202 THE GOLDSMITHS. 



we go over to the majority, leaving nothing behind by 

 which to be remembered, except what we have ac- 

 complished in life." 



Since the above was written, John H. Wallace has 

 gone over to the silent majority, and no better epitaph 

 could be found for his tomb than the last sentence in 

 Alden Goldsmith's obituary. What he accomplished 

 will keep his memory green in the harness racing 

 world for ages. Hampered by poverty and conten- 

 tion, much of which was of his own making, the ''old 

 master" gathered the rocks upon which the founda- 

 tion rests and remained at the helm of the Trotting 

 Register until the light harness horse was recognized 

 as a type which could be reproduced by breeding in 

 certain lines. 



Joseph Cairn Simpson also, at a later date, referred 

 to Alden Goldsmith in the following terms : "Alden 

 Goldsmith was a plain country farmer who bred a 

 high class of horses in an era when the trotting horse 

 had but a meager commercial value. Gifted with no 

 superficial education, there was something beyond the 

 common run of yeomen about him. He was polite 

 without being servile, and dignified without being 

 arrogant or severe. In a word, he was a natural gen- 

 tleman, and his secret of success in life lay in the fact 

 that his word had never been called in question. His 

 wife was the fitting helpmate of such a man and 

 brought her children up to the belief that good be- 

 havior was bound to win in the long run." 



