GOLDSMITH MAID t, 2:14 1953 [1857-1885]


Goldsmith Maid var efter Abdallah 15 som var efter Ald Ab, hon föddes 1857 på John B Deckers farm i Deckertown New Jersey. Hon tävlade oabrutet tills hon var 8 år och sedan såldes hon till Alden Goldsmith i Washingtonville, NY för $650.
Goldsmith tävlade men henne första gången på Goshen 1865 och hon van båda avdelningarna.
Ett syndikat, med bl.a kända kusken Budd Doble, köpte henne för $20,000. 1869 såldes hon till H. N. Smith, en partner till Jay Gould, för $37,000. Fortfarande med kusken Doble, tillsammans skrev dom historia, Det var blev helt otrolig 13 årig karriär. Hon vann 350 heat och 95 av 123 lopp och hon tjänade $364,200 som var ett rekord ända tills 1940. Goldsmith Maid dog 1885 på Smith's Fashion Farm i Trenton, NJ där ett stort monument fortfarande står till hennes minne.

Goldsmith Maid to be honored by Sussex County
Sunday, October 04, 2009 -

Manalapan, NJ --- Goldsmith Maid, the great trotting mare of the 19th century, will be honored at her birthplace in Sussex County on Saturday, Oct. 10, at 2 p.m. with ceremonies in Wantage Township, N.J.

Sussex County Freeholder Glen Vetrano will preside over the unveiling of the plaque, a project of the Sussex County Board of Chosen Freeholders and the Newton Historic Preservation Commission. Vetrano is a Standardbred owner and breeder, and a member of the United States Trotting Association and the Standardbred Breeders & Owners Association of New Jersey.

Since 2000, 30 markers have been placed on historic sites through the Sussex County Historic Marker Program. Goldsmith Maid was born in Sussex County in what was then called Deckertown, N.J.

The inscription on the plaque reads:

Goldsmith Maid
Queen of the Trotters
Here in the Clove in 1857 a filly of Hambletonian lineage was foaled on the farm of John B. Decker. When fully grown, a bay standardbred mare 15 hands, she was bought by Alden Goldsmith of Washington, NY and won her first harness race at Goshen on September 7, 1865. Trained and driven by Budd Doble, Goldsmith Maid won 95 of 121 races from Boston to Sacramento. Best time 2:14 made at Boston in 1874. Estimated earnings $364,200, a record until the 1940s. The Maid won her last race at age 20 and died at Henry N. Smith’s Fashion Stud Farm, Trenton, NJ on September 23, 1885.

The dedication ceremony on Oct. 10 will take place at Kuperus Meadows, 51 Unionville Road-County Route 651 in Wantage Township, N.J.