Passager, the French challenger, took over at the quarter-mile marker and Red Evie edged closer approaching the final furlong before Spencer unleashed a decisive run, which he reflected had been earlier than he would have preferred. The pair renewed hostilities in yesterday s Group One mile contest, with Peeress the 11-8 favourite in the field of eight and Red Evie an 8-1 chance, a variance Bell found hard to fathom on the evidence in the form book. Yesterday s success took the...

The mayor expressed her gratitude to all the city employees including David and Eli Whitener and Kenny McDowell, the Azalea Board, the Lions Club and especially to the electric department employees who had been going on very, very little sleep to keep the electric problem under control. The mayor expressed her gratitude to all the city employees including David and Eli Whitener and Kenny McDowell, the Azalea Board, the Lions Club and especially to the electric department employees who had...

Massachusetts public health officials don't start routine collection and testing of mosquitoes for West Nile virus and Eastern equine encephalitis until June 1. But Montgomery, the top mosquito tracker for many northern suburbs, has been on the hunt for the past three weeks, setting and checking automated traps to make sure his agency's surveillance system is ready. Public health officials think she contracted the virus during a visit to Hull, in Plymouth County, where mosquitoes carrying...

Stewart Ramsey, who owns the meatworks at Grafton and is also a big player in the Australian bloodstock breeding scene, brought the mare for $255,000. Under new trainer Peter Moody, Cinque Cento ran a couple of reasonable races in the spring without a lot of luck but has blossomed again this calendar year. Moody went into the Cup with a reasonable level of confidence and was unconcerned Cinque Cento had not started for a month and was going to 2000m for the first time in two years. It's...

The upstart Washington franchise -- which has recently served as whipping boy for baseball columnists far and wide (including myself) -- is currently the hottest team in the bigs. Beyond it is another dimension -- a dimension of sound, a dimension of sight, a dimension of mind. You're moving into a land of both shadow and substance, of things and ideas. Do not adjust your computer monitor, you are reading the lead "Up" correctly. Well, the biggest reason for the Nats' recent success has...