The evening world., 1909-01-19
STONE DOG MUST
Be DIVIDED INTO
8 POOL PRIZES
"Fuzzy" Watson Wins the
Body, Dodd the Legs and
Neu Gets the Rest.
AND THERE'S TROUBLE.
All the Result of Tournament
in One of East Oranges
Hotels.
AND THERE'S TROUBLE.

The problem Of how to dlsmember .
stone dog into three parts In the proper
lions Of six, four and two and yet pre-
serve the commercial value Of those
three parts Is the puzzle that Is con.
suming vast quantities Of George Rookie.
feller's midnight oil in the Marlborough
Hotel. on North Arlington street. East
Orange, Mr.. Rockefeller Is proprietor
Of the hotel Also. he Is responsible
for the presence Of the stone dog In his
hostelry and the distressing situation
looking toward its subdivision.
AS brief preface. II should be remark
ed that the endless chain handicap pool
tournament that has been waging In the
Marlborough since the dog days Is con-
cluded winner has been proclaimed.
likewise second and third prize men. hut
through serious error on the part Of Mr.
Rockefeller the prize money. made up
Of all the entry fees OF the tournament
contestants, has been invested In the
indivis!ble stone dog. Rockefeller Is
willing to divide up the dog. but the
prize winners refuse to accept the ami.
NAL In fragments.
Wants No Part Of It.
The so,ely perplexed champion OF the
MARLBOROUGH tournament is young
and BEAUTIFUL Wall street broker. Mr..
Harvey Watson better known to his
friends as Fuzzy" Watson. II Is q
very bitter drop OF gall in the wine OF
his victory to discover that all the
green and yellow prize money he
counted on has been solldifed into the
souless body Of 80 pound stone dog.
He refuses to accept the "adamsnt.ne
NUT In whole or in part, and demands
current coin OF the realm.
Mr.. Rockefeller and Mr. Watson have
been writing each other letters c. Acern
Ing tie stone dog for the past Is hours
at the rate of one every thirty minutes.
and there is rumor abroad IN the
Marlborough that challenge for duel
has passed between them,
Frederick Dodd, a Newark Insurance
man. was awarded second money by
tie expert accountant who figured on,
the percentages OF the contestants in
the endless-chain tournament. The third
prize vas allotted to Harry Neu an
Other young Wall street man All are
guests Of the hotel.
Mr. Rockefeller weighed and meas
med the stone dog last night and
posted up a notice to the effect that
"I'uz2y' Watson had won the body,
Dodd the legs and Neu tine tail. Mir
Watson tore this notice down IN 4 fit
OF wrath and Is said to have eaten it.
The Wherefore Of the Nut
Before going any further It may be
Well to state how Mr.. Rockefeller hap.
rened to purchase the stone dog. When
tie pool tournament was begun last
summer Rockefeller generously contrib.
uted the use OF the hotel pool par'or
lie also entered the tournament as the
only scratch man,
Being an expert, II was feared that he
might win In spite If the handicap that
Mr.. Watson tthc official han1Icapperl
ulated that in case lie Won the first
prize he should purchase a stone dog
for The hotel lawn Stone dogs. stone
stacs and concrete lions are very much
in vogue as lawn ornament, in the fash.
iuuable section OF East Orange. Gov.
Fort, who is neishhor two houses To-
moved OF the Marlborough, has i stone