"Stump the Yankee"

[J. Beckert]

Rebels 15
Yankee 8

Four points it is! Dang it you Rebels, I thought that was a winner for sure! That's what I get for being so cocky, I guess.

Famous Actors of the Day by Louis Strang is the only reference I've seen to this incident. I thought for sure someone would mention Joseph Hazleton who remembered two similar incidents with Booth in Washington. Booth once gave him a 10 cent "shin plaster" and once took him down the street to buy him a new cap.

What devastating day for this Yankee. My winning streak is in shambles and I'll never think of another question as obscure as that one. And the next time I go to Maryland, I expect to have a Moon Pie smashed in my face. Oh, the shame.....

Here's Mr. Reed's obituary - http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-fre...5B818CF1D3