Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1882-03-13
Proposafs to Buy Tolamtser

Proposals to Buy Totanteer
During his last visit to New York Mr.. R. s
yeech, of Louisville, Ky. telegraphed to Mr.
Goldsmith of Orange county, to know wheth
er it was worth while for him to visit The
Walnut Grove Stud, with view to buying
Volunteer. Mr.. Goldsmith's reply was as FOL
lows: 20
WAsHINaroNvILLE, Orange Co., N. f.' Fep. ID
Issi-R. 8. VEEcH. ESQ: Your telegram was duly
received, but being absent from my nome, II wa
not placed in my hands until too late to reply last
evening. .,, 10 o. mn,
coe at the farm than yourself if the only object OF
YOUR visit would be the purchase OF Founteer then
your trip would not be profitable or successfu one
no breeder In KENTUCKY mas Hlohey enousu W DuS
him
Volunteer ia q permanent fixture at the Walnut
Grove farm; and If he lays down in the sleep OF
death before his owner, he will have an honorable
burial on the farm, and suitable monument erected
over him to mark his resting place and TO common
crate his greatness. or his body VIII be presented 10
some national institut on for scientific purposes
have as high regard for money as the most OF
men for the usss which 1t may suoserye, but there
are certain things which money cannot BUY, as TIE
Teacher of old taught Simon the Samaritan can
recall but one incident In all history so to the point
SIS that related of our great urst, statesman and Or
ator Daniel Webster, who, when upon his deatnDed,
and only few hours before his demise directed MS
attendant to have dis nero Oh ouOrL up
before his window where. wheu bolstered up on his
couch he might be permitted once more to look into
the broad honest faces of those animals, that nsVer
done him a wrong or deceived him. was tnere ever
so eloouent and well-meriled tribute paid to the
animal kingdom, and 80 cutting satire upon man?
The shadows and shams of life had then all de-
parted, and the great man, just ABOUT TO Jake MS
leave of this world desired to hold communion with
those honest faces once more and then depart
My wife joins with me in cordial invitation for
YOU TO spend day with us at the farm before you
r otn
ALDEN GOLDSMITH.
COMMENTS.
The letter of Mr.. Goldsmith, as above, is
extremely credtable alike to hs;head and heart,
to his head for the beauty Of Its construction
and diction, and to his heart for its manly and
feeling acknowledg ment OF the blgations he
has incurred by and the love he bears for, this
distinguished representative of the animal ere
alton; for, it is 40 disrespect to Mr.. Goldsmith
to say, that with all his learning, his high So
cial position and pleasant worldly sur
roundings, it is to the ach evements of his
horse Volunteer that he owes TO very large
extent the fact that his name is to-day a
household word in every nook and corner OF
our broad land where any interest is shown in
the breeding OF the horse or turf sports
Let rs, very briefly, see what Volunteer has
done to make him SO highly priced. First,
then, his breeding, copied from the stud book:
Hetzel, of Florida, Orange county, New
York, got by Rysdyk's HANDLE
lonian, son of Adballah, dam Lady Patriot,
(dam of Sentinel 1898 by Young Patriot; I'd
dam the Hulse mare, etc owned by Alden
Goldsmith, Washingtonville, Orange county,
NY.
tt is repeating an old story to say that
Rysdyk's HambeltOnian, the sire of Volunteer,
was a most remarkable hOrse-the greatest
sire of trotters to the present time. From a
mere nominal fee when first put into the stud,
the price advanced as he grew older and his
merits become known, until when death came
to him at ripe age, his charge was $500. His
great superiority over the majority of sires
was his prepotency, the power TO transmit the
trotting instinct so pronounced in him, his
kind aud tractable disposition, and his general
characteristics to his sons.
The old horse is dead and gone and his sons,
not only by right of lineal descent but from
having early demonstrated the possession of
like powers as their famous SIRE have usurped
his place in the stud. The greatest of these
sons, as far as the question has developed, is
undoubtedly Mr.. Goldsmith's Volunteer, and
he will so live in the pedigrees of future studs.
Unlike many of the Hambletonlans, who
were plain in Appearance fact tn 1t rem
had demonstrated their superiority through
their get. Volunteer has size, finish, and i'm
posing appearance, qualities he has been Won
derfnlly successful in transmitting to his get,
along with that conformation of frame and
trottlng instinct, which has resulted
IN placing his name at the head Of the 2:30
sires now in the stud.
With the close of the trotting season of
1881 Volunteer had to his credit twenty two
performers, with total of $50 heats in the
2:30 list, of which number five had records
below 2:20, three under 2;22, one with 1923
and three under 2:24, showing far superior
to any other living sire. Daniel Lambert
standing next In the 2:90 list, 81 in number, has
only one representative with a record below
800, and one below 224; Blue Bull next, one
below 2:20, and five below 2:4; Almont, two
Bashaw, three below 2:24 ont
2l93; George Wilkes one under 2.2(
and three between that figure and PA and 81
on all through the entire list of trotting sires
the difference becoming more pronounced il
favor of Volunteer the further the comparison
is extended
Among the 2:3O performers sired by Volun
teer is the great st. Julien, with record o
9l1A aud 81 heats better thai
$50, his colors in the race fo
the fastest record only being lowered tC
Maud s, (210s) while ia the amount OF tract
work he greatly surpasses his speedy rival
Whether st. Julien has yet shown hi
full speed is still an open question, h
unfortunately being out of condition last sea
son, when Maud gained her present record
Next to st. Julien stands Gloster, 2:17 and 8!
heats better than $50; Alley pig and 46 heats
Bodipe 2:l9a and 66 heats; Driver 2:I9% AM
1919 heats; Amy 2.20A and % heats; Huntres
2:20X and 81 heats; Powers 2:21 and 40 heats
Volney 2:23 and IL heats; Unolala 223X ant
% heats; Trio 2:23L and s heats; W. H. ALLIE,
2:234 and 25 heats; Frank Wood 2:24 and
heats, and Carrie 2244 and Ii heats.
The above figures show that Voluntee
not only excels as the sire of speed
horses, but that he gives to his son
and daughters, the necessary bone and muscl
and general bodily conformation to success
fully stand the severe strain of preparation
for the turf, and the wear and tear of activ
turf campaigns year after year. This com
parison might be extended, with equal
favorable results, in showing the superiorit
of Volunteer as sire of trotters to the get Q
his sons in the $50 list, but enough has alread
been given to show that Mr.. Fl. Ct. Finkle G
MOorhead, displayed a most wise discrimina
ton and sound judgment, when as noted i
the GLOBE of the 9th ult, after carefully in
specting the young stock of many of the ia
nous breeding establishments of The country
including those of the Blue Grass region q
Kentucky, he selected for the head of hi
trotting stud, upon his breeding farm pea
Moorhead, the 3-year old bay colt Pioneer, b
Volunteer dam Miss Nodine. As then said Pie