1891 MAMBRINO MAID. 229 



When the bell tapped for the first meeting of the 

 Grand Circuit in 1891 at Homewood Park, Pittsburg, 

 James H. Goldsmith was ready for the word. He 

 won during the week with Leicester and Redmont, 

 giving the latter a record of 2:21, the same notch in 

 which he marked his sire, Atlantic. Of the other 

 starters, Gean Smith was third to McDoel, while 

 Robin and Carrie Walton were unplaced. Leicester 

 won again at Detroit, where Mambrino Maid trotted 

 the best race of her career when she defeated Ripple, 

 Vic H., Walter E., Almont and Reference in the 2:17 

 class, making her record of 2:15^4 in a fourth heat, 

 and which is, by the way, the fastest mile James H. 

 Goldsmith ever rode in public behind a trotter. 

 Robin won a heat in the 2 124 pace and finished third 

 to Ivorine, while Richmond, Jr., was also third to the 

 Sam Purdy gelding, Charley C, and Gean Smith un- 

 placed in the free-for-all, which Turner won with 

 Rosaline Wilkes. 



Leicester and Temple Bar, the Merchant and 

 Manufacturer's Stake winner, met at Cleveland the 

 following week. Up to that meeting Goldsmith had 

 not lost a race with Leicester, while Temple Bar had 

 won seven firsts out of eight starts in the preceding 

 seven weeks. Goldsmith's horse was the favorite, 

 and won the first two heats in 2:18, 2:17^, 

 After the second heat the judges were convinced that 

 Temple Bar was not being driven to win, and when 

 Aline won the third heat in 2:20^, after Leices- 

 ter stopped in the stretch, they turned the 

 black horse over to Gus Wilson, who went on and 

 won as he pleased. Upon the conclusion of the race, 

 Temple Bar, his owner and driver, were expelled, and 



