The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-07-26
HOME FOR WHITNEY HORSES.
to Be Moved FROM
Kentucky to New jersey.

| Lexington, KY. July 26.-What con-
stitutes, numbers considered, the most
valuable aggregation of thoroughbred
mares and stations ever gathered 70
gether will in a short time be lost to
/ Kentucky. In another month the
memory of w. c. Whitney's connectioiii
with La Belle stud in this state VIII
pass into history and his son, Harry
Payne Whitney, his. successor as rae
| ing man and a breeder, will essay 10
make Brookdale Farm, in New Jersey
as famous as his late father mace La
Belle Harry Payne Whitney peglns as
breeder of royal pedigreed thorough
bred horses with stud of stations ana
brood mares as carefully selected by his
father as a connoisseur cullS the WORKS
of great masters for his art gallery, OF
an empress selects gems for her casket:
w. c. Whitney was the most nDeraI
buyer of high-priced horses turf history
has yet recorded. The stations ana
rs broodmares, 81 in this country ana
Is in England. he left as a legacy to his
son, cost more than any similar stuo
ever gathered together in the world
Even the familiar Middle Park aggre-
cation in England or the Bitter Root
stud of the late Marcus Daily had at no
time within their paddock "a head OF
horses which represented Such huge
outlay of money as the late w. Z.
Whitney put in the stud with Whlcn
his name is SO glorfously connected; II
ne wanted horse he got MN. me
price asked was to him the smallest
consideration. He frequently to his
agent set a figure, but he always adj
ded, Buy the horse Whitney began
gathering la Belle stud together IN
1896 and 1897. He came in the arena
when thoroughbreds were somewhat on
the decline in price. He proved DUN
in the market, and the present flourish
ing condition of the business owes more
to him than any two or even three otn-
er men, either living or DEAD.
He paid thousands for a horse with
as much unconcern as his predecessors
f<1,.H tho ar11al
pose, and if they failed to make good
he only tried again with even more
careless unloosening of his purse
strings. 1t is questionable II he Woulo
breeding establishment out of Ken
lucky Only six months before his
death he had in mind the purchase OF
blue grass farm, and was ready 10
met his approval He even came TO
Kentucky about seven months before
his death and looked over the situation,
but Woodburn farm in Woodforo coun-
ty, which was not on the market, was
the only place which met with MS ap-
prevail.
1t remains to be seen whether Harry
PAYNE Whitney will make the breeding
Brookdale farm. New Jersey has proven
about the best vantage ground IN the
east for this business, but, of course, 1t |
is far and away behind kentucky. Inc |
late D. D. Withers gave Brookdale |
test. He bred some good |
stake winners, but Laggard was by far
the best horse he ever sent out from |
that stud, and he was not within 20 |
pounds of horse like Hanover when |
the latter was at his best. Under. the !
ownership of the Thompsons some good
race horses first saw the light of day
at Brookdale, but the percentage in re-
suits is very small. Young Whitney /
is we'll aware that he is making an ex-
pertinent at Brookdale.T but in a COM
to a friend here he says his
business will not permit him to go so |
far away from home as Kentucky as |
often as he would like to see his horses,
and he secured Brookdale for their oc-
cupancy where in a few hours any day
he can look over the valuable horses he