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Georgia last week began raising $100,000 to build a monument to one of its two great literary heroes, the late Joel Chandler Harris, author of the "Uncle Remus" stories.* Throughout the State's public schools, where his birthday in December is annually celebrated, collection boxes were to be distributed so that moppets with dimes, nickels and pennies could share in honoring the man who gave them the tales of the foxiness of Brer Fox and the agility of Brer Rabbit. First substantial gift came from Col. Sam Tate, president of Georgia Marble Co., who lives in a huge...
...field as it moved around toward the Canal Turn. Not until the horses came thundering heavily past the stands the first time around could the dense, shouting mob packed against the rail get a clear idea of how the race was going. Colliery Band went past first, with Remus, Kellsboro Jack and Delaneige running close behind...
...Becher's Brook the second time, Kellsboro Jack, Remus. Delaneige and Slater, the horse Jock Whitney sold a fortnight before the race, were setting the pace. Gregalach missed the jump, fell and broke a blood-vessel. Miss Paget's Golden Miller, the prime favorite, lost his rider. At Valentine's Brook, Kellsboro Jack, getting a beautiful ride from little David Dudley Williams whom many experts consider England's best steeplechase jockey, took the lead. In the last mile huge Pelorus Jack, who caused several bad spills when he swung across the track in last year...
...Campbell Bascom Slemp, Calvin Coolidge's onetime secretary, paid an election bet by shipping a ton of coal from Camden to Washington by air (cost: $147). In Louisville, one Charles Jernigan won two white chickens for his pot. In Omaha. Loser Lillian Zack carried Winner Remus Jobe down Leavenworth Street in a wheelbarrow. At Los Angeles, Hooverite Will Healy let Rooseveltian Manuel Alonzo pitch 24 rotten eggs...
...only one fox stomach were found quail remains; small, nongame birds were in only six. The Bureau is now examining the stomachs of 50 foxes killed in the spring, paying $1 per stomach. Virginia Negroes, wise as Uncle Remus, have always known that of all foods Brer Fox prefers Brer Rabbit...