fasig's first sale. 71 



TROTTERS UNDER THE HAMMER. 



"The so-called trotters advertised and lauded in the 

 daily papers are subjects of disappointment to the pur- 

 chasers, who are made to believe almost anything in the 

 way of speed, by fellows who will undertake to prove 

 that "two tortoises can run faster than a stag." It will 

 be refreshing to sufferers at the hands of such worthies, 

 as well as others seeking genuine trotters, to attend the 

 auction sale, at the track of the Cleveland Driving Park 

 Company, near Cleveland, O., on Wednesday, May 7, 

 commencing at 11 a. m. This sale has been brought 

 about by the death of the late Hon. H. B. Hurlburt, and 

 the representatives of his estate have employed "the con- 

 scientious horseman and excellent judge, Mr." Wm. B. 

 Fasig, to sell all the fast road-horses and driving para- 

 phernalia, which the deceased millionaire had accumu- 

 lated, regardless of cost. The list of trotters to be sold, 

 without reserve or by-bidding, comprises the tested track, 

 road, and pole horses, Lysander Boy, 2 '.20^4, double-team 

 record 2:20; Small Hopes, 2:26^2, exhibition mile, with 

 Lady Mac, 2 123, driven by Mr. W. H. Vanderbilt ; Blue 

 Mare, 2 123 ; Aleck S., 2 128^4 ; Squirrel, trial 2 125 ; Neva, 

 2:29; Star, 2:35. In addition to the above, a further 

 field of choice will be thrown open to buyers, in the shape 

 of from ten to fifteen other trotters, possessing speed from 

 2 125 to 2 :5c A young and handsome lot. Some of 

 them can beat 2 130 under the watch. Send for catalogue 

 to Wm. B. Fasig, Secretary, Driving Park, Cleveland, 

 Ohio." 



In order to complete the record, the following report 

 of the sale is taken from the columns of the "Spirit of 

 the Times" for May 18, 1884: 



