132 THE PORTRAIT GALLERY 
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 Puitip Brest BREWERY to the Passt BREwinc Co., electing 
CapT. Papst president. From this position Capt. Past 
branched out in several lines, being made president of the Wis- 
consin National Bank, and 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, and 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. 
