56 MEMOIR. 



Nutspra to beat 2:31^ over Washington Park, Chicago, 

 111., and turned that track in 2 130. In connection with this 

 performance it might also be added that the four horses 

 in this team were all chestnuts and by the same sire, Nut- 

 meg, a son of Nutwood. 



As stated above, William B. Fasig was elected Secre- 

 tary of the Cleveland Club in 1882, and the first meeting 

 under his management proved one of the most brilliant 

 ever held at the track which has made Glenville famous. 

 The number of entries was above the average, while the 

 uniform quality of the starters was better than had ever 

 appeared for a trip down the line. For the first race at 

 the meeting Gus Glidden dropped in from Indiana with 

 the George Wilkes gelding, Wilson. He was known to 

 be fast, but in need of schooling to make him behave in 

 company, and according to report, in order to overcome 

 Wilson's nervousness, Glidden trained him on his farm 

 track while all of the boys in the neighborhood tooted 

 long tin horns at him. When Glidden nodded for the 

 word at Cleveland, Wilson was ready to race. He won 

 the first and last race at the meeting, while his line of 

 march through the circuit that year also shows that he 

 won two races at Rochester, two races at Utica, one race 

 at Buffalo, and one at Hartford. The 2 123 trot was sand- 

 wiched with the first race won by Wilson. Minnie R. was 

 the favorite at $50 to $30 over the field. She was driven 

 by "Knapsack" McCarthy, and when the summary was 

 made up she saved her entrance, the race being won by 

 Jerome Eddy in 2:19, 2:18, 2:19. In the deciding heat 

 of this race, Jerome Eddy passed the half in 1 107^4, and 

 finished on a jog. It looked to many that had he been 

 driven out, the stallion record of Smuggler would have 

 been equalled or reduced. His day never came again, as 



