HARRISON DURKE AND RICHARD WEST 



thusiasm. She passed from Edge Hill into the stable 

 of Robert Bonner, and became a brood mare at the 

 Tarrytown Farm. Mr. Bonner drove her to wagon 

 on his track in 2.15^, and his youngest son, Fred- 

 erick Bonner, drove her a half mile to top wagon at 

 Fleetwood Park in 1.05 two very remarkable per- 

 formances. Governor Leland Stanford was anxious 

 at one time to secure Lucy Cuyler for breeding pur- 

 poses at Palo Alto, and he asked me to strike up 

 a trade for her with Mr. Bonner. I did the best I 

 could, but was met with the firm reply that the mare 

 was not for sale. 



The third one to arouse attention at Edge 

 Hill was Director, foaled in 1877, and by Dic- 

 tator, out of Dolly. In October, 1880, this black 

 horse trotted at Louisville to a record of 2.30, 

 and then was taken to California by John W. Con- 

 ley. As a four-year-old there was talk of matching 

 him against the fast three-year-old mare, Sweetheart, 

 owned by J. W. Mackay, for $10,000 a side, but, 

 after a great deal of newspaper controversy, the 

 match fell through. In the summer of 1883 Di- 

 rector came East in the stable of John A. Goldsmith, 

 and was one of the stars of the Grand Circuit, de- 

 feating such horses as Wilson, Tony Newell, Over- 

 man, Clemmie G., and Fanny Witherspoon. Two 

 other sons of Director were circuit stars that sum- 

 mer Jay-eye-see and Phallas. 



Mr. Durkee was one of the first breeders to em- 

 phasize the importance of producing mares in the 

 stud. The dams of Lula, May Queen, Ros.alind, 



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