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THE REPORTED COMPROMISE COMPROMISEWhen Compromise When this paper went to press Mr Edward Corrigan had not been found Harry Kuhl Kohl sec ¬ retary retry at Hawthorne knew nothing of the com ¬ promise and said that he had left Mr Corrigan at 530 p m Saturday and that nothing was said other than that Hawthorne would surely open Monday Mr Horace Tomlinson Tompkins said that he knew R J Fitzgerald supposedly representing Corri Corrie ¬ gan Egan had tossed a coin for dates with W E Ap plegate legate representing Condon Condom and that the lat ¬ ter tear had won the agreement having been that the winner should race two weeks the loser the following fortnight and thereafter the rival tracks should alternate on two week stretches stretchesW stretches W E Applegate Appellate said Dick Fitzgerald came to me about the time of the second race and queried Has anything further been done looking to a settlement I answered No and then he proposed tossing a coin for dates and tried to get Corrigans Corrigan sanction by telephone Failing to catch Ed he said go to Condon Condom and propose the matter I will take the responsi response ¬ bility ability myself myselfInterviewing Interviewing Condon Condom the latter seemed averse to talking of any compromise giving Harlem less than three weeks but finally said Let her go I will stand for two weeks turn about So I went and got a ten dollar gold piece gave it to Fitzgerald and he tossing it I called head and won Therefore I suppose all is settled and the story that is floated is correct correctCondon correction Condon Condom said Dick Fitzgerald said the battle was over and that Harlem and Hawthorne are at peace Now Mr Corrigans Corrigan sanction of Fitzgeralds Fitzgerald work is the only thing necessary There is an angle however known of only by the few that is of importance enough to create a possibility of Corrigans Corrigan repudiation of Fitz Fritz ¬ geralds gerald act and in this case Hawthorne will undoubtedly be opened Monday
