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Show Certainly Not Scotch. Guests of the late Sir Henry Camp-bell-Baunernian were discusHing the nationality of J. li. Taylor, the former Kelt champion, writes a contributor to Fry's Magazine, and one of the party asserted that the player was a Scot. Sir Henry was inclined to agree with him. "Well," said one of the visitors, "all I know about Taylor is that he's a very nice man. My club engaged him to play an exhibition match at a fixed fee, but it was so wet that play was impossible. impos-sible. Whon he was offered the fee he firmly refused to take it, and would receive only his bare traveling expenses." ex-penses." Campbell-Bannerman turned to the other man who had been so sure of Taylor's Caledonian birth and said, "I'm afraid that fact is fatal to our contention." |