Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1903-09-04
new WORLD RECORDS MADE
HORSE TRoTTiNc AND BICYCLE
RIDING DOWN A NOTCH.

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Around the World in 81 Days-Yach,
Races Go slow-Nesroes Endors.
Booker Washinston-A Monster Lo.
eomotive-Naval Maneuvres,
The Cleveland challenge gold cur
race at the inter-city matinee in
cleveland Tuesday was won by The
MONK owned and driven by c. X. g.
ohiihgs OF the Cleveland club. Aside
from tnls race interest conferred in the
exnlDltion OF Lou Dillon, the champion
trotter, In an attempt to lower the
.rotting to wagon record of 2.O3N. held
oy herself. Driven by Mr.. Billings.
ner owner, she succeeded in chipnjne
ohe-quarter OF second off her preyi
GUS record. About 10000 persons
We're present.
AT Charles River park, Boston, Tues
day night, Harry Caldwell, the Man
chester giant, the biggest pace follow
er IN America gained the honor of rid
ing the greatest distance on a bicycle
IN one hour in this country. He de-
teated Albert Champion, and covered
5o miles 80 yards in the go minutes of
racing. When far-sighted experts
predicted so miles in the hour early
TINS season they were laughed to scorn.
but time has told its own story cola,
Well also broke records from 4 to 10
and from 16 to so miles inclusive-ao
or them all. Not long ago Danpla
frenchman, covered so miles 800
yards. This stands as the greatest
Instance covered in one hour, but
Caldwelfs ride, considering that his
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paced several times, is more remark
apie. Had he not met with accidents
ne would nave surely covered 81 miles.
AT the end of 30 minutes he had coy-
cred 25h miles, a 51-mile-an-h hour
gait
frederick Law Olmstead, the world
known landscape architect died at
WaVerly, Mass, Friday, age 81 years.
The national tennis championship
was won at Newport, r. l., Thursday
by n. l.. Doherty, who defeated Larned
in three straight heats.
Seaweed is a new rice pest for
Louisiana. 1t kills out the best field OF
rice in short time. 1t is only found
on land where salt water was put last
year.
A new worlds record for mile on
half mile track of 2:0S% was made by
George Fl. Ketcham's Cresceus at Day.
ton, O., Thursday. Cresceus was paced
by Mike the Tramp and by steam
automobile
Rpp1uSp n no
interests on the Pacific coast, it has
been decided to re-establish the South
Pacific naval station and to maintain
squadron there of three or four pro-
tected cruisers.
Robert Grau, the New York mana
ger, announces that Nine Patti will
sail for America Oct "a and appear
under his management at salary of
$4,000 a night. He also claims that
Mary Anderson Navarro has practical
ly accepted his offer for 100 readings
in America this season.
Some 1900 negroes at the fourth an
nual convention of the national negro
business league at Nashville, Tenn,
recently, endorsed Booker T. Washing
ton, re-electing him president of the
league and scoring those who created
the recent disturbance at Boston
meeting while Mr.. Washington was
speaking. Almost every section of the
country was represented in the con-
vention.
The Baltimore & Ohio railroad COM
pany has placed an order with the
American locomotive company at New
York for a tandem compound locomo-
tive that will, when completed, be the
heaviest in the world. Its entire weight
2S5,000 pounds, rests on II driving
wheels. This locomotive is being built
as an experiment and will be used as
helping engine on some of the heavy
mountain grades to demonstrate its
usefulness in this class of service.
Plans for a national combination of
farmers to maintain prices, regulate
and fight all combinations
of middle men" have been launched
and a call for convention of progress
sive farmers to perfect the details OF
the scheme issued by the farmers ma
tonal exchange company, the Amer1-
can society of equity and other agri-
cultural interests to be held at Chica-
20 Sept. s. Uniform prices of 81 a
Dushel for wheat, 60c. corn and 40c.
pats are mentioned as one Of the OBJ
iects to be worked for.
Henry Frederick, the writer and
-rayeler has just made a new record
round the world. He started from
New York July and circled the earth
n "a DAYS, hours and 20 minutes.
The best previous record was made re-
,ently by James w. Sayre OF Seattle'
whose time was "a days and 10 hours.
Tules yerne's dream of Phineas Foggs I
wonderful trip around the worio In on
laws is beaten by Mr.. Frederick by {
nearly 26 days. But for mishap wnlch s
.aused him to lose fast steamer from
yokohama he would have made the I
Journey in so days.
Stephen B. Roath of Chicago, VINO t
,as made a fortune by thrift and IN '
,astment has divided half his wealth, {
,bout 100000 among relatives IN
hat CITY. to their great surprise. He
8 now rs years of age and a sufrerer
ror, locomotor ataxia. Mr.. Koath
owe he desired to see to what use MS
eiatives would put the money, ana
hat il had been given unconditlonally' .
To also intimates that he desired TO T
,,event litigation after his death ana !,
= saye LAWYERS fees, inheritance tax, .
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