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The Phoenix Jewish news., 1963-02-15
JEWISH BOOK CORNER
Story Of Che plain Told

to the issue of whether rabbi
would be permitted to serve IN uni
form. 100 years ago there were a
few rabbis like Isaac Mayer Wise
of Cincinnati and Isaac Lesser OF
Philadelphia and handful OF ded-
icated lay people who headed the
board of delegates of the American
Israelites and with rigid determi-
nation went to speak to President
Abraham Lincoln about the possi-
bility of Jewish chaplain for the
Jewish men in the Civil War.
After much public discussion and
congressional debate the following
measure was passed by the Senate
in 1852:
"NO person shall be appointed
a chaplain in the United States
Army who is not a regular or
dained minister of some religious
denomination and who does not
present testimonials of his good
standing as such minister, with
a recommendation for his ap-
pOintment as an Army chaplain
1rOIIA SOAuO StutnAOIAACu CCCACSAHS-
tical body, or not less than five
accredited ministers belonging to
said denominations"
This historic measure was most
important to the welfare of the
Jewish community because it gave
rabbis the right to serve as chap
lains in the American m d
forces. This year marks the CEN
tennial of this celebration which
gave to all rabbis in this country
the moral and legal right to serve
as military chaplains as validly
ordained clergymen.
Rabbi Jacob Frankel of Phila-
delphia received his commission on
Sept. 1S, 1852, and thus became
the first full time American Jew
ish functionary to receive hi
commission as a Jewish chaplain.
During World War II, however,
the Jewish chaplain found himself
with totally new and challenging
tasks of rescue, relief and rehabili-
tation. The chaplain was the first
to meet Jews who were in hiding
or in concentration camps. T h e
German program of total extermi-
nation stands out as the m O I
horrible example of mans inhu-
manity to man. Before the N All
machine was stopped, it had crush
ed nearly six million Jewish lives.
The Phoenix Jewish news., 1963-02-15

There were, however, the handful
who miraculously survived, d
desperately needed help. This was
the job of the Jewish chaplain.
He was ever dedicated to rescue
his fellow Jews and bring them the
hope and the spirit of new rehabili-
tation.
The Jewish chaplain served in
the capacity of teacher, counsel
IOr, friend, but more he became
a symbol of heroic dedication
to the cause of freedom. This
was most nObly exemplified in
the great sacrifice of the four
chapIains aboard the American
transport, The Dorchester on
June Is, 1913, when they were
suddenly attacked. The four
chaplains - two Protestant, one
Catholic and a rabbi - banded
together to help their fellow men.
Each of the chaplains gave his
own life belt to other men to save
them.
The last letter that Chaplain
Alexander Goode, a Jewish chap
lain from Brooklyn, wrote to his
wife before he got on the ship
said: 1--WE are fighting for a new
age of brotherhood, the age that
will usher in world democracy;
the age that men will admire the
freedom and responsibility of COM
mon democracy, justice and right
eousness as dreamed by our prop
hetS who gave the world a demo-
cratic spirit will cover the earth
as a torment. Men the world over
will have enough to eat, clothes to
wear, opportunity for improve
ment, for education, employment.
Tyranny will no longer be possible
in united world because, before
it can gain power, the forces Of
justice speeded through space
through many forces, will over
whelm it." Here was the spirit Of
the Jewish chaplain and no matter
how many sad duties there were
for him - to bury the dead, to
comfort the mourner and to give
spirit to those broken of spirit,
the Jewish chaplain was the SYM
Dol of the interfaith service.
Rabbis in uniform were dedicat-
ed to the cause of greater free
dom, and this centennial year
marks new growth of opportunity
and service.
The Phoenix Jewish news., 1963-02-15

Dear Mr. MereQlCn:
Accounts in the local press seem
to indicate that you are conten-
plating leaving the University OF
Mississippi.
It is not difficult to understand
your feelings. You have been hoot-
ed and jeered, you have been de-
prived of your privacy, your very
life has been threatened. Certainly
these conditions must weigh heavl-
lv upon you; they must make con-
centrated study difficult indeed.
In spite of all this, i hope you
will remain at the University OF
Mississippi. Fortunately or un-
fortunately, you are now more
than James Meredith, N rO
American. You have become a
symbol. Your courage, your de-
vOtion, symbolic your peoples
struggle for the rights due them
as human beings and as Ameri-
can citizens. We believe in your
cause. We hope that you will be
victorious because your victory
will prove to us, and to the
world, that A m C a does
stand for equal opportunity. On
the other hand, should you fail,
we, and millions of your own peo-
pie who look to you, will have
lost a leader. There is danger
that we will become discouraged
and fOregO our efforts to remove
this blot ON the record of our
country.
Mr.. Meredith, several thousand
years ago our people were slaves
in Egypt. At that time a leader
arose who smote their oppressorS
and led them out of their slavery.
Their exodus is a blood-Stained
memorial to mans cruelty, n
also to his desire for freedom.
We would like to think that
America is different from Egypt OF
old. We would like to think h a
freedom can be won within the
society, that an exodus from that
society is not the solution to our
problem. You, and others like you,
can become the Moses of your ira
dition. You can lead your people to
freedom and to the point where
they will make a significant con-
tribution to our culture.
Yours is a lonely task. There
are few friendly faces in Oxford.
/ would like to remind you how
ever, that your situation is not
unique. The Bible tells us that
when Moses saw his people be-
ing oppressed, he looked around
and found "nO man" NO one
to help no one to encourage
him. 1t was then that he took
matters into his own hands and
acted for his people.
Be strong, take courage and re-
main a symbol of your people.
Our prayers are with you.
| Sincerely
RABBI MOSHE TUTNAUER
The Phoenix Jewish news., 1963-02-15

] e w i S h chaplain has played
through many wars in our country.
Here he is presented as co-fa-
ther or brother to the men and
women, as a friend in need - a
friend who helped the broken and
down-trodden souls who had come
so close to death and he became
the tower of strength for those who
needed his service and help.
One hundred years ago the COM
munity as a whole was Indifferent
The Phoenix Jewish news., 1963-02-15
By RABBI ALBERT PLOTKIN

The American rabbi has been
portrayed in many roles as preach
er, teacher, leader of his people,
but he has also played a great
role as American Jewish military
chaplain.
Chaplain Louis Barish, currently
stationed at Fort Hamilton in
Brooklyn, N. Y, took upon himself
The Phoenix Jewish news., 1963-02-15

the task of of CIV
ing the w h o l e
story of the Jew
ish chaplain and
putting it in book
form it'll e d,
"RabbiS in Uni
form" Here is a
book that is COM
plete in terms OF
relating the great
and magnificent
role which t h e
The Phoenix Jewish news., 1963-02-15
Open Letter
TO James
Meredith

Editors Note: The following
article appeared in the Beth Ell
Echo prior to James Meredith's
announcement that he would re-
turn to the University of Missis-
sippi.
The Phoenix Jewish news., 1963-02-15

Dy re-enTOInng, IS the act OF an extremely brave
man.
But I think that he knows that his act has
great meaning, not only for the Negro people, but
also for the entire country. Its Importance can
not be overestimated, in terms of the enlargement
of democracy and of the democratic image all
over the world.
We owe him a great debt. The courage of
his choice will strengthen us all. I pray it will
even inspire in the young people of the south Gas
in us) a respect for the Negro and greater un-
derstanding of the dignity and worth OF every
The Phoenix Jewish news., 1963-02-15
The World Over

decision register for the semester
University Mississippi of the most important
of the 1t must have been painful decision to make but
thankfully, it was the right
made that Mr. Meredhs first
The Phoenix Jewish news., 1963-02-15

Dear Mr.. Meredith:
Accounts in the local press seem
to indicate that you are contenl-
plating leaving the University OF
Mississippi.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-11-18
Jim Green Dies,
Veteran SundIot
Player, Umpire

James Roy (Jimmie) Green.
who served as a sandlot base
ball umpire and umpire asSocia-
ton official for three decades
in Washington, died last night
in a nursing home in Dun
Loring. He was IA.
Mr.. Green, a resident of
Arlington, had been i'll with
heart trouble the last three
years and severely i'll for two
months. A former tax expert,
he retired in 1856 after 38 years
with the Bureau of Internal
Revenue.
Mr.. Green was a sandlot out
fielder with several District
teams before enlisting in the
Army in World War I. In 1920
he helped organize the umpires
in the Washington area and Of
ficiated himself until 1945. He
then served as official protest
judge another five years.
He also worked with the late
Vic Gauzza in promoting sand
lot baseball, but retired from
this activity after Gauzza died
in 1850.
Survivors include his wife
Violet, a son. James R., jr., OF
New York City; a daughter
Mrs. Arden Ray Treece OF
Front Royal; a stepson, Dor
A. Koerbel, and a step-daugh-
ter, Mrs. Joseph Heflin, the
last two living in Arlington.
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Utz Takes
Score Lead

Virginia Techs one-two punch
Of Quarterback Bob Schweick-
ert and Fullback Sonny Utz
has helped put the Coolers on
the Threshold Of their first
Southern Conference football
championship.
In the process, they have
moved into first place in a cou-
pie Of important individual
races.
Utz score d two touchdowns
Saturday as the Techmen ELI
INMATE West Virginia from
the conference race, 1913. The
scores gave Utz 81 points for the
season and moved him past
Dick Drummond Of George
Washington and Sammy Pick
ems of Furman, both idle last
week.
Drummond, last weeks scor-
ing leader, has as points and
Pickens has A.
Schweickert didn't score
against the Mountaineers, but
he retained fourth place in the
scoring race with AZ points. He
ran and passed for 157 yard'
against West Virginia, moving
him into first place in the con-
ference in total offenSe with
1896 yards.
The top scorers in the con-
| ference.
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By the Associated Pres,

An overnight trip from st.
Louis didn't faze the veteran
Bob Petit and the Hawks, who
took over lie a dership in the
Western Division Of the Ma
tional Basketball Association
yesterday by whipping Los An
geles, 117-112.
The Hawks gained an uphill
1l5-ll2 victory over Baltimore
in st. Louis S Saturday night.
The quick trip to the Pacific
Coast didn't keep Petit from
scoring 80 points and crossing
the lS,000-point plateau. Petit
now has a career total of 1905
points, second only to the
1915 by Dolph Schayes,
coach Of the Philadelphia 76ers.
San Francisco drubbed De-
troit. 1906, and Cincinnati
e edge Baltimore. 1l0-109, in
yesterdays other games. In
addition to the Hawks victory
over Baltimore, New York
downed Cincinnati, 122-114
and Los Angeles took Detroit
1855, in other Saturday night
games.
A fast break helped the
Hawks down the Lakers in
their battle for first place. The
Lakers took an early lead, but
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Record Crowd
Sees Chargers
Stop Buffalo
By the Associated Press

Professional football went
over with a bang yesterday in
Buffalo as a record crowd of
1892 turned out to watch San
Diego turn back Buffalo's bid
for a fourth straight victory,
1918, in the American Football
Leagues top game of the week.
The New York Jets ende d
their losing slide by beating the
Denver Broncos, 14-9, and the
Kansas City Chiefs, who had
lost five straight, held the Bos-
ton Patriots to a PAPA tie in
other AFL games yesterday.
Houston and Oakland were
idle.
The record turnout at Buffa-
10, which exceeded the previous
high of 1891 at Houston last
December %, saw the Chargers
win on a 17-yard pass from
Tobin Rote to Lance Alwortf
in the third period. The tt
broke a 1910 halftime tie anC
tipped the season record for thu
Western Division leaders to 80
Dick Wood, cast off by thu
Broncos during the training
season, threw two touchdown
passes in the second period fol
New York's victory before
14,427 at Denver. One was fol
80 yards to Bake Turner ano
the other a 60-yarder to Dor
Maynard.
A 47-yard burst through
guard by Larry Garron gave thu
Patriots a 24-17 lead before
1920 at Boston, but Kansas
City rallied to tie on the pass
ing of rookie quarterback Eddie
Wilson.
Making his first pro start
Wilson passed % yards to Cur
tbs McClinton for the equalizer
The standoff dropped Boston
into a second place tie will
Buffalo in the Eastern division
at 5-5-1. New York is right be
hind at Ash.
Houston, the leader in tn
East at GA, plays at San deg
in a battle of division first pla,
GERS in the top AFL game mex
Sunday. Kansas City is at Ney
York, Buffalo at Boston AM
Oakland at Denver.
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TireIess Petit, Hawks
Take Western Lead +.

Petit paced the Hawks to a
77-66 lead and they stayed in
front. Elgin Baylor was high
for Los Angeles with 80 points.
1t was a runaway at San
Francisco as Wilt Chamberlain
scored 81 points to lead the
Warriors over Detroit. At one
point the Pistons, led by Eddie
Miles q points, trailed by 40
points.
A closing rally by Baltimore
fell short at Cincinnati when
Gene Shue missed a free throw
for the Bullets with eight Sec
onds left. At one time the
Royals. led by Oscar Robert
sons % points, held a l3-point
a dvantage. Walt Bellamy
tossed in q points for the los
.ers.
No games are scheduled to-
night.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-11-18
By STEVE HERSHEY
Star staff Writer

DeMatha gained all six first
place votes in The Stars final
scholastic rating today and thus
became the first team to over
whelmingly dominate the poll
for an entire season.
The powerful Stays, possess
ing an explosive offense and a
stingy defense. collected the top
vote from all six scholastic
writer's every week except the
first when they polled five and
one runnerup ballot.
Coach Morgan Wootten's
squad is the only unbeaten and
united team in the area. The
Stays also won their first
Catholic League championship
and finished undefeated for the
first time in their history.
Gonzaga caused q mild stir
in this weeks poll by dumping
st. Johns. 14-11, in its final
clash Saturday at Alexandria.
The Cadets, fourth last week,
tumbled into a sixth-place tie
with DuVal, the Prince Georges
County champion. st. Johns
drew 81 points, a drop Of IL
from its previous total.
Richard Montgomery, Mont
gomery County champions,
picked up one point to retain
its hold on the runnerup spot.
The Rockets allowed Just Is
points in 10 games and their
lone blemiSh was a scoreless tie
with Walter johnson.
Westinghouse. tied with
Mclean for the Group la title
with one game 10 play, stayed
ahead of its rival in third place
with 40 points. Mclean, after
whipping Woodson, 1910, moved
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CIV Guard Out
For Final Game

John Hill, senior guard and
linebacker for George Wash
ington University, will miss
GW's final game Saturday
against Vanderbilt in Nashville
Tenn.
Hill damaged the blood ves-
sells in his left knee last Friday
in a scrimmage with the fresh
man team and the knee was
placed in a cast Saturday.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-11-18
Congressman Aids
In Polo Victory

Representative Purcell, DEM
ocrat of Texas, and Col. Jack
Shirley scored once each in the
last two chukkers to give the
Plainsmen a Us victory over
the Belvoir Polo Club yesterday
at Woodlawn Plantation.
Shirley scored three goals for
the Plainsmen, dressed in
leather chaps as part OF From
tier Day observance, and Purcell
and Col. Jean Tarbutton two
each. Winnie Rizzo, borrowed
from Potomac Falls club, led
Belvoir with three goals.
The 200-yard flat race, fea-
ture of the Western riding
exhibition at intermission, was
won by Lee MajeSki.
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Cunuck Rinkmen
Defeat MercuNs

The Washington Canucks
hockey team opened its season
with a IA victory over the Bal
timore Mercurys yesterday at
Washington Coliseum.
Bill ellis scored the first
two goals to give the Canucks a
lead it never lost. Gillies fin
ished with three goals and two
assists.
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Puppy Is Judged Best
In Collie Competition

Jesse, a Am o n th-old blue
merle puppy, owned by Cal
Wickens Of Baltimore, was the
surprise winner of best ir
match yesterday in the Mason
Dixon Collie Clubs sanctioned
match at Fifteenth and z
streets NV.
Best adult and best male was
Big Boy. owned by Richard
Hause Of Laurel. Best female
and also high graduate novice
In obedience trials was Wei
come. owned by Ann Penn of
Dayton, Md.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-11-18
Hoffman and McCIuy
Elected by Umpires

Jack Hoffman has been
elected president Of the Metro
politan Baseball Umpire's Asso-
citation for the 1864 season.
Other officers elected include
Bill McClay. vice president;
John Braddock, secretary, Lyn-
wood Smith, treasurer and Bob
Spriggs, commissioner.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-11-18


Saturday the Maryland Jockey
Club will hand out about $780,
900 in the Pimlico Futurity,
but the result Of the mile-and-
a-sixteenth event for 2-year-
olds hardly will clarity the pic
ture.
Horseplayers can take heart
that owners and breeders have
Just as tough a time deciding
which foals and yearlings viii
develop into top horses as they
have with the past-perform-
ance selections.
There were 900 original nom
nations to this week ends 4lst
Pimlico Futurity, but the list
did not contain the names Of
the first four finishers in the
Garden State Salisbury to
Market, Roman Brother, Dash
koodah and Sophia's Boy.
Roman Brother and Sophia's
Boy were not nominated origi-
nally for the Garden State,
either, but gained a starting
berth by payment Of a $4,000
supplemental nomination fee.
The Pimlico Futurity has no
provision for a late supple
mental entry, although next
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NTERHIGH PICKS
READY TOMORROW

The first of The Stars
all-star football teams, the
All-Interhigh squa d, will
appear in morrow'S
sports section. The ALL
Metropolitan team will be
announced Sunday.
The weeks schedule Of
all-Star stories:
Observation-Disclosures.
Wednesday-All-Prep.
Thursday - All Mary
land.
Friday-All-Virg
Sunday-All- Metropoli-
tan.
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PietrunqeIi Beuten

SANTIAGO. Chile, Nov IL
(AP).-Alan Lane of Australia
defeated Nicola Pietrangeli OF
Italy. As, Ga. Ga yeSter-
day to win the Chilean tennis
Championship.
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year this feature will be added
to the race.
With the first four finishers
Of the S317,290 Garden State
ineligible here. the fifth horse
home in the New Jersey claS-
sic-Bupers-might be the IA
vorite here Saturday. Owned
by Mrs. Marion r. Frankel.
Bupers, who won the Belmont
Futurity, is scheduled to run
at Aqueduct today and then
be shipped here.
The Pimlico Futurity Prep Is
scheduled at Old Hilltop today.
with a field Of eleven 2-year-
olds set for the event. How
ever, Reginald N. WebSter's
Traffic and Greentree Stables
Trader, two Of the more prom
inent Pimlico Futurity eligi-
bles, are passing up the race.
The Pimlico Futurity might
not draw as many Of the name
2-year-olds as the Garden
State, but there could be a
classic winner in the expected
field Of IL or Is. Last fall
Chateaugay finished out Of the
money in the race here but
went on to win the Derby and
Belmont Stakes and finish Sec
ond in the Preakness.
The fame Of the jockeys due
to perform in the futurity will
probably Guido the horses. Will
lie Shoemaker is slated to pilot
Quadrangle: Manuel Ycaza,
Traffic; John L. Rotz. Trader;
Walter Blum, NenemooSha,
and Wayne Chambers. Bupers.
II Is start the race it will
gross $175.250.
SHORT SPRINTS-There is
a three-way tie in the early
;crambling for Pimlico's riding
title at this late fall meeting.
Blum. Ron Turcotte and Lar
y Gilligan each has won four
lays Jockey Bill Harmatz
will ride Hill-n-Dale Farms
Bronze Babu in the $50 900
Dixie Handicap here Thanks
giving Day Opening Of the
new Northeastern ExpreSsway
was credited with helping pro-
vide Pimlico with an excep-
tionally large turnout 1S,535)
Saturday.
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MIA Standings

RESULTS SATURDAY
New York 1872. Cincinnati ia.
ST. Louis lis, Baltimore liz.
Los Angeles 115, Detroit 95.
RESULTS YESTERDAY
Cincinnati ITO. Baltimore 100.
San Francisco 100, Detroit %.
st. Louis liz. Los Angeles 112.
GAMES TODAY
No games scheduled.
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Gilchrist 1, run CYoho kick
San Diego-Lincoln 55. run (BlaiI
kick.
San Diego-FG, Blair 80.
Buffalo-FG. Yoho -.
San Diego-Alworth II. pass from
Rote blair kickl.
Buffalo-FG, Yoho O..
San Diego-FG. Blair Is.
San Diego-FG. Blair Al.
Attendance. 3s,592.
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You Be the
Quarterback
ANSWER
Question on Page A-lS)

NQuCStlOH OH age A-l0D
No. 3. Pass. One theory Of
offense is never to change what
is working. But offenSe is more
firing than defense; a running
offense is more firing than a
passing offense. The day is
warm and grinding yards out
through the middle can weaken
your team for later going. First
down is the best time to pass;
with three first downs on the
ground, the defense must set
to halt your running game.
distributed by The REGISTER and
Tribune Syndicate)
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At THE RACES
Juvenile Scene
Confusing One
By JOE KELLY

BALTIMORE Nov. 1s-There have been some mixed-up
for 2year-ods but 1868 might take prize for
fusion.
There cearcut juvenile champion who be labeled
winterbook favorte for the 3yearold classics next
spring picture likely clear quickly On
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Denver-FG. Mingo Is.
New York-Turner 80, pass from Wood
(Guesman kick.
Denver-FG, Mingo 40.
New York-Maynard so. pass from
Wood (Guesman kick.
Denver-FG, Mungo 80.
Attendance. 1927.
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A-DorWlI BtabIe-R. A. Firestone, ir. entry.
CHAT breaks fast and should outrun this closely
matched field. GENGHIS KHAN his last start and
rates excellent chance ATOM CLOUD was a win
earlier at Laurel.
SEVENTH RACE-Purse $4,000; claiming $4,000 to
3-yRa Furlan turf
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All Standings


RESULTS YESTERDAY
New York IA, Denver 8.
san Diego %. Buffalo 10.
Kansas City "a, Boston "a (tie).
GAMES SUNDAY
Houston at San Diego.
Oakland at Denver.
Buffalo at Boston.
Kansas City at New York.
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al MuHord-S. waters. Ir entry.
BIC. OBoyle-M. OBoyle entry.
ARLo had speed when third at Garden State and
fes, the vote here: CHILLY SHOULD finished second
In bis bow and looks like the one to beat. JOSH
Is due for top effort.
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Kansas City7caekson IL, pass from
Wilson Spikes kick).
Boston-FG, Cappelletti 30.
Boston-Romeo 8. pass from Parill
Kansas InSs c SiSe Spikes 81.
Boston-Parilli 1, run (run failed).
Kansas City-McClinton 5. run Spike:
kick).
Boston-Safety. Wilson tackled in end
zone.
Boston-oarron AZ. run (Cappellett
Kansas city-Mcclinton %. pass from
Wilson Spikes kick).
Attendance. 1870.
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LIANT DUCHESS
$4,000; allowance, S-year-

BULL MARKET, winner the turf for $1,000,
should beat slightly better horses here. WAR LEAGUE
looks like the principal rival AST0NDED better than
his last race.