Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1888-02-03
THE DAM OF GOLDSMITH MAID.
PLAINFIELD, N. j., Jan. 20, Is


MIR. JOSEPH BATTELL.
Dear Sir Il have just received a letter
from MIR. Jacob Butler, so | send it to
you. 1t seems he never owned the dam
of Goldsmith, but have no doubt she is
the same one, although he says when he
first saw her she had long tail; but |
think Norris had her tail set up, as it was
the style then. She had switch tail
when | got her, and, as Isaac Marsh says,
a good roadster, 15a hands. Anything
that | can do for you would be glad to
give you. Yours truly.
MANNING VERMEULE.
[This matter of the tail is all right, as
we know that the mare Mr.. Marsh had
Dolly-had locked tail with long switch
when Mr.. Norris owned her.-ED. REG
IsTER.
PLAINFIELD, N. j., Jan. %, 1888.
MIR. JOSEPH BATTELL,
Dear Sir You want to know what
year got the dam of Goldsmith Maid.
That | could not say, but think some 30
or 36 years ago. Her color was bright
bay, 15S hands, well made, nice style and
one of the best walkers; and Norris said
he could drive her with two to wagon in
$50. When | got her he kept in Hous-
ton street. That was all the place knew
him. He owned old Abdallah before he
got the Black Hawk. She was brown
or dark bay, about Is hands, with bob
tail. What her name was | can't tell |
don't think he had her when got the old
Alb. of him. You want to know wheth-
er he kept livery stable when he got
her; he did and think he must have some
nine or ten years. He put the old mare
in no nl-
mare he called Dolly don't know. think
they generally called her old Abdalah
The old Ike Vermiia is no relation to
me. He was quite a horseman, an old
man; | think he was Dutchman and
had a contract for lighting the street
lamps and was quite intimate with Nor
ris and came out and bought two horses
in this place. | was in Norris stable
with a gray horse when he came in and
put up with ID. Norris. | went out the
next day with old Nermiia with his fast
mare, a dark bay, and drove bay horse
that was fast; | beat them both. aud
traded the gray for old Alb. and got 5000
boot and Norris sold the gray to Ike Yer
miia for 800, which was thought to be
a good price at that day. The old Alb
and the Black Hawk were all the horses
he kept for his own driving. | sent you
Buffers letter and suppose you got it.
He is the best posted. | have held con-
siderable correspondence with him and
went down to the Fashion Stud farm
He was then foreman for Smith, the own
err of the Maid, who had 400 acres with
fence all around, that cost $4,000 with
mile track; has 20 head-old Lucy, 30
years, and Gen. Knox, 32 years; also in
Kentucky 500 acres, with so head, with
Jay Gould and one son and one FLY of
Goldsmith Maid.
will now give you history of old
Abs colts. | traded her with John b.
Decker in sussex county, n. j., near Or
ange county, n. Y, an old farmer with
some 300 acres. He gave me good four
year-Old bay horse for her. He took her
to Cassius NJ. Clay and she had horse
colt; but at five months it was hooked by
bull and died. The next foal, from The
same sire, was horse colt which he
raised and called Dan Webster. Then by
a horse in Deckertown called Black
Morgan she had a black filly; next. a
black tilly by fast horse called Fly
ing Frenchman. Then he took her
to Seal Edsalls Hambletonian, after
wards sold to Kentucky and called Alex
ander's Abdallah; and | could have
bought her when five or six years old for
$500. l missed a good bargain, but had
| bought her | should not have developed
her as Goldsmith did. suppose take
her altogether she was the greatest trot-
ter in the world-2l4 at II years old
Mr.. Butler told me she made over $780,
600. Lucy generally went the circuit
with her and beat her once in 2 rs: but
understood that was sold because they
could make by it. If you want anything
more shall be glad to give it to you.
am an old man-S4 the 18th of April.
Yours truly,
MANNING VERMEULE.
Mr.. Vermeule will please receive ours
and the country's very sincere thanks for
this letter. With other testimony that |
have, think it.makes it certain that the
mare Marsh had was the dam of Gold
smith Maid, and as soon as we can get
anything authentic of the grandam or
dam of Dolly, we will place the whole
history of this mare before the readers of
the REGIsTER.-ED. REGISTER.
MOUNTAIN EAGLE.
L