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Show JOE GANS WANTS TO FIGHT BRITT NEW YORK. Dec. .fflL-Joe Gans does not Intend to let the title of lightweight championship go by default. On the day of the Brltt-Nelson fight Al Herford. the ''Naltimore negro's manager, sent the following fol-lowing dispatch to a newspaper man tn San Francisco: ' "Have sent Harry Corbett a check for I 22600 as a forfeit to fight the winner of 1 tonight's contest at 133 pounds, weigh In LJi)'clock. If the winner won't fight at !TaVss4sht will make It at 133 ring-side, -Jf and will cX. any part of 26,000 on the result re-sult st the prevailing odds. Gan Is the champion and win defend the title at that weight. "Try to match at 133 at 6 o'clock. I authorize you to make the match, and If you can clinch It wire me and I will at nee wire you $1000 to go as a forfeit If Britt wins he must fight Gans for the title. If Nelson is successful wewlll take him on, and any fair California referee will suit me, and wo will fight in one or two. months' time." Uniform Game Laws. A step has been taken In the right direction di-rection by the game wardens and au-. au-. thorities In the East. The Canadian authorities have requested a number of the prominent members of the Legislatures Legis-latures of New York, Maine and Vermont Ver-mont to meet an equal number of the Canadian authorities at Ottawa for the purpose of making uniform game laws -for both the countries. This will en-- en-- 1 able the wJhrdens to circumvent the breakers of the law who -slide from one Tuntry to the other when In danger of arrest and so make their conviction almost al-most Impossible. ' .Will Try for Cup. ; America is going to take another chance at the grand challenge trophy for eight oared crews at the Henly regatta- In England next summer. Cor- nell, Yale and Pennsylvania have all sent crews to Henly. but no crew from the United States has ever won the prize, which Is the most coveted of any In the oarsman's world. The latest aspirant as-pirant Is the Vesper Boat club of Philadelphia. Phil-adelphia. A committee has been appointed ap-pointed to make the necessary arrangements arrange-ments and all members of the club with the necessary amateur standing are urged to compete for seats in the boat The project has aroused a good . deal of enthusiasm, and a number of crack college oarsmen have signified .their Intention of trying for places. Ascot Resolta. . First race,-fire and one-half furlongs Whltestone won. Sandstone second, ReUu dor third. Time. 1:03. Second race, six furlongs Rose of Hllo won. Golden Ivy second, Lady Mirthful - third. Time. 1:14V- Third race, handicap, steeplechase, short course Mrs. Grannon won. Flea second. Allegiance third. - Time, 37. - Fourth race. . Slauson course Trsmator won. El Otroa second, Maggie . Mackey , third. Time, IM. Fifth race, one mile and seventy yards Merwan won.: Helgerson second. Lustig third. Time, 1:46. Sixth race, six furlongs Happy Chappy won. Ben Lear second. Tarn O'Shanter 'third. Time, 1:14. |