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...Bang and Queen with English citizenry to the number of 100,000 assisted at the Grand National. Crowds clogged the mist-streaked course, restless with suspense and excitement. Sixteen jumps obstruct the Aintree Course, 14 of which must be twice crossed before the finish. Annual efforts are made by well-intentioned groups of the British public to reduce the number and the rigor of the hazards. At the 82nd Grand National only one horse finished without a fall...
...production of Mr. Iden Payne. Settings, costumes, etc., are arranged to the key of 1830, the age of tasseled canes and wonderful waistcoats, when a copy of Don Juan lay on the dressing tables of ladies of fashion; a picture of old England in its autumn, smiling through the mist of factory smoke just beginning to rise. Unfortunately a production set in so delightful a key has to be something more than a mere picture, or even a mere dramatization; it ought to be a play in its own right, and this "Major Pendennis" is not. It is little else...
...slippery field, and a dark, heavy mist over the Stadium came along yesterday to add to the present difficulties of the University football team...
...long talk in the Locker Building and a half-hour's signal drill in the Cage, but dissatisfied with the showing being made lately, Coach Haughton wound up the afternoon's work by staging a hard scrimmage on the field. The play was impeded by the thick mist and wet turf, but before it was stopped at 5 o'clock by utter darkness, every man was sent in to take part. No scoring was made, for the University team could not make consistent progress through the seconds' line, this being the only safe method of attack on the slippery field...
...University nine again showed its calibre yesterday when it defeated the Pilgrims 8 to 1 in a game which was played under anything but ideal conditions. A cold mist hindered the pitchers somewhat but did not seem to affect the hitting, as the University team secured 12 safeties. Three double plays, together with long hits by Nash and Harte served to enliven an otherwise uninteresting game. McLaughlin, the Pilgrim's pitching captain was hit freely during his stay in the box. He was relieved by Davis, who was more successful and allowed but two hits in three innings. Whitney...