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still (1902) in office, having been Treasurer continuously, 

 of the Cleveland Club and its successor, since 1875. It is 

 to be regretted that William Edwards and William B. 

 Fasig were not favored with the allotted span of life. 

 While they were in the field they labored zealously for the 

 cause with which they were identified, and when they 

 stepped aside they left it better than they found it. Let 

 us hope, dear reader, that when the bell taps for you and I 

 someone can say as much for us. 



As there were a number of important stables in train- 

 ing at Cleveland in the spring of 1883, the Cleveland 

 Driving Park Company decided to make a change and 

 give a meeting in June instead of September. June 5 to 

 8 were the dates selected, and while that week was handi- 

 capped by unfavorable weather, it had four days' racing 

 above the average. As a curtain-raiser, Bither stepped 

 out and won the 2 134 class, with Phallas giving him a 

 mark of 2:18^4 in a fifth heat, while the Case stable also 

 won the 2 40 class with Dixie Sprague. St. Julien and 

 Fanny Witherspoon met in the free-for-all trot, the Vol- 

 unteer gelding winning in straight heats, while Flora 

 Belle defeated Fuller in the free-for-all pace after carry- 

 ing him to his record of 2 113^4 i n the second heat. Tony 

 Newell, Joe Bunker, Edwin A. and Eddie D. were the 

 other winners at the only June meeting ever given at the 

 Cleveland Driving Park. The scene was changed when 

 the Grand Circuit horses appeared at the track on the last 

 day of July. At this meeting trotting stallions were in 

 the ascendant. Both Phallas and Maxie Cobb, the future 

 champions, won races during the week, the first named 

 placing his record at 2 :i5^, within a quarter of a second 

 of Smuggler's championship mark in the second heat of 

 the race in which he defeated Duquesne. Maxie Cobb 



