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turf and in the stud, he found that Oakhurst was not 

 ''worth the water he drank," and away he went to another 

 owner. 



The catalogue for Fasig's May sale in 1890 presented 

 the names of four hundred and fifty horses, and in that 

 number there was not one that could be considered high 

 class. By the records, Newton B., 2 :iy}i, and Company, 

 2 :ig}i, were the fastest. Of this pair, the gray had seen 

 his best days, and the Kentucky Prince gelding was such 

 a puller that he was worthless for racing purposes. Dur- 

 ing the week two hundred and sixty-five head sold for 

 $98,782 ; Holstein, 2 129^, being the highest priced 

 lot. He sold for $2,950, while Strategist brought $2,500, 

 Prince Hogarth $2,150, Newton B. $1,535, tne blind geld- 

 ing - , Five Points, $1,526, and Company, $1,500. On the 

 second day of the sale three two-year-old fillies, by On- 

 ward, sold for $3,905, and Dessie Wingate, a six-year-old 

 mare by the same sire, brought $2,325. During the sum- 

 mer of 1890, William B. Fasig and C. F. Emery made ar- 

 rangements to hold a breeder's sale, under the firm name 

 of Emery & Fasig, in the amphitheater at Gordon Glen, in 

 connection with the fall meeting of the Cleveland Driving 

 Park Company, at which three stake races offered by them 

 were also decided. During the week eighty-five head 

 were disposed of for $63,720. Eighteen of this number 

 sold for over $1,000, the highest priced one being the 

 three-year-old filly Jeanne, by Kentucky Prince, out of 

 Suisun, in foal to Axtell, whose service fee was at that 

 time $1,000. The filly was consigned by John Madden. 

 Prior to the sale C. F. Emery was requested to make a bid 

 of $6,000 on Jeanne for W. E. Spier, Glens Falls, N. Y. 

 He made it and the filly was knocked down to him. The 

 following day W. H. Crawford, in a sneering way, 



