, 1877-10-07

Que games have been played, anu MS thu forty first
rnmc happened to be tho last championship game
the Club gave admission 10 each scat-owncr
gratis. Hereafter. the Club will exact payment
from NIL pcrsuns admitted to grounds, except from
rcD0rters and stock -OW1tcfS.
THE TURF.
GOLDSMITH MAIDS RETIREMENT.
It has been announced SO many times that
Goldsmith Maid had been or was about to be
Withdrawn from the turf that the public has
learned to look upon announcements Of this
character with suspicion. But now THE TR1B-
USE ean state with posltiycness that in all hui
11an probability, the peerless old queen Of trot-
tiers will never again respond to the call OF the
utlgcs' bell, or shake her clcan-cut head in her
determined way, Us she was wont TO do when
making one OF her rushes for the lead in i close
ly-contested struggle For several days past it
has been known among those in the
stable that the old mare WAS fail
ing rapidly, but it was not until yesterday
that it wls finally decided to cancel her present
engagements aud send her to the brcedng-farm
Of her owner, Henry n. Smith, Of New York, at
Trenton, New Jersey. Bull Bob1c went out to
Dexter Park yesterday morning with the intcll-
ton OF giving the old marc trot, but when he
reached the stable, old Charley, who has attend
cd to tho wants OF the Maid for so many years,
told him frankly not to have her harnessed;
that she was done up, and could not trot bit.
1lc had logged her for the two preceding days,
and his practical eye soon told him that the
marc's speed iad left her. It was accordingly
decided not to ship her to Columbus, o., where
she has an engagement to trot this week, anal
III the course Of j week or ten days, the
mare that for six years has stood at tue head OF
all trotters, and made record for speed and
endurance that in all probability will never be
equalc1, will so to her owners farm and bc
used for breeding purposes. Her difficulty IS
understood to be In one Of her front legs the
tendon Of which has given way. She will
ppbably he bred to the stallion Gen. Washing
ton by Gen. Knox out Of Lady Thorn, and If u
colt should be the result, it will be the most
royally-bred younystcr iii the land On account
ct her age, however, she hein@ now III her I'D
wear, it is doubtful il she will be able to breed.
DouDLE-TEAM TRorrlSG.
The recent performance OF Atr. ". II. Vandcr-
hits tenn, Small Hopes and Lady Mac, when
tlry trottcd u full mile over the Fleetwood Park
track in 3 ~ was such remarkable one, and so
completely eclpscs anything OF the Kind ever
before attempted, that this paper has been at
sumo pains to collect the history Of the horses
rs well us some facts regarding other double
| team performances, as it is not at all pro1aDlc
that. with the same weight up thc G, -::..' OF
Small HOPES and Lady Mac will ever
| team. The trot alluded to took place
On the nth Of September at the close Of :: colt
| race, Mr. Vanderbilt driving upon the track aud
requesting the judges Of that event, who were
| still iu the stand to time his team mile. IheY
CONSENTED, and after being warmed up the
horses went away evenly, trottcd tho first quar-
| ter in 3411< seconds, the half mile in 1:l0l9:
passed the thrcc-quaster pole in :46M, and went
| uuler the wire in 2::::23, This trotting was dpne
to top road wagon, which with the driver
/! weighed 34Gh pounds. During the entire mile
neither OF tic horses made a skip, and the whip
was not used. As above stated, it is not likely
that this time will soon bc equa!ed, and few
interest.
1 :rnc nrincipal performer was Small Hopes,
| and r;oht herc # is nroner to saw that at tue