Writing to The Sporting Life under date April 28, George Gray says.—"On March 30 a challenge was issued, purporting to be made on my behalf, offering that I would give a start of 10,000 in 30,000 to the champion—H. W. Stevenson— and Melbourne Inman. I beg to say that the challenge was thrown out without my knowledge or consent, and I have to repudiate it entirely. Having now terminated all my engagements, and being now free—for the first time since my debut in this country—to make and accept challenges to meet all players, I am willing to play the acknowledged foremost professional billiard players, namely, Stevenson and Inman, 16,000 up for £250 a side, the game to take place in a month's time, the winner to take two-thirds of the gate money.