Goldsmith Maid and the Fastest Trotting Record Told
An illustrated survey traces Goldsmith Maid’s record-breaking feats at Mystic Park and Milwaukee, detailing her progression to 2:14 and beyond, noting rival Dexter and her trainer lineage. The piece also touches on public notices, local anecdotes, and brief items on science, society, and commerce of the era.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Goldsmith
New York
Mysticia
Gialdamith Hark
Boston
Patssiaey
Union
Flora
Ness
Mora Temple
Kalamazoo
Dexter
Robert Bonner
George Alley
John Murphy
Buffalo
Bonner
Goldsmith Maid
Milwaukee
Hambletonian
W.H. Doble
Budd Doble
Mystic Park
California
Sacramento
Rochester
Judge Felkiton
Gesten
Tim
L. N. Smith
Dan Mace
Colic or Bots in Horses and Curative Myths
An 1800s style column argues over horse colic remedies including whisky laudanum and turpentine, detailing three types of colic and suggested treatments, while interspersed notes showcase social anecdotes about ladies, fashion, and provincial curiosities.
Wild Horses of the West Roam Across Prairies
The article notes multitudes of wild horses between the Arkansas and Smoky Will givers living in bands of six to twenty and able to outrun with a man two miles away. Domestic animals like mules also mingle with the wild, and many capture efforts have failed. A Belgian heiress Madame Monacur hoarded dress goods, bonnets, dresses, cloaks, and more, with an estimated sale value near $20,000 after her death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Zurf
Arkansas
Smoky
Tuere
Belgium
Madame Monacur
Characteristics of a good milch cow and city debt figures
A writer describes dairy stock traits universal across breeds highlighting a cow’s chest, digestion, mammary glands and an udder that is soft and elastic. The passage then shifts to report that New York City’s expenditures for the year ending August 1 reached about fifty million dollars, with debt rising significantly in the period.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London Missionary Society
First Congregational Church
San Francisco
Sixtieth Street
Ninth Avenue
New York
Thomas H. Stockton
Methodist Protestant Church
New Jersey
Camden
North
Lewisburg
Ohio
Mt. Moriah
Harlem
Church of the Puritans
New York City
Also Mentioned on This Page
Joan L. Ni
Justice Alde
James Dunn
John Gordon
Glenden King’s Church
Mary S Tomeeres
Trix
St. Paul
St. Paul and Pacific
Johnny
York State
Bill Jones
Elder Berry
Saunders
Sue Saunders
China
Tanbines
Astors
Aer Anderson
Bellefontain
Dray
Cos
Vane Vintee
Crusaders
Buoetron
Mess
Milwaukee Sevfiied
Kansas
James W. Marshall
Chicago
Wm. B. Ogden
Cyrus W. McCormick
Erie Railway
Passaic River
New Orleans
Mauch Chunch
Washington
McKeesport
Pennsylvania
Portland
Connecticut
Richmond
Kentucky
St. Mary’s Protestent Episcopal Church
Soho
London
J.C. Chambers
William Caxton
England
Philadelpia
Tennessee
Andrew Jackson
State Capitol
Nashville
Boston Milk Association
Smmpxey Swine
Canterbury
Besvis Peorkas
Des Moines
Iowa
Scot
Ohio Penitentiary
Henry T. Marshall
Cincinnati
George T.yester
Reformed Episcopal
Peoria Illinois
Judge Gilmore
Supreme Judge
Grant
Numbskall
Dick Yates
Illinois
Colorado
Seba Spicer
Tipton Mo
Jenny
Lincoln
Haven
Brighton
Constantinople
Cafe du Croissant
Uniag
South Pole
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