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were they, however, that one year later, the annual capacity of 

 the brewery passed the 500,000 barrel mark, and the stockhold- 

 ers of the company by unanimous vote changed the name from 

 the Philip Best Brewery to the Pabst Brewing Co., electing 

 Capt. Pabst president. From this position Capt. Pabst 

 branched out in several lines, being made president of the Wis- 

 consin National Bank, an4 a director of the Milwaukee Mechan- 

 ic's Insurance Co. 



About 1870 he purchased a farm of 200 acres near the village 

 of Wauwatosa, three miles west of Milwaukee. Here he indulged 

 himself to the limit in his love for livestock, agriculture and 

 outdoor life. Many of the horses used at the Brewery were 

 bred and raised on the farm, and he made several large impor- 

 tations of Percheron breeding stock from France. His first 

 importation was made in 1884 and he entered the showring 

 immediately to become a most successful breeder and competi- 

 tor. He was immeasurably fond of his trotting and saddle 

 horses, and he drove and rode considerably, both at his farm 

 and in Milwaukee. 



Capt. Pabst was a man of spontaneous generosity, filled with 

 civic pride and a helpful interest in public affairs. In 1889 

 the G. A. R. held its annual reunion at Milwaukee, an-d rather 

 than permit the veterans to pay any admission to the Lake Front 

 grandstand, in order to view the mock naval battle there staged, 

 he subscribed an enormous sum of money, above $10,000, rather 

 than see even one old soldier pay a penny admission. His death 

 occurred in 1907. 



