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this meeting. He was in the 2:18 class. The facers for 

 the week came in the two pacing races which were won 

 by Eddie D. and YYestmont, and the free-for-all trot in 

 which both Fanny Witherspoon and Edwin Thorne fin- 

 ished in front of St. Julien. The Association did not say 

 much about the showing made by the lateral gaited 

 horses, but when making his announcement in 1884, Sec- 

 retary Fasig, in a letter to the "Spirit of the Times," said 

 that "The owners of pacers can thank themselves for not 

 receiving more encouragement from the circuit. The pace 

 has the elements of a grand contest, but the managers of 

 that mode of going started with the idea that it was nec- 

 essary to rob the public on each and every occasion possi- 

 ble, so that the name of pacing has become synonymous 

 with jobbery, and it is well enough to allow these smart 

 ones to stay at home with their wives and children, and 

 plow their side-wheelers one season. A quiet summer's 

 reflection may bring them to a sense of their duty." 

 Sleepy Joe, Stranger, Richball, Clemmie G. and Jay Eye 

 See were the other winners at the meeting in 1883, the 

 last named defeating Majolica in a match in 2 120^4, 2 :i6, 

 2:15^4. This was the first Cleveland meeting at which 

 the average time was below 2 :20, and it was also the first 

 at which it offered installment plan purses, the two pro- 

 grammed being won by Phallas and Eddie D. 



During the last week in January, 1884, New York was 

 favored with a fall of snow, and for about two weeks 

 everv horse that had a little speed or was supposed to 

 have a little of that desirable quality, was out on Seventh 

 Avenue for an airing, while those who were not so fortu- 

 nate as to have a turnout or a friend that would give them 

 a lift, knocked their heels on the curb as the procession 

 moved up and down the road. Almost every afternoon 



