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that were sent in pursuit after the raid, came up with the raiders, 

 and after a sharp fight routed them. Marion, on Bay Chief, was 

 a conspicuous mark for Federal bullets during the skirmish. 

 Early in the fray Bay Chief was shot through the muzzle, 

 through both thighs, and one hock. In this condition he carried 

 his rider two miles in the retreat, when the horse was so weak- 

 ened by loss of blood that a Federal cavalryman overtook them. 

 His piece being empty, the soldier aimed a blow at Marion, but 

 missing him, lost his balance, and fell from his horse. The 

 guerrilla leader quickly saw his opportunity, jumped from Bay 

 Chief, mounted the soldier's horse, and escaped. Bay Chief 

 died about ten days later, despite all efforts made to save him. 

 Meanwhile, Alexander's Abdallah had been found, safe and 

 sound, by a Federal soldier in Mr. Bush's stable. The soldier 

 refused to give him up to Mr. Alexander's men, and declared 

 he would send him North and keep him until he got a large re- 

 ward for his return. The horse was barefooted and in no condi- 

 tion for hard usage. And so they rode him oif, and after going 

 some forty or fifty miles he gave out, and they turned him loose 

 on the road. He was found next day in a pitiable condition by 

 the roadside, and brought back as far as Lawrenceburg on his way 

 home, where he was taken with pneumonia and died a few days 

 later. 



Just how great a loss this was to the trotting breed was not 

 realized until long after until in fact Goldsmith Maid had con- 

 quered all before her, and made a record as a campaigner never 

 equaled, and until his two great sons, Almont and B^elmont, 

 rose to pre-eminent places in the list of great sires. Other sons 

 of this remarkable progenitor have taken rank as sires, and his 

 daughters proved of the highest excellence as brood mares; but 

 Almont and Belmont have each established such large, impor- 

 tant, and popular sub-families that this work would be incomplete 

 without some brief sketch of each. 



Alexander's Abdallah got Goldsmith Maid, 2:14, Rosalind, 2 :21|, 

 Thorndale, 2:22i, Major Edsall, 2:29, and St. Elmo, 2:30. Four- 

 teen of his sons have produced one hundred and fifty-five stand- 

 ard performers, and twenty-nine of his daughters have produced 

 forty-four standard performers, among them being the noted 

 campaigners, Favonia, 2:15, and Jerome Eddy, 2:16f, the latter 

 also a successful sire. The following table gives the families of 

 his most prominent sons: 



