Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1874-09-22
GoLDsNIITH's MAID.
Her recent Wonderful Achieve
,''- InentS.

The extraordinary trotting record
made by Goldsmith's Maid at Mystic
Park, Boston. on Wednesday, is wor-
thy of more than passing notice, for it
marks an era memorable in the histO-
tory of the American trOtting turf
Thirty years ago ''twO-fOrty on the
plank roao" was supposed to denote a
trOtting horse of more than ordinary
speed, and when in 1919. Lady Suffolk
trOtted mile heat under saddle. oil
the Cambridge course, Boston, in 2::26,
against Mae and Gray Eagle. the acme
of speed was then supposed to have
been reached. Seven Years later, Flo
ra Temple, in the hands of the great
American horseman, Hiram Woodruff
reduced the record to 2:24 made i'm
the race against Tac0ny on the Union
course, September 3, 1856. the latter
going under saddle and Flora in har-
ness.
Fur four years this record remained
unequaled, but Flora Temple herself
successfully reduced it to 2::23!, I'D
2:2I1 and 2:19, the latter time being
made at Kalamazoo, on October ID.
1859. Dexter, Robert Bonner's famous
horse, was the first to beat this record,
which lie did in his memorable match
against time, when his then owner,
George a Hey, backed him to heat 2:l9
under saddle, with three trials, at the
odds of g, 900 to $4,000. The contest
took place on October 10, 1865, Dexter
winning In 2.IS 1-5, in the hands of
John Murphy, who rode him. In
1866, at Buffalo, Dexter, trotting
against his own time of 2:lS 10, under
saddle. placed 2:IS on the record, and
two years latter, over the same course,
on August Il. 1867, in harness, made
his fastest and most memorable record
of 2:lI!. Immediately after this great
performance he passed into the hands
of MIR Bonner, who Withdrew him
from the turf. AT the time of his re-
tirement Dexter was only nine years
old, had not attained the full develop
ment of his wonderful speed, and if re-
tanned in regular training would un-
doubtedly have reduced the trottiRg
record far below anything that has yet
been seen.
On his abdication Goldsmith Maid
assumed the vacant throne, and has
clearly shown her undOubted right to
course Milwaukee. on September
1871, four years after DeXter's record
had been made, she trotted second
heat in 2:l7, or a quarter of second
faster than the renowned son of Ham
bletonian. She was then fourteen
years old, and is astriking proof of the
fact that trotting horses do not attain
the full development of their speed
and powers of endurance that she has
since continued to trOt faster every
year. a.. -.....,.
made the record of 2;l63. driven by w,
H. Doble, (the father of Budd DOble,
the trainer of the mare, at Mystic
Park, Boston, in a second heat, Until
the California horse Occldent, at Sac
Temento OH September II, 1873, repeat
ed the great feat, this remained un'
equalled This year, however, this
famous mare has surpassed herself, fol
at Buffalo, on August Z, i'll trotting
against her own best time. in second
heat, she placed 3. l5I on the record ,
five days later on August. ID, al
Rochester, she trOtted second heat
against Judge Fulton and American
Girl in 2;143 on "Wednesday. Septem-
| Der ,, at Mystic Park. Boston, for 8
special purse of 81 $50, offered for hel
to beat he own record of 2:143, she
trotted a second trial of one mile in
PA, amid the cheers of the assembled
| thousands. ..