The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-04-25

to buy II, but DobIe asked him not to
do so. as he said he wished to secure
| the horse himself. Doble accordingly
purchased the Fisk interest for IS. 600
and shortly afterward bought Gould 5
one-third for $4,000. Then Il transpired
that he was acting for H. N. Smith,
and trouble arose with Hall. the re-
manning owner.
Late one night Smith was told at his
flfth avenue house that a plot was on
loot Tor the former trainer of the stall
non to take the horse secretly out of
the stable at Bristol Pa, and keep
MIN In his possession. Smith hurriedly
TOOK midnight freight train for Bris-
toi' ana before morning Jay Gould had
been safely removed to another part
OF town, a dummy being put in his
place. Negotiations were then opened
with Hail for the purchase of his in
terest. and 1t was finally secured, but
II cost the round sum of ST., 000 This
made the total cost $4,000. and Kerner
drew his check for $11, 665,66 to pay for
one-third interest In the horse that he
mad virtually given away when nine
days old. Smith and Kerner owned
Jay Gould Jointly for a number of
years, most of which time the stallion
was kept in the stud at Smiths Fash
ion Stud Farm, near Trenton. The lat
ter then purchased Kerner's interest
When Smiths trotters were sold
Jay Gould was among the animals that
passed under the auctioneer's hammer
This was in 1898, and the great horse
that had been king among stations
in his day was then 20 years old. Not
a trace remained of the stalwart, sin
envy, well-knit form, the impetuous
spirit. the admiration of thousands on
the day of the sensational race at Buf
falo in 1871. The once powerful horse
was a physical wreck, impotent and
feeble with age, his muscles withered
and his spirit broken through long
continued suffering from rheumatism.
There was a dead silence when the fall
len giant tottered into the sale ring
at the American institute building and
the auctioneer called for bids. None of
the breeders present wanted the horse,
and it looked as though Jay Gould
might end his days in the shafts of
some huckster's cart until Jimmy
O'Neill, an old-time BOOKSELLER and all
and said to the auctioneer in a quiet
way:
I'm give you $50 for that old horse,
Mr.. kellogg. He won some money for
me one day up at Buffalo long time
ago, and I'll see that he has a home
as long as he lives"
The hammer fell quickly, and O'Neill
without a place to keep him. Senator
w. ]. Reyes offered. however. to take
the horse to his stock farm near Flem-
ington, N. j., and there Jay Gould died
about a year afterward.
Although the stallion did not
get the prominence of the Fashion
Stud Farm which seemed to
be due a horse of his breeding, form
and record on the turf, Jay Gould took
high rank among the sons of Rys-
dyk's Hambletonian as a trotting sire.
Goldsmith Maid, the queen of the
Fashion brood mares, was not bred to
the champion stallion, nor was Lady
Thorn. Lucy, the great rival of the
Maid, produced four foals by Jay
Gould. The first was Inheritor, a fast
colt, that died when 4 years old, leav-
ing only a few foals, one of which is
2:21h. Lucia, the next
of the Jay Gould-Lucy family is the
dam of Edgardo. 2:13A; Hurry Burly,
2:16A; Beulah, 2:19A; Lugano. 2:21A;
1928, and Lucy Pam
coast, 2:29. The third Of the family
was Sapphire. She produced Nomi-
nee, 2:17A Nominator, 2:17A, and
Belle Electric, 2:291a. Sybil, the young
est of the brood. is the dam of Sylvia,
2:29A, and of sympathy, who in turn
produced Artilla, 2:20. Jay Gould him
self got 26 trotters and three PAGERS of
standard speed, the great campaigner
Pixley being the fastest of the lot. His
daughters have produced 40 trotters
and two PAGERS, among them such |
cracks as Robert j., 2:0112; Doodle, |
2:121s; Colonel Kuser. 2:11A; Poem,
2:11lA; Mahogany, 2:12A; Edgardo. |
2:1SA; Cebolla, 2:14A, and Broomal,
2:15.