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Show Doe9 Lily Own Tho Meddler. NEW YORK, Oct. 22. According to report, Lily Langtry, tho English actress, act-ress, was the principal for whom ex-Bookmaker ex-Bookmaker Mattio Corbntt paid Sol. 000 for Meddler, tho lato William C. Whlt-ncy'B Whlt-ncy'B great stallion. Charley Mitchell, tho English pugilist, who Is making a book hero, Is responsible for tho Htory. ' Squire Abingdon owned Moddlor once nnd promised him to Mrs. Langtry, but he gave him to Mitchell. Mru. Langtry wanted the horse and said at tho time that "she would have tho horse if It look her last pound and ten years of her precious life." She has never given up her determination, determi-nation, her friends eay, and eagerly seized tho opportunity offered by the sale of tlm Whltnoy stud last night, Matthew Corbctt, who bought Med- i dler, eald: 1 "There may be another man whojvlll take an Interest In tho horsa later, but I up to the present time I urn tho sole ' owner. I will know definitely about this in ten days ou two weeks." The two men mentioned as the most probable partners of Corbett ln the purchase pur-chase of Meddler aro Richard Croker and James R. Keene. |