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that day, she managed to pull it off, much to the 

 chagrin of ninety per cent, of the spectators. 



After the Indianapolis meeting the stable was 

 shipped to Chicago, where Lady Morrison was dis- 

 tanced by Albert. It then started east, but its mem- 

 bers did not figure prominently in any of the events at 

 the meetings given by the Quadrilateral Trotting 

 Combination. At Buffalo, Rescue was unplaced in the 

 race won by Nashville Girl (May Queen), while he 

 managed to save his entrance at Rochester, as the dis- 

 tance was waived on account of Unknown being pro- 

 tested, while Huntress saved her entrance in the race 

 won bv Nettie at Utica the same week. 



JAMES H. GOLDSMITH'S FIRST CAMPAIGN. 



Every tub must stand on its own bottom. 



— B uny a ii. 



James H. Goldsmith's career as a trainer and driver 

 dates from 1874. He began at Goshen (while his 

 father was in the west) with a horse called Pelham. 

 After two races, in one of which he was distanced and 

 in the other unplaced, Pelham was discarded and all 

 of his attention given to a bay gelding by Doty's 

 Black Harry Clay, out of Nell by Hambletonian, 

 called Bateman. He made his debut in the three- 

 minute class at Goshen the first week in July, and 

 finished third to the Volunteer gelding, Frank Wood, 

 driven by W. E. Weeks. At Deerfoot Park, on Long 

 Island, the following week, Bateman took the word in 



