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THE GOLDSMITHS. 



Farm stable in 1877 won thirty-one firsts out of 

 ninety-seven races and marked seven of the nine 

 horses that took the word : 



Starters. 



Powers 



Alley 



Driver 



Bateman 



Huntress 



Neilson 



Lottie 



Pelham 



Aleck 



Compromise 



u 







Total . 



2:21^ 

 2:24 



2:31% 



2 28^ 



2.38 



2:39 



Sire. 



Volunteer 



Volunteer 



Volunteer 



Black Harry Clay 

 Volunteer 



Hambletonian 



Volunteer 



Hambletonian 



Amount 

 Won. 



$5,010 00 



4,100 00 



3,195 CO 



1,995 00 



1,475 00 



1,280 00 



1,095 00 



270 00 



100 00 



15 00 



$18,535 00 



1878— DRIVER. 



He had naught to commend him bult courage, 

 His ribs were as rough as a shelf, 

 But when Driver was out for the money, 

 He was in a class by himself. 



Both James and John Goldsmith were actively 

 identified with the training of the horses in the Wal- 

 nut Grove Farm stable in 1878, the latter making his 

 first appearance at a prominent meeting on June 13 

 at Fleetwood Park, New York, where he won a four- 

 heat race with Driver over Modesty, Nelly Irwin, 



