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...their master was dead (TIME, Nov. 3) and it seemed possible that the Whitney colors, Eton blue and brown, made notable more than 50 years ago by grandfather William Collins Whitney, might disappear from the turf. Everything depended on what Mr. Whitney's son and heir, Cornelius Vanderbilt ("Sonny") Whitney would do. Two days after his father's death he had suggested that he might keep the stable going. Last week came his formal announcement-an application to the Jockey Club for permission to race under his father's colors. Said Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney: "I intend...
...Puritan line, he inherited a large part of the fortune* founded by his father, William Collins Whitney, Secretary of the Navy under President Cleveland organizer of the Metropolitan Street Railway System (New York) and other traction and rail corporations. In 1890 he married Gertrude, sculptress daughter of the second Cornelius Vanderbilt. His children: Cornelius Vanderbilt ("Sonny ) Whitney, Mrs. Flora Payne (G . MacCullough) Miller, Mrs. Barbara (Barklie McKee) Henry. Among corporations of which he was a director were Mammoth Oil Co., Sinclair Oil Co., Guaranty Trust Co, New York Transportation Co. In 1909 he organized the first international polo team...
Records. Frank Francis Frisch, Cardinal second baseman: in six world series, 45 hits. Charles James ("Chick") Hafey, Cardinal left fielder: in one series, five two-base hits. Cornelius ("Connie Mack") McGillicuddy: five world championships...
Club Members of New York for 1930-31, out last week, revealed that Harry Payne Whitney had dropped four clubs (St. Nicholas, Piping Rock, Jockey, Creek) since last year, joined two (Brook & Yale), leaving Brig. Gen. Cornelius Vanderbilt III undisputed No. 1 New York clubman with 16 memberships- Racquet & Tennis, Union, N. Y. Yacht, Union League, Century, Tuxedo, Brook, Metropolitan, Piping Rock, Turf & Field. Engineers, Seawanhaka-Corinthian Yacht. Automobile Club of America, Yale, Sleepy Hollow, Knickerbocker...
...During the funeral of William Cornelius Van Home, second president of Canadian Pacific Railway, most outstanding of its builders, every wheel in the vast CPR system was stopped...