The Day Was Marred

THE DAY WAS MARRED

FOR MILAN FOLKS BECAUSE OF DEATH OF HAZEL RIDGE

Many People Come and Go – Drunk Taken Care of by Officer – Other Milan News.

Milan, Mich., Aug. 2. - (Special to Daily Argus).- Rev. W. K. Dennis, of Colebrook, Ohio, preached at the Baptist church Sunday morning and evening.

Prof. C. M. Fuller spent Monday in Willis.

O Case is visiting friends in Detroit for a few weeks.

C. M. Blackmer has returned from his Detroit sojourn.

Prof. and Mrs Chas. Carrick are out of town for an outing.

Mrs. Oscar Newscomb is entertaining guests from the south.

C. E. Patterson, who has been very ill, is now convalescent.

Mrs. James Gauntlett left the first of the week for Traverse City.

Mr. and Mrs. J. Lockwood are entertaining guests form Canada.

Editor Houseman and family are entertaining guests out of town.

Mr. and Mrs Fred Butler are entertaining Mrs. T. Lacy and daughter, of Toledo.

Claude Buxton is clerking for his brother-in-law, A. Vedder, in the star bakery.

M. A. Palmer and Miss Violet Palmer have returned from their rural sojourn.

Chas. Sill and Homer Sill and family have gone to Crystal Lake for a two weeks' outing.

Miss Florence Chapin has returned from two weeks' visit with Ino Whitmarsh, of Detroit.

Mrs. H. J. Zimmerman visited her daughter Ada at the University hospital the last of the week.

T. F. Hickey was called home the last of the week in Canada to attend the funeral of his mother.

Mrs. Della Holcomb and daughter, of Detroit, are the guests of Mr. and Mrs. A. Holcomb, of W. Main st.

Miss Ida Buorroughs is entertaining her brother and sister, Mr. and Mrs. Webb, of Newark, New Jersey.

Mrs. Mary Wallace has been improving one of her houses on County st. with new screen doors and a new kitchen.

The Milan Band has reorganized. It has 13 pieces and Milton Clark is the leader. They expect to play in Detroit this week.

Mrs. Clarence Needham and daughter returned Sunday form a two weeks' visit at Ashley with her mother and sister, Mrs. Camnet.

Deputy Sheriff Luxton has been doing some efficient work in the way of arresting some drunken men who fail to care for their families.

Mrs. G. R. Williams returned the last of the week from a two weeks' visit with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. Sprague, in Ann Arbor.

Rve. S. H. Stokes, of the Christian Catholic church, of Detroit, preached at the Union church Tuesday afternoon and evening Aug. 1.

The light harness horse races were witnessed by about 10,000 people at Cleveland, Ohio, July 26. The races were fine and the time was good but the day's sport was greatly marred by the sudden death of Hazel Ridge, the Michigan stallion, owned by Chas. Gauntlett, of Milan, (who won fame in other years with Coralloid) and came out with him. Hazel Ridge trotted to a record, but did not win the race at Highland Park, but up at the big track he showed speed and stamina and won on the opening day reducing his record to 2:11¼. At Cleveland he was the favorite but after finishing back in one heat he fell dead when he came out to score, of heart failure, thus robbing the turf of an exceedingly promising horse. Hazel Ridge was raised by the late William Wright, of Detroit Mr. Gauntlett has the deep sympathy of a large circle of friends over his great loss and his Milan friends feel as though it was a loss as well to our village, which were justly proud of this fine animal.