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eluding Alice Dorman, $2,075; Yenita Wilkes, $2,050; 

 Baronet, $2,500 ; Phoebe Wilkes, $3,400, and John R. Gen- 

 try, $7,600. At that time, John R. Gentry had a record of 

 2 :0324. William Simpson was the purchaser. He placed 

 the Beau Brummell of the pacing world in the Empire City 

 Farm stable, which was being trained by W. Andrews. 

 During the season that followed, Andrews drove Gentry 

 to a record of 2 :oo^ over Rigby Park, Portland, Ale. 

 Many thought that he was the first "two-minute horse," 

 so Air. Simpson sent him to the auction in December. As 

 John R. Gentry was led into the ring, a band, which was 

 concealed in one of the balconies, played "See the Con- 

 quering Hero Comes." No one ever heard of a brass 

 band at a horse sale. It was one of Fasig's original ad- 

 vertising novelties, startling and at the same time pleasing. 

 It also put everyone in good humor for the surprise that 

 followed when John R. Gentry was sold to L. Tewkesbury 

 for $19,900, the top figure for a pacer at auction. 



April 28 to Alay 1, Fasig & Co. held another sale in 

 Aladison Square Garden, at which three hundred and six- 

 teen head were sold for $91,234. But ten of the horses 

 disposed of reached four figures, the $3,000 paid for Ce- 

 phas, 2:n l / 2 , being the top figure. At Cleveland, three 

 weeks later, the firm presented the champion of the sale 

 ring in Star Pointer, one of the two hundred and twenty- 

 nine lots sold for $61,550. At that time the half brother 

 of Hal Pointer had a record of 2 104^, and a few thought 

 he would not stand training. Ed Geers wanted him, but 

 C. J. Hamlin shook his head when $5,000 was reached. 

 Star Pointer went to Boston on a bid of $5,500 and, as 

 Wallace Pierce expressed it, "Geers lost his first chance 

 of driving a horse in two minutes." Pointer was turned 

 over to D. McClary, and, after a series of mishaps, he cut 



