206 THE GOLDSMITHS. 



Misty Morning made her first bow in Grand Cir- 

 cuit company at Cleveland, where she won, after 

 Globe had picked up two heats and Class Leader one. 

 She was also returned as a winner at Rochester, where 

 she made her record of 2:21, and at Utica. After trot- 

 ting third to Favonia at Poughkeepsie she was sold to 

 European parties. 



During the Utica meeting A. J. Welch purchased 

 the black horse, Atlantic, from R. W. Davis, of West 

 Williamsfield, O., and placed him in Goldsmith's 

 stable. He started him at Albany the following week 

 in a field of eight, White Socks, with J. J. Bowen up, 

 being the favorite, and won after a five-heat contest, 

 in which Ben Starr and the favorite each won a heat. 

 After winning another race at Poughkeepsie, Atlantic 

 was shipped to Cleveland, where he trotted second to 

 Patron in one of the stakes at the meeting of the Ohio 

 Association of Trotting Horse Breeders. His next 

 start was at Detroit, where Re made his record, 2:21, 

 and won over Ben Starr, Sarah B., Globe, Victor, 

 Marvel and Chanter. 



On October 7, Atlantic and Williams met at St. 

 Louis. The Combat horse was considered invincible. 

 In the preceding three months he hacl eleven first 

 monies to show for twelve starts, while Atlantic — 

 well, he had never been heard of in Missouri. As 

 Goldsmith was not in a hurry to get in the thick of the 

 fight, Edwin C. stepped out and won the first heat in 

 2:21^4, and Williams the second in 2:23^. Gold- 

 smith made his bid in the third heat and landed in 

 2:22%, and came back in 2:21^, 2:24. The last start 

 for the year was made the next week at Kansas City, 

 where Atlantic was named to start against Thornless, 



