140 THE GOLDSMITHS. 



HUNTRESS AND BODINE. 



He has half the deed done, who has made a beginning. 



— Horace. 



In 1871 Huntress made her first start in the three- 

 minute class at Buffalo, where she saved her entrance 

 in a race won by Joseph Cairn Simpson with Clara G. ; 

 Barney and Young Thorne being between her and the 

 winner. Her next appearance was at Hampden Park, 

 Springfield, Mass., where on August 22, she trotted 

 third to Lady Ross in a five-heat race, and on the 

 following day finished second to the same mare in 

 another event, winning a heat in 2 129^2, which was the 

 first mile below what was in 1876 fixed as the standard 

 limit credited to one of Volunteer's get. Later in the 

 season Huntress trotted second to Mary at Doyles- 

 town, Pa., second to Dot at Wilmington, Del., and 

 won her engagements at Pittsburg and Holly Springs, 

 Va., her record being reduced to 2 \26 l / 2 in her last race 

 that year. 



Bodine made his first start in 1871 at Fleetwood 

 Park, New York, where he won, cutting his record to 

 2:3034. He also won at Middlefown, N. Y., trotted 

 second to Dot at Doylestown, was second to Sorrel 

 Dan at Pittsburg on October 26, and on the following 

 day defeated that gelding and five others in a six-heat 

 contest. His last appearance that year was at Holly 

 Springs, Va., where he won a four-heat race in slow 

 time. From the beginning of his career Bodine was 

 looked upon with suspicion on account of his dam be- 

 ing by Harry Clay. It was at the time considered a soft 

 cross, one authority going so far as to state that he 

 would as soon have a streak of sawdust in a pedigree 



