Ogden Standard-Examiner | 1920-05-12 | Page 6 | Rivals in Race for Irish Beauty's Hand

uu Rivals in Race for . Irish Beauty's Hand (By International News Service.) SAN FRANCISCO One of tho most unusual "lovo races' of record Is now on. The entrants In the "cupld's marathon" mara-thon" aro Anthony O'Dwycr and Stephen Costelloo. The prize of the international contest con-test is Kathleen McMeehan, a rosy- land. O'Dwyor and Costelloo are members mem-bers of the police force of Shanghai In Lholr youth they were both con-testans con-testans for the favor of fair Kathleen. Kath-leen. When they left to seek their fortune afar both corresponded with Miss McMeehan. Recently both were successful In obtaining leaves of absence. ab-sence. And both promptly communicated communi-cated tho good news to Kathleen. Folowlng. in tho ways of a maid, sho wrote both intimating that the first to reach the McMochan homo in County Clare -would bo the successful one. An then tho "love race" began. In a gamo of wits each tried k to get ahead of each other in leaving Shanghai. Shang-hai. Fate placed them on, tho same vessel tho China mail steamer Nanking. Nan-king. Both had relatives In San Francisco, but on their arrival here they sought them only to learn tho time of tho departure of the first train for Now York. There they jockeyed for position in tho matter of sailing across tho Atlantic. "What will happen if Wo arrivo together to-gether I don't know, at'all at'all." said O'Dwycr. 'Maybe she'll have neither of us and maybo sho'll want us to fight it out. And that will be hard, because we're the best of friends."