SALE OF GUY. 101 



All eyes were turned towards Cleveland on the open- 

 ing day of the sale, and when it was learned that Guy 

 had been knocked down for $29,750, even those who knew 

 but little of such matters had no hesitation in expressing 

 an opinion that a fast trotter, even if he did have a few 

 "bees in his bonnet" was a very desirable piece of prop- 

 erty. It is only repeating ancient history to state that the 

 sale of this horse was a fizzle. W. J. Gordon did not have 

 the courage to part with him when he saw him in the sale 

 ring, and while all of his other racing material was scat- 

 tered, Clingstone and Guy were led back to their old stalls 

 in the big barn at Gordon Glen. Frank Brunell, who 

 was at that time sporting editor of the Cleveland Plain 

 Dealer, wrote the following description of the sale for 

 The Horseman : 



Cleveland, O., May 13, 1889. — The Fasig sale opened 

 at 10 o'clock this morning with about two hundred and 

 fifty buyers present. Guy and Clingstone were to be sold 

 at 10 o'clock, but did not come to the stand until 12:40. 

 Then it was only to partially disappoint everyone. Guy 

 was sold and resold to his owner, and the other star of 

 the sale — Clingstone — was withdrawn by his owner, who 

 declared to keep the pair for his own private use as a 

 team. Guy never looked better. He has improved during 

 the winter. His black coat shone under the noonday sun 

 and he blinked at the crowd as though proud and amused 

 at the attention paid him. The auctioneers gushed over 

 him, and Secretary Fasig told the crowd what a wonder 

 he was, and that his mile last fall in 2:12 was as good 

 as 2 :oy l / 2 on an ordinary day, because he had been scored 

 a lot when he made it, had had his shoes changed from 

 11 to 9 ounces, the track was slow and dull, a wind blew 

 in his face, and he trotted the mile twentv feet from the 



