The 1876 field consisted of five horses, including August Belmont's Fiddlesticks. Appalachia Stories," the second&colon; "The Mystery of Nell Cropsey," and the third&colon; "Fiddlesticks. " Midas however derides this -eventually exclaiming "Fiddlesticks! Fiddlesticks, says Wade&colon; Of course race exists. Fiddlesticks is a ground-breaking 1930 animated cartoon film. "Fiddlesticks" was the first film in the Flip the Frog series. Since 2015, the variety show has been rebranded Fiddlesticks and become almost entirely student-run.