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stable. One morning the two young men were at 

 the track watching the horses and in order to get 

 them interested he offered them a half interest in 

 Irish Pat for $15,000. They said that they would 

 think of it and went off to Newport. 



Madden told W. C. Whitney what he had done. A 

 few days later he asked him if the boys had ac- 

 cepted his offer. When told that they were still 

 thinking, W. C. Whitney said "Wire them that the 

 half interest in Irish Pat has gone up to $18,000 as 

 neither of them will buy except in a rising market." 

 Madden did and Harry Payne Whitney and Herman 

 Duryea accepted the offer. Later on Madden re- 

 marked "I received $35,000 for my half of Irish 

 Pat's winnings and they purchased the balance of the 

 colt." 



In 1929 Harry Payne Whitney was the leading 

 winner on the American turf and the master of 

 Hamburg Place who started him on his trip to the 

 top passed to his rest. 



PETER VOLO 



A great race horse that breeds true cannot fail 

 in the stud. This is proved by Peter Volo. He was the 

 one, two, three and four-year-old champion of his 

 day. He also won all of his futurity engagements and 

 retired sound with a race record of 2:02. To this can 

 be added the fact that his perfectly balanced in- 

 heritance warranted the turf honors that were placed 

 to his credit. 



