Word: races
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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After the Civil War, several Negroes were elected from Southern States to take seats in the House of Representatives. Soon those Negroes nominated youths of their own race for the U. S. service academies at Annapolis and West Point. In 1873 two young Negroes passed the Annapolis entrance examinations and were admitted. Within the year both resigned, because of "deficiencies in their studies." The next year, another Negro went to study at the Naval Academy. Before his plebe (first) term was out he was dismissed, for using "profane and vile" language to a classmate...
...Gann, who had a good seat, nor Maryland's Governor Ritchie, nor Will Rogers, whose pocket was picked of four mutuel tickets, thought of the Klan as they watched what Dr. Freeland was about. They were all interested in seeing what horse would win the famed Preakness horse-race. Dr. Freeland, who is a big fast three-year-old horse out of Toddle by Light Brigade, humped his shoulders and won the race in a rushing finish...
...second horse to stamp in was Minotaur. Dr. Freeland had passed him only 100 yds. before the finish line. One hour and a few minutes before the race Minotaur was owned by Charles Graffagnini, a New Orleans butcher. Restaurateurs habitually buy from butchers. One hour before the race, Chicago Restaurateur John R. Thompson Jr. bought Minotaur...
...Washington jail, Oilman Harry Sinclair had hoped to hear the Preakness results over the prison radio (see p. 12). But the radio would not work. He had to wait for the newspapers. When he read them he discovered that one of his horses, Patroness, had won a preliminary race...
...Preakness is Maryland's greatest race, traditional preliminary for the Derby at Churchill Downs, Ky., greatest U. S. race. But Owner Salmon announced that Dr. Freeland would not run in the Derby this weekend...