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him long to be remembered. His first great 

 trotter was Gloster, a bay gelding, bred by James 

 Roosevelt of Hyde Park, New York, foaled in 

 1876; dam Black Bess by Stockbridge Chief; 

 second dam by Mambrino Paymaster. Alden 

 Goldsmith purchased and campaigned him, and 

 when he trotted to a record of 2.17 at Roches- 

 ter, August 14, 1874, his fame was heralded over 

 the country. A long price was refused for him, 

 and it was decided to give him the benefit of a win- 

 ter in California. He was taken there, and died 

 October 30, 1874. Powers, 2.21; Huntress, 2.2of ; 

 Driver, 2.19^; Bodine, 2.19^; Alley, 2.19; and 

 Domestic, 2.20, were among the hard fighters 

 in grand circuit campaigns, and their good feet 

 and legs and unshrinking courage caused think- 

 ing people to respect their sire. St. Julien, who 

 once divided championship honors with Maud S., 

 was the fastest of the Volunteer tribe. He was 

 a bay gelding, foaled in 1879, and dam Flora 

 by Harry Clay, 45, second dam by Napoleon. 

 Orrin A. Hickok trained him and drove him 

 to his record of 2.1 ij at Hartford, August 27, 

 1880. The producing record of Volunteer is 

 38 trotters and one pacer, and 41 sires and 54 

 dams of speed. Sweetness, who trotted to a 



