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is better." Fasig paid $175 for the black gelding and sold 

 him to Thomas Axworthy for $225. He used him for a 

 saddler, but in time turned him over to George W. Baker. 

 On joining the Baker stable the gelding was broken to 

 harness, and during the winter of 1884 he was the boss of 

 the snow path in Cleveland. 



In 1883 the Cleveland Driving Park Company suc- 

 ceeded the Cleveland Club, while the Northern Ohio Fair 

 Association passed out of existence. William Edwards 

 was elected President of the new organization ; George 

 W. Short, Vice-President ; Sylvester T. Everett, Treas- 

 urer, and William B. Fasig, Secretary. William Ed- 

 wards remained in office up to the day of his death, Sep- 

 tember 21, 1898, and in no racing organization that I 

 know of was a man ever given more loyal support than 

 that accorded "the Colonel" by his associates and the 

 stockholders of the Cleveland Driving Park Company, 

 and it remained so to the end, as it was known that what 

 he did at home and abroad was on account of his love for 

 the light harness horse and not in the hope of making a 

 few dollars. With William B. Fasig racing was a busi- 

 ness, but the "almighty dollar" never came between him 

 and his love for a horse. His enthusiasm and earnest- 

 ness carried him through, as he was not a good business 

 man, while, like many who have worked for years on a 

 salary, he did not have much confidence in his splendid 

 qualities until success came to him as it were in a night. 

 Fasig retained the Secretaryship of the Cleveland Driving 

 Park Company until 1892, when he was succeeded by Sid- 

 ney W. Giles, who had been for years identified with 

 Island Park, at Albany, N. Y. George W. Short was 

 Vice-President when he died in 1898. He was buried on 

 one of the days of the meeting. Sylvester T. Everett is 



