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in February and March before the firm moved its head- 

 quarters to Cleveland for the May sale, to which Fasig 

 always requested his friends to bring their watches, and 

 buy the speed offerings on what they could show. At the 

 January sale, three hundred and one head were disposed 

 of for $74,510, the price on but twelve of the lots running 

 into four figures. The top price was $2,300, the amount 

 paid for the pacer Nelly McCrory, 2:11^4, while Miss 

 Nelson, 2:1134, sold for $1,800, and Don L., 2:12^4, for 

 $1,650. Star Pointer was the attraction at the February 

 sale, when two hundred and seventy head realized $73,490. 

 At this sale, Lilly Young, 2\io]/ 2 , sold for $3,400; Kate 

 Angell for $1,800; Keeler, 2:14^4, for $1,650, and Bert 

 Oliver, 2:08^4, f° r $ I >35o. The March sale was held in 

 the American Horse Exchange, one hundred and fifty- 

 seven head being sold there on three days for $29,120. 

 The top figure, $4,500, was paid for Cephas, 2:11%. The 

 May sale in Cleveland in 1897 was almost a failure, the 

 two hundred and ninety-one head sold averaging but 

 $157.09, while only seven of that number brought $1,000 

 or over. Iago sold for $3,000, Derby Lass sold for $1,400, 

 Candy for $1,000, and Bridal Bells for $1,010, and Al- 

 koran for $1,500. In November, Fasig & Co. had another 

 sale in Cleveland, at which they disposed of a consignment 

 of California and a few local horses, sixty-three head sell- 

 ing for $19,045. The sale ran for two days, the highest 

 priced lots being Jasper Ayers, $1,750; Franklin, $1,310, 

 and Jaspine, $1,000. Two weeks were claimed for the 

 Horse Show sale in 1897, and for nine days the auctioneers 

 were kept busy. During that time they knocked down five 

 hundred and thirty- four horses for $188,017, an average 

 of $352.09, a figure which proved that there was a change 

 in the market. At this sale, C. W. Williams disposed of 



