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Show i "WILY El" THOMPSON I AS A GOLD BRICK MAN H i "March 31, 1901. To Tom McCoy or H I "Whom It ?.Iay Concern: I do this day H I challenge Miss Williams to race to rule H on June 15, 1904, for $500 or more, H ' money to be put up at onco. Yours, H : , - "EZRA THOMPSON. H I "Witness: J. C. Lynch." H I The above challenge, which was posted in McCoy's livery stables last H Friday, was yesterday explained by the H ' arrival of the ex-Mayor's new race H ! I horse, Robert I. H Before It became noised about that H , Thompson had purchased a new pacer Hi! that could go better.' than 2:10, horse-Hi1 horse-Hi1 ' men of the city were puzzled by the I ! former executive's action. H ( Now, however, the whole thing Is self-Hj self-Hj I explanatory. The wily Ez. attempted to H Inveigle McCoy or sbme other horse-H; horse-H; owners of the city to match their speed-Hi speed-Hi sters against the unknown, under thd H! impression that they were butting up HI. against Cold Storage, the horse raced H; here by McCoy last season. Hp Miss Williams, the animal mentioned Hi; in the defy, has a record of 2:00 and a HI fraction, and she ought to win easily HI from Cold Storage, whose best mark Hli ! is several seconds slower than that of HI j the Williams horse. However, she HI' would probably be up against it In a Hit match with Robert I, for the chestnut H- stallion has a track record of 2:03. HI The challenge now looks like a scheme Hf, on the part of the ex-Mayor to make Hi1 5500 and the horsemen of this city can HL thank their lucky stars that they did L not cover the forfeit. |