Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-09-25

The E5tae of Goldsmith Maid and Othes
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GNeT York, Herald Trenton letter.
One of the most extensive stock farms
in the country is locaced on the line Of
the Pennsylvania railroad, about one mile
and half east5f this city, Mr.. H. N.
Smith, of New York, IS the proprietor,
and his general superintendent is F, Z.
Riddle. The farm covers 365 acres, and
within the last two years have been i'm
proved to great extent 9 Ten years ago
the grounds of the Mercer county agri-
cultural society, which form a portion OF
the farm, were purchased for Mr., Smith,
Charles H. Herman and Budd Doble at
his solicitation. the principal reasongiven
for the purchase was that.Mr Smith want
ed home for Goldsmith Maid and other
celebrated trotters which he owned. The
grounds were his nine months before j
saw or set foot in thcn. Then they con-
tanned only structure which had been
used as grand stand, row of cattle
stalls, and one or two old-fashioned
country buildings. Mr.. Smith commenced
improving the place by tearing down old
structures and putting up new ones, and,
besides, increased the capacity of the
farm by the purchase of additional acres.
His object was to make the place one
of the finest fashion suck farms in
the country Not until 1879, how
ever, did he begin in earnest the great
undertaking. By this time he had on
the farm several valuable trotters, and,
finding the loC,Itlon so delightful, he
spared no expense to accomplish his OBJ
ject He succeeded so well that the farm
is now in state of high cultivation, con-
tains splendid one mile track and nu-
mereus substantial and costly buildings,
as follows: Carriage house and offices,
main barn, having twenty box and forty
single stalls; colt barn, with twenty-four
box stalls, into which forty eight head of
stock can be put; training stable, with
fifty box stalls; barn, with seventeen
box stalls: grand stand, a new grain
barn, the largest in this section OF the
state; COW barn, another grain barn, barn
for farm horses, house for farming nipple
ments, dwelling house for Mr.. Smiths
own family, the superintendent
residence, farm house On the
hill, and two or three other
houses for the accommodation Of those
employed on the farm All these ad-
ditions and improvements, together with
the price of the farm, it is estimated have
involved an outlay of over $1,000
Every modern convenience is connected
with the buildings, and there is every
precaution made against the destruction
of property by fire. An iron tank, capa-
ole of holding $500 gallons OF water, is
located on the top of the carriage houses
and offices, which, with plenty of hose
facilities and a force-pump in the base
ment, affords ample protection against
fire. Besides, there is telephone COM
munication direct with the Trenton fire
department.
There are at present on the $50 head of
stock of all sorts, amongit being some Of
the best horselesh in the country There
are twenty-one yearling colts and FLIES,
sixteen 2-year elds, thirteen and thirty
five brood mares, together with the noted
stations Jay Gould, Gen. Knox, Gen.
Washington and Socrates.
The whole of the stock is valued by
Mr.. Smiths superintendent at about
$3.50, 900.
Goldsmith Maid has had three foals.
One, a colt, foaled April l, 1879, which
killed itself while trying to jump over a
fence, in August, 1880. 1t fractured It's
shoulder blade and died instantly. The
second. colt, was dropped May Is, 1880;
and is living and looking well. The third,
a filly, was dropped June "a, 1881, is liv-
ing and doing well. The old Maid is in a
good, healthy condition, and looks as if
aho would 1.-Two m, any- roarS rpt
The colts and FLIES are exercised near
ly every day, and there is one speed day
every week, when their mettle is tried on
the track Mr. Smith is now on his way
home from Europe, where he has been
all summer. He and his family reside
here, every summer, coming about the
18th of June and returning to New York
about the middle of October. In his alb
sence every responsibility is confded to
his superintendent, Mr. Riddle, who is
quite young man. He has as his assist
ants D. @. Quintin, general manager of
the horse department.; DR.. Chandler B.
Quintin, superintendent of the breeding
and colt breaking branch, and Charles
Mutt, general manager of the farm de-
partment and Of all constructions and re-
pairs Twenty-six men are employed in
the training stables the year round, and
six on tho farm
Mr.. Smith contemplates the erection Of
a stately mansion for himself on the farm
very soon, and at present he has every
accommodation for his friends, who visit
the farm frequently. His love for horse.
flesh is so great that he has invested his
money in this stock and farm simply fo1
the pleasure it. afforded him. He has
drawn up strict code of rules for the
government of each department, the
heads of which he holds to strict ac-
countability. Any employe who strike:
or otherwise ill uses an animal is in
stantly discharged, and as a consequence
every animal is handled so tenderly that
it becomes as gentle and manageable a:
possible.