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the following day. James H. Goldsmith also drove 

 Rescue in a race at Newburg, N. Y., August 20, 1873, 

 where he finished second to Harry Bassett. I am 

 also of the impression that he had the mounts behind 

 Goshen Maid, Lady Morrison, Reserve, and Henry in 

 their races later in the season. 



GLOSTER. 



Gazelle and Camors were distanced, 

 Sensation and Red Cloud tried, 

 But they both went down with St. James 

 When Gloster struck his stride. 



While the minor events referred to in the pre- 

 ceding chapter, were being prepared for, Trout 

 shipped Gloster, Huntress, Abdallah and Volun- 

 teer Belle to Albany to condition them for a trip down 

 the line. While there he opened the campaign of 1873 

 by winning a match for a bottle of wine with Volunteer 

 Belle, and it was the only win this mare ever made for 

 the Goldsmith family, a second to Fanny Raymond, 

 and a third to Lida Picton at Sandy Hill, N. Y., and a 

 third to Gold Leaf, at Amenia, being the only times 

 she was in the money that year. Abdallah also proved 

 a disappointment. He made but four starts, his first 

 trip being at Albany, May 28, where he was third to 

 James Dougrey's Lida Picton. At Prospect Park, 

 Brooklyn, the following week he was fourth to Jack 

 Draper in the 2 134 class, and on June 25 he again met 



