CHAPTER XXXII 



M'FERRAN, WITHERS, AND WILSON 



GLENVIEW, in the days of J. C. McFerran, was a 

 farm of 88 1 acres within a few miles of Louisville. 

 The land was fertile and well-watered, and the build- 

 ings substantial and commodious. The leading stal- 

 lions were Nutwood, Pancoast, and Cuyler, and 

 among the 100 brood mares were Mary Mambrino 

 by Mambrino Patchen, Lady Abdallah by Alexan- 

 der's Abdallah, Bonny Doon by Aberdeen, and Reina 

 Victoria, dam of Princeton, 2.19!. The latter sold 

 at auction for $7025. Mary Mambrino produced 

 Elvira, four-year-old record 2.i8i (dam of Ponce 

 de Leon, 2.13), and Beatrice, dam of Patron, 2.14^; 

 Prodigal, 2.16, and Patronage, sire of Alix, 2.03!- 

 Algath by Cuyler, out of Haroldine by Harold, 

 trotted to a four-year-old record of 2.23, and Day 

 Dream by Cuyler, out of Lucia by Hambletonian, 

 she out of Trusty by imp. Trustee, trotted to a four- 

 year-old record of 2. 2 if. In 1883 Mr. William 

 Rockefeller tried to buy Day Dream through me. I 

 quote from a letter of Mr. McFerran, November 

 24, 1883: 



" Colonel West wrote me to ask for a friend the 

 lowest price for Day Dream. I replied that I would 

 take $10,000 for her. The truth is I did not want 



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