126 THE GOLDSMITHS. 



April 14, 1903, in the "American Horse Breeder," a 

 letter from which the following notes are taken : 



"Dutchman was bred by David Denny, a ship car- 

 penter, living on Brick House Farm, two miles from 

 Salem, N. J. He was a poor man with only one 

 brood mare, which he called old Mambrino. Captain 

 Tuft, of Salem, N. J., owned Tippoo Saib, Jr., son of 

 thoroughbred Tippoo Saib, by Messenger. He was a 

 large, plain, dark bay or brown stallion, and stood at 

 the low price of $5. This was the sire of the trotting 

 horse Dutchman, whose three miles in 7:32^2 always 

 aroused Hiram Woodruff's admiration, and which re- 

 mained unbeaten for so many years. 



"Denny called the colt Tippoo. In 1834 he sold 

 the colt to Ben Tindall, of Philadelphia, Pa., who 

 brought him up and took him to John Bosler's livery 

 stable, northeast corner of Sixth and Brown streets. 

 The brickmakers and contractors were prominent as 

 the local horsemen of those days. They met fre- 

 quently day and evening at John Bosler's livery 

 stable, among their number being Ben Tindall, 

 Thomas H. Irvin, Daniel Jeffreys and others. Tindall 

 kept Dutchman at this stable. One afternoon Ben 

 Crossin and George Gorgas went out for a ride. 

 The former was on Dutchman and the latter on his 

 own mare, that was known to be able to beat three 

 minutes. Sixth street was then a grand driving road, 

 opening out for four miles to Nicetown Lane, near to 

 old Huntington Park trotting course. Tominey's 

 hotel, where Black Douglass was kept, when in train- 

 ing, was out on this Sixth street country roadway. 

 When Crossin and Gorgas returned from their ride, 

 the former assured everyone that he had beaten Gor- 



