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Trotter Trainer Pursues Dream For Half Century
Harry Whitney, born 1891 in Southampton Long Island, pursued a life as a harness trainer and driver for over fifty years. He trained standardbreds with Dunbar Bostwick in Aiken and drove top trotters like Nibble Hanover and Miss Thelma, earning fame on the Grand Circuit before retiring to Aiken with Ida.
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Harry Whitney
Whitney
Southhampton
Long Island
New York
Harry
Mineola
Danbury, Conn
Camp Upton
L. I
Whitneys
George Benham
Cedarhurst
S.1l
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Benham
Madison Square Garden
Ida
Dunbar Bostwick
Bostwick Brothers
Aiken
Bostwick
Bostwick - Whitney
Jefferson Aiken Mile
Bostwick-Whitney
United States
California
Audubon Avenue
Brookdale
Speed King
Darnley
Nibble Hanover
Nibble
Lexington
Henry H. Knight
Almahurst
Hanover Shoe Farm
Kentucky
Miss Thelma
Cannon Ball
N.Y
Reinsman
Milwaukee
Duquoin
Ill
Delaware
Ohio
Reading
Kuno
Chris Spencer
Kite
Old Orchard Beach
Goldsmith Maid
Calumet Chuck
Justissima
D.W. Bostwick
Ogden
Dunbar
South Boundary
S.E
Illinois
Dwight Green
Bostwick-Whitney Stables