CHAPTER XIX 



CUYLER, EGBERT, JAY GOULD, EDWARD EVERETT, AND 

 OTHER MEMBERS OF THE HAMBLETONIAN TRIBE 



In the first catalogue of Stony Ford, Gray 

 Rose, a gray mare of 15.2 by Bishop's Hamble- 

 tonian, appeared among the brood mares. She 

 was bred to Rysdyk's Hambletonian and pro- 

 duced, May 13, 1868, a bay colt named Cuyler. 

 He was but a few days younger than Electioneer, 

 and the two grew up side by side. At maturity 

 he stood 15.3 and was a horse of range, quality, 

 and good temper. When he was four years old 

 Mr. James C. McFerran bought him from Mr. 

 Backman, choosing him over Electioneer. At 

 Glenview Farm, the famous breeding establish- 

 ment near Louisville, Kentucky, he made a repu- 

 tation, but in October, 1886, after the death of 

 Mr. McFerran, was sold under the hammer to 

 John H. Shults of New York. He died at Des 

 Moines, Iowa, May 31, 1894. Elvira, 2.i8-|; 

 Day Dream, 2.2 if; and Algath, 2.23, attracted 



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