The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1901-09-18
The Big TROT IS OFF.
No RACE FOR LAWSON'S PURSE
or S2D.O n
Besten Man nou Ne IL Through Win
the whole Ihing. hut VIII Make No
statement -Uorsem~n Blane tres
r~u~'. Owner what krtrham says.

BosroS, Sept. II Tho great match
race he,w"en Crcsccus md The Abbot
for n $50 .OSo purse offered 10y Thomas "
Lawson. the gat" res'ipt- 10 e. 20 charity.
which was ~cheduIed for Friday at tr"
Rsadville track. h IN Horremen ar"
much worked up over the matter and lay
tho blame upon tho shoulders 81 George
ketchain. owner Of Cresc"us. They say
b. II afraid The Abbot will win aud that
after insisting that the entire pur-' should
yp 60 the Ninunr d" las lsen TRYING 80
arrange for "A division of the money, -
that be- viii sct something In case Ia" iaiis
To- defeat The Ahhpt again.
Thc thrcatcnod breakup OF the inaicis
has been IN the air for several days, hu q
cam. to a head TODAY when h"t"haH,
Lawson and Cahiil had "a conference a'
Law sons Office The latter washed ms
! hands ~ the AFFAIR and ketcham sayS he
left n To him 20 make an explanation 20 TIE
pubic. A. Iawson's Office tonight a.
was said that no statement was forth.
coming A. Rcadville the direCtors Of the
breeders ASSOCIATION heard that koictim
would not race and they called apo h.tu
49, the Adams Hou-e nv telephone A.
ourling 20 report ketcham sent back 'his
word
Tell those fellows out AT Readviiie 10
40 go hell. II they want tO $50 me they
must come 80 the Adams Hou~"
luc rruIv rams first 20 George HAL.
IN j Malcolm Forbes was waiting an'
i,u-Iy to earn what k-tcham had To say.
aud picking up the receiver BE- asked ~"
hotel Gle u TO rcprat the reply lhis Wa
done. and Mr. Forbe- was very angry
10 the directors he said that kc'rham
had u-ad very discourt"ouS language
EArlv tins evening George Van DYKE went
To- the hotel to arrange n ppsHpI' som"
Euri Of "a taoe hrt ween tresCcus and
III. Abbot. Gres was willing 20 rae
under any conditions. and said he would
sign a contract TO uset trrScrus for any
kline ~ a purse. This information MI
Van Dyke cent 60 ketchAm and Il confer
enc. was bel 4. but mp 10 . o'clprk tonight
mo- decision had been reached II a rac"
IL arranged the purse will be hung up by
the breeders Association.
Jack Roche. who represents Mr. lawson
a, the bet'ing ring. said tonight:
The Who'll" trouble - that ketcham Il
afraid h. will bc beaten. lie and every
other hor~.man In the country believes
lilh' NNfSfFNl~ - INV % ~ w '" 'N
and they all know that Scauuclls horse
had the di-,empcr when Crcsc'us beat
hun a, Brighton Beach Kcicham 10 try
ing 80 gel Nj lawson 20 make him a pres
on, but there IL hero NJ. will get i"ft
Why does be- not race tn" Abbot When
ANDY WEIGH offered a siO1o pur~" for n
race ~ Hartford. what did k"tcham saV'
lie said tha b" had "a hard rae" coming
at R.advillo and tha' be- was going o. save
his animal FOR D. Vow b" r. 'fying io
-uueal. Tor fear that ~" viii Co. beaten
II wa ke'Cham who insisted that 'h" plr~"
Of ,2OUS oncrrd Nv Mr. laVson should
not ha divided. aud 'he -iruni" fact ''a'
Ia.r~ was wiling io race under lh'-" ''ur
di'inus shows that h" has faith IN IN" ability
~ The Abbot ." lea 'rr-""'lr Now,
k.tcham r4ru. ughf around and demand
thai 'hD i'It-" IN" uN died l~h 'hAI q
-tgu that u" frtr- defeat
k.irlsm VS. scott ~ his hotel Nv 'he
,.,rr.-tp,Iaut 81 Tux ~rN IH'r 'hi- after
moon ". alWit''i thn' ~" rae" "a- ~
lnt f~ut-'e-i ne" bIduu" a,''n il" W''7i"is
Association
They had e,tuo str' 90 a row with Law
49,, bs sa'i. and ',r Thai reason 'h'v
sudianlv came tn ih" CONCLUSION that nm
the future they would not p"rmit purses
g. b" uNrr"d hv any "u" except ia" a-~n-
citation do ~, know w. he rouhl"
wa. hut all | shall 10 H. 'o drlNc tr"sr"us
around Tho track and demand IA" forfeit
! money posted bv myself and MI Lawson
f,r the thre~,-coru"r'vi ra'" h"iW'-'u 'r"~-
| c.tls. Rpralma and Charley H"rr
Charley Herr T. a 'Uppl" ana ~" hh-
name -noi.tv served notice On tahll that
he could mo-, dnv" him n "a seventy
five Iuudr,si dollars Wa po-i"i hN NJ
LAWSON and my-"lf In" matter has all
l.-u fN-d up and ,Ahll got -nm"thing Tor
a. hi. Iuaaa INST loft Nj IAMaHn -
urirc whare I was cio~e'"d with hum and
tahiIl for several huur~ Nj lav-uu
washed hi- hani~ - No" trc-o"us- Ahho'
~. -. but WhN ! n tell "" told m" h"
fdap, that tr,e,,ri- could win from Ihs
AHlat