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with Chestnut Dick, but none of them have been reported 

 except a $200 match which was trotted with Maggie Kim- 

 berly, an old time dot-and-carry-one trotter owned by 

 Fred Kimberly, one of the original characters of the 

 Forest City. The pair met at Elyria, May 29, 1872, and the 

 following summary shows that they had a busy afternoon : 



Chestnut Dick, ch. g., by John Henry; 



William B . Fasig 2 1 2 1 1 



Maggie Kimberly, b. m.; Fred Kimberly 1 2 1 2 2 



Time— 2:43, 2:38, 2:42^, 2:41^, 2:41. 



According to the official records this was William B. 

 Fasig's first appearance on the trotting turf, his juvenile 

 victory with Nell at the Ashland fair "befo' the war" 

 having escaped the collector of turf statistics. 



In 1882, through the influence of Colonel William 

 Edwards, the subject of this memoir was elected Secre- 

 tary of the Cleveland Club, which at that time controlled 

 the mile track at Glenville. In that position William B. 

 Fasig made his reputation as a race track official and a 

 horseman, and also first showed the qualities which in 

 time stamped him as one of the cleverest advertisers that 

 has ever been connected with the horse industry in 

 America. Under the direction of Colonel Edwards (a 

 man who was loved by everyone who had the pleasure of 

 knowing him, and who was, from the time that he as- 

 sumed office in 1876, up to the day of his death, Septem- 

 ber 21, 1898, the directing spirit in racing affairs in Cleve- 

 land), Fasig equipped the grounds and at the same time 

 laid the foundation of the reputation which harness rac- 

 ing enjoys in the Forest City. As Fasig's name is in- 

 separably linked with the track over which so many fast 

 records have been made and memorable races contested, 

 a brief sketch of it and the early meetings held there 

 will not be out of place in these pages. 



