New-York tribune., 1892-12-04

The following table shows the largest winners. Win


Gros, winnings OF nine hcad...........-.'.s '-ioo
It +, no light task 10 bring stable OF horses
from the Pacific Coast TO this side OF the continent
and keep even a majority in condition TO race through
n season OF four months, that Ule showing made
nv the san MateO string reflects the more credit
on their skilu trainer who Is new only thirty years
old but higher up In his profession than many
veteran.
After TIE III fatcd week ut Columbia Tenn. where
Goldsmith like many others, rrckoned on closing The
,eoion with profit. he made direct journey by way
of cincinnati over the Erie road 10 his birthplace at
NashlnGtonyille, Orange County. which Is on the New
burg branch OF that railway and only about thirteen
miles distant from the Hudson River. Here Is the
farm known rs Walnut Grove. where the late Alden
Goldsmith kept Volunteer and developed the get OF
that non-hearl.d son OF RySdyks llnmbetonian 50
That they became tie greatest ratewinncrs OF their
time, The property consists of about go acres
and IS part OF the extensive Gold smith estate, which at
one time embraced about lour times that area
james A. Goldsmith, IL, the older son. took charge
Of the property afcr the death OF his father. IN
isS6 aud the untmcy close Of hN own brilliant
,aIeer some fifteen months ago. made necessary the
return OF his brother Caiifo-na after au absence
of eleven wears Besides thc thirteen from san
Mateo now quartered at Walnut Grove for the winter
,olds lnith will receive II few approved horses al
public trainer for the season Of 1898. His rpnta-
ton being National will doubtless bring him INTO
general demand when iy is known that he is thus
Ill
VIII receive his attention. There still some fst
Youngsters on the ranch In California, where Guy
Wilkes and his son, sable Wilkes begeung speed,
and few OF these Will be sent to goldsmith TOT
the next campaign. Lynwood. IA bay colt OF Two
years that recently trotted in go IL, by Guy
Wilkes out of Lyndae by Young sultan. will pr0baDN
be- one Of the recruits. Freedom. who achieved fame
as the first yearlng 10 beat 80 will be another II
the trouble with his hind leg that has kept him on
the tui since $500 Is found 10 be safely over with
the long leup he bas had and as the colt Is
great flvorte Of Goldsmths he Is specially anxious
10 have him fit TO start as four
ycarold sable Glen. by Guy Wilkes, out
Glen Alcn by Artlrirton. aud therefore
nm own biJhrr TO Verona Wilkes, mare
that scored 81 at Trenton. y. j., last season. IS
Goldsm his own property, having been purchased by
him at one of the public sales OF California stock In
this city, lie has been In the stud up to the present,
hut has natural turn of speed. with conformation
much like that OF Sunol. including a maraed pitch
from hip 10 withers, and will probably be heard
from next year.
II Is by no means unusual for professional driver
10 acquire IA snug fortune, such men as Turner Gold
smith and IIicko having put together over SlOOOoO,
but only one Of the craft has come into possession
of that amount at one stroke. The bequest Of the
eccentric d. Edgar Grouse the multi millionaire VINO
died recently at syracuse. 10 A. j. Fcek. who has
been a public trainer for twenty years, has already
bean widely noticed. but few outside OF the limited
thu liking Of this man OF strong pre)ndlces Tor the
one who looked after his trotters. Feek, VINO Is
to be near the regulation $50 pounds, but he had
Chelsea ID, chestnut ge'ding owned by Mr. CrOuse
TS' S"ora n Of % ' sa at iartfo Whining in his class
there and the week following at springned. Mass,
hndIng enc race and getting two heats OF So,OoO
sared four times, but did not improve Oh his previous