen in 1:11.8 for 2 furlongs, with Quinlan and Miss Muezzano among top finishers and pays.
Princeton scrimmage午 afternoon featured a long 40 minute game between Princeton varsity and scrub squads. Merle Smith opened with a 100 yard kickoff return, second unit TD on return and Read showed gains before scoring. Christie replaced Dawson at quarterback and twice returned punts for good yardage.
Annapolis Sept 28 The Naval Academy team worked through signals and practice with a tentative lineup. Capt Meyer directed line play while Barriun Thyram and Howard coordinated backs and ends. Newcomers Austin Hart Rhodes Cochran joined drills as Tele snider sat out.
Columbus reports a large Grand Circuit program at the Grand Jeui meeting with eighteen heats. Favorites George Gano and Margin were defeated in key stakes events while first choices won several close trotting finals. Notable entries included Allen Baro and Ruby Poteet with strong showings and a mix of prominent owners and drivers cited across the card.
In Paris Senator Aldrich W. Aldrich of Rhode Island and Professor A. P. Andrew, accompanying the American monetary commission, are receiving notable attention. They have dined with M. Pallain, governor of the Bank of France, M. Cochers, and leaders of major French credit institutions, and have held talks with financial experts. Aldrich reiterated aims to help build a U.S. financial system as solid as Britain’s for France.
Race card reports from Badilton include six furlongs with Simone finishing strong in 1:22.6, and Calvdaod winning the five furlongs at 9 to 3 with Weoleasta second. Other notes mention Madbristman, Hob Jona Dlie Jon, and a crowded field across multiple races with times around 1:40.3 and various placements.
Belmont Pari features a list of horses and riders with odd spellings and garbled names. The readable names include Gallant Preece Digts Knight Lagy Sybil and Rose Depa among others in a tangled entry.
The fifteenth page notes the Hofson Fulton celebration commission gathering at the Knickerbocker Hotel in New York City. Socially prominent individuals from Washington are mentioned as hosts and guests, including Mrs. Mary C. Lawton widow of Gen. H W Lawton. Other society figures and guests are named in connections to residences and Philadelphia area clubs.
Miss Nelly Louise Saffell daughter of Mrs Janet Saffell married Franklin A Cubbens yesterday afternoon at St Pauls Church parsonage with Mgr Mackin officiating. The ceremony was quiet with relatives and a few friends. The bride wore an old blue suit. After October 15 the couple will reside in Birmingham.
The United States answers Morocco's protest over Surtax in the Rift and confirms it will not intervene. Meanwhile Spanish forces push into Morocco after recent victories at Nador and Soluan. Moorish resistance wanes as villages burn, with casualties among Spanish troops and local fighters reported. The reply cites Algeciras convention commitments and U S policy.
Laveran reports to the Academy of Sciences a new curing treatment for sleeping sickness. The method uses subcutaneous injections of an aniline stimulant, based on Evans' experiments and developed in Senegal by Dr Thiroux with notable results.
The first convention of the Virginia North Carolina Good Roads Association opened at M. C. A. auditorium Lynchburg Sept 2 with many delegates. Officers named include J. W. Long president and A. F. Thomas vice president. Speeches by United States Senator Daniel, P. St Julian Wilson, Barksdale and Judge W Hodges Mann.
Special to The Washtanton: Westmoreland Confederate Camp held its annual reunion at Stortrosd Warsaw. Commander J M Wright presided as De W ON Kirk Capt John Lamh of Richmond and Hon W a Jones of Warsaw spoke. A tablet honoring cadets F Atwell and J C Wheelwright, killed at the Battle of New Market on May 24 194, was unveiled. Memorials to Capt J I Chandler Robert Parker M Hutchinson W W Palmer and Gale Knit were read.
Voter turnout focused on a $100,000 street improvement bond while a Democratic primary selected local officials. The finance bid supported by the slate passed as W. H. Paylor was named treasurer among the winners.
In South Bend Indiana on Sept 8 honorary commercial commissioners of Japan heard a claim that Japan copies articles. Augusting Smith of Southend a manufacturer argued Japan should protect patents abroad. Horer Greene of the State Department corrected that Japan already has laws to safeguard American patents. The exchange defused an awkward moment.
Former ruler Abdul Aziz of Morocco pledged jewels in France in 1907 and unredeemed since, likely to be sold at public auction in all fortnight. The jewels were taken to Paris in December 1907 and pawned with the state for £250,000 after expert appraisal.
Special to The Washington Fest Philadelphia report describes a women’s steeplechase at the Invitation meeting hosted by Capt Edward Huchanan Cassatt near Berwyn. Miss Lucie Cherbonier rode Picket. after hedge and landing, the horse ran away, threw her into trees, then was brought back. Cherbonier remounted to finish. Emily Randolph on Melbourne Nominee nearly finished before reentry. The cup race saw many falls with no scorer.
In a two day savage gale aboard the North German Lloyd steamer Kronprinz Wilhelm a steerage passenger Andre Kenzoski aged 48 was killed when a heavy row table broke from its fastenings in the ceiling and crushed him. Cabin passenger Carl D. Jackson of 4 Riverside Drive was injured in the mishap occurring in the mess room as the ship lurched and the table fell.
Geraldine Farrar the Met opera star arrived from Europe aboard the Kronpong Wilhelm wearing a huge blue velvet hat shaped like a butter firkin and festooned with nurple-bite feather sunbursts. The hat drew crowds as Farrar joked of its design as her own brainwork and posed with her dog Folie.
The engagement of Miss Mary Giles of Hagerstown to Harry Jane of Washington is announced. The couple plans a private wedding at the bride’s home on Thursday October 7 with only immediate relatives and friends attending. Miss Giles has traveled extensively abroad.
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