AUTHOR AND HIS BET.
LONDON, Oct. 1
The fund for training British athletes for the Olympic Games now totals £8050.
In a letter to the "Times" of August 26, Mr Frederic Harrison, the well-known writer, said the raising of money for this purpose stank of gate-money and professional pothunting.
The Duke of Westminster, -replying to Mr Harrison, declared that Britain's losses in sports made a tale* of national disaster, and offered to make a bet of a guinea that Mr Harrison would subscribe to the fund before it closed.
Mr Harrison has now forwarded a guinea to the Duke, saying "You win your bet."
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Northern Advocate, 3 October 1913, Page 3
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