St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-11-19
The Death Of Lucy.

ne DCdCn OIL Lucy.
Spirit OF the Times.
The famous old trotting mare Lucy.
2:1SI. by George NJ. Patchen, 2:2315.
was found dead in the pasture at Fash
ion Stud farm, Trenton, n j.. last
week. She was the last of the cele-
DRAFTED old-timers, including Goldsmith
Maid, 2:14, and Lady Thorn, 2:1S4, and
which formed the foundation of that
establishment. Lucy was undoubtedly
the greatest female representative of
the Clay, as was Goldsmith Maid of the
HambletoniaD and Lady Thorn of the
Mambrino Chief families. She has
left long line of progeny which al
ready gives the strongest kind of
evidence that her name and fame will
be perpetuated for years to come.
Her first foal was called Major, foa led
in 1860. gelded and trotteda trial in 2:2S.
Her second foal in 1879 was Inheritor,
VINO died when coming four years old,
and left but four foals. one Of which
f0al was Lucia, who is already the dam
of eight living foalS. the Oldest of which
is Zoe, by Gen. Knox (neyer trainedl,
the dam of TrapeZ, three-year-Old rec
ord 2:29A. The next is Beulah. 2:1915,
full sister to Lucia; the next Lucetta
(another sister never traiGeD; the next
Lammermoor, four-year-old record 800,
by Rumor. 2:24%; the next Edgardo
(who trotted trial in 2:4015 as two
year old: Hurry Burly (noW two years.,
and Hurah "a yearling), are brothers to
Iammermoor. Her last foal. in 1888, by
Pancoast, was sold at five months old
for $500. The fourth foal of Lucy in
1877 was Mikado, by Gen. Knox,
who is now standing in Ken
lucky, near Lexington, and al
ready gives evidence of contributing to
the fame of the grand old mare. Her
fifth foal, 1879, was Triumyir, who was
burned, the property of W. 81. Wilson,
Sapphire (now III California, in foaI to
Electioneer), the dam of Nominee, who
sold for $1,000 as yearling at the Nc
Ferrdn sale. and Nominator, who sold
for $500 at five months old, and the
seventh, 1881, and last, was Sybil, the
dam of Syndic, owned by A. J. Cation,
Joliet. ILL.,: Sylvia, owned by j. V.
Stryker. Springfield, H., and SYM
patty, owned by r. b. Metcalf,s LeXing-
ton. KY. Lucy was buried by the side
of Goldsmith Maid, her old travelling
companion, with Lady Thorn on one
side and Tattler, the greatest son Of
Pilot, Jr., on the other. just inside the
homestretch of the Fashion course, near
the Judges stand.
Two Famous Old Mares.
"Vigilant," who writes so entertain
ingly for the Spirit of the Times, paid
visit to the Erdenheim farm at Phila-
delphia not long ago, and tells this
story: Away off in one corner Of the
a .l,f, ,,,f
from the rest. Both are chestnuts, but
there the Similarity ends. One is a
buxom beauty, as fresh and BRISK as q
girl of twenty; the other is as angular
and wasted as a patient in the lower
ward of consumptive hospital. John
McCloskey has only to whistle and in
stantly all is animation throughout the
field. The mares come trotting up, and
first Of all are the pair noted. The
beauty is first. DO you know her?'
asks Mr.. Kittson. No. we reply.
well, that's Maggie B B: the other one
is Waltz, the dam of Glidelia.' We
were prepared to see a Well-preserved
mare, but Maggie B b would readily
pass for an eight-year-old. Unless
Il man knew her he would never
credit the fact that she is now coming
twenty-one. She is truly a beautiful
1EdIt, vi TIC puNcl1uI, SHoll-lGSScu
kind. this mother of Groquols. A
blonde beauty of the deep chestnut-red
which Australian so commonly gave
his children. and like the Australians,
with solid-colored, broad, flat legs. She
is in fine flesh. and her coat shines. She
carries heavily her pledge OF Wood
lands affection, and she seems good for
ten years yet, this mother of Iroquois,
Harold, Panique, Pera, Francesca, and
grandmother of Belvidere and Sir
DiXon. A greater contrast could not
be presented than she presents to
Waltz, though both are the same age.
The dam of Glidelia is wasted, gaunt,
and mere steed of old mortality who
evidently has not long to live, and it is
doubtful if she will be offered at the
sale. Maggie, however, looks as bright
as the day she, beat Enquirer nineteen
years ago. She chums very much with
Waltz, and Mr.. Kittson says she gives
in to the old one. allowing the decrepit
relic to take an ear Of corn from her at
WILL"