214 THE GOLDSMITHS. 



his next start at Rochester, where William and Com- 

 pany were again unplaced, Beauty Bright, after win- 

 ning a heat in 2:2334, third to Frank Buford, Gean 

 Smith again third to T. T. S., and the Heptagon geld- 

 ing Cleon third to Elda B. 



In 1888, Utica, as a member of the Grand Circuit, 

 and Poughkeepsie, held their meetings on the same 

 dates. As the majority of those who were winning on 

 the trip from Detroit were engaged at Utica, Gold- 

 smith shipped to the city on the Hudson River and 

 won with Cleon, Gean Smith, Company (marking him 

 in 2:19^4) and Silverthread (giving him his record 

 2:i5j4)while Beauty Bright, after winning a heat, was 

 beaten by the Blue Bull mare Bertha. These successes 

 were followed by a series of reverses at Island Park, 

 where Company and Beauty Bright were behind the 

 money and Gean Smith managed to save his entrance 

 in the race won by T. T. S. During the week Wil- 

 liam started in a $3,000 stake at Hornellsville, N. Y., 

 where he trotted second to Mount Morris. 



Hartford was the next member of the Grand Cir- 

 cuit. While its meeting was in progress James H. 

 Goldsmith marked Cleon 2:22, Beauty Bright 2:21%, 

 William 2:18^, and reduced Gean Smith's record to 

 2:1834. His returns for the week were a first with 

 Cleon, second to Geneva S. with William, second to 

 Protection with Gean Smith, second to Golden Rod 

 with Beauty Bright, second to Captain with Company, 

 and fourth to Ed. Annan with Silverthread. In the 

 race in which he started Company, James H. Gold- 

 smith exhibited a sample of his patience with a bad 

 horse. He was in against Captain, William Kearney, 



