Mert, Members of the Whitney family, including Harry Payne Whitney, Mrs. Payne Whitney, Mr. and Mrs.. John Hay Whitney, and Mr. and Mrs. Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney, have been met in the winner's circle by such horses as two-time Horse of the Year Equipose, Handicap Triple Crown winner Whisk Broom II, the Kentucky Derby winners Regret and Whiskery, the champions Counterpoint, Burgomaster, and Mother Goose, and Citation's champion daughter Silver Spoon. When William Collins Whitney, founder of the Whitney family fortune, President Cleveland's Sectretary of the Navy, and breeder of twenty-six stakes winners, died in February of 1904, his stable was leased to Herman B. Duryea. Among the horses in the Whitney stable was Artful, a two-year-old daughter of Hamburg, the 1898 Horse of the Year for whom John E. Madden named his great breeding farm Hamburg Place. I believe what was left after W. C. Whitney died is now owned by Gainesway Farm. It was once divided up with the round stallion barn going to CV Whitney and Mrs. Whitney keeping the house. When she died in 197? or 198? the house and surrounding property was put up for sale. When CV Whitney died in the 198? Gainesway bought up all the property. Sorry, I don't know exact when the Whitney's came to Kentucky. I know they were prominent horsemen in the Saratoga, New York area before they built/bought the farm near Lexington. The family can be found in the archives at: http://www.whitneygen.org/archives/biography/williamc.html Sincerely, Laurie Whitney Skillern Cabot, Arkansas -----Original Message----- From: Mert Marley <mertmarley@hotmail.com> To: WHITNEY-L@rootsweb.com <WHITNEY-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Saturday, May 05, 2001 5:34 AM Subject: [WHITNEY-L] Whitney Horse Farm >To All, > >Does anyone know of the WHITNEY's horse farm near the Bourbon Co/Fayette Co. >line in Kentucky? > >There are models of some of the buildings of this place in The Kentucky >Derby Museum. > >Does anyone know when the WITNEYs came to Kentucky? > >Mert Marley >Louisville, KY >Home of The Kentucky Derby >_________________________________________________________________ >Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com > >