RECOLLECTIONS OF MEN AND HORSES 



and the result was a valuable addition to the 

 world's fund of knowledge. As the active spirit of 

 the Orange County Horse and Road Improvement 

 Association, Mr. Harriman has made driving more 

 comfortable than ever before in that great grazing 

 district, and, as the founder of the Orange County 

 Horse Show and the Orange County Hunt, he has 

 contributed immensely to the brightness of life. 



Parkway Farm, the country home of the late John 

 McCarty, is on rising ground facing the Orange 

 County Driving Park, and it is very pleasant to sit 

 in the shade of the trees on a summer morning and 

 see the horses make the circuit. The famous pacer, 

 Joe Patchen, sire of Dan Patch, was owned by Mr. 

 McCarty, and I have frequently seen this great stal- 

 lion jogging to the railway station at Goshen and 

 meet John R. Gentry on the way. The two horses 

 were bitter antagonists for years, and I sometimes 

 wondered what their thoughts were as they con- 

 fronted each other in the shaded streets of a town 

 given over to repose. Mr. McCarty died in October, 

 1905. 



J. Howard Ford, who after the death of Charles 

 Backman became the master of Stony Ford, is keep- 

 ing up the traditions of the grand old place. He 

 made many changes in the mansion, but left the 

 smoking-room as it was, and the little conventions 

 gather around the center table, as in days of yore, 

 and talk horse and settle to their own satisfaction the 

 grave questions which agitate the world. The lead- 



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