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in the flurry. Lucille Golddust was on a break when the 

 sulkies clashed, and when Grafton broke Glidden let him 

 run until he passed the quarter pole. As soon as he set- 

 tled Grafton went to the front and won the heat in a jog 

 in 2:25^4. Both drivers claimed a foul and each had his 

 supporters in the crowd that surged around the Judges' 

 stand. When the turmoil had subsided and Colonel Ed- 

 wards had separated the pugnacious drivers, the Judges 

 decided that no one was at fault and placed the horses as 

 they finished. In the sixth heat Grafton, after making 

 two disastrous breaks, jogged in a winner in 2 126, Lucille 

 Golddust and Cosette finishing almost on even terms, 

 with Bella fourth. In the running races John Forbes won 

 at mile heats with Vicksburg, a three-year-old by Vandal 

 out of Blond, the first mile being run in 1 142^, and two 

 days later finished second to War Jig, by War Dance, at 

 two miles in 3 :2>4H- War Jig also won again at Cleve- 

 land at the September meeting, in a regulation three-in- 

 five race at mile heats, after a five-heat struggle with the 

 Canadian mare Inspiration, by imported Warminster, out 

 of Sophia, by Bonnie Scotland. The perennial Nellie 

 Bush was also a starter in the race. She was distanced 

 in the first heat for a foul. Judge Waite and Frank were 

 both double event winners at the fair in 1875, the other 

 successful starters being Lewinski, Gussie, and Nelson. 



When the Cleveland Club was organized in 1871, 

 William Edwards took an active interest in its affairs. 

 He toiled in and out of season to make its meetings popu- 

 lar, not only with the horse owners, but also with the 

 public, and in time he succeeded in making the Cleveland 

 Grand Circuit meeting a society event. His name, how- 

 ever, never appeared in the list of officers until 1876, 

 when he succeeded George A. Baker as President and 



