HENRY N. SMITH AND OTHER BREEDERS 



last time I saw Smith was at Fashion Stud Farm, 

 after the death of his wife. He had been thrown by 

 an unruly horse from the saddle against a tree, and 

 several bones were fractured. Smith had rigged pul- 

 leys which he could work and change his position 

 from time to time in bed, and was really cheerful 

 for one so badly crippled. He did not get out for 

 months, and then was not the chipper figure of old. 

 The long mental strain told upon him, and his last 

 days were spent in an asylum at Stamford. Even 

 kings of finance have their ups and downs and are 

 called upon to go out of the world more helpless and 

 forlorn than when they entered it. 



John B. Dutcher commenced breeding trotters at 

 Pawling, N. Y., in 1891, and he was quite enthusias- 

 tic for a time, but grew tired, and closed out the 

 establishment. His farm was well appointed, and 

 I remember pleasant days there, especially one when 

 a large party ran up in a private car from New 

 York and lent a rosy complexion to the atmosphere. 

 The committee in charge of the entertainment was 

 composed of David S. Hammond and myself, and 

 the champagne was cooled in large washtubs. Mr. 

 Dutcher was born in Dover, Dutchess County, N. Y., 

 February 13, 1830, and he was a sturdy lieutenant 

 of Commodore Vanderbilt and Wm. H. Vanderbilt. 

 He was a member of the Assembly and the State 

 Senate at Albany, and entered the directory of the 

 New York & Harlem Railroad in 1864, and became 

 the manager of the Live Stock Transportation De- 



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