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there were always buyers, the prices were so low, even for 

 stock above the average, that many expected the trotting 

 horse industry to peter out. As men wanted money more 

 than horses, the by bidder and the capper had to step 

 aside, and in the sales that followed consignments were 

 scattered in every direction. In the end this proved a 

 blessing in disguise, as many of those who had learned to 

 shun the sale ring came back, and they continued to buy 

 when the market improved. 



The Cleveland sales of the Tattersall Companies in 

 1893, were held February 28 to March 3, and May 15 to 

 19. During the two weeks two hundred and eighty-eight 

 horses were sold for $149,589. Sydney was the star of the 

 first sale. He brought §27,000. Had he been sold during 

 the boom when his colts were breaking records, he would 

 have brought over three times that amount. At the sale 

 fourteen others brought $1,000 or over, the highest priced 

 lots being by Sidney. Frou Frou sold for $3,500, Odd- 

 fellow $2,000, Sidmont $2,550, Fausta $2,100, Red Sid 

 $1,100, and San Souci $1,050. At the May sale Bon- 

 homme, 2:17^4, Incense, 2:17%, Instant, 2:14%, and 

 Eloise 2 130, were the stars. Alex McLean added Bon- 

 homrne to John D. Rockefeller's stable of road horses at 

 $5>75°- O- G. Kent gave $5,300 for Incense, the first 

 champion trotter of The Gentlemen's Driving Club of 

 Cleveland. Instant sold for $4,200, and W. B. Fasig paid 

 $1,025 for Eloise, the best trotter he ever owned. She went 

 for the money and won it. That is the test. 



After a two days' sale in New York in June, at which 

 a consignment from the Valensin Farm and a few local 

 horses were disposed of, Fasig began to map out his first 

 sale in Madison Square Garden. Selecting the first week 

 in December, he started off with what he called "the four 



