Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-08-01
|STAR'S NEWS REEL
| GIVES RACE THRILLS
Winner of Saratoga Handicap
to Be Shown Fighting From
Behind to Win.

The first Evening Star Universal
NeWsreel which will be shown, beginning
today, in Washington, Maryland and Vir-
ginia theaterS, presents several DEATH
defying stunts and brilliant spectacles.
One of the most fascinating is the his
toric Saratoga Handicap race before a
spectacular gathering of notables and
society folk at Saratoga Springs, N. Y,
at the opening of the Summer meet of
the Ascot of America.
Diavolo, mounted by Jockey Maiben,
captured the race in the fast time of
1903 3-5 for the mile and a quarter.
Slow to start, the son of Whisk Broom,
I'd, after being six lengths behind,
moved up gradually and after a decisive
battle with Hot Teddy and Bateau at
the last furlong pole flashed ahead.
All of Race Is Shown.
The handicap race is shown from
start to finish, from the time the bugle
blows for the parade to the post until
Diavolo raced under the wire. Pictures
of the gay throngs Of gayly dressed
women and prominent men cheering the
horses on to victory are unfolded on
the screen with all the fire and bril-
liancy of the real race.
The welcome home of Capt. Lewis YAM
cey and Roger c. Williams, who few from
New York to Rome in the Pathfinder, Is
presented with the glamor and splendor
of gay crowds at the City Hall, New
York, where the flyers were greeted by
Mayor Walker and Police Commissioner
Grover Whalen. The flyers are shown
greeting their wives in a happy re-
union and on the steps of the beauti-
full st. Patrick's Cathedral, where they
attended mass, as well as in the Of
fetal parade.
Girls Athletic Meet.
One of the most brilliant athletic
meets, in which two girls shatter rec
ords, is shown. Helen Filkey Warren is
seen taking the hurdles for a new
woman's record in the 80-meter race in
the national A. A. U. meet at Soldier
Field, Chicago. In the same contest
Betty Robinson broke the 100-yard
dash record and is shown flashing
across the tape just ahead OF her near
est rival.
Speedboat thrills mark the great an
nual championship hydroplane races at
Lake Tahoe, Calf. where the fastest
boats are seen churning up the water
in rough seas.
Helen Wills is welcomed in New York
by large crowds after her return from
Europe with fresh laurels. At %, she
is the champion of England, France
and the United States.
The latest motion pictures are taken
of AriStide BRAND, the man of the
hour in France, upon his succession to
the premiership recently resigned by
Raymond Poincare. who is now taking
rest from his arduous labors.
Largest Herd of Little Horses.
Every lover of horses will be inter-
ested in seeing the largest herd of the
smallest horses in the world. Sixteen
hundred Shetland ponies were caught
by the camera on their grazing grounds
on the Western ranch. These ponies
are not much bigger than dogs, one
shown weighing but 80 pounds.
Deah-defying aeroplane stunts over
the skyscrapers of San Francisco were
photographed especially for The Eve
ming Star Universal Newsreel. Lieut..
7. J. Meyer of the Dist Observation
Squadron. Crissy Field Topped the loop
over the big buildings and did dam
gerous tail spin over the heart OF the
city.