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LOS ANGELES, Jan. 4. -- Mrs. John Hay Whitney's Singing Wood, the favorite, captured the featured Santa Margarita Handicap at the Santa Anita race track today, defeating Tick On and Sound Advice, which finished behind the winner in that order.
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E McNair and D Cramer traded to Boston in exchange for H Johnson and A Niemiec and cash
Crabites, Pierre; Benes
AN excited clergyman made a speech one night in 1884 which fixed the national trend against James G. Blaine in favor of Grover Cleveland. A miners' strike late in 1892 junked the great political organization that had been built up to re-elect Benjamin Harrison.
1936Florence King, American journalist and memoirist (died 2016)[†]
Florence Virginia King was an American novelist, essayist and columnist.
1936Terry Lineen, New Zealand rugby player (died 2020)[†]
Terence Raymond Lineen was a New Zealand rugby union player. A second five-eighth and centre three-quarter, Lineen represented Auckland at a provincial level, and was a member of the New Zealand national side, the All Blacks, from 1957 to 1960. He played 35 matches for the All Blacks including 12 internationals.