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upon the book, an omission, however, which never 

 thereafter occurs. One of these colts soon thereafter 

 came into the hands of Major J. Seeley Edsall, of 

 Goshen, and under his careful handling soon proved 

 himself a superior horse. 



The Major kept him for mares four years at Goshen, 

 and then sold him to Mr. Alexander, of Kentucky ; he 

 however, had in the meantime become the father of 

 the filly now so widely known throughout this country 

 as Goldsmith's Maid. We might mention many other 

 "good ones" from him, but for the present must 

 trace the history of his sire. 



In speaking of this Hambletonian's first season 

 it is a fact worthy of remark, that a very large per- 

 centage of his progeny thus far in his prolific career 

 have been males, and that while large numbers of 

 them have from time to time covered themselves with 

 glory in their contests upon the turf; the reputation of 

 the old horse as a father of trotters would scarcely 

 arise above mediocrity were it entirely dependant upon 

 the exploits of his daughters. 



