The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1914-09-18
JAMES B. HACCIN
dead AT Ace OF "a.
Richest KentuCkian Passes Away al
Newport, R. |.

Newport, X, l.. Sept l2.-1amcs =.
Haggin, noted hnancier and horscman,
passed away this evening, He was
about % years old,
True TO his Kentucky origin born,
ms he was, NJ Hhrrodsburg, Ky, James
Il. IInggin became the greatest owner
OF thoroughbred race horses In the
world.
One story Of his parentage relates
that his fathersa native Of Kentucky,
married Turkish woman who had
embraced the Christian faith and had
| He'd from her native land 10 escape
\ persecution. Her surname was Ben
Ben All, aud this became Incorporated
| into the name OF the son. James Ben
All Haggin
Haggin went 20 California with the
gold seekers IN 1919, but instead OF
! digging gold he began the practice OF
inv with bis brother.in- n-law, Lloyd
Trevis. The first demonstration of
| wealth came when they purchased
mammoth ranch eight miles from Sac
ramcnto.
He turned 10 mining In association
lwith Marcus DAILY and Senator Hearst
lu remarkable trio Of mining experts
none OF which had the benefits OF n
technical mining education, liaggiu
lrapidly became rich Their operations
extended from Alaska TO Chile. Hag-
gin has owned or controlled more than
La hundred mines His interest In the
famous Anaconda sold for Se0OO.O0O
i Another mine. Ia South America, was
go rich that he built railroad 81
I .L. .HV -
carry its ore 10 market
lie became, in association with w
ID. Carr. a great land owner and farm
or. His ranch In Kern county can
fornia, was nearly NJ large as the stnt'
OF Rhode Island It was Hnggin ant
Carr who established the right OF irri
CATION In California. carrying the lesa
battle through every court IN the stat'
and out into the political field unti
they had established the legal right o
the farmer to the water In the river
and lakes without this right san
JOAQUIN Valley and Southern Califor
mia would at best be grazing lan'
and the great cities now standing ther
would be but visionary dreams
Y For n time Haggiu raised the mrg
est crop OF hops in America on hi
California farm and owned the larges
iiocks OF sheep on the Pacific coast
lie began as a horse breeder In lSS
on modest scale, on the Calliornll
ranch which later became famous a
the Rancho del Paso and the breeding
place OF the famous race horse saliva
/, tor.
AS his California horse farm grew
, Haggin turned back to his nativ
! state Kentucky and the blue grass sec
ton. Here he brought the Elmendor
breeding farm Increasing the holding
. unfit 1912, when he held 10000 acre
7 and was noted as the largest individ
!, ual land owner in the state lie wa
: said TO have owned three times a
: many thoroughbred race horses as an
!, other man. Three OF them, SalVato'
; Miss Woodford and Firenze, earne
!. more than s350,000 In racing prizes
"a man can't afford to be bossed b
his pleasures" said Haggin at abou
!, the time he gave up horse breedin
and turned his Kentucky estate into
tobacco farm, raising 100000 pounds
tobacco year "That is worse tina
being bossed by your business.
He mornlized on horse breeding O
an industry:
1T Is fascinating occupation, an
there is a lot OF sentiment in it--moT
thar in railways and copper mines
:. but IL you go in for horses, you WI
find you cannot do much else properly
e. and have not enjoyed serving wv
d masters. tits a dangerous Occupation
: too; for II fosters the worst habit
the American people, mean the hab
h OF gambling, which begins In the ms
: jority OF cases In race track tips
3. Mr.. Haggin's fortune has been val
n iously estimated between sbo,ooo,o'
and ,siOo,ooO,ooo.