60 MEMOIR. 



relentless, unyielding. Thorne had fought like a giant, 

 like the grand race-horse that he is, to conquer this Sa- 

 tanic piece of mechanism. The task was a hopeless and 

 impossible one. Thorne, stamped with the seal of sorrow, 

 listlessly jogged around. He is Turner's pride and pet, 

 better liked than any horse he has ever driven, the crown- 

 ing achievement of his grey hairs. At Chicago, when I 

 said to him, "I think Thorne can down him," Turner drew 

 a long breath and said, "I hope so." His heart was in it. 

 All the subtle skill and tact of "The General" were used 

 to their utmost, but without avail : Thorne was beaten. 

 The following is the hateful record of his defeat, which I 

 would some other hand than mine might write : 



Cleveland, O., July 28, 1882. 

 Purse $3,000 tor named horses, trotting. 



W. J. Gordon's b. g. Clingstone by Rysdyk 



(Saunders) 1 1 1 



Edwin Thome's ch. g. Edwin Thorne by 



Thorndale (Turner) 223 



M. M. Hedges' b. s. J. B.Thomas by Sterl- 

 ing (Weeks) 4 3 2 



N. W. Kittson's b. m. So So by George 



Wilkes (McCarthy) 3 dis. 



TIME. 



It was in the description of this race that M. T. Grat- 

 tan described Clingstone as "the demon trotter," and I 

 have always been led to believe that the expression orig- 

 inated with him, but now I have my doubts, as on turning 

 to the official record of the race, I find written in William 

 B. Fasig's unmistakable hand, in parenthesis after Cling- 



