164 THE GOLDSMITHS. 



Bateman won two races, Huntress trotted second to 

 Lady Mac and Pelham second to Belle Oakley. 



At the first three Grand Circuit meetings there 

 was. too much speed abroad for the Volunteer geld- 

 ings. The summaries show that Powers was second 

 to Mazo-Manie at Cleveland, unplaced to White 

 Stockings at Buffalo and fourth to the same horse at 

 Rochester. At Cleveland, Driver was unplaced to 

 Jennie Holton, second to Versailles Girl at Buffalo 

 and fourth to Lady Pritchard at Rochester, while 

 Alley was fourth to Little Gypsy at Cleveland, sec- 

 ond to Richard at Buffalo, after winning two heats, 

 and fourth to Lew Scott at Rochester, where Bate- 

 man joined the stable and was unplaced in the race 

 won by King Philip. The unexpected happened at 

 Utica the following week, when, after a two days' con- 

 test, Powers won a six-heat race, reduced his record 

 to 2:21*4 m a fifth heat and trimmed White Stockings 

 after the Missouri gelding had won two heats, his 

 record of 2:21 being made in one of them. It was 

 Powers' last race for the season. Of the other starters 

 at Utica, both Alley and Bateman were unplaced and 

 Driver third to Jennie Holton. At Poughkeepsie, 

 Bateman trotted second to James Golden with Dick 

 Swiveller, and Driver was second to Richard, while 

 the following week at Hartford, Alley won third 

 money in the race Peter Mclntyre placed to the credit 

 of Voltaire. The same pair met at Mystic Park the 

 following week, when Alley was second, the returns 

 for the other members of the stable that week being 

 Bateman second to Lysander Boy, Huntress third to 

 John H., Neilson third to Schuyler and Pelham un- 

 placed to Wild Lily. At Beacon, Bateman trotted 



