1883 - DIRECTOR 241 



Black Cloud, France's Alexander and Santa Claus. 

 Director made his record at Cleveland, on August 1. 

 He started there against Kate McCall, Gladiator, Tony 

 Newell and Wilson and won the first heat in 2:19^, 

 Tony Newell being distanced and Wilson laid up. 

 On the next trip Splan stepped Wilson down to the 

 half in 1 109^ and was still leading at the distance, 

 Director being at his neck as the pair flashed by the 

 flagman. The Wilkes gelding wavered under the 

 strain and broke into a scrambling run. As he did, 

 Goldsmith touched Director with the whip and he left 

 his feet. The pair ran under the wire and the judges 

 called it a dead heat in 2:17. Wilson won the third 

 heat in 2:1634 by two lengths, and also finished in 

 front in the fourth heat, but as he was on a break, it 

 was counted for Director in 2:1734. In the fifth heat 

 Splan started to make a runaway race of it, and 

 after sprinting with Gladiator to the half in 1 107^4 won 

 the heat in 2:18. The effort killed Wilson, as when 

 the non-heat winners were ruled out, Director had to 

 be pulled up in 2 128^4 to let him inside the distance. 



Director's next engagement was in a race for five- 

 year-olds and under at Buffalo with Jay Eye See and 

 Clemmie G., the Director gelding winning, after 

 Goldsmith had won a heat in 2.22. After defeating 

 Duquesne in straight heats at Utica and trotting third 

 to Wilson at Springfield, Director was shipped to 

 Hartford, where he was started in the first $10,000 

 Charter Oak Stake with Fanny Witherspoon, Wilson, 

 Clemmie G., Phallas, J. B. Thomas, Adele Gould and 

 Overman. Wilson was the favorite, and Mace won 

 the first heat with him in 2:173^2. In the second heat 

 Director carried Wilson away so fast that he made a 



