PHYLLIS IN LAKE ERIE. 85 



morning gave Phyllis a swim in Lake Erie. She came 

 out on the day of the race as limber as an eel and won 

 after losing the first heat in 2:17^4 t0 Clemmie G. by a 

 break near the distance. In the second heat Phyllis 

 trotted to her record of 2:15^, the last half of the mile 

 being' in 1 :o6%, and the third quarter of it in 32^4 sec- 

 onds. The time for the third heat was 2:16^4, there be- 

 ing but half a length between Phyllis and Clemmie G. at 

 the finish, while half a head in favor of Phyllis, in 2 wjYiy 

 was the way they finished in the deciding mile. Dunbar 

 drove Clemmie G. with commendable skill, but he could 

 not reach the Phil Sheridan mare. During the meeting 

 Dunbar also drove Clingstone a mile against time, equal- 

 ing his record of 2:14, and that "the demon trotter" was 

 as fast, if not faster, than at any time in his career was 

 evidenced by the fact that he checked oft" the fourth quar- 

 ter in 32^4 seconds. The other winners at the meeting 

 were Beauregard, Adelaide, Harry Roberts, Gossip, Jr.. 

 William Arthur, Harry Wilkes, William T., Joe Davis, 

 Maggie G. Middleton and Westmont, while on the open- 

 ins: dav Almont Gift defeated Mohawk Gift in a $2,000 

 match race that was spun out to five heats before the 

 judges found a winner, and that the finding of the Judges 

 did not satisfy the owners was evidenced by the fact that 

 they made another match to be decided at the fall meet- 

 ing, when Mohawk Gift defeated Almont Gift in straight 

 heats, the fastest of which was trotted in 2:24^. At 

 this fall meeting the newly organized Ohio Association 

 of Trotting Horse Breeders gave its first races, the 

 events being sandwiched with the races offered by the 

 Cleveland Driving Park Company. The stakes of the 

 Breeders' Association were won by Reveille, Nettle Leaf 

 and Heresv, while the first moneys in the races on the 



