Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1889-04-12
DOLLY.
WAS SHE THE DAM OF GOLDSMITH MAID?

WAS SHE THE DAM OF GOLDSMITH MAID2
1t will be remembered that Manning
Vermeule of Plaintield, n. j., who trad
ed for the dam of Goldsmith Maid with
Daniel Norris of Houston street, New
York, said thatJ Isaac Marsh of Richmond,
Staten Island, at one time kept this mare
and knew about her pedigree. We at the
time wrote to Mr. Marsh and received for
answer that he never owned the mare,
though he kept her one season for Mr..
Norris; that if he knew her pedigree he
had forgotten it. But when in New
York the following winter, after having
seen interviews with Mr.. Marsh pub
lished, and thinking from them that he
had some information, we made trip
to Richmond, with the following results.
Mr.. Marsh, who is evidently truthful
and intelligent man. said That this mare
had belonged to DR.. Fox, Mortimer Fow-
Ter and Louis DePaw; that Daniel Norris
got her of them; he thought that DR.. Fox
and Louis DePaw were dead, that Morti-
mer Fowler lived at New Brighton. but
was an old man and he had not been able
to get any very intelligent information
from him. ''NoIris told me he got her of
these three men; can't swear to it, but
understood she was an Abdalah. When
Daniel Norris got her | understood that
she was an Abdallah mare: we all under
stood and all believed that she was such.
These three men were related. | wont
say positively that all three owned her.
or two, or one, but among them they
owned her"
Solomon kipp of kipp & Brown was
very intimate with Fowler. My partner
says he has heard him tell all about the
mare and where she came from. | think
he is alive-see Jim McMahon."
We next called upon Mortimer Fowler
of New Brighton. We found that he was
not an old man, being but 40; but his rec
objections of horses were somewhat con-
fused. He said that Francis b. Fowler at
one time kept horse at Daniel Norris
stables in New York; that he himself
sold the mare to Daniel Norris; that he
bought of butcher by the name of
Clark, corner of Amity and Green streets
1t was bay mare, and this was about
1862 or 1853 IA powerful mare. l5-l hands.
without white and her tail hung to the
ground. This was not the first horse he
had ever owned.
Of course, this mare had nothing to do
with the mare sold about ten years before
by Daniel Norris and which had ii locked
tail with long switch, although a cor
respondent in Mr.. Wallace's Monthly
supposes it had. We saw at once from
this Mr.. Fowler's age that Mr.. Marsh
was mistaken in supposing that he ever
had anything to do with the mare that
was the dam of Goldsmtb's Maid.
1t occurred to US to ask Mr.. Fowler if
he had any older brothers. He said there
were two; one was dead, the other, De-
Grace b. Fowler, was resident of Balti-
more, but was at that time at their
mothers at neighboring house. Mr..
Mortimer Fowler also said that his broth
er Frank bought a bob-tail brown mare
OF Willard Reed, who kept stable in
Mercer street. which he afterwards sold
at auction aud Daniel Norris bought her
and sold to man in New Jersey; she
was about l5-l. very quick, don't remem-
Der any white; a dark kind of bay. 81
know nothing about her breeding; never
did; she was bought at auction for S75
of Sam Trussell or Truesdel, who sold
her for expenses; | think he is alive"
Our next call was at the residence of
Mrs. Fowler, upon DeGrace b. Fowler.
The residence is one of the handsome
ones Of Staten Island and Mr.. DeGrace
Fowler we found as elegant gentleman
as we have ever met, He said at once
that the mare referred to by Mr.. Marsh