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Show P W The. morning of. August 7, lpOO, IS Ihe doctor In the hom of F. L. K Taylor, salesman .for a Chicago H Sc publishing house, announced to him IK hc was the fataer of a ncw orn w eon. H E "Good," said the father. "We & shall call him William Jennings B , Bryan In honor of the candidate H - for President," HI Shortly after, the doctor gravely K " ly announced that Taylor was the H. father of a second son and a little -while after that brought the tid- H Tj in ps that a third son had been born, fl "Fine," said the father. "We will BBjW ond Jennings, and the third Bryan; jr "William, Jennings and Bryan Tay- H m Bryan was too busy running for w President at the time to take more m than a passing notice of the event. m However, when he read that the t triplets named in his honor were born he wrote a letter to the falh- J cr thanking him for the rccognl- Bj tion. Since then he has had oppor- B; a tunity to hear about the triplets B e repeatedly, as the boys are fight- B, B; ing their way to fame. They are B: E the fightlngest trio ever bori wholesale and it is their fondest Bj,!? ambitlou to whip every other B ft' would-be champion In the prize HI rlnsr I,' At the age. of sjx these youthful white hopes first put on gloves , and they have not neglected them fl jc since. H F. L. Taylor had no Idea of brlng- B i ing up a bunch of fighters when B his sons first began to toddle. Tay- B lor Is a man of peace himself, and B in naming the boys for the peace B treaty making Secretary of State Bj ,' he believed they would eventually B B become presidents or at least can- B w? didatcs for that high office. It was Bt? I lhe ..family doctor who first gave H them their taste for lighting. The B il three boys were often ill. When m fcny contagious disease came near BIJ' 1 their homo all three would get it. fli 1 Fevcral times it seemed they would H"-f 1ie of their various ailments. One H - i. lay when the boys were six years Bj ld the doctor took the father and i f' mother aside and spoke in this. Hi'' - manner: Hl I "You .are treating your children ' too fine. You cannot lock your H. l boys up in a band box and expoct B P to grow healthy children. You do B 3 noti allow them to tumble around B I enough. Let them pull hair and B Jtl p'av outdoors more. Give them a B i pair of boxing gloves each and let B it ' them fight." B Christmas was near and the fath- B I er decided to give each a pair of B gf boxing gloves for Christmas. They B m I were delighted with the choice of HI I a- gift. In a few minutes after they HI had emptied their stockings they Hh i-. squared themselves out for a real H three-cornered fight. They have HI jii been fighting ever since with vary- Mj?i ing fortunes. "Within a few weeks H' they could whip anyone in thc-out- H H 1 H; i B ITPPER left Jennings Taylor. Upper right William Taylor. Center William leading with a straight left. Below Bryan counting Jennings out, after a knockout. side world, their ov. n age. The only on-ly question as to supremacy' lay with the boys themselves. "William and Jennings urt now so nearly eiiual that neither can claim the championship over the other. Bryan Bry-an is not up to their standard In boxing, but he "ib a wrestler, and says he will be champion wrestler of the world In' case-his brothers take the boxing championship away from him. FIGJ1T. PUO.MOTER PREDICTS BRIGHT FUTURE. Slnrc the boys have grown older they have been In demand for exhibits ex-hibits at professional bouts. At first they entered little bouts in their own neighborhood, fighting only with each other. Several other oth-er boys in the vicinity took up boxing box-ing and challenged the triplets. Each triplet demonstrated he could beat anyone else his size. Bigger boys were then pitted against the youngsters until finally their father fath-er objected. A boxing Instructor heard of the three lighters and taught them many fancy things. lie advertised them at local exhibitions until big light promoters all ovr the United States wanted to see the youngsters fight. At first the proud, father was perfectly willing to take the boys anywhere to show off. William and Jennings were so' nearly equal that they usually were . pitted against each other and Bryan acted as referee. ref-eree. Among the prompters who wanted want-ed to see the boys perform was Jimmy Coffroth, the Pacific Coast' tight promoter. He had the boys come to one of his fights in the .Mission Street arena at San Francisco Fran-cisco when he was - giving a bout there. The boys went into the ring aid fought a half dozen one-minute rounds in heller ijrm than tho real prize fighters who followed. "I loke those boys," said Coffroth. "I am going to -keep my eyes on them. "When, they grow, up .1 .oJn.. going to try them out for aornc real fighting." . , From San Franclsy thoy wero called to show their skill before boxing instructors and fighters in tho City Athletic Club. New York. There they won tho applause of the best fighting men in America, So insistent were the demands for tho, boys to perform at various ' ..." points '.hat the father finally had to refuse to let -them do, any exhibition exhi-bition work, believing they , wore --too --too young." "I'm afraid thoy will' get big headed," said Taylor, "There , la plenty of time for hclr heads' to grow. Just now I want them to go to school and learn something;". In school the lads keep up ,wlih their classes. Their strong point, is geography. Each -succeeds' equally -well in that study. Their father says he believes it Is hfc.ca.uae they have traveled a great deal. They ,. havc..vJsi.tc,d ajl thelmLorJant cities,, of the United States and have studied their, geography, carefully in hopes of visiting other spots on the map which are marked .with a big black spoL "You can visit all those places when you win the world's chain-' pion'shlp," sold Coffroth in talk- . ing to the boys. "Just now get a dot of knowledge in your .heads and get a. lot of science In your, arms and feet: Then come in me aiid 111-. take you to all tho cities 'marked: with a big black spot and circle." Secretary "Wlillam Jennings Bryan Bry-an has kept In close toqeh with' tho triplets since thoy were four years old, when he first met them. Since that . time, ho has written them many loiters. Their first meeting was in the- midst of the Democratic campaign- in 1 9 CM:--when 'he passed through their native city.. The father fath-er and niother of the boys took them to visit the 'Commoner,' .".W.htl's '!;" nane?" he asked as the first boy marched up' to. htvi. "My .nanic's WjlUam," piped the boy. - "And 'yours." he .said .to the h?c-ond. h?c-ond. after, Shaking hands, with the first.- . i , "I'm Jennings." said tho hoj ' "And who arcyour.' he asked the third..' "I'm -Bryan." said . -the - comihir Measurements of ' .' , the Triplets c it a .. r- .. ' ' - i jWrlpht) ' J JO 111 JD7 II.MzUt, feet and lialien -4.S I.S',5 -J.S'A NnUi, Sr.i'lios ...'...1,. ::. 2.S' 2S Oliest. Iiiflu-R. , IX) 31 ' 23 IA OiiKtii of nrjiiK. Indies 25 21'i 20 ' IllKlH lil(.'!l. .!iic)ic.i... II 10 lHi r.cft l)lreH, -lijcbwi.... 1J in-li lO'i ' Reach, IncIii'R i. r.git, 50 5a' wrestler. , Bryan laughed heartily' at tho trio. Turning to. F. U Taylor, he fc'ald: ;"You liavc your bqys trained better bet-ter than a. womnn I met in Cleveland. Cleve-land. Sho brought a boy. to mc and Introduced him. as William Jennings Bryan Jones. The boy looked rath-' or large to be named 'fo.r me, ng I' did not break into public print very prominently until 1806.' 1 shook " hands, however, and said nothing about the -hoy's size. . After the' woman had passed. on a cDmnVitteb-man cDmnVitteb-man from Cleveland laughed and" said .that Mrs. Jones' boy hud boen-Grover boen-Grover Cleveland Jones fOr';eight years prior tc 1S96. But your boys speu-c for themselves. I am glad to meet '.'icm." ' -,-,.. k . nriVAX wifirES - - liKlTER TO TRIO. . . One of Kry.m's letters after he became Secretary .of; State, written, on their last birthday, follows: . "Masters William, Jennings and " Bryan' Taylor My dear young friends: ! . am glad to hear "rfrom . you. i sjhv you, in St. Louis In-190-J. I 1 believe -I- have a photograph -of you hanging in nvy home at . Lincoln., Lin-coln., Neb. Accept congratulations. I'Wjsh you a .do.l!j;htful: jinniversary' , and many happy return's! I (ini j,,, j..V , American boys .-and -that you wljl. continue in school until you havo -secured tho beat education the gen-i eration affords. IVlny you be a com- fori to your parents and a. source of pride to the -one whom you ha.ve honored by taking- his nanle. Yours truly, - i . - "W. J-. -BRYAK."- "And he' didn't-; say anything abou usjbeing fighters." said Jennings Jen-nings after reading the letter.. "Oh. well.."-.", ""."-': - 1 Brj'an's' hope that his n?rfndsake3 become' .sturdy is nlreadS' ' f rl IfTlld. 4 Thoy are very near the same sizo v in every way. J.ennings is ihn' heaviest, Ito welglis 111 po'Unds, ' William weighs 110 pounds and ' Bryan 107. Jennings and Br.van nro tied in height. Each is A feet, Si inches tall. ' Williatn Is a half, inch shorter. Jennings' waist measure meas-ure is'2S'V4 Inches. The tther two each 'measure 2S Inches. Chest measurements show .Jennings .Jen-nings Is the most. chesty. Hi mcas- . ures around the chest 21 muh. i The other two each measure 20 Indies. Bryan and Jennings have a reach of 50 Inches. "William's 1 reach is 5S Inches. Bryan Iijls a-Ipng- arm. His. right arm measures 20 Inches. William's arm mcas- - ures 25 Vi ipche.s. p.nd, Jennings' arm measures 2-1 U Inches. ' Bryan's J right .biceps measures 1 1 K inches.' His left -Is one inoli sjnallor. Wll- ' Hani's' right and left biceps each : :! measure 11 Inches. Jennings' left biceps measures almost 11 Inche?'. ' His right biceps measures 10?i inches. - i The triplets are- all fond of outdoor-sports. They are not quan el-some, el-some, "but at the snme lime no o-'lidr 1 school children run oyer tli ;n. Thoy are able to defend tlionisc-K ts at any time. "I don't want tlyim l. be moa.n fighrs.'.' said their 'athciv "r l,u-.'lleYo l,u-.'lleYo Qve.ry boy should Iwrn to V,crx ho as. to be abl0 to defend hiiris.ilf when in trouble or to h-;;p otiicr3 i ; in- trouble.. . Chivalry. is '.aaqd mi just that idoa. In jlden tiroes men learned to fight with . Hue nnd j: spe;ir so as to be. able to defend the J weak. That Is what T wan1 my boys . ;: to do. I don't want them to use their ability to bully othein." " KtlXIXG RlXOM.ME.ViFD i AS HEALTH RESTORER. As' a health restorer there It i 1 nothing better than boxing to the ' elder Taylor. He knows something ! '.about boxing himself and puts on Ihc gloves with friends sometimes . j.yst for iiport. it, certainly put the roses In tne ) -checks of. my boyjs?," jjaljl Taylor.. ' "In a few weeks after they had" thy gloves they had smashed a good 11 '.'.leal of- rurniture nnd at the .sanm !mo had given the knockout blow J '-- i u ; , 1 |