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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Harry Payne Whitney's group to commemorate the landing of U. S. troops at St. Nazaire was there-an eagle with 35 feet of tensile wingspread alighting on French soil with a virile young idealist on his back. One marveled at the power this slight Mrs. Whitney can put forth...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: Salon de Printemps | 6/14/1926 | See Source »

...Junior crew left the boathouse after the University eight returned. As usual Harry Payne Whitney has placed his yacht Captiva, which is anchored off Gales Ferry, at the disposal of the crews during the entire training period. Today, because of the absence of the Yale coaching launches, two launches from the Captiva were used instead...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: COAST GUARD FAILS TO STOP UNIVERSITY CREWS | 6/8/1926 | See Source »

...Houser is a great little man. He is one of the three wonderful small men, and by small men I mean less than 190 pounds, who have made history in the I. C. A. A. A. A. shot putting competition. The others are Beattle of Columbia and B. F. Whitney of Dartmouth, whose places carried them to the crest before...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Farrell Discourses Upon Shot Putting--Its History and Its Performers | 5/27/1926 | See Source »

...Horner, Michigan 46 7 1-8 1912--Beattie, Columbia 48 10 3-4 1924--Hartranft, Stanford 49 5 7-8 1925--Hills, Princeton 49 9 5-8 Other Winning Marks Over 46 Feet 1909--Little, Harvard 46 2 1910--Horner, Michigan 46 4 1-2 1913--Whitney, Dartmouth 47 2 5-8 1914--Beattie, Columbia 48 4 1915--Whitney, Dartmouth 47 4 7 8 1916--Liversedge, Calif. 46 2 1-2 1922--Hartranft, Stanford 48 6 1-8 1923--Hills, Princeton...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Farrell Discourses Upon Shot Putting--Its History and Its Performers | 5/27/1926 | See Source »

...owner; C. Frank Croissant, Florida real estate operator; Mrs. George B. Cox, shrewd wife of a shrewd Ohio politician; and best known of all, a gentleman who peered through his racing-glasses while nearby touts peered at him, recognizing his florid, dignified countenance as that of Financier Harry Payne Whitney, owner of Blondin, whose stable and whose sportsmanship are famous on every track...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: In Louisville | 5/24/1926 | See Source »

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