CHAPTER XVIII 



VOLUNTEER, ABERDEEN, HAPPY MEDIUM, DICTATOR, 

 HAROLD, AND STRATHMORE 



Volunteer 



ONE of the early foals of Hambletonian was 

 Volunteer (1854), dam Lady Patriot by Young 

 Patriot, son of Patriot by Blucher ; second dam the 

 Lewis Hulse Mare, fast at the trot and the run. 

 Volunteer was placed in the stud at Washington- 

 ville, Orange County, not far from Chester; and 

 as his owner, Alden Goldsmith, was industrially 

 pushing him into popular favor, Mr. Rysdyk was 

 nettled, and he denounced Lady Patriot as the 

 poorest mare ever sent to the court of Hamble- 

 tonian. This statement was far from true, but it 

 had its effect upon some people. Mr. Goldsmith 

 did not relax his efforts, and the reputation of 

 Volunteer steadily grew. The stallion trotted 

 to a wagon record of 2.37 and had a highly 

 finished, courageous look. I doubt if he would 

 have trained on because he was rough-gaited, 

 but what he accomplished in the stud will cause 



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