202 The Trotting and the Pacing Horse 



Jay Gould 



Jay Gould was one of the highest formed sons 

 of Hambletonian. He was a bay of 15.2, foaled 

 in 1864, dam Lady Sanford by Seely's American 

 Star; second dam Old Sorrel by Exton Eclipse, 

 son of American Eclipse ; and third dam by Mes- 

 senger Duroc by Sir Archy Duroc by Duroc by 

 imported Diomed. His public appearance was 

 sensational; at Buffalo, August 11, 187 1, under 

 the name of Judge Brigham, he won the #5000 

 purse, from a stout field, and equalled the stallion 

 record of George Wilkes, 2.22. Mr. Jay Gould 

 was one of the gentlemen who witnessed the 

 race, and he joined Henry N. Smith and George 

 C. Hall in the purchase of the horse. The price 

 paid was $30,000. His name was changed to 

 Jay Gould, and the following year, at Buffalo, he 

 reduced his record to 2.21^. In 1874 he trotted 

 a match race at Baltimore, against Bashaw Jr. 

 In the first heat Bashaw went wrong and was 

 distanced. Jay Gould trotted a second mile in 

 2. 1 9 J, but it was never considered a part of the 

 technical record. Mr. Smith became the sole 

 owner of Jay Gould, and at Fashion Stud Farm 

 the stallion had access to choice mares of demon- 



