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widely known. One little incident is told of him that comes 

 to my mind in this connection. It is said that a friend met 

 him in New York and said : 



" Mr. Travers, why is it that you stutter so much more 

 here in New York than you did in Lexington, Ky. ? " 



<c Bi-g-g-e-rt-t-to-w-n, " stammered Bill, as he was fa- 

 miliarly known. 



He formerly owned some fine horses with John Hunter, 

 of Hunter's Point, and gave a bonus to the great Travers 

 Stakes at Saratoga. 



Gov. Odin Bowie, of Maryland, owned Catesby, Abdul 

 Kadir, Viley, Australine and My Maryland. He was a man 

 of universal popularity and was elected Governor of the 

 State two terms. 



Frank Hall, of Maryland, was an ardent admirer of the 

 horse and turf and bred many celebrated horses. His 

 father was a turfman and he came of a noted race of turf- 

 men, all of whom were noted for their sagacity in the train- 

 ing and handling of horses. 



Wyndham Walden was a celebrity of Maryland as a 

 trainer and became noted as a breeder. He was a son of 

 George Walden, whose brother John rode Eclipse the first 

 heat in the famous race with Henry. The horses he trained 

 won in stakes and purses more than $1,000,000. He also 

 owned Bowling Brook farm, in Maryland. 



George Lorillard was one of the most popular owners 

 in the State of New York. Everybody loved him in the 

 South and West. He was a big-hearted gentleman. He 

 owned Sensation, Ferida, Aella and quite a number of others 

 equally distinguished. Sensation was correctly named, for 

 he never was beaten. His brother Pierre was one of the 

 most enterprising and active turfmen of any age of the 

 American turf. Lord Beresford was his partner in England, 

 and no man who ever went to England was so popular with 

 the British. It was he who took the great Parole, Iroquois 

 and others to the land on which the sun is never said to set. 

 They won all the great stakes and Iroquois won the St. 

 Leger and Derby. Parole distinguished himself by winning 

 the Metropolitan Handicap, beating Isonomy and other 

 noted horses. 



