The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1874-08-28
EMPORIA NEWS.
FRIDAY, AUGUST %, 1874.
Goldsmith, Nrnih


The Maid was hayward child.
From the date of her birth on the
farm of John d. Decker, in Wan
tage township, Sussex county.
n. Y, in the spring of 1857, to the
age of six years, she distinguished
herself in many ways, but never
as trotter. She was understood,
nervous, and frctful, and utterly
refused heavy farm work. Mr..
Decker, her owner, says he never
got any work out of her but twice,
one halliday in blowing corn and
one halliday in drawing stones.
Once she was hitched to q harrow
but after short distance she rear
ed backward and entangled both
her hind legs in the cross piece of
the harrow and so injured those
members, that when she goes out
for her morning walks, it is said,
she still shows signs of stiffness
behind, caused by this fall in early
life. From the time she was six
months old until Mr.. Decker sold
her, she was used as \ race horse,
though without her owners knoWl-
edge. The boys on thu farm of
course, as boys do, were anxious
to know which was the speediest
horse, and at an early day they fouRd
it was the Maid. And so, after
the "old man" had gone 20 bed
they void take her out of the pas
ture or stable whenever n race
could be made up and run her on
the road after night. She beat
everything that could be brought
TO run with her, SO that finally
none but the uniformed from .
distance could be found to bet
against her. These races were
made up at the country stores and
lounging places in the evening at
ter farm work was over, and the
race run the same night after the
"old man" had gone to bed. Nc
training, no fgrooms, noIjockeys
no weight for age-just "a man o.
a boy in his bare feet, mounted
bareback, with his toes huggine
the mares belly like a leech, was
the style; and the Maid no douh
enjoyed it more than she has somt
of her late races in the trottins
ring. One day in the summer o
1868 two men were out buyins
horses for the army, and stopped
all night ut Mr.. Decker's and il
the morning bought the Maid o
him for 5000, and started for home
leaving the mare behind them
On their way they met Mr.. Temp
kins, who knew the little mare
and bought her of them for $500
The two men also knew her ant
believed that she could be made
trotter, but were willing to max
800 by their mornings bargain
The next day Tompkin,s sold he
to Alden Goldsmith, an excellen
judge of horsefiesb, of Bloomin.
Grove, Orange county, N. Y, 70
5000. From him she took the nam
of Goldsmith Maid. He kept he
in pretty steady training under
driver named VIM. Bondine, t,
whom more than any other Twin,
man, should be awarded the credi
offlrst bringing the mare out
The renowned Budd Doble, VIII,
now drives her so handsomely, ha,
not then either seen or heard O
her. While in training for tn
trotting course she was so fretfu
and irritable, so Determined to ru,
at every opportunity instead O
trotting, so hard to bring to a tro
after breaking from that gait, tina
Mr.. Goldsmith many times determ
ined to give up the training ant
sell her ut any price, but his patien
driver maintained his abiding faitl
in her, and assured his employs
that she was the fastest animal OIL
his premises, and would come GU
at last ~ great trotter, and finall,
persuaded him to keep her, whicl
he did until this driver so brough
out her points that Mr.. Goldsmith
in Nov. 1868, sold her to b. Jack
man and Budd Doble for $4,000
These gentlemen sold her to MI
III. n. Smith for the sum of $37 ,O0C
Mr.. Doble still drives her. Shl
made her first appearance in pub
lie in August, lS65.-Evansvill
Ind. Journal.