286 THE GOLDSMITHS. 



At Providence she won the free-for-all from Jean 

 Valjean, Martha Wilkes and Belle Archer, after 

 which she was second to Pamlico at Lexington and 

 second to Directum at Nashville, when he made his 

 record of 2:05*4. 



Sabina made her record of 2:155^ when she won at 

 Rochester, after being defeated by Courier at Detroit, 

 Miss Lida at Cleveland and Prince Herschel at Buf- 

 falo. She also won again at Springfield at the last 

 Grand Circuit meeting held over Hampden Park, 

 but was third to Harry C. at Providence, unplaced 

 to Caprice at Boston, fourth to Charley C. at Lex- 

 ington and third to the same horse at Nashville. 

 Oro Wilkes was not started until the stable reached 

 Buffalo, where he trotted second to Margrave. His 

 next starts were at Springfield, New York, Phila- 

 delphia and Mystic Park, Boston, all of which he won, 

 his record being reduced to 2:15% at Philadelphia, 

 where he defeated Myrtle R. and William Penn in a 

 five-heat race. At the meeting of the New England 

 Trotting Horse Breeders Association, this great 

 three-year-old took the word with nine others in the 

 2 :2O class. Early Bird won the first two heats and 

 Jay Hawker the next three. In the deciding heat 

 Goldsmith stepped Oro Wilkes up to second place in 

 2:16 and secured third money. The race keyed him 

 up for his engagement in the Representative Stallion 

 Stake at Lexington, where, after Medio had gather- 

 ed in two heats in 2:14%, 2:14^, the Sable Wilkes 

 colt went on and won in 2:15, 2:16%, 2:17%- T nis 

 stake was worth $9,850 to the winner. After trott- 

 ing second to Eoline on the last day of the Lexing- 

 ton meeting Oro Wilkes was retired for the season, 

 during which he won '$13,925. 



