The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1903-06-19

Called To The Head Of One of The Great
est Horse Marts in The World

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Jacob w. Patterson, one of the lead.
ing hOrsemen of the Blue Grass Region.
and member of the firm of HARRISON
Jewell q Patterson, owners of the Lex
ingtOn Tattersalls establishment. has
been elected general manager of the
John A. Miller Feed and Sale Stables at
Atlanta, the greatest horse and mule
mart in the South and one of the largest
in the world.
The selection of Mr.. Patterson grew
out OF the recent death of Captain John
A. Miller, founder of the enterprise.
who was it's President and General
Manager. The stockholders held a
meeting In Atlanta on Tuesday and
reorganized by electing George M.
Brown president and treasurer; J. Hall
Miller, son of the late Captain Miller.
secretary, and Mr.. Patterson, general
manager. The Constitution of Wednes-
day publishes fine portrait of Mr.. Pat
terson and In connection with its report
OF the reorganization says:
'Mr. Patterson is widely known as an
expert In the horse and mule market
and his addition to the list of officers of
the Miller Company is an important
one. He will move to Atlanta with his
family and take active charge of the
office which he is to fill. The Miller
Companyfis one of the most extensive
dealers in the country and their stables
in Atlanta are among the largest in the
world. The concern was established hv
the late Captain John A. Miller. and
was under his direct management mn to
the time of his death. The firm viii
retain his name.''
MT. PATTERSON will enter upon his
duties at once, although he will not
remove MS family to Atlanta until next
IaH. he Will continue his interest in
Iattersalls at Lexington, but will devote
practically all of his time to the big
Atlanta enterprise. Mr.. Patterson has
made his headquarters at the Miller
stables for years, and the business and
personal lntimacies thus formed led to
MS selection as the successor of the late
Captain Miller.
The Miller stables have a capacity for
5000 ANIMALS at one time and the COM
pany handled 47,G00 horses and mules
last year. Mr.. Patterson's selection for
the management of such a gigantic
enterprise is splendid testimonial to
his standing in the horse world and as q
wide awake business man. Rev. DIR. E..
.. Guerrant has favored the Lexington
Leader with few lines of tribute to
Mr.. Patterson, as follows:
JAKE PATTERSON.
eft is gratifying to his many friends
(who are numbered by his acuuaint-
ances) that Mr.. Patterson has been
chosen to manage that great Southern
mart OF horsemen at Atlanta, the John
A. Miller Stables. It is the largest
establishment of its kind in the South,
and its administration requires a rare
combination of common sense. executive
ability and stainless character. It is
not too much to say that Jake Patter-
son stands for all of these.
"The writer has known him from a
boy, and Tnew his parents before him.
There is virtne in pedigree of men as
we'll as horses. Jake Patterson has the
pedigree of a true, good man. and a
horseman as WELL There isn't q better
woman in Kentucky than his mother.
and his father was an honest, true man.
an old Kentucky farmer and horseman
in the best sense.
"Those who know Jake Patterson do
not wonder at his remarkable success.
With Asa H. Jewell and Shelby T. Har-
bison, his worthy partners, he has built
up the great Tattersalls establishment
at Lexington, the leading mart for high
class horses in the State.
"Ihe Atlanta concern have shown
their wisdom in selecting him to manage
that large establishment. We congrat-
ulate them and the civ and the Sonth
on their choice.
His removal will be a serious loss to
the best interests of Lexington, but an
equal gain to those Of Atlanta. We all
regret his departure. with mis- charming
family, and bespeak for them the royal
welcome they deserve from the good
people of Atlanta"