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stretch, and jogged out in 2:50. He did not leave the 

 track before taking the word for the third trial. C. J. 

 Hamlin was the starter. As Splan nodded he gave the 

 word. Rarus was going true, but broke before the turn 

 was reached. This disposed of the three trials, but the 

 judges allowed him to start again, and the result was a 

 new world's record of 2 :i3/4- 



For the first and only time in its history, the Cleve- 

 land Association was, in 1878, compelled on account of 

 unfavorable weather, to declare its fall meeting off after 

 trotting two races. The heats in the two races decided 

 were scattered from Tuesday of one week until Monday 

 of the following one. Belle Brasfield, winner of the 

 2:21 class, started on Tuesday and finished Saturday, 

 while the horses in the 2 145 class were out on Tuesday, 

 Saturday and Monday before the gray mare, Tolu, won 

 three heats. Mountaineer and Honest Mary were the 

 other heat winners in the event. 



In 1879 the "big four" started at Cleveland. The 

 members of this famous quartette were the gray mare, 

 Lucy, who could hold her own in any company when 

 the heats were split ; the blind gelding, Sleepy Tom, who 

 had the week before reduced the world's record for pacers 

 to 2 :i2j4 at Chicago ; the Southern queen, Mattie Hunter, 

 and the flashv Rowdv Bov. In this race Mattie Hunter 

 had a new driver, and did not show to advantage, while 

 Rowdy Boy was not on edge. This left Lucy and 

 Sleepy Tom to fight it out. In the first heat the gelding 

 made a break going away, and Lucy won in a jog in 2 :i6. 

 On the next two trips Sleepy Tom had too much speed for 

 the gray mare, and won in 2 113^4, a new track record, and 

 2:15. In the fourth heat Lucy caught Sleepy Tom in 

 the stretch and beat him to the wire in 2:15. The race 



