212 THE GOLDSMITHS. 



California among" breeds of all kinds he ultimately rode 

 into the port of success behind the descendents of Guy 

 Wilkes whose sire was foaled at Newburg, N. Y., and 

 of which an early day sketch will be presented when 

 that family is reached in John Goldsmith's career. 



COMPANY. 



Gritty, uncertain and wild, 



Company was all that and more, 



With a gait like a buzz saw and eyes like a child, 



He won twice and was heard of no more. 



During his first season as a public trainer, James 

 H. Goldsmith started sixteen horses in eighty-seven 

 races, of which he won twenty eight, was second in 

 twenty-nine and unplaced in eleven. His first start 

 was made at Goshen, N. Y., May 29, where he was 

 second to Mount Morris with Beauty Bright, and 

 second to Gautier with May Gould. Of the other 

 starters, William was awarded a second, Echo and 

 Lever each a third and Silvertail first premium in the 

 2:18 class. The Royal Fearnaught gelding won again 

 at Poughkeepsie, N. Y., the following week, when 

 May Gould was second to Del Monte and made her 

 record of 2 125. The next stop was at Elmira, where 

 Atlantic distanced Rare Ripe, his only competitor in 

 the 2:20 class, in 2:21*4. Lever, after finishing 

 second to Alley W., won the three-minute class in 

 2: 3 2 /4> William was second to St. Jacob, Beauty 



