Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1883-11-22
Maud s." and Goldsmith Maid"
. CHAT ABOUT THEIR EARLY HISTORIES.

4 correspondent OF the Philadelphia Press
gives the following interesting account Of a
talk on "A Jersey railway train with the early
owners Of Maud s" and Goldsmith Maid"
one was ". :. Hurlbert. a Cincinnati million
aire. who owned Maud s. for a week and
refused to keep her. lie said: "Capt. Bugh-
or an old rivcrmsn who came up from the Mo
nongahela. a great friend OF mine. lie
was fine Judge OF horses, and one day we
took a run down from Cincinnati TO WOODBURY..
XIV where there sale of hlooded stock
in progress Bugher had plenty Of money and
on the looks Of the stock, he bought eleven OF
the colts. Then it began TO rain. We put up
our umbrella and We're Just walking away
when the last lot on the catalogue was brought
out She was so bright and and looked such
good animal that | advised Bugher TO buy
her No. laid h. I've bought enough After
while | concluded TO buy her myself, and
got her for Sli5. | told Bugher to take my
flly 10 his farm along with his and he did so.
week or ten days afterward went down 10
his place and looked at the colts. and Bugher
pointed out a nervous looking little sorrel rs
mine The sorrel filly had piece Of string
tied around her neck. Bugher said that the
string had been tied around the animars neck
10 distinguish my property from the rest
said II did not look 10 me like the animal had
bought. but the captain was 50 positive that
finally | said no more about the matter. After
l yot home looked in my memorandum book
and found tina, the filly I had bought was
bay with white star on her forehead. When
| saw Capt. Bughcr next time, showed him
the paper and n satisfied there was an er-
rer made- | picked my FLY out from among
the rest and not long after had her sent TO my
.tablc. That is where I made my mistake in
insisting upon the trade. The nervous. scraw-
nv-lonkiug little sorrel that had been 80 anN-
lou, 10 get RI 81 was Maud $ and my
littl, hav wa her sister. Maud s. has troi-
ted in se- and what i more, she has done il
twice. havin. bcan timed by experts with stop
watches but this was in private. But her
sister rannet make the circle in less than three
minutes. Cspt. Bugher put his sorrel in the
hand. OF ALI excellent trainer when she WAS
only three wears obi. and she soon showed what
Kind OF mettle was IN her. Old Capt. Bugher
died before the colt had done any entraordn-
arv work and hi son offered her to me for $3.50.
! did not take much stock in her appearances
| did not invest. After while she passed In
10 the hands o. the ,rellknown hor-eman,
Stone and be kept her ut work under compe-
tent trainers. until finally William ii. Wander
bill bought her for sa0ACo or s25,oo0. He put
her in The hand, Of u man who had no control
over her and could do nothing with her. II
wa. said that Vanderbilt wrote an indignant
letter to stone, saying 'thT the mare could
not troi in s.35 whereas irhah been represent
ed that -he could beat .:.3D' stone replied
that il William II. would send him the mare
he would make CT beat ANYTHING on four legs
in thi. country We'll. f;ic it. Since that
time Vanderbilt has been offered the mares
weight in gold for her, he.has repeatedly
refused SlU0. 900 for her. TO ny certain knowl-
edge
An old farmer who was listening 10 this re-
cital, introduced himself ~ John II. Montague
in Sussex county " j., the original owner Of
Goldsmith Maid The Maid'' he said. was
one o the worst pinces O horse-flcsh I've ever
seen, when she was flly. just fer exercise
,hc used Ia jump every fence on the farm and
make dash across the meadows al -'prisng
speed. tried TO take some o the mette out
o. her blowing with her. hut coudns make it
work. The dam o the Maid was az Abda-
lah mare. an an awful good un at thc. She
was d haf-s,,er to old Harnbletonian, and she
could trot her mile in 2.&e to All old-fashioned
road wagon. | bought her from fellow
named Nernue. hat pcdik- from Plainied,
Nj. The sire OF the Maid aa> a Hambteto-
nian stallion owned by Seeley Ejsall, at Goshen.
The Maid was foalel in 1ss.. She was IL
ways a. wild hawk. I0ever knew ske
was atrotter until one day one q my dogs took
after her and she went round ore o the field.
like the wind. After that | used 10 set the
dogs on her just TO see her trot. One DAY Tom
Bingham and John ii. Decker came { nv
house, and after seeing the Maid trot they
bought her of me for $3.50. cash-just The price
you say Maud s. brought when she " A. a
young>tcr. William Denton, known in those
day A. jersey Bill bought her next, OF Bing-
ham and Decker for $500. jersey Bill sold
her the next spring for $3.50. 10 Alden Gold
smith. who hired Bill Bodinr OF Niidlet0wn 10
handle her. and She was 20 wild she nearly
killed Bodine two or three times and il took
four men 10 hitch her up. Finally. Bill con-
quered her and not long afierward she became
famous and Budd DOble and man named
Jackson Of Philadelphia. bought her for s15 900.
After She made her best time they sold her 10
Henry Smith, New York broker, who still
own, her. for $4,000 and she is now on Mr..
Smiths Fashion Stud Farm near Trenton.
General Steedman's Title.