Show A BIT OF SPORTING SCANDAL How Bessie Belwooil Got Pugilist Slavin to Throw Abin don Down Stairs Special to THE HERALD Examiner Dispatch NEW YORK Jan 10That Frank Slavin who is desirous of facing John L Sullivan and is backed by a syndicate of the Peli can club should have deemed it necessary to tell the London newspapers that he did not connect Abingdon the famous English turfman with the abuses he received the recent continental mill with Jem Smith is rrarded curiousiy here Ths information contained in a private letter to a young I Englishman in business in this city affords a possible explanation Just after the fight Bessie Belwood a music hall favorite who draws her 50 a week for amusing John nies and whose name is connected with that of Lord Mandeville gave a little sup per A strong delegation was present from the Pelican club and Frank Slavin and Abingdon were among the guests The latter whose real name is George Baird h as an income of 120000 per annum He is Londons most liberal patron of sport and owns a stable in Newmarket next in size only to that of the Duke of Portlands The supper was rudely distributed by Sla vin picking up Baird or Abingdon and L throwing him down stairs Bessie Belwood L is said to have smiled approval The story got out that Slavin fancied Baird was the instigator of his foul persecution at the ring side Club men say it was a whim of Bessies by which she gratified an old score and Slavin was her tool |