1 882 SWEETNESS. 



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Utah, October 15, 1881, in a match race with Ewing. 

 He won it for Mr. Travis without beating 2 130, but his 

 failure to win in the regular events in California made 

 John Goldsmith's winnings for 1881 rather slim, as 

 will be seen by the following table : 



1882 SWEETNESS. 



Whenever you see a race horse 

 That can go fast and far, 

 You will find a line to Volunteer, 

 Or a cross of American Star. 



When Monroe Salisbury returned to California 

 with Director and his Walnut Grove Farm purchases 

 he bred Sweetness to Santa Claus and Kate to Nut- 

 wood. In 1881 the former produced Sidney and the 

 latter Judge Salisbury, both of which proved sires of 

 speed, Sidney at one time being very much in vogue 

 on account of the record-breaking speed of his colts. 

 Kate's next foal was a bay colt by Brigadier. He was 

 gelded and appears in the records as Homestake, 

 2:1454. May Day also, at a later date, produced Mar- 

 garet S., 2:12^2. As Sweetness did not prove in foal 

 in 1882, she was taken up and trained, Monroe Salis- 

 bury placing her and Director in John Goldsmith's 



