146 THE GOLDSMITHS. 



Lida Picton, this time at Fleetwood Park, New York. 

 Abdallah made his record of 2:30 in the first heat of 

 this race, but was second to Lida Picton when the pre- 

 miums were awarded. After trotting unplaced to 

 Prince Allen ,at Amenia, July 4, Goldsmith's Abdallah 

 disappeared from the turf. He was subsequently 

 shipped to Kentucky and killed at Paris in 1875. 



Huntress and Gloster trotted their first races in 

 1873 over Washington Park, Sandy Hill, N. Y., the 

 mare defeating Nonesuch and William H. Allen in 

 the 2:21 class, and Gloster disposing of Joker, Hall 

 Terrill and St. Elmo in the 2 127 class. Nonesuch de- 

 feated Gloster in the 2:21 class at Albany the fol- 

 lowing week, after which the big gelding was given a 

 let up until the meeting at Amenia the first week in 

 July. In the interval Huntress was distanced by John 

 W. Conley at the May meeting at Fleetwood Park, 

 New York, won the 2:21 class at Prospect Park over 

 William H. Allen, and John W. Conley, and trotted 

 third to Judge Fullerton at Fleetwood on June 26. 



For its summer meeting in 1873 the Eastern 

 Duchess Association of Amenia, N. Y., selected July 

 3, 4 and 5, and presented a programme showing six 

 races, with purses amounting to $8,000. Alden Gold- 

 smith made four entries and started all of them, Hunt- 

 ress winning the free-for-all from Ed White and Wil- 

 liam B. Whiteman ; Gloster the 2 126 class, in which J. 

 H. Phillips again finished second with Ed White ; Vol- 

 unteer Belle third premium in the three-minute class; 

 while Abdallah was drawn after trotting three heats 

 in the 2 132 class. The gross winnings for the week 

 amounted to $2,500. Gloster's next start was in a 

 $2,000 purse for the 2:27 class at Catskill, July 23. 



