RECOLLECTIONS OF MEN AND HORSES 



vember i, 1886, is before me, and it informs the 

 public that Parkville Farm is on Ocean Parkway, 

 one and one-half miles from Prospect Park, L. I. 

 The pamphlet also promulgates the doctrine that 

 " the best bred, most successful, and most fashionable 

 stallions, even if high priced, are the cheapest to use, 

 because the most profitable." " Those who can afford 

 nothing better than a very indifferent brood mare 

 and an untried stallion to mate with her, should not 

 breed at all, or should not have any hopes of suc- 

 cess." Pancoast had plenty of visitors in 1887, and, 

 if fortune had been kind to him, he probably would 

 have repaid Mr. Shults for his generous outlay. 

 But he was struck by lightning, which impaired his 

 usefulness, and soon after passed from the shelter of 

 Parkville stables. Cuyler was also sold, and Stran- 

 ger by General Washington (son of General Knox 

 and Lady Thorn), dam Goldsmith Maid, 2.14, was 

 purchased to head the stallion list. Mr. Shults de- 

 veloped a great passion for public sales, and often 

 was the main stay of the market. He bought with 

 the utmost liberality, kept the animals for a few 

 months, and generally sold them at a loss. He made 

 a study of producing lines, and added to his brood- 

 mare band all the mothers of trotters, descended 

 from the mothers of trotters, that he could buy. His 

 collection of performers and producers was famous, 

 and yet Mr. Shults was a long time in producing 

 track winners, although he employed the best train- 

 ers. The real silver lining to his cloud came when 



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