144 THE GOLDSMITHS. 



JAMES GOLDSMITH'S FIRST RACE. 



Ah me! I doubt if one of you 

 Has ever heard the name "Old Blue," 

 Whose fame through all this region rung 

 In those old days when I was young. — Holmes. 



From an early age James H., the older son of Alden 

 Goldsmith, took an active interest in the horses which 

 were being developed at Walnnt Grove Farm, and he 

 also had ample opportunity to study the peculiarities 

 and gaits of the family that was destined to make 

 him one of the leading reinsmen of his day. All of 

 his driving, however, was done on the road or the farm 

 track until nine days after he was twenty-one years of 

 age, when he made his first start at Montgomery, N. 

 Y., in a race for Orange County horses, and won. The 

 following is a summary of the race : 



Montgomery, N. Y., June 24, 1870. Premium $35, for 

 horses owned in Orange County. Owners to drive; mile 

 heats, three in live. 



J. H. Goldsmith's b. m. Fanny 3 1 3 1 1 



J. L. Eager's ch. m. Cochecton Maid... 13222 



J. H. Bertholf's gr. g. Delmonico 22133 



Time— 3:00, 3:00, 3:01^, 3:04, 3:01, 2:59. 



His next appearance as a driver was in 1873, 

 when, during his father's absence with Gloster, 

 Huntress and the other horses which he was 

 racing on the mile tracks, he started the grey 

 gelding, Rescue, by Volunteer, in two races at 

 a meeting held Fourth of July at Warwick, N. Y., 

 being unplaced to Fleetwood on his first appearance 

 and second to William Bodine's mare, Lady Snyder, 



