Word: jock
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...Jock Whitney's grandfather was William Collins Whitney, a New England lawyer who amassed a fortune in street railways, became Secretary of the Navy under President Cleveland, built up a string of race horses to extend his Wall Street rivalry with James R. Keene...
...Jock Whitney's father was the late (William) Payne Whitney who inherited his fortune from his uncle, Colonel Oliver Hazard Payne of Cleveland, founded the great Greentree Stable, left it to his wife when he died on his tennis court...
...Aintree. Only two U. S. owners-Stephen ("Laddie") Sanford in 1923 with Sergeant Murphy and A. Charles Schwartz in 1926 with Jack Homer-have won Grand Nationals. The owner who has tried hardest to equal their achievement has had the hardest luck. He is John Hay ("Jock") Whitney who has had entries in every Grand National since 1929. Last week he sold one of his candidates for this year's race-a jumper named Slater-to an Englishman. His remaining horse, Dusty Foot, who fell at the third fence last year when he was one of the favorites...
Waiting for the parade to the post this week Jock Whitney will have good reason to have faith in Jockey Bostwick and Dusty Foot. They won one of the most significant tests for the Grand National, the Open Hunters' Steeplechase at Sandown, month ago. Last fortnight they finished second in the National Hunt Steeplechase at Cheltenham (TIME, March 20). But Jock Whitney's excitement as he watches the field, cluttered at the start, narrow off toward Melling Road, will be evidence also of his faith in something even less tangible than Dusty Foot's chances in this...
...Golden Miller, Dorothy Paget's favorite for next fortnight's Grand National Steeplechase at Aintree: the Cheltenham Gold Cup, over three miles and three furlongs; at Cheltenham, England; with Thomond II. owned by Miss Paget's cousin, John Hay ("Jock") Whitney, second. Next day, a Whitney entry in next week's Grand National-Dusty Foot, ridden by George H. ("Pete") Bostwick-ran second to Ego, in Cheltenham's National Hunt Chase...