E. H. HARRIMAN AND OTHER BREEDERS 



robust. Mrs. Harriman enjoyed these exhibitions 

 of speed, and it was largely owing to her influence 

 that Mr. Harriman kept up his breeding establish- 

 ment. For Stamboul Mr. Harriman paid $41,000, 

 and he did not regret the transaction, albeit the 

 American Trotting Register Association rejected the 

 record of 2.07^. The race-horse quality of Stam- 

 boul was demonstrated by his victory in the Grand 

 National Stallion Stakes, $20,000, at Bay District 

 Track, San Francisco, October 20, 1888. The stal- 

 lion was driven by Orrin A. Hickok, and he won 

 in 2.17, 2.175, 2.17, after losing the first heat to 

 Woodnut by Nutwood in 2.17. The third competitor 

 was Antevolo. In the language of one of the chron- 

 iclers of the event, " There was not a speck in the 

 blue sky, which always paled the deep tone of the 

 ocean. The afternoon breezes were zephyrs such 

 as the weather-worn inhabitants of the East only 

 dream of." After his transfer to Arden Farms, 

 Stamboul was a blue-ribbon winner at the horse 

 shows, and, when he died, he was buried in the pretty 

 infield of the Goshen track. John R. Gentry, the 

 handsome pacing stallion, is one of the pets of Mr. 

 Harriman, who has frequently driven him on the 

 road. When John R. Gentry in 1896 defeated Joe 

 Patchen at Springfield, 111., Mr. Harriman was one 

 of the 60,000 spectators, and displayed the enthu- 

 siasm of youth. In the summer of 1899 Mr. Harri- 

 man went with the scientific expedition to Alaskan 

 waters, the expenses of which expedition he paid, 



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