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New York, Dec. 16, 'The Canadiens hockey team of Montreal to-day won the Prince of Wales' trap! by at Madison Square Garden:
Fifteen thousand spectators lstaned to selections played by the Tue long casualty list in the opening runs of the paper-hunting season makes it quite a lengthy business to establish the state of health of all the Mr. Whitamore wai yesterday, with an arm in a sling, but otherwise looking quite cheery and probably before long he will be in his usual place amongst the Mr. N. factory. At first he was said to be very seriously hurt, then it was revised to nothing' more than a bad shaking, but the tatest report is that several bones, especially about the shoulders, have been chipped. However, he is doing very well in the cumstances. Mrs, Burton's broken well, whilst Miss Ada Law is amongst the convalescents (her accident was before the hunts started). Mr. K. Me Cumming had not broken any "more limbs. at the time of Writing, but disasters amazingly rapidly, Miss Loraine Fleming, too, recovering nicely. say For the third time in the history, of Japanese horsemanship a mar haw ridden up the long steep stairway of the Atagoyama Shrine and made the return journey without injury either to himself or his horse. The intrepid horseman was Toshita Iwaki. The danger and difficulty of the performance can be surmised when it la known that the historic shrine stairway is 90 feet high and. has ad incline of about 60 degrees.. A slip: on the stairs would probably mean death to both horse and-rider. 'The first] man said to have, ridden, up. the stairway was a, santurai, one Heikuro Magaki,, who,, made. the] climb safely in' i708." For 160] years but one other horseman accomplished the feat.
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