14 MEMOIR. 



Cleveland, Ohio, June 20, 1871. 



Purse, $500 for horses that never beat three minutes, 

 $250, $125, $75, $50. 



William Stewart's gr. g., Silversides by Ches- 

 ter Lion 1 1 1 



A.M. Wilson's gr. m., Kittie 232 



E. A. Lytle's blk. m., Blackthorn 3 2 3 



T. P. Roche's b. m., Titusville. 544 



John L. Rush's blk. g. , Steer 4 dis. 



G. A. Myer's blk. g., Tom Moore, Jr dis. 



James Myer's br. g. , Novelty dis. 



W. C. Gimmell's br. g dis. 



W. F. Archer's rn. m., Kittie dis. 



William B. Leonard's blk. g.. Dr. Bonaparte dis. 



J. P. Gilbert's gr. g., Billy dishing dis. 



J. P. Hazard's ch. g., George dis. 



Time— 2:37^, 2:35, 2:38^. 



From the above date up to the close of 1879, Silver- 

 sides was raced each season, and in that period met and 

 defeated the best horses in training, the list including 

 such old-time stars as Harry Mitchell, Lew Scott, Red 

 Oak, Sleepy John, John B., Hylas, Elsie Good, Slow Go, 

 Belle Brasfield, Deception, John H., Annie Collins, Mon- 

 arch Jr., Scott's Thomas, Cozette, etc., while he at dif- 

 ferent times took the word with Adelaide, Darby, Rarus, 

 Bodine, Dick Swiveller, Doctor Lewis, Huntress, Lew- 

 inski, Red Cloud, Tom Keeler, and a host of others. 

 John Hines, who is still (1902) training a few horses at 

 Minerva, Ohio, drove him in many of his races. Dash was 

 also a winner on the opening day of the meeting. He 

 was owned in Youngstown, and later on became promi- 

 nent as Ohio Boy. 



The fastest mile trotted at the inaugural meeting of 

 the Cleveland Club was won by Monarch, Jr., in 2:29^. 

 He started in the 2:33 class, which was placed to the 



