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hands of William Bodine, who was then considered 

 the best horseman in Orange County. It took four 

 men to harness her, and she* came near killing Bodine 

 several times before she was fairly broken, during 

 which time Goldsmith was more than once very sick 

 of his bargain. 



After such an amount of patience and skill as has 

 rarely been lavished on any trotter, she became suf- 

 ficiently steady so that she could be driven in races. 

 She made her first start as the Goldsmith Mare in a 

 race for $100 against Uncle Sam and Mountain Boy at 

 Goshen, N. Y., September 7, 1865, and won in 2:36, 

 2:37. In 1866 she won her engagements at Middle- 

 town and Poughkeepsie, cutting her record to 2:30 in 

 the deciding heat of her second race, and was second 

 to General Butler in 2:23^4, 2:25^, 2:27 at Copake, 

 N. Y., November 2. The time made in this race 

 attracted considerable attention and in 1867, when her 

 name was changed to Goldsmith Maid. Alden 

 Goldsmith, after winning three races with her and 

 reducing her record to 2:24^4, placed her in Budd 

 Doble's hands. He made his first start with Gold- 

 smith Maid at Narragansett Park, Providence, R. I., 

 and afterwards in partnership with Mr. Jackman, pur- 

 chased her for $15,000. They raced her successfully 

 and later on sold her for $32,000 to H. N. Smith. She 

 died his property at Fashion Farm, Trenton, N. J., 

 September 13, 1885. 



While being conditioned in 1866 and 1867, Gold- 

 smith Maid and Volunteer were frequently brushed 

 together on the road, and W. W. Shuit told me that 

 the stallion could invariably step away from the future 

 queen of the turf. ^The year Alden Goldsmith sold 



