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Inside the racing world of wealth and glamor at Saratoga
A vivid panorama of horse racing's elite circles as spring unfolds at Saratoga, with owners like Harry Whitney and Joseph Widener, famed sires such as Man o War and Reigh Count, massive investments, auctions, and the high stakes of breeding and betting in American racing culture.
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Harry F
Yne Whitney
Manhattan
Socieyy
Hany Sinclair
Joseph Widener
Walter Coss
Hemme
Payne Whirvy
Sammel Riddle
John D. Hertz
Chicago
H. C. Phipps
Ogden Mills
Colonel Bradley
Robert M. Eastman
Walter J. Salmon
William Woodward
Polatze Farm
Rancocas
Greentree
Marshal Field II
Bowie
Pimlico
Maryland
Jamaica
Belmont
New York
Sterles
Saratoga
NCE
Man O’ War
Man O ° War
Glen Riddle Farm
Pennsylvania
Man of Wat
Crusader
Sam Riddle
Scapalow
Walter Jeffords
Man of War
Mars
Edith Cavell
Florence Nightingale
Blue Grass Belt
Elizabeth Daingerfield
War Eagle
E.B. McLean
Washington
New Orleans
Johan Hertz
Reigh Count
Hertz
Minnetonka
Reigh
John Hertz
Whitney
Harry Sinclair
Earl Sander
Zev
Papyrus
Widener
Harriman
Marshall Fiele
Sam Flildreth
Whitney Farm
Wheatley Stables
Buncan Hill
John*Madden
Earl Sande
Laverne Fator
Johnny Maiden
McAfee
Johnson
Ln’ Grove