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then went over, and on the following day Lucy won by a 

 length in 2:16. Mattie Hunter finished second, and 

 Sleepy Tom, who had made a break at the head of the 

 stretch, third. 



Of the trotting races Mace won the 2:20 and 2:18 

 classes in straight heats with Darby, the last mile in the 

 second race being trotted in 2 40^ after a heavy shower. 

 In this race Darby defeated Driver, Hannis, and Colonel 

 Lewis. His first start in the 2 :20 class, in which he de- 

 feated Voltaire, was the best betting race at the meeting, 

 although Muckle kept everyone on the anxious seat while 

 he spun the 2 :26 class out to seven heats before he won 

 with Monarch Rule, and the 2 124 class to five heats, be- 

 fore Lida Barrett disposed of Charley Ford, Rose of 

 Washington, Red Line, and Alley, the favorite. The 

 other winners during the week were Etta Jones, Fred 

 Douglass and Rarus, the champion trotter's start being in 

 the free-for-all against Hopeful. The gray pony was not 

 himself, and in order to entertain the spectators Rarus 

 was turned loose in the third heat and reeled off a mile in 

 2:15. 



Of the ten races on the programme for the meeting, 

 given in connection with the Xorthern Ohio Fair in 1879, 

 seven were for trotters, one for pacers, and two for the 

 gallopers. The starters in the running races were of a 

 very ordinary character, while Clinker won the pace, his 

 fastest mile being 2:23^. In the trotting races Belle 

 Brasfield and Lewinski were again to the front, the other 

 winners being Rienzi, the Harold mare Good Morning. 

 Diamond, Bay Fannie, and the black horse Ambassador, 

 by George Wilkes. 



In 1880. George H. Burt, who had been Vice-President 

 of the Cleveland Club for three years, succeeded Sam 



