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were then taken to Mystic Park, Boston. It was the week of th- 

 Jubilee, and there was a vast assemblage of people on the coursi 

 to see the horses go. Goldsmith Maid was driven by "Willian 

 Doble, the father of Budd, who was in Pennsylvania attending 

 to important business. The father is a man of large ability an( 

 long experience. In this race she was driven in 2m. 16|s., in thi 

 second heat, and there was a shout like a thunderclap from thi 

 enormous crowd of people present. At Prospect Park on tb« 

 27th of June, the Maid beat Lucy and Henry in three straigh 

 heats — 2m. ITJs., 2m. 19s., and 2m. 17|s. The last heat was wel 

 in hand, and there was about half an hour's scoring before the 

 first. It is the fastest aggregate time by two seconds, and is the 

 best race the mare ever made. She was driven in it by Budd 

 Doble. She went to Fleetwood Park and trotted with Americar 

 Girl and Lucy, both of whom beat her. She had on that day a 

 quarter-oraok. At Cleveland she had become . sound, and there 

 beat Lucy and American Girl in 2.19, 2.18, 219. This was the 

 fourth race in which she trotted all the heats below 2m. 20s., and 

 it is the fastest aggregate time except her own at Prospect Park 

 the same season. At Cincinnati she beat Lucy again, making the 

 second heat, after heavy rain the night before, in 2m. 17^3. At 

 Buffalo Goldsmith Maid was a little off. Lucy won the first heat 

 in 2m. 18}s., which is her best time, though she has been close to 

 Goldsmith Maid in faster heats. American Girl won the second 

 heat in 2m. 17is. Lucy won the third and fourth heats. Gold- 

 smith Maid was second in all the four. 



After this race the little mare was nnder veterinary treatment, 

 and was let up until she reached California, where she first trot- 

 ted, September 28th, at Sacramento, and beat Lucy in three heats, 

 2m. 203., 2m. 17is., 2m. 238. This was a surprising thing after 

 such a journey. At San Francisco, on the 5th of October she 

 beat Lucy in 2m. 25s., 2m. ISJs., 2m. 22}s. The second heat in' this 

 race is the fastest that has been made on a half mile track. On 

 the 16th of October, at Sacramento, Goldsmith Maid trotted 



