Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1879-05-17
EAMOUs HORSES.
A Visit TO the Home Of Goldsmith
Nadia Fortune I'm HOfseflesh-

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long series OF years Of trotting courses and
fair grounds from Maine to California had pro-
duced colt foal OF great promise Promptly
fe the frena the was
MI Smith, the owner Of the famous mare and
Of the stock farm we were to visit. 1t was
river to sd ana ane as wee cse
freshly up from the bay, vigorous and balmy,
with the mlldness Of the young spring. The
Gty Mss I'd Win fba
were waiting to take them on their days re-
creation to Elizabeth, Newark, Railway and
ag rs hs
IS always SO great that one wonders II any are
leIt AZ nome, and yet the streets and avenues
OF Gotham are as thronged as ever and seem to
suffer no diminution Ia the professions that
night.
Aswe swing out OF the depot remark to Mr..
"Do you 20 often to Mr.. Smiths farm?y
Eyes, quite often. have been an earneS
see the animal In his various stages OF trail atng
and Development constitutes my chief plea
sure. There are many other stock farms near
New acER at WHICH am visitor
farm, devoted entirely to breeding and raising
trotting horses. He has been very successful
ana his farm na has produced many very fine
Maid takes her name, is successful breeder
Carl Burr, on Long Island, Is known as most
skillful trainer, as Is Chas Green, at Babylon
II the trCt11Dg strain"
81 think you once owned Dexter"
"YeS,I had him from colt, purchasing him
Geo Trussel, OF chicago, who was killed in a
livery stable by his mistress. They paid me
to beat Cooley, 9 black geiding, owned by .
cago, where he was deemed to be invincible.
When they got Dexter out to Chicago Cooley
had lost his speed. I believe that he never
shot the horse was bought In by Fawcett, who
sold him on the Buffalo race track to Mr.. Bon
ner for $4,000. 1 have owned a great many
What was the highest price ever paid for
"Forty. five thousand dollars, for Pocahontas,
BY Mr. Bonner Bonner who bought her from Mr..
MIR. Bonner has invested great deal OF
money In horses, has he not?"
!" Yes, very large sum. I sold him Startle
for $40. 600, and as he handed me out the cneck
for the amount Mr.. Bonner said: This will be
worth ten times the amount OF the check to me
as an advertisement Mr.. Bonner gave $15, 900
mer and Fiatbnsk Maid, and Music joe o Eliot
and the Auburn horse cost him each a large
sum. Edward Everett he bought for breeding
purposes. but he can hardly be considered
"Then Mr.. Bonner has probably paid more
money for trotters than any one else?"
is r. ne the RGPla aoS% but it
pfised when l tell you that In all probability it
Is true that Mr.. Smith, who has not made a
business In any sense OF owning or raising
horses, has, nevertheless, paid much larger
sum for trotting horses than Mr.. Bonner or any
one else."
He paused, but seeing that smiled increa-
90. " TO- begin with, he paid for Lady Thorn,
s25, GOO; for Jay Gould, $50, 600 Gould he bought
owned the horse, having bought him from q
New Bedford party when his name was Judge
Brigham: Tattler he bought OF A: J. Alexander
Rosaltnd cost him 200, Socrates $26 1000, Idol
$780, Western Girl 81 ,OOO Martha NutwoOd
$780, Daisy Burns he traded Harry Harley
him in S 500. what does ali that foot ups"
"$2O4 500 exactly"
"Wel], those are all can recall at present,
blonde, tidy Lady Wastins Belle ssr Sa
gregate at $500, 600.
tently, but had not entered into the converse
ton. Expressing desire to learn how he had
become TO such large extent Interested In
horses, he said that it all arose In very simple
manner. He went over to Long Island once to
see Ethan Allen and running mate trot against
Dexter. He had his sympathy aroused on the
side Of the little horse, and when Dexter after
wards became the property OF Mr.. Bonner aud
was retired from the turf, he determined that
he would purchase the fastest trottlng horse
beat the time Of Dexter, and keep his purchase
this way he came to corner" the horse mar
ket, as 1t were, and became the owner OF the
three great mares-the Maid, Thorn and Lucy.
with judgment, for he now had, not a miscella-
neous collection OF geldtngs and mares but the
pest association Of che trotttng strain thatcould
be procured, and he was breeding with a view
to the highest development attainable.
"Here Is the farm" said Mr.. Alley, and look
ing out OF the car window were seen success
sion OF white painted fences enclosing green
pasture fields, and then high fence enclosing
regularly laid out trotting course, and imme-
diately adjoining long rows OF stables, with
distance. The train drew up al Trenton, and
alighting we found team In readiness, which
carried US at a rafting pace back to the farm
After leaving our overcoats in the Office,
where sits clerk keeping all the records ex-
penses, &C., OF the farm In regularly laid out
along the front of a stable some 500 feet In
length. to the last enclosure, the gate of which
being thrown open, we were face to face with
the queen OF the turf, the renowned Goldsmith
the get Of General Washington, Lady Thorn's
son. The mare was more filled out, her coat
was rough and her name and tall uncombed;
but she was readily recognizable and had ali
Inc sOundnesS and almost the animation OF
nve-year-old. Her colt was perfectly formed
light bay and full OF life. l expressed my sur
look SO young and fresh.
Yes, said he, "but she has been very well
taken care OF and was always good traveller.
She always took her regular rest on the cars.
she was on the go constantly for thirteen years
and Travelled from one end OF the country to the
other. She has Journeyed, altogether, 100 ,OO0
mics on the cars She Is mare OF wonderful
Intelligence. Her keeper could 20 to sleeD in
ner stan, and while he was there no one dared
to 60 near her."
~ suppose she has been profitable to you?n
Yes. She has netted me over ST.. OOO. And
ms MS AFTER paying all her expenses and giving
showed Mr.. Smith the following EXTRACT
from an interview with Dobie. the MaiG,s
driver, that had cut out of the Chicago ri.
bune: o''e' A''
BY this time several parties were doing the
interviewing, and one OF them wanted to Fnnw
about Goldsmith Maids colt, venturinp the sm~.
gest1on that perhaps 1t would not be az good 90
her second one, from the fact of her havIno
been In training SO long.
don't think So" said the Maids Old driven
With worn out mare it might be the case
but the Maid was as good as ever when she 90 20
vitality. We had been going to .etire her for 0r
three years before we did, but she kent %
strong and well that we put it OF. In the rs ~
OF 1877 had an offer to 60 south with her nh nh
preceding spring Mr.. Smith, her owner an nG
my self had talked the matter over. We ho4h h
had pride In seeing that she was nnt xH Uocu