, 1877-11-11
GOLDSMITH MAID.

Her Yecn1iAfities--llcr Earnings tor flc
Owners 1926, ooo-T1,. Old Mare Retire.
Forever from the Turf.
ssOld Charley Cochran" the handler o
Goldsmith Maid, recently took her to tn
Fashion Stud-Farm, Trenton, n. j.. where 6h
is to be kept in tho future, and while in Ncy
York was interviewed by tue Spirit Of the Time
as follows:
Editor-Char1ey, is this retirement OF tn
| Maids Gnai3
Cochran-Ycs, sir; you may be sure there Il
no mistake this time, I got to Fashion Stud
| Farm with her at o'clock last Monday morn
ing, and there she is to stay MS long as she lives
She has the biz box-stall right next to thu
Office; you know which it is, Mr.. Leavitt il
going to give her light, jogging work during tic
winter, and in the carly spring she will be bred
| to Gen. Washington, who is, you know, BY Gen.
Knox out of Lady Thorn, tho only mare that
got the best of the Maid in the races. He will
| be years old then, and hope he will get a
! horse colt out Of her. What breeding that
| would be! Why, the colt would be worth
$4,000 as soon us lie dronpcu, for his blood.
Oh! no; the old mare will never 70 on the turf
| again, being bred next spring, the colt wouldn't
he due until 1879, aud she couldn't be trained
| anyway until 1880, when she would be
23 years old. Besides. am going to leave hcr,
and you can bet wouldn't do that If there wns
| any chance Of trotting her again, when I have
spent only six nights away from her in five
years, and love her more than do any human
being.
Ed-How did You come to take charge OF
her?
C.-Wcll. it was in 1872, and Mr.. Donle
brought her on to California. had Z stable OF
Inv own there, and Dublc and got acquainted,
When he was going on East, he asked me to 70
with him and take charge OF Mr. Smiths farm
Mt Trenton. I went on, but soon found the
business was bigger than could manage. Then
Alr. Dobe said he could make It, just as well
worth my while if would take sole charge OF
Goldsmith Maid, travel with her everywhere,
and never leave her; and took her, and have
been with her ever since.
Ed.-I1ow WIS she US regards condition and
disposition when you first took charge of her!
C.-She was pretty low in condition but was
pretty soon brought uD, and that year she earn
cd over $4,000. began puttin. Wet banslagcs
on her legs nights, and using preparation for
hcr 1eet, and found it did her great deal OF
good. One Of those smart Chicago reporters
got sight of the banuagcs once, and started
the story that She was gone III the legs. never
saw such fellows as those reporters in Chicago
They will hear remark from some man, who
doesn't know what he is talking about, about 4
horse, and next morning you see column in
the paper. without 4 word OF truth ir 1t. About
her temper, she WAS pretty cross when took
her. She would bite and strike with her for
feet, and would drive any stranger out OF her
stall; but lately she has become more docle.
She takes prciudices though, just like human
being. Some strangers she wouldn't allow in
her stall now, while others can pat and caress
her; she would never attack lady
EdHaa a shs h. any pet any dog or other ami
C.-Yes, there is Scotch terrier bitch, jimmy.
that tho old mare was very fond Of, and has been
about her stable for years. II any other dog.
came in, she would 20 for him with her fore
feet aud drive him out in short order. Some
times she would get jealous Of jimmy sleeping
by me, and would drive her to another part Of
the STALL She had one trick that was very cute
Every night would put q couple Of quarts nf
oats under my head, and at O'Clock in the
morning she would get up and nose around the
blankets until fed her. She would cat the
oats and then come and lie do.En again. When
was lying down, she took inc under her pro-
lection, and would guard ME just as L dog does,
and would drive away anybody that came near
Right. She knew could take caTe OF myself
then.
Ed.-You must have become very much at
tached to her.
C.-I should think I did. Ifccl as bad as If
had lost my wife to part with her. Why, at
Rochester, in 1875. when Lulu beat her, / cried
like a baby. I dldn't fecltso bad when Snug
gleE beat her at C}cycland, last year, because |
we had expectations he might, and we knew |
the reason he did. You see we had been train-
in@ her for trials of speed to beat 2:14, and |
had taught her to trot two slow heats a1ll one
very fast heat, and she was not in condition for
q long and fast race. Besides, MIR Doble was |
delayed in getting to Cleveland, aud didn't get |
splendid fix for Buffalo the next week, where |
she won three beats in 2:16, 2:l54, Ella. Now
do look for some horse to beat her a:l4,
but do not believe that any trotter will ever !
beat those three heats; but she could hare
made them any day in season for the last two
years, when she was herself, I don't say that |
She ever could have done q mile much better /
than 2:1i, though SHE might have knocked TWO
seconds OF that had everything been just right
for . trial. She did trot in 2:1316 over Belmont
Park track last year, but they only gave it out
2:l4 because there were SO few people there,
ind they thought they would get bigger
:rowd some time, and be sure to beat it. Mr..
[3alch, Of Boston, was one Of the judges, and
made the heat in 2:l3149, and he wanted it given
3ut SO, but couldn't get his way.
Ed.-How about Karus beating the Maid at
Oakland Park?
C.-Wcl1, there has been u good deal said
about that in the papers, but can tell YOU the
ruth. She and Rarus had had several races be-
ore that, and the Maid hah won all Of them,
hough Mr.. Doblc was very sick, and in two
noes got somebody else to drive her. At Chico
1e came out to the track SO weak that we had to
lit him out OF the carriage and lift him into the
;ulky. She trotted the second heat that day in
,:1415, and it was all bosh about Rarus being at
Ter neck tie, for llc was four lengths behind.
sick abcd. Two days before it splan came to
nc and said: "CiIarlcy, Bndd can't get up. and
le asked nc to give the mare mile and repeat
o-daY." had been expecting to do it myself,
ind knew just how fast wauled to drive her.
She would 60 different for different drivers, just
according to how they were accustomed to send
,cr along. I said, s'All right" and Splan
.sscd me just how fast hc should drive
ler. / told him I thought tue first
hat Mr. Dnhlp w.ntcf her p ,ircp J, l;tt1c foetcr