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STIRRING FINISHES IN SKATING RACES; Higgins of New York A.C. Beats Kearney by Two Feet in Half-Mile Handicap. TWO-MILE GOES TO GRANGER Latter Has Easy Victory from Big Field at St. Nicholas Rink -- Exciting Finish in Novice.

Most of the well-known local speed skaters furnished a good evening's sport and excitement last night to several hundred spectators at the St. Nicholas Skating Rink, West Sixty-sixth Street near Columbus Avenue. Judging from the large number present and the general enthusiasm, these skating events are fully as popular as the championship hockey games, and the experiment of adding short and long distance races occasionally during the season has already proved its success.

January 24, 1909

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