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below 2 :io, the fastest being 2 103 ^4, by Dan Patch. But 

 six of the thirty-four heats trotted were below 2:10. An- 

 zella made two of them when she won in 2 :o8^>, 2 :oS J / 2 , 

 while The Monk trotted in 2:07^, Lord Derby, with 

 George Saunders behind him, in 2 107^4, and Hesperus in 

 2:09^/2. That the uniform rate was up to the standard 

 established in the past was evidenced by the fact that the 

 ten races averaged 2:11^, the slowest heat of the week 

 being 2:16, by Betsey Tell. As a high-class meeting the 

 one held in 1902 compares favorably with any of those 

 which preceded it. It was the first under the manage- 

 ment of George J. Dietrich, who succeeded Siiney W. 

 Giles when he retired on account of broken health, after 

 being in harness for eight years at Island Park, Albany, 

 N. Y., and nine at Cleveland. Scott Hudson made a rec- 

 ord on the fourth day of the meeting when he won every 

 race on the programme with Alice Russell, Audubon Boy, 

 Chase and Twinkle. During the meeting he also won a 

 third with Tertimin, a fourth with Don Riley, and was * 

 unplaced with Baron Bell. Ed. Geers also had a good 

 week, his stable winning with Direct Hal, The Monk and 

 Dandy Chimes, while it was also credited with two seconds 

 and two thirds. Eight of the twenty races on the pro- 

 gramme were won in straight heats by Major Delmar, 

 Directum Speir, Dandy Chimes, Dan Patch, Anzella, 

 Greenline, Chase and Betsey Tell, while the events in 

 which the heats were split went to Dan R., Direct Hal, The 

 Monk, Wentworth, Daphne Dallas, Alice Russell, Audu- 

 bon Boy, Twinkle, The Roman, Martha Marshall and 

 Sylviaone. 



In 1892, when William Easton, the managing director 

 of the Tattersall Companies in America, decided to add a 

 trotting department to the business, William B. Fasig was 



