160 THE GOLDSMITHS. 



Alley won the 2:34 and 2:31 classes, making a record 

 of 2 130, while Driver, after being unplaced to Lady 

 Mills on the opening day, pulled off the 2:45 trot, re- 

 ducing his record to 2 133, and Lottie was behind the 

 money in the race that W. E. Weeks won with the 

 Ethan Allen gelding, Judge. Driver cut his record 

 to 2 130^/2 at the Hartford June meeting, where he 

 trotted second to Wesley P. Balch's mare, Grateful, 

 and saved his entrance in a race won by Dick Moore. 

 Alley also won a second and a fourth that week, the 

 races in which he started being awarded Hazor and 

 Charley Mack, while Susie defeated both Huntress 

 and Bateman. This pair were also defeated in their 

 engagements at Hampden Park, Springfield, July 4, 

 Bateman trotting third to Mace, with Royal George, 

 and Huntress second to Susie in the free-for-all. 



Effie Deans, Lottie and Lady Morrison were sent 

 back to the farm before the stable was shipped west 

 to Cincinnati, Ohio, where Driver won the Burnett 

 House Purse and trotted fourth to Lady K. Of the 

 other starters at Chester Park, Huntress was second 

 to Susie, while Alley, Bateman and Oscar were un- 

 placed in the events won by Hylas, Frank Reeves and 

 the Blue Bull gelding, Russell, respectively. After 

 stopping at Columbus, where Bateman was second to 

 Elsie Good, Huntress fourth to Joe Brown and Trio 

 and Oscar unplaced, the Goldsmiths shipped to Cleve- 

 land and dropped into what is now known as the 

 Grand Circuit. Bateman and Trio were their only 

 starters that season, the record of the trip showing 

 that Bateman was unplaced to Lewinski at Cleveland, 

 second to Elsie Good at Buffalo, unplaced to Great 



