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70TH
YEAR.
it 37
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der the
Aet or March
3.
1879.
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responsible for the views of his correspon-
dents
nor does
he necessarily
endorse them.
YESTERDAY'S
RACKS
Th=
horse
nnd
donkey
races
scheduled
to
ta<e
place
at
Sugar
Estate
yesterday
afternoon,
came
off
as
announced,
and
was
witnessed
by quite
a crowa
oi
eager
spectators.
The
afternoon
being
one
of
the
iortni~btly
holidays,
crowds
from
an
early
hour
began
to
assemble.
In
all,
there
wore
to have
been
eight
races;
but
there
were only six.
as.neither
the
fifth,
(a
foot-race,)
and
sixth
races
(Pepoer
Gray and
Johnnie,)
were
run.
In the Ist
race,
a mile
race
with a
S3O
stake,
Danieisea’s
''‘Smithy’’
defeated
Berétta’s
‘‘Roamer’’.
Much
interest
was
manifested
in
this
race,
as
both
horses
and
owners
were
favorites,
being
the
winners
of former prizes.
But from
the
onset
the powerful
‘‘Smithy’’ took
an
easy
lead,
which
condition
of things
was
not improved 'with
‘‘Roamer’’
bolt-
ing twice.
In
the 2nd
race
of mile and
a
stake
of sls,
run between
J. Petersen’s
‘‘Hope-
less’’ and A Fleming’s ‘‘Liady Princess’’,
the latter
won.
-
I'nen
rollowed
another
one
mile
race,
with a stake
of $25,
between
Danielsen’s
““Hopeful’”
and
Hendrick’s
‘‘Pepper
Grey,””
in
which,
however,
though
battling
bravely,
the
former
was
de-
feated.
I'nen
came
the
most
amusing
race
of
all,
therdonkey
race.
This contest
was
entered
by
5 animals,
belonging
respec-
tively to Lanielsen,
Fleming and Laßeet.
At an early scage
of the race,
one of
the
riders
came
to
grief through
being
un-
.
seated
by
ais
‘‘steed.’””
This
caused
great
merriment
to the
vast
crowds
as-
sembled.
He
soon,
however,
had
a
“‘companion
in affliction,”” for
by
and
CHRISTIANSTEI!,
V.l U.B. A,,- WEDNESDAY
Ist
OCTORER
1919
“hye’’ another
of the riders
suffered
a
similar
catastrophe.
lnagine
the laugh-
ter
and
uproar!
‘Thi:
race,
which
was
only ot
one
half mile,
vith a stake
of §6.
was
won by
a "'Tutniy
'
The
fifth race,
the
cot
ace,
did
not
come
off
neither
*dic. the
next
one.
be-
tween
'‘Pepper
Grey'’'
and
‘Johnnie.”
In
the
next
race
(7th
on
the
program,
but
virtually the sth)
run between
Dan-
ielsen’s
“‘Ground
Lizard’”’
and
Vago’s
“Snake’’,
the latter b’ its sinuous
move-
ments,
as
was
to
be «xpected,
easily
de-
feated
his rival.
(oe
weataer,
whiceh
thus
far had
been
holdin:y
fair,
now.
yecamg
dark
and
(areatening.
The l(' item
on the
pro-
gramme
was
the
mawech
between
De
Graff’s “‘Art’’and Fleming’s ‘‘Lady Prin-
cess’’.
Thiz
was
&
one
mile
stretch;
with
a stake of $15.00.
The two
racers
being
about
equal,
g eat
interest
was
evinced
in
this
raee.
Srarting
amid
great
excitement,
“‘rt’’took
the
lead,
and
kept
it
as
fa.
&s
the . ‘‘ubslant,’’
when
Jghe
‘‘Lady
Princess,’”’
runnirg
easily,
and
without whip
o1
rowels
stole
steadily
forward,
at
he end
outrunning
her
rival,
and
defeating
him
(?)
by
several
lengths.
’
The
races
were
in‘éresting and
exeit-
ing, and
the Racing
Association
must
be
congratulated
upon
the
success
of
its
efforts
to provide suh
inrocent
amuse-
ments.
St.
Thomas
Mail
Notes.
Sept.
25th.
.
4 STORY STRUCTURE
FCR BANK
“F NCVA SCOTIA.
Pians
have been
approved
for the eree-
tion of a modern
banking and office build-
ing at
the
Corner
of
San
Justo
and
Te-
tuan streets
for the Bank o. Nova Scotia.
Just how
sool
work is
to be
commenced
has
not
been
decided
but
the
present
building
on
rhis site
has
been
vacated
and it is planned
to
prepare-t.e
site for
construetion
as soon
as possible.
The building
will
be four story
rein-
forced
concrete
structure
the lower floor
of which will be entirely occupied
by the
bank.
The
three
upper
floors
will
be
constructed
for
offices.
There
will
be
nine
or ten
offices
on.
each
floor.
Sever-
al months
ago.the
Pank
of Nova
-Seotia
came
into
possessio:s
of
the
property
which it had
been
¢ cupying
for
many
years
and at.once
con..ideration
was given
to the
kind of building
that
was
to be
erected. At first thére
was
some
doubt
as
to
whether
the
building
would
be
planned
solely for bankinZ
purposes
or
¢ No.
225
whether additional
floors would
be added
o provide
office
space
for renting
pur-
poses.
i
Plan for the
new structure,
which
were
prepared
by
Antonin
Nechodoma,
haves
just
been
approved
by
the bank
officers
and
authority
given
for
eonstruction
wirk,
The
banking
rooms
on
the firs:
floor,
according
to
present
plans,
aill
possible
be
more spacious
and
attraétive
than anything
in Po.to
Rien.
The
pos-
sible
ecst of the
building
has
not
been
announced.
In addition
t.
its
new
banking
quar-
ters
the bank ¢! Nova
Scotia
on
Monday
will open
a
b.2%ch
in
Ponce
occupying
guarters
in the building of the Porto
Ri-
co Telephone
“ompany
on the Plaza
The
new branch
will be
in charge
of
J.
F.
Gill.
Last
April
the
bank
opened
a
branch
in
Fajardo,
the
first branch
in
Porto Rico
to be opened
by the
company
with the exception of its San Juan
agen-
cy.—Porto
Rico Progress
Sept.
19th.
CITRUS
CROP
ESTIMATE.
The
Citrus
crop
which
is
n»w
com-
mencin¢
to
be
harvested
is
esiimated
at little
more
than
1,000,000
k-
os
by
(‘apt.
E.
B.
Lessesne
of
the Fiiit
Ex-
change.
This
is about one-half
v hat the
crop
was
expected
to
be three
or
four
months
ago.
Since
that
time there
has
been
a heavy
dropping of young fruit.—
Ibid.
Prisoner
(to
jailer)—Fut
me
in
cell
No 38.
Jailer —What fo~?
Prisoner—lt’s
the
ore
fatrer
used
to
have.
L
NORTHERN
Assurance Compar
Limited
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OF
LONDON
GEO. L MA.KOE
Agent for Frederiksted’s
Distric:
M. K. ARMSTRONG.:
Agent for
Christiansted’s
District
Policies
are
not subject
to average