156 THE GOLDSMITHS. 



drawn after trotting two heats in a race won by Judge 

 Robertson in 2 139. After trotting second to Lady 

 White with Effie Deans at White Plains, the stable 

 shipped to Poughkeepsie to take part in the first Cen- 

 tral Trotting- Circuit meeting - held over the mile track. 

 During the week Huntress started in three events, her 

 first appearance being on the opening day in the 2:18 

 class, in which she finished third to Hopeful. Two 

 days later she trotted second to Sensation, and on the 

 following day was third to Goldsmith Maid in an open 

 event, her winnings for the week amounting to $2,650. 

 Of the other starters at Poughkeepsie, Sister was un- 

 placed to St. Julien, Bateman trotted second to Nelly 

 Walton, and Effie Deans saved her entrance in a race 

 won by Jack Draper. 



Those who have read the sketch of the Grand Cir- 

 cuit in "Fasig's Tales of the Turf" will remember that 

 the Poughkeepsie meeting clashed with Buffalo and 

 was the first at which the entrance fee was fixed 

 at five per cent. On the following week the horses 

 which were at the conflicting meetings met at Roch- 

 ester. The Goldsmiths were there and started Effie 

 Deans and Bateman, both of which were behind the 

 money in the races won by Adelaide and Lady Turpin, 

 respectively. At Springfield, the following week, 

 Sister, Lady Morrison, Effie Deans, Bateman and 

 Huntress started, all of them being unplaced, while at 

 Hartford, Sister, after losing her entrance in the first 

 race, won by St. Julien, was second to him on his next 

 appearance in 2 123%, while Bateman saved his en- 

 trance in the big betting race won by Lady Snell. 



After the meeting at Charter Oak Park the Gold- 

 smith stable shipped to Syracuse, where Lady Morri- 



