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It disappeared in 1894 to make way for the Boulevard, 

 which also necessitated the removal of W. G. Pollock's 

 house to a lot between Splan's and the Driving Park. Be- 

 fore the training stable was completed, Brasfield & Co., 

 of Lexington, Ky., made arrangements to hold a sale there 

 the last week in April of each year for an indefinite period. 

 A short time after this announcement was made in the col- 

 umns of the American Sportsman, it was learned that 

 William B. Fasig and C. F. Emery had decided to con- 

 tinue the sale business under the firm name of Emery & 

 Fasig, and that they had purchased a tract of land on St. 

 Clair Street, opposite the Cleveland Driving Park, on 

 which they built the largest and most complete sale mart 

 in America. Brasfield & Co. selected April 27 to May 2 

 as the date for their first sale, and continued in the field 

 until the middle of March, when it was abandoned on ac- 

 count of the firm's inability to lease the stabling of the 

 Cleveland Driving Park for the use of horses consigned 

 to their sale. While the plan on the south side of the track 

 failed to mature, Emery and Fasig were building on the 

 north side and cataloguing stock for a sale May 4 to 9. 

 The building was completed before the catalogue was is- 

 sued. It contained the breeding of five hundred and fifty 

 head, and presented consignments from New York to Cal- 

 ifornia. Seven days were required to dispose of four hun- 

 dred and nine lots for $166,080, an average of $406.11. 

 H. S. Henry had the highest-priced consignment, the re- 

 turns for his lot showing that Count Wilkes sold for 

 $5,600, while $17,030 was paid for the five Electioneer 

 mares Suisun, Unique, May Bud, Cora Bell and Coraline ; 

 Suisun brought $7,000 and Coraline $3,950. The report 

 of the sale also shows that Don Monteith sold for $3,400, 

 Viola Clay for $3,100, Abbiedeen $2,500, and eleven 

 others at figures between $1,000 and $2,000. 



