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could show a mile in 2:16|, I would give $75,000 for 

 him." 



The sale to Mr. Bonner having fallen through, we 

 were in doubt whether to go to Boston and start 

 against Goldsmith Maid's time, 2:16|, or to return 

 home. Meanwhile we quartered the horse in a stable 

 on Great Jones Street, Xew York City, and there, Sep- 

 tember 1, IS 73, Colonel Henry S. Kussell, of Milton, 

 Massachusetts, appeared on the scene. I was after- 

 ward informed that Colonel Kussell was en route to 

 Mr. Backman's Stony Ford Stud, in Orange County, 

 when in the Tv/rf^ Field and Farm office conversation 

 turned upon Smuggler, and the Colonel decided to see 

 him. The trial at Prospect was on Thursday, August 

 28th, and if my memory serves me aright it was on 

 Monday that the colonel came and opened negotiations 

 for his purchase. They were speedily consummated. 

 Colonel Eussell buying the horse at the price asked, 

 $30,000, and on Wednesday evening he was shipped to 

 his new home near Boston. On September 5th we 

 showed Smuggler at the Xew England Fair, at Mystic 

 Park, Boston, and, though hog-fat, he trotted a half- 

 mile in 1:06, the first quarter in thirty-four and the last 

 in thirty-two seconds. 



As it was not Colonel Kussell's intention to trot the 

 horse that season he went into temporary retirement, 

 and I returned to my Kansas home. 



Smuggler was jogged all winter on the road, and in 

 the spring was worked for speed by a Mr. Moulton. 

 Colonel Russell entered him in the stallion race to be 

 trotted at Buffalo, August 5, 1874, but the horse's work 

 was not satisfactory and the Colonel telegraphed for 



