Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1890-12-12

The above information on the dam of
Goldsmith Mad-that she was purchas-
ed by Mr.. Norris of dealer at or near
Bulls Head, oath street, New York-is
almost certainly correct. Mr.. Higgins
is very intelligent and reliable witness
from Mr.. Norris foreman. For a time we
were mislead as to this mare by Manning
Vermeule, who bought her of Norris and
sold her to Decker, telling us that she
was the same mare that was kept on
Staten Island by Mr.. Marsh and which
Marsh mare we traced with certainty
and found to be by Long Island Black
Hawk. This Marsh mare was quite sim
liar in description to Goldsmith Maid,
was also owned by Mr.. Norris and also
let go by him to parties in New Jersey !;
but we are satisfied after a careful sur
vey of all the evidence, especially by let
not yet published, that Mr.. Vermeule had
been led into error in thinking that his
mare was the same one that Marsh kept
for awhile. They were two distinct
mares. The Marsh mare Mr. Norris got
about 1917. The dam of Goldsmith Maid
he had before this probably got her about
1911 and kept her eight or ten years.
From several witnesses we learned that
Mr.. Norris bought good many of his
horses in 9th street. and that this mare
was one of those so purchased as stated
by his foreman to Mr.. IIuggins there is
no season to doubt. The foreman also
stated to Mr.. IIuggins that the dealers
in or near 9th street called her an ABB
dallah mare, and so Mr.. Norris, accept
ing their statement, called her, and sold
her as such to Mr.. Nermeue. 1t was in
1910 that Abdallah went to Kentucky; up
to that time not very highly valued by
the public, as his service fee of s. would
show; but, at just about that time, his
get became prominent in trOtting, which
gave him great notoriety and he was
brought back from Kentucky.
1t would appear to have been at Just
this time, when he had become, perhaps,
the most celebrated sire of speed known,
that a dealer in 24th street, or near there,
name not known, sold this mare and
called her an Abdallah, without giving
so far as can be ascertaned, the slightest
evidence that she was so. In such case,
had she been credited to some obscure
sire, the chances would be that it was
correct but, credited to the most fashion
able sire of the day, ~ an unknown deal
er, we should place but very little con
tidence in the pedigree. The chances arc
probably Il thousand to one that she was
by some other horse. Mr.. Wallace SAYS
in Il similar case, in his last Magazine
p. 792, "WaXy-Reasons for Omitting q
Said to Be-: "Ihs brings into bold re-
lief the use that is often made of said tC
be- 1t means nothing and nothing car
be accepted upon it. =. Now the
rule is universal in its application that we
cannot know what horse was the sire OF
an animal till we know who bred tina,
animal. An attempt has been made tC
give the breeder of WaXy and failed
hence her pedigree is not traced. 1t is
evident that Lexington was given as the
sire, just as in thousand other cases, fol
the mere purpose of making good sale
When we first saw Eectioneer himself
he had a grandam by Lexington. 1t i.
an old trick" Query: What action will
Mr.. Wallace take about the dam of Gold
smith Maid, which he continues to give
in all his Registers without qualification
as by Abdallah EDITOR REGISTER