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Alt EG’J. Alt GOLD >iini;.
What Goldsmith Maid lias
Been.
A Talk with Bud ])„ble-~The Win
nings of Twelve Years—Whisk
ing Down the Home-Stretch
—A Costly Colt—Trot
ting for SIOO,OOO
—A Lively talk,
Etc.
On yesterday in Tom Magill’s office
—where else, course—we met a small
ish, well-dressed man, who was intro
duced as Mr. Bud Dohle. “The own
er of Goldsmith Maid,” added Mr. Ma
gill with effusive politeness. There was
little about the quiet little man before
us to suggest the famous jockey, who
was the most conspicuous figure per
haps upon the American turf. He
wore diamond cuff buttons, these being
perhaps the only unusual features of
his dress. Ilis face wore a pleasant
smile, and was lit up by a pair of vivid
gray eyes that doubtless flashed and
blazed like the headlights of an engine
when they come sweeping down the
home-stretch.
“ A hat is the best horse that ever
went on the track, in your opinion ?”
“Why, I think the Maid is the Lest
horse that ever put hoof to the ground.
It is true that Rarus has heat her best
time, hut then there has never been any
horse and I do not think ever will be a
horse that will make up the twelve
years’ record that she has scored.”
“Was she a speedy horse in her ear
ly life V’
“No sir. She sold for s'2lo once.
When I commenced driving her she
could only make it in 2:30. This was
her 0 year old record. Now, llarus
and Hopeful could trot in 2:20 when
they were 9 years old. So you see
they had a big advantage over the Maid
She earned all of her fame by hard
werk. She just steadily pulled up
from her 2:30 record into a world-wide
fame. The little mare just worked for
what she got. At first it seemed as if
everybody was against her—judges,
horses, turfmen, and alb It was a hard
fight and a struggle every time. She
kept winning, however, and after awhile
the public came over to her side, and
tilings got easier.”
“What was her value in her best
days ?’ ’
“I can t say. I gave $20,030-for
her, and I sold in about a year, in ’7O.
for $35,000. It is Lard to say what
she would have brought at her best.
Much more than the best figures named
above, 1 think.”
“What have been her winnings ?”
“That is hard to tell. My stable
was burned down in ’7l and my books
destroyed. I have kept a record of all
purses she lias won since then, however,
and the total is not far from $350,000.
This is the actual value of the purses
she won. The largest single purse I
ever trotted her for was $3,000. She
won several SO,OOO purses. The total
is enormous, but then she was a willing
and hard-working little mare—always
ready for a trial and always sure to do
her level best.”
“What was the biggest betting ever
done on her ? ’
“That I can’t tell. When she would
make a big race, pools would be sold
on her in all the big cities, and unlim
ited private bets would be made. (hi
one occasion there was $160,000 in
cash in the pool-box oil the track that
was staked on her race. That of itself
was a big responsibility for either the
mare or her driver to carry. I suppose
she has trotted races in which a half
million dollars was staked on the result,
all over the country, probably much
more. She never fooled her friends,
but alwavs did her level best,”
“What about her break-down at Ro
chester
“That was not a break-down. She
had trouble in her legs. There was a
soreness that would shift from one leg
to the other in a day’s time. But she
shuggled grandly against this trouble
at Rochester before she gave down un
der it. She trotted just as well after
that as she had ever done. She never
did break down.”
“Where is she now
“She has been taken from the turt.
She will have a colt this month.”
“Who is the colt by ?”
“By General Washington, a young
stallion of perfect form, great vigor
and fine blood. He has the blood of
old Lady Thome and General Knox m
bis veins, and was selected as the best
partner for the mare that could be found
in the world. He is a capital young
stallion.” ~
“The eolt will be very valuable
then ? *
“it Will be worth SI O,OOO in gold
the day it is dropped. Of course it;
will be valuable—the world will mok
DAWSON, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, APRIL 3, 1879.
with great interest to the performances
of the coming horse If there is any
thing in breeding, he will be wonderful.
It was not known whether the Maid
would breed or not, as she is 22 years
old, hut wdien she w y as taken from the
track, a gentleman offered to give $I ,-
000 for the chance of her breeding, and
pay all her expenses. Mr. Smith,
however, determined to own the colt
himself, and had her put on his own
breeding farm. The colt will he btfrn
this mouth. She is as vigorous healthy
and active as she ever was.”
What is the largest crowd you ever
drove her down a home-stretch in front
of?”
“That’s a hard question to answer.
At St. Louis, the day 1 drove her, the
gate receipts were $28,500, and the
tickets were 25 cents each. This made
a crowd of 113,000, and I should say
there were 5,000 free admissions. I
imagine there were very few people in
side the grounds who didn’t manage to
see the .Maid as she came down to the
judge’s stand. That may have been
the bi gest crowd she ever trotted be
fore. Ido not- know.”
“Did you always drive her?”
“Always. She knew me just as well
as I knew her. We were together for
many a year, and went through many
an exciting scene, and I never called to
her in my life for a little more speed,
or a little more work, that she didn’t
respond. She was honest and game ”
“Did a race excite her much ?”
“Very much.”
“She always knew just as well as I
did when her time came to trot. When
she went on the track she would trem
ble and slave’’ and could hardly hold
her leys. She seemed to feel her re
sponsibility. When she got the tap
though, and was fairly under way, it
was all right. Nothing disturbed her
then. Once my rein broke just as I
settled back for a. pull. I jumped on
her back, caught the checkrein and
stopped her at onee. It happened just
before the judges gave the word, so I
tlidu t lose the race or the heat.”
“Do you think any horse will improve
the best record already made ?”
“Yes sir. 1 expect to see a horse
trot a mile in 2:10. I feel certain that
it can be done But I never expect to
see any horse that can queen it over
the turf for a whole decade and make
such a twelve years record as the Maid
lias made.”
“Who does she belong to now ?”
“Mr. 11. N. Smith. Ido not think
she will ever trot again.”
Mr. Dob'e, it will he remembered,
brought Mollie McCarthy over to run
against Ten Broeck. He is one of the
foremost men of the turf and is interes
ted in several famous horses, lie went
out and took a look at Oglethorpe park,
and was very much pleased with the
half-mile track. He says he hopes to
be able to attend our next fair, and if
the directors will make an effort they
may secure his presence. lie left yes
terday for Chicago to carry his wife
and child home. He will bo back in
about a week. He is a most attractive
and genial gentleman, and was invest
ed with almost a romantic interest as
we looked at him and thought that his
was the hands that had held the reins
over the fastest mare that ever trotted
his, the slight but tense figure that
became the cynasure of thousands
whenever he hurled the Maid by the
judges’ stand—his, the form that had
been whirled like a tempest round many
a track, behind the equine queen,
whose pattering hoof-beats as they fell
upon the turf were echoed round the
world.”
Foul Assassination.
Frankfort, Ky., March 26—Judge
J. M. Elliott, of the Court of Appeals,
was assassinated in the street in front
ofthe Capitol Hotel, by Thomas Buford,
of Henry county, Judge Elliott had
rendered an opinion adverse to a case
Buford had for some time in Court.
Buford loaded a double barrelled shot
gun and waited for Elliott to come to
dinner and walked up and shot him
through the heart, without warning,
killing him instantly. The assassin
was arrested, and is now iu jail. There
is great excitement and a strong feeling
against him. Buford, alter his arrest,
acknowledged that the other barrel of
the gun was loaded for Judge Pryor,
and he would have killed him, also,
had not sonic children been in the way.
lie is a brother of General Abe Buford,
of Woodford county.
A bright little boy who had been en
gaged in a combat with another boy,
was reproved by bis aunt, who told
him he ought to always wait until the
other boy pitched upon him. “Well,”
explained the little hero, “but if I wait
for the other to begin I am afraid there
won’t be any light !”
INGLE 11 EMUS.
A Fragment Found in the Old
Man's Hat.
J. C. Harris, in Atlanta Constitution.
Waiting for the nun to cease ye.-
terdily, Uncle Remus seated himself
on the coal box and went to sleep.
Finally his hat fell off and a piece of
paper dropped out. One ot our young
men. more curious than the rest,
picked it up and subjected it to what
the lawyers call a very severe exam
ination. It proved to be in verse and
was read allround. The comment it
caused had the effect of arousing
Uncle Remus, and he was asked
about it. He pleaded ignorance, and
the verses were read to him.
“Some er dem dor w’ite boys done
gone an’ rung dat in on me Deyer
gwine ter keep on m andarin’ roun
wid dere foooUsncss ’l well dey gits
hurled—you mine w’at T Mell you.—
You ain’t gwine ter put dat in de pa
pers is you?”
The old man was told such was
the intention.
“Well, den, T jes’ might ez well
s’anter out home an’ git fixed, lease
w’en dat comes out hit’ll be me and
Brer John Henry fer it. Here’s
bleegod ter be tronbble amongst us,
an’ hit’s too late in de day fer me ter
go ter wall onprepare’d.”
We give She foregoing in order to
set L T ncle Remus right with Brer
John Henry, and herewith append
the fragment found in the old man’s
hat. It is called.
DE 810 BETIII.r, Ollll’cH.
])e Big Bethel ehu’ch I de Big Bethel
ehu’ch!
Done put ole Satan behine uni;
Ef a sinner git loose from etiny udder
ehu’ch,
De Big Bethel clinch will (Hie tun!
Hit’s gooil to be dere, an’ its sweet
to be dere,
Wid de sisterin’ all aroun’ you—
A shakiu’ dem shackles er mussy an’
love
Wharwid de Lord is boun’ you.
Hit’s sweet to be dere and lissen to
de h vines
An’ hear dem mo’ners a shoutin’—
Dey done reach de place whar dare
ain’t no room
Fer eitny mo’ weepin’ an’ doubtin’.
Hit’s good to be dere w’en de sinners
jine
Wid de brudderiti’ in dere Bingin',
An’ it ’ook like Gabcrl gwine ter rack
up an’ blow
An’set dem heavenbebsterringin’!
Oh, de Big Bethel clutch! de Big
Bethel ehu’ch!
Done put ole Satan behine uni;
Efa sinner git loose from etiny udder
chu’ch
De Big Bethel chu’ch will fine um!
A Question of Damages.
Some lawyers take very practical
views of cases in which they arc retain
ed. In a certain town in Missouri,
Squire G was defending a doctor
whom a colored man was suing for
damages, his wife having died shortly
after an operation for the removal ol
cancer. When it came Squire G ’s
turn to cross-examine the plaintiff, lie
asked: “.Vlr. Wilson, how old was
your wife when she died ?”
“About forty-five, sir.”
“Been in feeble health a long time,
had she not, Mr. Wilson, and cost you
a great deal for medicine and help 1”
“Yes, sir.”
“You have married again, have you
not V'
“Yes, sir.”
“How old is your present wife ?”
“About thirty-five, sir.”
“Is she stout and healthy, Mr. Wil
son
“Yes, sir.”
“Then, .Mr. Wilson, you will please
state to this jury how you are damaged
in this ease
Mr. Wilson had not evidently taken
this view of the matter, and could
make no answer. The good and true
men thought he had made rather a good
thing by his bereavement, and brought
in a verdict for the defendant.—Edi
tor's Drawer in Harper's .Magazine for
April.
A remarkable corn cob over a foot
long and of the small circumference
that indicates a large-grained variety
of corn lias been received at .the dead
letter office. It was sent to a Massa
chusetts paper by a Kansas granger,
who made the postage on the paper' in
sufficient by scribbling ou it tiie fol
lowing explanatory note : “In Kansas
we fatten our purp on the corn, and
then we use these cobs for stove wood
to roast the purp with . and thus in our
prarie homes we make both ends meet
(meat.) In favorable seasons one stalk
has a little gourd of shelled corn grow
ing ou it for chickens.’’
Boots are made on the Pacific coast
with pockets for pistols iu their tops.
The Murder of B. G. Porter.
Arrival of the Remains from Marshall,
Texas, Last Evening—Mr. Mur
dock’s Story of the Mur
der—Arrangements for
the funeral.
New York World.
The body of the late Mr. B. C. Dor
ter, the actor and stage manager who
was shot at Marshall, Texas, last Wed
nesday, arrived at Jersy City about
10:15, last night, and was taken in
charge by a committee of twenty actors
and managers. Mr. Albert Murdock,
who had accompanied the remains from
Texas, gave his version of the murder.
He said that after playing in “Diploma
cy” at Opera Hall, Tuesday night,
Mr. Barrymore. Mr Porter and Miss
Cummings went to the railroad station
to take the 2 o’clock train for Hot
Springs, where the company was billed
to give a performance Wednesday eve
ning. In the railroad station there was
a restaurant, and in the rear of that a
box. While the theatrical party was
at lunch in the restaurant Currie, the
murderer, made some insulting remarks
concerning Miss Cummings, which the
two gentlemen resented. Mr. Barry
more, seeing Currie drawing a pistol,
said to him : “I am unarmed. If you
will put down your arms I will give
you all the satisfaction you want.” Mr.
Porter had a pistol in his pocket, but
it was empty, as he had been shooting
at ducks that day. Currie drew two
revolvers and fired at Mr. Barrymorft,
missing him. The next shot hit him,
whereupon Mr. Porter rushed up to
Currie and said, “For Hod's sake,
what have you got against us? Wo
don’t want any of that kind of work ”
Currie then placed one of his pistols
close to Mr. Porter’s body and fired.
Mr. Porter turned and ran out of the
place, Currie firing another shot at him,
which missed. He then turned to
Miss Cummings and placed both pis
te’s close to her breast. She begged
for her ife, saying “Please, sir, don’t.”
Currie also threatened to shoot Mr.
Drew, who came in afterwards, but he
begged for his life also and was spared.
Mr. Barrymore, after being shot, ran
into the back room and up a flight of
stairs. Mr. Po: ter died in loss than an
Mr. Murdock was surprised to hear
that. Currie had not been lynched. He
said that the feeling against him was
very intense in Marshall and that on
the day after the murder the Sheriff did
not dare take him to Court. Currie,
he said, was a desperado who had al
ready killed two men and one woman.
He has been hired by the railroad com
pany to catch train thieves. He was a
large, well-developed man, about forty
years old. The people of Marshall had
been very kind to the friends of the
victims Mr. Murdock said, and the
railroad company had given free pass
age all the way through to New York
for the body and the persons in charge
of it. Currie, he said, had employed
four lawyers to defend him, but the
chances were that he would he lynched
before he had an opportunity to be
tried.
A Arraigns His Son.
Thee was a remarkable scene in
the Cleveland Police Court on Satur
day. A son of Judge Tilde:), a wide
ly known and highly respected law
yer, was arraigned on a charge of
petit larcency. His venerable father,
who has been the honored Judge of
the county for twenty-four years, ap
poared and asked that he might pros
ecute his own son as a matter of du
ty owing to himself and the State.—
then conducted the examination, an 1
at its close said he was satisfied be
yond a doubt that his son was guil
ty, and when he referred to the sad
spectacle of a father prosecuting his
own sown he burst into tears, while
his powerful frame shook widi the \i
olence of his grief. The Police
Judge found tiie boy guilty of steal
ing a coat from a Common I’leas ju
ryman, and then pawning it for mon
ey, but reserved sentence until to
day.—Dayton (Ohio) Journal, .March
17/A.
The length of a pig’s tail led to a
murder in Madison Comity, North Car
olina. Two farmers, named Norton
and Gaither, disputed concerning the
length of the tail of a pig which they
were examining- Norton gave Gaither
the lie, whereupon Gaither told Norton
to get ready for a deadly fight. Both
men drew their revolvers almost simul
taneously Gaither was fatally woun
ded and Norton lost a thumb. The
point as to which of the two men was
right in regard to the length of the
pig’s tail remains undecided.
VOL. 15--NO 4.
Killed by His Twin It rot It or.
Chattanooga Times.
We received intelligence yesterday
of a terrible and sad affair that occur
red between two brothers at Rogers
ville Junction, Grainger county, Ten
nessee. It appears, from i,ur informa
tion, that two twin brothers, named
Light, were in the woods near the Junc
tion hewing wood. In the midst of
their work a dispute arose between
them, when one word brought on an
other, u.itil they finally came to blows
They were bo*h very passionate. One
of the brothers, during the quarrel,
raised his ax as if to strike, thereupon
the other, in a heat of passion, struck
his brother on the head with a heavy
stick, and be expired in a few moments.
After his brother had died, the mur
derer saw what his passion ha l carried
him to, and he is now almost insane.
The mother of the young men, who is
a poor widow, is now at death’s door,
stricken by the sorrow which her sons
have brought over her head. It is a
very sad affair, and is deplored in that
section. The young men were about
‘2l years of age, and wore noted for
their gentlemanly habits and for their
affection to their mother.
Speaking of the great hurricane
which did so much damage at Mi!l
edgeville and destroyed the Oconee
river bridge at that point, the Union
and Recorder says: “In the bridge at
the time the storm struck it there
were two Iwo-hort'o wag. ii , fo :r
mules and four negroeu The wagon
and team of Mi'. James Simpson were
in charge of Sol. Ware and his son,
both colored. The wagon an 1 team
of Mr. J. W. Brake were in charge
of Jerry Shannon and Gas Ray. They
were coming to the city, Simpson’s
wagon in advance Soon after they
entered the bridge, the span nearest
the town and farthest from thorn
went down with a crash. Jerry Shan
non and Gits Ray deserted their wag
on and escaped through the end they
had just entered. Sol Ware and his
son were precipitated into the liver,
with both teams and wagon, a dis
tance of forty feet. Sol. was instant
ly killed. His son escaped most mi
raculously with only a slight scratch.
The news spread like wild-fire over
the city, and though the rain was
pouring in torrents, miny hurried to
1 lie scene of the disaster, and, by her
culean efforts, rescued the mules and
recovered the body of the dead man.
The work of getting tiie mules oat
was difficult. The poor animals were
badly wounded and groaned distress
ingly. Mr. John Arnold was espec
ially useful in their recovery. Two
were badly burl—one-from each team
—the other two but slightly. The
old capitol suffered to the extent of
losing the tops of two chiineneys. A
window sash was blown out in the
Ordinary’s office, and a chimney fall
ing on the roof developed a leak
which required Judge Sanford to
move his books. At the Executive
Mansion a large chinaberry tree was
prostrated which crushed the fence
No damage was done the building.
The new h del escaped without darn
age. When the wind came up the
woikmeu skedaddled. One of them,
a black man, fell into a mortar gap
and came out whitewashed. A large
elm tree at that point was blown
down. Some of the storerooms were
unroofed; and many private residenc
es lo3t as many as half a dozen of
their finest shade trees. Mr. Arnold
had a two-horse wagon blown fr in
the front of his livery stable into a
neighbor’s porch, a distance of sixty
yards. Truly has our good old
county suffered by her many mis
fortunes.”
Had to Pay for the Guano.
Gainesville Eagle: A guano case
was tried in the court one day last
week, and the broadest latitude given
for proving the worthlessness of the fer
tilizer used, but the defendant had sign
ed an iron-clad note, and the verdict
was against him. Men that will buy
guano, and give such notes for them,
may expect to hav® to pay when the
time comes.
A good eol red man once said in a
class-meeting: “Brethren, when I was
a boy f took a hatchet and went into
de woods—When I found a tree that
was straight, big and solid, I didn’t
touch dat tree: but when I found one
leaning a little ati 1 hollow inside, I
soon had him down. So when de di;b
bil goes after Christians, heden't touch
dem dat stand straight and true, bet
dem dat lean a little and are hollow in
side.”
A Long Courtship.
A couple, after a courtship of over
fifteen years, have just been joined in
marriage in Kentucky. The wedding
was to have occurred in 1801, when
the war broke out, but the conflict
which dragged all classes of people into
its whirlpool claimed this lover as well.
IFo took one side, her father the other.
The old man never forgave it. lie
swore that as long as lie lived li is daugh
tor should never marry a rebel. He
kept bis word. One by one his three
sons passed over the river and out of
sight. llis wife, broken-hearted, follow
ed her boys to the grave, and finally
none of the happy household was left
but the patient girl and her stern old
parent. The war gave back her lover
uninjured, but the implacable father
stood between. lie refused his consent
to the marriage, and she would not wed
without it. And so the years rolled
away —au obstinate old man—two loy
al lovers. A year ago be died. Tues
day night last the long delayed marii
age was consummated.— Denver (Col )
J\l’eivs.
The Darkey mid His Taxes.
A poor darkey, whose corn-crib bad
been eaotured by the Sheriff to secure
the payment of bis taxes, brought a
huge army pistol and a broken rifle,
and, laying them upon the desk in the
Tax Collector’s office, said: Mars Mor
gan, I rather pa: t wid my right arm
den dese wepins; but you mus’ try to
get the tax outen ’em. The children
mus’ bab bread, an’ dat bread am in de
•corn. Please, sab, take de artil’ry an*
let up on de corn.” This appeal was
more than the kind hearted revenue
man could stand, and he proceeded
forthwith to “make arrangements.’
Quincy (Fla.) Hr mil.
A pie eating match between two no
toriously voracious men was contested
in St. Louis. One bad a wide mouth,
ponderous jaws, an appetite sharpened
by twenty-four hours of fasting, and
was naturally the favorite before the
start. The other was manifestly a dys
peptic, and his appearance was against
him. Hot apple pies of a uniform size
were used, and the man who ate most
in half an hour was to be the winner.
The favorite led for twenty minutes,
swallowing eight pies in tha; time, and
leaving his competitor a pie and a half
behind, but at that juncture he choked
and was compelled to rest. r l be dys
peptic kept steadily at work, closed the
gap, and then forged ahead. At the
conclusion of the half hour lie was half
through bis thirteenth pie, while the
favorite was in his eleventh.
On last Thursday Mr. James O’Berne
of Eufaula, while out deer hunting on
Cat Point, near Apalachicola, was shot
through the toiy with his own gun. It
is supposed the shooting was acciden
tal. One of his companions near by
hearing the report of the gun followed
by a shriek, went to the spo l , thinking
a deer bad been shot. To his great
horror he found his friend and compan
ion lifeless on the ground, the load of
his gun having passed through his
breast and out at his shoulder. His
remains were taken to Apalachicola,
decently prepared for burial and sent
to his homo in Eufaula, where lie lias
a widowed mother and sisters. It was
truly a sad calamity.— Culhbt.rt Jlp
peal.
Cheap and Good Vinegar.—To
eight gallons of clear rainwater add
three quarts of molas e.s. Turn the
mixture into a clean tight cask, shako
it well two or three times and a Id three
spoonfuls of good yeist, or two yeast
cakes. Place the cask in a warm place,
and in ten or twelve days add a sheet
of coalman brown paper, smeared with
molas ies and torn in narrow strips, and
you will soon have a good vinegar. The
paper is necessary to form the ‘mother,’
or life (>f the vinegar.
“Menny a man,” remarks Josh Bil
lings, ‘ has reached the summit ov fame
and then lookt down into the humble
valley he cum from, and longed to be
back again.”
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