The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-06-07
SOME BIG BREEDING
FARMS IN KENTUCKY
New Workers of Enormous
Wealth Raising Horses.
LEXINGTON Is THE CENTER
Horsemen Control 1900 Acres in Blue
Grass District, On Which 1000 AMI
mails Graze-Business Grows.
aggregate Wealth of
Tart MillionaireS.

Total. .125. 0oo. 900
Above is a table which tells the secret
for the first time of the thrift of the
blooded horses in Kentucky. Within the
bounds of Fayette county in the last
eight years breeding establishments have
been founded backed by these seven
multi millionaires, whose aggregate
wealth reaches the enormous total of
s125. 900. 0oO.
w. c. Whitneys La Belle and A. Bel
mont's Nursery studs are located on
leased lands. but the Elmendorf Of J. B.
Haggin. the Castleton OF J. r. Keene.
the Walnut Hall of L. " Hardness, the
Patchen Wilkes of W. E. D. Stokes and
the Senorita Farm of S. s. Brown. all be-
long to these wealthy owners, who to-
day control $500 acres of bluegrass land
in the very Heart OF Kentucky. and all
located within a radius of seven miles
of this city. Ten years ago A. j. Alex
ander, now deceased, was the only mil
lionaire breeder OF blooded stock in Ken
lucky. but his WOODBURY. establishment
was located in the border county of
Woodford
]. r. Keene the Pioneer.
OF these owners J. R. Keene is the
pioneer in the business. as this is his
second venture in the breeding bust
ness here. Haggin. Stokes, Belmont,
Hardness. and Whitney followed, Brown
being the last to come in, his purchase
of Senorita Farm being effected last
year.
The large investments of this Eastern
capital here have made it almost impos-
sibie to buy a farm near this city of
/ any size for any reasonable amount
These investments in landed estates
have made the financial interests of Lex
ington prosperous in every way. The
banks are strengthened because the
money of Haggin, Keene. Whitney. Bel
mont, Hardness, Stokes and Brown passes
through them, and the merchants pros
per because the hundreds OF hands en-
ployed by these millionaires trade daily
with them.
Unlike other cities, Greater Lexington
owes her growth, not to railroads and
manufactures, but to her blooded horse
interests, which are so perfect and fault
less of pedigree that Judge Hines TO
win Kentucky Derby and Gunfire to
land Metropolitan Handicap or a
Broomstick to win a Juvenile are al
ways to be found here.
For thirty years Lexington stood still.
and seemed but destined TO remain the
same in size as it was in the days fol-
/ lowing the civil war. but at last the fact
| became known that horses that nibbled
| the bluegrass and drank the limestone
water of Fayette county were the equal,
II not the superior, of all members of
| the equine race. and so millionaire pa
irons of the running and trotting turf
sought the bluegrass lands of Kentucky
| TO raise racers to carry their colors to
the front wherever they contested.
Own 1000 Blooded Horses.
These muIti-millionaires own on these
farms upward Of 1000 blooded horses.
The establishments owned by Hardness
and Stokes are devoted 10 the trotter
but at the other farms the thorough
breds rule supreme. One-third of all
the horses registered in the American
Stud Book are now quartered within the
| bounds of this county, and today ut
these establishments can be seen the
greatest aggregation of horses in he
world.
At La Belle alone w. c. Whitney has
eight horses that stand his bank &C
count s23s, 900. they being Hamburg, $780,
900; imp. Meddler. $500; Endurance
by Right. $4,000; Yankee, $50, 600; Blue
Girl, s30, 600; Kilmarnock. 5000; BalIy-
hoo Bey, s12,500. and imp. Lissak. 81 500.
]. B. Haggin has at Elmendorf such ex-
rensive pets as Nasturtium, $50. 000
! Ben Holiday. $4,000; Kinley Mack,
1000, and imp. Order. $4,000. Keene
gave $25. 900 each for Kingston and Ben
Brush, and Commando. Disguise ana
imp Voter. all bred at Castletou could
not be bought today for $50. 900 apiece.
The value of Hastings, A. Beimont's
great horse has been reckoned at $780,
0Ja and for his companion in The stud
| the Suburban winner Henry of Navarro.
he gave $780, 900 Hardness would not
| take SIS, 900 for Moko. and at Patcten
Wilkes and Senorita Studs there are
horses that money could not buy.