Esli K. Crocker was born in 1859 on a farm in North Reading. He learned how to train horses from his father, but he soon surpassed his old man in years. By the mid-1880s, he was known as Professor E.K. Crocker and had taken his “educated horses, ponies and mules” on the road. His first...
Month: February 2014
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Chargers pound panthers by 31
The Hillsdale College men’s basketball team started off its week in disappointing fashion. But they couldn’t have ended the week any better. After a tough 75-70 loss in overtime on the road against Tiffin University, the Chargers bounced back at home against Ohio Dominican University, routing the Panthers 87-56. “We played with a lot of...
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Local prosecutors launch assault on synthetic marijuana
They made $191,791 in under two months while pretending to sell tattoos and supplies in Camden, Mich., a town of barely 500 people. But Penny Hawkins, manager of The Clubhouse restaurant, said that everyone knew what the couple was really doing. “Cars came with liscense plates from Ohio and Indiana,” she said. “They spent two...
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Biermann manages big numbers at Wide Track Classic
More than 900 runners flocked to Hillsdale College last weekend to compete in the second-ever college track meet held in the Margot V. Biermann Athletic Center. The large number of runners forced meet organizers – the Hillsdale coaches – to get creative. Athletes were not allowed to set up their camps in Biermann to avoid...
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Kish takes fourth at equestrian regionals
The Hillsdale equestrian team competed this past weekend at regionals, where junior Daniel Kish won fourth place in Western riding. The Western riding flat class consists of riding in three gaits — walk, jog, and lope — in each direction. At regionals, the riders are required to ride in various patterns in all three gaits...