California
Recently a group of Southland Muslims undertook the hajj -- Islam’s ritual pilgrimage to Mecca. With moments of peace and chaos, the trip was an experience they won’t forget.
March 4, 2008
Travel & Experiences
World & Nation
A frantic stampede that killed more than 1,400 Muslim pilgrims inside a pedestrian tunnel was prompted by the tumbling of seven people from a bridge leading to the tunnel, Saudi Arabia’s interior minister said Tuesday.
July 4, 1990
Halid Abdel Wahab Halid stood outside the airport terminal, the white cloth draped over his bare shoulder and around his waist held precariously in place by steel rivets he had fashioned himself, and explained his decision to undertake the most solemn journey of his life.
April 3, 1998
Sports
Although Hajji’s Treasure had won the California Derby at Golden Gate Fields on April 20, the $9,200 yearling purchase was given little chance to win Saturday’s Preakness Stakes at Pimlico and went off at 24-1 odds.
May 19, 1985
All the owner and trainer of Hajji’s Treasure ask is for the 3-year-old colt to have a better trip in Saturday’s $545,700 Preakness Stakes than he did in a circuitous journey from California to Pimlico Race Course last week.
May 17, 1985
Babylon & Beyond
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Dec. 22, 2007
A team of equine surgeons fused together the fetlock of Hajji’s Treasure’s right foreleg Sunday morning, but a veterinarian at Pimlico Race Course still gave the 3-year-old colt only a slight chance of surviving.
May 20, 1985
Career Horse S 1 2 3 Earnings 1. Spend a Buck 12 8 2 2 $1,397,509 2.
May 14, 1985
United States immigration officials aren’t letting up in their campaign to rid California race tracks of illegal aliens working on the backstretch.
Sept. 26, 1985