Rensselaer Republican, Volume 24, Number 7, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 October 1891 — MEL MAKEEVER ISSUES A CHALLENGE [ARTICLE]

MEL MAKEEVER ISSUES A CHALLENGE

As it is impossible to see all the parties concerned in the race which takes place place this afternoon between Messrs, Robinson and Oshkosh, I take this means of communicating to them my willingness to run either or both of the above parties. I will put $l5O in, making a purse of $450, and the winner take all. Or I will run Mr. Robinson for any reasonable sum 100 yards or Mr. Oshkosh 175 yards, on same terms as Mr. Robinson. Neither of the above men can say they are not in practice and I want them to run me or forever hold their peace. Now the friends of Mr. Robinson and Oshkosh, you have the opportunity of demonstrating what you have so long asserted, is my inability to defeatyour pet runners. I leave a forfeit of $25, with the editor of this paper to Ue delivered to Mr. Robinson or Mr. Oshkosh, providing I will not makegood this challenge. Race must be run before Saturday morning. ~~ " Yours in earnest, Mel M. MAKEEVER.