Omaha daily bee., 1883-10-30
GOLDSMITH MAIDS HEELS.
The Ancient Favorite still Kicks as
OF Old,

New York Star.
About half past z o'clock last night
frisky mare trotted into the ring at tn,
Madison Square Garden.
"a three. year-old, said a fussy gen
tleman, fumbling his catalogue.
"a twenty. six.year.old," said a by.
stander. "She will be twenty.seven mex,
spring.
"What is her namef'
Goldsmith Maid"
She looked like a colt. She SHE'D at q
sulky. She jumped ten feet to one side
at the sight of a Jockeys red cap. 1t
was the famous cid mare that ten years
ago was trotting on the way t. turf gluiy
with Lady Thorne aud Lucy on all the
tracks in the country. Great rounds of
applause saluted her. Old turfmen grew
reminiscent of her great feats.
ON bet my at the hold mare couldn't
make h'a mile hin ten minutes now, y
said q jockey.
AS they were leading her back to the
stall she SHE'D her heels Mt n saucy lite
Shetland pony, but missed him, as he
was not much bigger than a Spitz dog.
"She takes ha h'aWiul h'interest in
Small 'Opes and Nadine, hand h'Early
IL SO hand hall the new trotrrrs she AZ
seen ere" said the groom. CHI thinks
to myself, thinks hi, last night, has hi
was q slcepin' hin the next stall to her,
that she was eXpressin' herself as how III,
record had lowered and lowered
since she lett the course HI h'expecs,
said she, talkin' to '%erself, has the time
h'of the principal 'orses will be given
halter him dead hin fractions h'of a
second, something like this: First heat,
Won mile, With weight: Comet, 0:l5 of a
second; Ii ,htning, OLA of a second;
Blue Pencil, 0:03 of a second. Comet
cast 'er shoe. Lightning was not hin
condition han Blue Pencil 'ad been doc
tored with red pepper
"Hlf the mare didn't say that 'ope
hi may be shot. HI h'expecs she'll live
to see the record lowered to two minutes
ON h'a easy track"
The Garden yesterday was crowded.
Every seat in it was filled. An octuple
row of spectators stood around the ring.
The scene WAS gorgeous. 1t was like a
circus. Tantivies spun around the ring
like the English coach does in Barnum's
show.
There were six entries for the best and
smallest stallion Shetland pony over -four
years old. The first prize was awarded
to Midget, owned by S. Mannheimer, of
No. 10Y Franklin street. The Judge had
to look around a good while, and even
stumbled over the pony several times be-
fore he found him.
For the prize Of 500 for the best Shet.
land pony mare with q colt tagging after
her, there were two entries. The prize
was given to Roxie, who was about as
big as a rat and was followed by a colt
about the size of a mouse. She is a very
pretty dappled Shetland. The owner ia
Mrs. William Watson, of Westchester.
Twenty-eight ponies competed for the
500 prize for the best pony not more
than fourteen hands one inch high. Cas-
tile Soap, entered by G. WHY'S
Belts, of the Union Club was much
admired, as were also Billy the
Goat, which was about as big as a kid,
and Cherry Blossom. which was not much
larger than aripeE English cherry. Racket,
which was about as big as ii cricket, aud
is owned by Prescott Lawrence, Of Gro
ton, Mass, got the prize.
Three fine stallion hunters were shown
in class 81. "What do they hunt2'
asked a small boy who wa looking visit
fully at them, ''Bears2' Bend-or, a bay
Kentucky horse, owned by A.. Cassatt,
Of Harvard College P. o., Penn, re-
ceived first prize.