MARSHLAND AND SHULTSHURST 



Price by Arthurton, Vixen by Nutwood, and Mabel 

 L. by Victor. 



J. C. McFerran, the founder of Glenview Stock 

 Farm, died in October, 1885, and this led to one of 

 the greatest dispersal sales ever held in the country. 

 The stallions and brood mares had been selected 

 with great care, and, on the day of the auction in 

 October, 1886, there were present men of promi- 

 nence from all parts of the land. One of the bid- 

 ders was a quiet, observing man, not very well known 

 to the majority, but his bull-dog propensity to hang 

 on when he started for something that he really 

 wanted soon made him the observed of all. He paid 

 $4000 for Cuyler, son of Rysdyk's Hambletonian 

 and Grey Rose by Harris's Hambletonian, and se- 

 cured Pancoast for $28,000, the largest sum up to 

 that time ever paid at public vendue for a trotting 

 stallion. The following morning the name of John 

 H. Shults was made known to millions of readers of 

 the daily journals. Pancoast had a record of 2. 2 if, 

 was eleven years old, and was the sire of the great 

 three-year-old, Patron, 2.19^ His sire, Woodford 

 Mambrino, had been lauded in print by General 

 Benj. F. Tracy, and his dam, Bicara, was by Harold, 

 sire of Maud S., and the second dam, Belle by Mam- 

 brino Chief, was the dam of Belmont, sire of Nut- 

 wood. It was a rare combination of blood, and Mr. 

 Shults felt that, in laying the foundations of Parkville 

 Farm, he had obtained the best stallion in the mar- 

 ket. The thin pamphlet issued by Mr. Shults, No- 



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