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who, after a contest that was on parade for two days, de- 

 feated T. Q., Prince Arthur, Felix, Billy Button, Tom 

 Rogers, Bessie, Deck Wright and De Barry in a nine- 

 heat race in which the time of seven of the heats was be- 

 low 2 :20. 



The Palo Alto and Forest City Farm stables were very 

 much in evidence at the fall meeting in 1886. Marvin 

 won his engagement with St. Bel and Palo Alto, both of 

 the colts going to the front in six-heat races, while Caton 

 won with Nettle Leaf and Connaught and was second to 

 Ambassador with Brown Wilkes in the free-for-all stall- 

 ion race. The list of winners for the week also presents 

 the names of Civilization, Orphan Boy, Maud A., Cad 

 Wade, Argyle, Violet and Kit Curry, the race won by the 

 last named being described in "The Sandpiper" story. 



Sometime during the season of 1886, William B. Fasig 

 decided to sever his connection with the Cleveland Driv- 

 ing Park Company, although nothing was said about it 

 until after the December meeting of the Board of Review 

 of The National Trotting Association. The eleventh Con- 

 gress of The National Trotting Association was held in 

 Chicago, February 10, 1886. At this meeting Fasig rep- 

 resented six Ohio associations, and he was again a dele- 

 gate at the adjourned session which was held at the Ken- 

 nard House in Cleveland, November 16. He did not take 

 an active part in the debates at either meeting, but when 

 the Board of Review met in New York in December, 

 Fasig was a candidate for the office of Secretary. In the 

 election that followed Thomas Axworthy, a director of 

 the Cleveland Driving Park Company, and the member 

 for the Central District, voted against him from the fact, 

 as I have been told, that his associates in Cleveland 

 wanted Fasig to remain there. The vote stood four to 



