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THE GOLDSMITHS. 



1877 POWERS. 



Powers flashed like a comet in front of the field, 

 Winning the first moneys everywhere; 

 Mace watched him with wonder, but victory wheeled 

 When he started at Boston and scored with Voltaire. 



The Volunteer geldings, Powers, Alley and 

 Driver, were the main stays of James H. Goldsmith's 

 stable in 1877. Alley and Driver were foaled in 1868, 

 the former making his first start as a seven-year-old 

 and the latter the season he was eight. Powers was 

 also an eight-year-old when he made his debut at 

 Rhinebeck, N. Y., May 16, 1877, and that he was 

 worth waiting for was shown by the fact that during 

 the first thirteen days of his turf career he won five 

 races in fifteen heats and made a mark of 2 129^. His 



