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3 unusual facts about Harry Payne Whitney


Foshalee Plantation

Between the late 1910s and early 1920s, Hutchinson sold Foshalee to Harry Payne Whitney, United States Secretary of the Navy under Grover Cleveland, a yachtsman, and horse breeder.

Morvich

Instead, his handlers sent him to New York to compete in the Carlton Stakes, where racing fans at Aqueduct Racetrack watched as Harry Payne Whitney's colt Whiskaway handed Morvich his first defeat.

Whisk Broom II

Harry Payne Whitney, who had purchased Whisk Broom, sent the colt to England to be trained by the American Jack Joyner.



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