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JODINE was bred by Alden Goldsmith, of Orange 

 County, N. Y. He was foaled in June 1865. 

 He was got by Volunteer out of a strong, coarse- 

 looking mare, by Harry Clay. Sbe was a fair 

 traveller, gentle and kind in all harness, but nothing further 

 is known of her blood. When coming five years old he was 

 broken to single harness, and in the May following, Mr. Gold- 

 smith commenced to drive him. He was a natural trotter, 

 and his owner had high expectations of him from the day he 

 first sat behind him. His stride was long and easy there 

 being no appearance of labor about it and of that peculiar 

 style which only requires quickening to produce great 

 speed. He was an honest, resolute trotter from the begin- 

 ning, and his gait steadily improved with the light work 

 that was given him. In the autumn of that year he 

 was entered in the five-year-old class at the Goshen fair, 

 where he won with ease in 2:45}. After the fair he was 

 turned out, but was fed grain until the next spring, when 

 he was again taken up, and, after the usual preliminary 

 jogging, was given some pretty sharp work, with a view to 

 preparing him for the saddle race at Buffalo, in August. 

 Shortly before the closing of the entries at Buffalo, he 

 showed a trial in 2:32, and repeated in 2:31, but Mr. Gold- 

 smith was of the opinion that that time was too slow to win 

 the race, and decided not to enter the lists. The horse was 

 kept in training, and on the 19th of September, he started 

 in a race at Fleetwood, where he won over Belle of Oneid-i, 

 Constance, Nettie Morris and Joe, in 2:3 L 2:30} 2:33 

 2:30} the third heat being a dead heat between Bodine 

 and Belle of Oneida, the horse having thrown a shoo at the 

 half-mile pole. This race made a reputation for Bodine, 

 and stamped him as a coming trotter. Immediately after 

 this race he was taken with the prevailing influenza, which 

 used him severely for several weeks, but, notwithstanding 

 this, he was started in several races afterward, before going 

 into winter quarters, and was beaten but once. He was 

 then turned out for the winter with a louse box stall, but 

 into which ho could seek shelter, when he chose to do so, 

 but the door was not closed on him during the winter. The 

 next spring he was taken up, and appeared very strong, 

 and showed a fine turn of speed ; but before he had been 

 driven a trial he was sold to his present owner, Mr. H. C. 

 Goodrich, of Chicago, who took him west. The change of 

 climate, or some other cause, operated unfavorably on him, 

 and he did but little that season ; but the next year he won 

 several good races, winning eight heats better than 2:30, and 

 making a record of 2:25}, on a slow track. He commenced 

 the campaign of 1874, at Freeport, 111., June 6th, where 'he 

 won in three straight heats, over Pilot Temple and others, 

 in 2:31| 2:26 2:27 }. He entered the Grand Quadri- 

 lateral at Cleveland, and in this first race of the series for 



the 2:24 class he won the first heat in 2:22}, but was 

 beaten the next three heats by Lula, in 2:20} 2:23} 

 2:24}. From this on he was the winner of every race in 

 which he was engaged with horses of his own class, his 

 only defeat during the remainder of the season being at 

 Hartford, where he was pitted against Gloster and Sen- 

 sation, and in this race he won the first heat in 2:21. 

 During the season he won twenty- five heats better than 

 2:30, fifteen of which were in better time than he 

 had ever shown prior to this year. Perhaps the best 

 race of his campaign was at Buffalo, when he won what 

 was, up to that date, the best race of five heats ever trotted, 

 the time of the heats being 2:22} 2:21 2:21} 2:21} 

 2:22}; and there is no doubt but that it will take rank 

 among the best and most hotly-contested races ever trotted 

 on the American turf. During that season he started in 

 twelve races, in nine of which he won first money, and 

 second in one. His winnings for the year amounted to 

 $19,400. His best record was made at Beacon Park, where 

 he won in three straights, in 2:2 If 2:19} 2:21}. He 

 entered upon the campaign of 1875 in splendid condition, 

 and bid fair to outstrip his last year's fame as a campaigner. 

 His first race was a match against time, at Grand Itapids, 

 Mich., which he won with ease. On the week following, 

 he met and defeated Judge Fullerton, at East Saginaw, in 

 2:19} 2:20 2:21} 2:21, Fullerton taking the second 

 heat. In his race at Grand llapids he had the misfortune 

 to hit his ankle, which lamed him a little, but not seriously; 

 but a few weeks later, after the wound had healed, he 

 suddenly grew worse, so much so that it was thought best 

 to withdraw him from his engagements for the rest of the 

 year. Bodine commenced the campaign of 1876 at Jackson, 

 Mich., June 23d, whore he was defeated by Frank Reeves 

 and General Garfield, in slow time; and at East Saginaw 

 he was compelled to take the second place to Kansas Chief, 

 General Garfield being third. But at Detroit, on July 8, 

 he defeated General Garfield and Kansas Chief in three 

 straight heats, in 2:21 2:23} 2:22. At Grand Rapids, 

 Mich., July 14, he defeated Cozette, Obsarver and General 

 Garfield in three straight heats, in 2:252:272:24}; 

 and in the following week, at the Dexter Park, Chicago, 

 he was again victorious, defeating Mollie Morris, General 

 Garfield and Badger Girl, in 2.25} 2:25} 2:27}. This 

 was his last victory that year. In the Septilateral Circuit 

 he was unsuccessful, not winning a single heat in any of 

 the Free-to-all Purses, although generally close up at the 

 finish. At Cincinnati, October 6, he was third to Rarus 

 and Silversides: Elsie Good, Cozette and Monarch being 

 behind them. Last winter he spent in California, where 

 he won several races against Occident. Spirit of the 

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