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at the July meeting amounted to $18,400, while the run- 

 ners were awarded $1,300 and the pacers $500. The rac- 

 ing at the fair in 1872 was of a very ordinary character 

 even at that period, all of the harness races being won in 

 straight heats with the exception of the 2 150 class, while 

 Kilburn Jim's mile in 2 129^4 was the fastest entered in 

 the record. In August of the same year Annie Watson 

 and Belle Patterson trotted a $10,000 match race over the 

 Cleveland track, Annie Watson winning in 2:36^, 



2:3524, 2 'Z7Y2- 



When the Cleveland Club made its announcement in 

 1873 it was a member of the Quadrilateral Trotting Com- 

 bination, the other links in the chain being Buffalo, Utica 

 and Springfield. As stated above, John Tod, E. A. Buck, 

 E. Z. Wright and L. J. Powers were the first Stewards, 

 while Sam Briggs, the new Secretary of the Cleveland 

 Club, also acted as Secretary of the Quadrilateral. This 

 was the beginning of what W. B. Fasig, when he was 

 placing the advertising in 1889, designated as ''The 

 Grand Old Circuit." The name "Ouadrilateral Trotting 

 Combination" was retained for two years. In 1875 it was 

 called The Central Trotting Circuit. The following year 

 the name was changed to the Grand Central Trotting Cir- 

 cuit, which was retained until 1887, when it became 

 known as The Grand Circuit. Of the original members 

 in 1873, Cleveland alone remains. The old Buffalo Park 

 is still used as a training ground, but the fences are down 

 and it is liable to be cut up into building lots at any time. 

 Utica dropped out in 1889, the grounds being sold for 

 building purposes, while Springfield held its last meeting 

 as a member of the Grand Circuit in 1893. The old sand 

 track by the bank of the Connecticut River is still used as 

 a training ground, but there will never be another Grand 



