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ence, now a gallant officer in the army, then home from 

 West Point on a furlough, drove Faith, while your hum- 

 ble servant piloted the Boston Davis horse. The Colonel 

 and Clarence were so sure of winning that they notified 

 the swelldom of Cleveland about the match, and almost 

 all the handsome young ladies of Euclid Avenue's four 

 hundred were on deck pulling for Clarence, as he was a 

 fine-looking young fellow, while I — well, we won't dis- 

 cuss that. Singularly enough, the men were for 'Benny,' 

 but the women were for Clarence. 



"My horse had a fashion of going away fast until he 

 hit the back stretch, and then slowing up until he rounded 

 into the homestretch, when he'd come again and trot a 

 whirlwind to the wire. He did so in that race. I was 

 in the lead at the quarter-pole when my opponent closed 

 up, and it really looked as if I was beaten. Mr. Edwards 

 stood in the stand shouting : 'Clarence has got him, 

 Clarence has got him !' 



"John D. Rockefeller and W. J. Gordon, who were 

 among the spectators and on my side, said afterward 

 that they thought it was all over. But Clarence didn't 

 'have him,' for Boston Davis took more wind in his sail 

 at the three-quarter pole and beat Faith through the 

 stretch in fine style. I was more unpopular with those 

 handsome young ladies than ever, one remarking, 'I'd 

 like to stick a hair-pin in that odious fat man driving the 

 ugly black horse.' " 



Encouraged by the success of the sale held in con- 

 nection with the Hurlburt horses in 1884, William B. 

 Fasig decided to hold another in r885, an d selected May 

 14 and 15 for the venture. J. B. Perkins, W. J. Gordon, 

 J. W. Pritz and D. M. Marsh sent small consignments, 

 and when John Rush called for bids there were about 



