FOUR-IN-HAND TEAMS. OO 



first day of the Grand Circuit meeting in 1882, when Mil- 

 lard Sanders drove W. J. Gordon's team, Carry Berry- 

 hill, Fanchion, Rumps and Lotta, in 2 156, and repeated 

 in 2 42. Two days later Millard also appeared again 

 with another of Mr. Gordon's fancy hitches for trotters 

 and made a tandem record of 2 40^2 with Carry Berry- 

 hill and Nellie K. This remained unbeaten until Sep- 

 tember 16, 1886, when the same owner and driver cut it to 

 2 132 with Mambrino Sparkle and William H. I am of 

 the opinion that this record has never been beaten, nor do 

 I remember of anyone ever making an effort to change it. 

 After the close of the Grand Circuit meeting William 

 B. Fasig, who had been elected Secretary of the Cleveland 

 Club, decided to try his hand at four-in-hand trotting, 

 and -the result was a special at the fall meeting with the 

 following result : 



Cleveland, O., September 7, 1882. 



Four-in-hand Teams, Trotting, Purse $500. 



William B. Fasig' s Peculiar and Frank Ross 

 (leaders) Tom Bradley and Rumps, (wheel- 

 ers), (Whitney) 1 1 



W. J. Gordon's Carrie Berryhill and Fanchion 

 (leaders) Lotta and Legal Tender (wheelers), 

 ( Sanders) 2 2 



Time— 2:57^, 2:40^. 



The above is the world's race record for four-in-hand 

 trotting teams at this date (1902), and it stood as the best 

 on record until September 17, 1886, when W. J. Gordon 

 put the fast trotters Mambrino Sparkle, Clemmie G., 

 William H. and Nobby together and, in a special for a 

 whip, moved the figures to 2 \^y. No change was made 

 in this record from that date until July 4, 1896, when 

 James Stinson started Damania, Bellnut, Maud V. and 



