88 MEMOIR. 



to the surprise of everyone, his trainer included, he broke 

 away and trotted the last half in I :o6. Mr. Perkins was 

 notified. McCabe received his suit of clothes and W. J. 

 Gordon paid the extra $4,000. 



One hundred and forty of what Fasig termed "the 

 fastest and best horses ever offered for public sale" were 

 in the catalogue issued for the "great sale," May 12, 13 

 and 14, 1886. The list including George V., 2 :20 ; Tom 

 Allen, 2 :22, "the handsomest gentleman's roadster in the 

 United States ;" Tommy Norwood, 2 :26*4 ; King Philip, 

 2:21; the pacer, Jack Hart, 2:23^, and the handsome 

 pair of mares, Fannie Archer, 2 132^, and Gussie Archer, 

 2 133. The Archer team sold for $1,400, and Tom Allen, 

 although twelve years old, brought $2,000, the high-water 

 mark for the week. 



Oliver K., a Forest City Farm product, was the star 

 at the Grand Circuit meeting in 1886. He started in a 

 $5,000 guaranteed stake, and won in commanding style, 

 his mile in 2:18 in the first heat equalling the record 

 which he had placed after his name at Detroit the week 

 prior to the Cleveland meeting. This success was the 

 beginning of a trip down the line, which culminated in a 

 victory in the Charter Oak Stake at Hartford, where, 

 after Belle F. had placed two heats in 2:15^4, 2:1^/4 to 

 her credit, the King Wilkes gelding went to the front in 

 2:16^4, 2:16^, 2:18. In addition to winning at the 

 places named, Oliver K. also won his Grand Circuit en- 

 gagements at Buffalo, Rochester and Albany. As has 

 been stated, Oliver K. was bred at the Forest City Farm. 

 Like many another good horse he was sold as a colt for 

 a trifle, but when given an opportunity he proved one of 

 the best horses foaled in Ohio and a worthy successor to 

 Parana and Mattie Hunter, both of which raced success- 



