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-and was got by Hambletonian, out of Lady Sanford, by Seely's 

 American Star; grandam Old Sorrel, by Exton Eclipse; third 

 dam by Lawrence's Messenger Duroc, etc. At maturity Jay 

 Gould was a handsome, blood-like horse, fifteen and one-half 

 hands high, and a rich bay in color, with white hind ankles. 

 With his dam he was sold while at her side to Charles H. Kerner, 

 of New York, who soon after traded them to John Minchin, of 

 Goshen, for the then well-known trotter Drift, Mr. Kerner also 

 paying a fair sum in cash. Later the colt came into the hands 

 of A. 0. Green, of Fall Eiver, and was by him named Judge 

 Brigharn. It is said that Mr. Green first learned that Judge 

 Brigham was a fast trotter through his taking fright at a train 

 one day in 1870 and running away with him at a trot. What- 

 ever the facts as to this are, it was soon known that Mr. Green 

 had a very fast trotter, and the next season (1871) he started for 

 a five-thousand-dollar purse at Buffalo, among the other starters 

 being the already famous Judge Fullerton. To the general 

 astonishment, Judge Brigham "cut loose" in the second heat, 

 winning it in 2:22, thus equaling the stallion record then held 

 by George Wilkes, and placing to his credit the fastest heat ever 

 up to that time trotted by a horse in his maiden race. He won 

 the race handily, and was the sensation of the time. He was at 

 once purchased for, I believe, the great price of thirty-five thou- 

 sand dollars by the late world-famous financier, Jay Gould, H. 

 N. Smith, and George C. Hall. Later Mr. Smith acquired Mr. 

 Hall's interest, and Mr. Kerner bought Mr. Gould's, and finally, 

 some years after, Mr. Smith, who had established Fashion Stud 

 Farm, at Trenton, New Jersey, and owned the noted mares 

 Goldsmith Maid, 2:14, Lady Thorn, 2:18^, and Lucy, 2:18i, 

 became sole owner of Jay Gould, as Judge Brigham was renamed. 

 The week following his Buffalo race Jay Gould defeated an- 

 other strong field at Kalamazoo, Michigan; and in 1872 started 

 four times, winning in all his races, lowering his record to 2:21^, 

 the then champion stallion record. He was kept in the stud in 

 1873, but being challenged on behalf of Bashaw Jr., the follow- 

 ing year, was given a hurried fall preparation, and met his chal- 

 lenger at Baltimore. Bashaw Jr., broke down in the first heat, 

 and Gould of course won an empty victory, but to satisfy the 

 audience was driven a public trial in 2:19-J. Meanwhile Smug- 

 gler had lowered the .stallion record to 2:20, and Jay Gould was 

 .sent against it at Boston, trotting under unfavorable circum- 



