214 OLD-TIME TROTTERS. 



GOLDSMITH MAID. 

 In Memoriam. 



" She has gone to her grave, but we ne'er can forget her, 

 The marvelous Maid with a mark of fourteen ; 



In the ranks of the flyers we'll ne'er find a better, 

 For a gamer or faster there never was seen. 



" As we think of the track and read its full story, 

 Her name and her fame shall have the first place ; 



Her trots and her triumphs are hers, and its glory ; 

 She was Queen of the Turf and Queen of her race. 



" Some may smile and say that others have beaten 

 The records she made in the fights that are past ; 



But her's was no holiday battle, I reckon ; 



They were genuine contests from first to the last. 



" Yes, we'll say in remembrance, there ne'er was a better, 



A faster or gamer there never was seen ; 

 She has left us forever, but we ne'er can forget her, 



The marvelous Maid with a mark of fourteen." 



From The Horseman. 



