CHAPTER VII 



GOLDSMITH MAID AND SMUGGLER 



When Goldsmith Maid, driven by Budd Doble, 

 trotted at Milwaukee, September 6, 187 1, to a 

 record of 2.17, there was quite a stir, and I had 

 the track measured by a competent civil engineer 

 before accepting the performance as authentic. 

 In 1872 she trotted in 2.i6|, and at Mystic Park, 

 Boston, September 2, 1874, she trotted to her best 

 record of 2.14. As she was born in May, 1857, 

 she was 17 years old at the time. She was a 

 mare of wiry frame and nothing was done with 

 her until she was eight years old. This is one 

 reason why she remained vigorous up to a point 

 where decay sets in with many other horses. She 

 travelled on the cars 130,000 miles during her 

 career, won $325,000, and died September 23, 

 1885, aged 28. The most exciting race in which 

 she was engaged was at Cleveland, July 27, 1876. 

 I was the guest of William Edwards, president of 

 the Cleveland Driving Park, and among his other 

 guests at the time were Charles W. Woolley, 



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