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  Harry Payne Whitney - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Harry Payne Whitney (April 29, 1872 - October 26, 1930) was a businessman, thoroughbred horsebreeder, and member of the prominent Whitney family.
Harry Payne Whitney was sent to study at Groton School in Groton, Massachusetts then attended Yale University, graduating with a law degree in 1894.
A philanthropist, in 1920 H. Whitney financed the Whitney Expedition of the American Museum of Natural History, Rollo Beck's major zoological expedition that sent teams of scientists and naturalists to undertake botanical research and to study the bird population of several thousand islands in the Pacific Ocean.
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 Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
She was the eldest surviving daughter of Cornelius Vanderbilt II (1843-1899) and Alice Claypoole Gwynne (1852-1934) and a great-granddaughter of Commodore Cornelius Vanderbilt.
A banker and investor, Whitney was the son of William C. Whitney and his mother was the daughter of a Standard Oil Company magnate.
Gertrude Whitney died in 1942 and was interred next to her husband in Woodlawn Cemetery, the Bronx, New York.
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 Harry Payne Whitney - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
He married Gertrude Vanderbilt with whom he had three children: Flora Payne Whitney, Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney (a founder of Pan American Airways) and Barbara Whitney.
Whitney won the Kentucky Derby for the second time in 1927 with the colt, Whiskery.
Whitney's colt, Burgomaster, won the Belmont Stakes and also received Horse of the Year honors.
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 Artful: 1904 Futurity Winner   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney, have been met in the winner's circle by such horses as two-time Horse of the Year Equipose, Handicap Triple Crown winner Whisk Broom II, the Kentucky Derby winners Regret and Whiskery, the champions Counterpoint, Burgomaster, and Mother Goose, and Citation's champion daughter Silver Spoon.
When William Collins Whitney, founder of the Whitney family fortune, President Cleveland's Sectretary of the Navy, and breeder of twenty-six stakes winners, died in February of 1904, his stable was leased to Herman B. Duryea.
Harry Payne Whitney paid $10,000 for the champion filly bred by his father.
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 Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
A banker and investor, Whitney was the son of (Click link for more info and facts about William C. Whitney) William C. Whitney and his mother was the daughter of a (Click link for more info and facts about Standard Oil) Standard Oil Company magnate.
Gertrude Whitney sculpted the (Italian navigator who discovered the New World in the service of Spain while looking for a route to China (1451-1506)) Christopher Columbus memorial lighthouse in (Click link for more info and facts about Palos) Palos, (A parliamentary monarchy in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula; a former colonial power) Spain.
Gertrude Whitney died in 1942 and was interred next to her husband in (Click link for more info and facts about Woodlawn Cemetery) Woodlawn Cemetery, the (A borough of New York City) Bronx, (A Mid-Atlantic state; one of the original 13 colonies) New York.
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 history of Harry Payne Bingham in esop05   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Oliver left his Thomasville, Georgia property, $2,000.000 and a large share of the Payne estate to Payne Whitney (who dropped the Harry), about whom much is written, since he continued his father's love of race horses to become the most prominent race horse owner of his time.
Harry Payne Bingham was born 9 December 1887 to Charles William Bingham (b 22 May 1846 in Cleveland; d 1 Mar 1929 in Cleveland) and Mary Payne, Oliver's younger sister.
Harry Bingham's oldest son Harry Payne Bingham Jr, was born 3 December 19112.
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 payne whitney house   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
PAYNE WHITNEY, B.A., LL.B., of New York City, capitalist, philanthropist, was born in New York City 20 March 1876, the son of William Collins and Flora (Payne) Whitney, and died at Greetree, his country place at Manhasset, Long Island, N. May 1927.
His mother, Flora (Payne) Whitney, was born in 1848 and died 5 February 1893, the daughter of Henry B. Payne, 1810-1896, of Cleveland, Ohio, (Hamilton College, 1832), lawyer, prominent Democrat, member of the United States House of Representatives, 1875-1877, United States Senator from Ohio, 1885-1891.
In 1902, Payne Whitney married Helen Hay, daughter of the distinguished man of letters and statesman, John Hay, Lincoln's personal secretary and first biographer, who was United States Ambassador to Great Britain, 1897-98, and Secretary of State, 1898-1905, and his wife, Clara (Stone) Hay.
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 William Collins Whitney (1841-1904)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Whitney, the charmer, the mediator, the consummate politician and a pivotal force in Tammany and the national Democratic party, made his fortune by methods so subtle that they remained undiscovered in his lifetime.
Whitney was a descendant of General Josiah Whitney of the Revolution, who in turn was a descendant of Sir Robert Whitney of Whitney, Herefordshire, England.
Payne Whitney was prepared for college at Groton School at Groton, Mass., and graduated from Yale in 1898 with the degree of B. He was captain of the Yale crew in senior year at college.
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 Facilities - Payne Whitney Gymnasium
This concern is evident in the broad range of athletic opportunities available to the entire Yale community, with thirty-three varsity sports participated in by approximately 1000 students, an equally large number of club sports with an estimated 700 participants, substantial intramural activity involving some 5000 students, and numerous other opportunities for physical education and recreation.
Payne Whitney Gymnasium, as the centerpiece for athletics on campus, is an embodiment of Yale's commitment to athletics.
The Payne Whitney Gymnasium study analyzed both how the programs use the facility and the facility itself, with the intended emphasis on excellence in amateur intercollegiate athletic competition, developing the bodies as well as the minds of Yale students, and fostering interaction within the diverse Yale community.
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 Polo -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
The game's governing body in the (A monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland) United Kingdom is the Hurlingham Polo Association, which drew up the first set of formal British rules in 1874, many of which are still in existence.
Whitney and his teammates used the fast break, sending long passes downfield to riders who had broken away from the pack at a full gallop.
Argentina dominates the professional sport, its polo team has been the uninterrupted world champion since 1949 and is today the source of most of the world's 10 goal (i.e., top-rated) players.
www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/p/po/polo.htm   (1573 words)

  
 Biographical Cyclopaedia of American Women, Whitney   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Harry Payne Whitney), sculptor, the daughter of Cornelius and Alice Claypoole (Gwynne) Vanderbilt, was born in New York, New York.
On August 25, 1896, she was married at Newport, Rhode Island, to Henry Payne Whitney, Esquire, son of William C. Whitney and nephew of Colonel Oliver Payne.
ALLEN, ELEANOR WHITNEY, daughter of Thomas and Eleanor Goddard (Whitney) Allen, was born in Ecouen, France, April 18, 1882.
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 Whitney 2004 Biennial Show
The Whitney's niche is to come up with something shocking and new, while the Guggenheim, its neighbor 15 blocks north, often seems happy to simply display the same commodities that are on sale in various boutiques, from BMW motorcycles to Armani suits.
The MOMA was the godchild of the Rockefeller family, while the Whitney was launched directly by the granddaughter of Cornelius Vanderbilt, Gertrude Whitney Vanderbilt, a would-be artist who started the original museum in 1931 after divorcing her playboy husband Harry Payne Whitney.
It is of course ironic that the Whitney, for all its radical pretensions, would not exist without the super-exploitation of Irish and Chinese rail workers.
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 Grave Matters Greentree Stud
Whitney's father, financier W.C. Whitney, and Payne Whitney's brother, Harry, had established and cemented the Whitney name as prominent breeders and owners in the racing world, and Payne Whitney's nephew, Cornelilus Vanderbilt Whitney continued the tradition.
Whitney's first flat runner, in 1914, was an imported horse, Gainer; from then on, Whitney became a breeder and owner of race horses, and was particularly noted as an owner and breeder of steeplechasers.
Whitney's beloved steeplechasers located here include one of her first, the good steeplechase mare Cherry Malotte, and the outstanding chasers Easter Hero and Jolly Roger.
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 The Whitney Plantation Historic District, Wallace, LA
The Whitney Plantation Historic District is located on a 3,000-foot stretch of the famous, historic River Road in St. John the Baptist Parish, Louisiana.
Sugarcane and rice were the principal crops during the historic period, and Whitney's fields are still planted in cane.
Whitney's surviving French Creole barn is the last example known to survive in the State.
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 Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney - Biography   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
In 1896 Gertrude married banker and sportsman Harry Payne Whitney (1872-1930) and shortly thereafter began to devote herself to her art.
Whitneys' most enduring legacy is the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York City, which she established in 1931, housed initially on the site of the Whitney Studio Club, which Ms.
In 1934 Gertrude Whitney was involved in the celebrated court battle for custody of her neice, Gloria, with her sister-in-law, Mrs.
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 New York Times (1916) MISS LUCILE CARTER A BUD IN NEWPORT - 12 August 1916
Miss Carter wore a costume of white silk with brocade silver and carried a shower of orchids.
Eight tables were used for the dinner for the guests, who included the Misses Lois Csssatt, Flora Vanderbilt Whitney, daughter of Mr.
Harry Payne Whitney, presented on Aug. 4; Katherine A. Morgan, who will be presented tomorrow at a lawn party which her mother, Mrs.
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 Surgical Career
Whitney started and maintained American Base hospitals in France that were manned by physicians and nurses from American universities.
Whitney was Gertrude Vanderbilt, daughter of Cornelius and Alice Vanderbilt.
Harry Payne Whitney of New York, was at the time the nearest base hospital to the firing line in France or Belgium.
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 Magazine Antiques: Stanford White's house for Payne Whitney in New York City - architect
Helen Whitney's bed is illustrated in Elsie de Wolfe, The House in Good Taste (Century, New York, 1913), p.213 and the facing plate.
Whitney has expressed herself as being satisfied with the fixture, but that its final acceptance is subject to the approval of Mr.
After the deaths of Payne and Helen Hay Whitney, in 1927 and 1944, respectively, the majority of the furnishings were sold at auction by Parke-Bernet Galleries in February 1946.
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Harry Payne Whitney's fountain is of the intellectual, dramatic kind.
Whitney, so much heralded, possibly against her own inclinations, in the society columns of New York, find the time to devote herself to so serious and professional a piece of work as the Fountain of Eldorado.
Harry Payne Whitney In position similar to the preceding, west of the Tower of Jewels.
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 Skull and Bones - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The data shows that certain families have been well represented, and that these happen to be related to each other as well—such as the Cheney family, Taft family, Whitney family, Walker family, and Adams family.
Harry Payne Whitney (1894), husband of Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney, investment banker
Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt, (1898), son of Cornelius Vanderbilt II and brother of Gertude Vanderbilt Whitney
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 Brann The Iconoclast — Volume 10 by William Cowper Brann eBook by BookRags
We thank thee, O God, that the South has not kept pace with New York’s super-estheticism—­that when our women find themselves in an “interesting condition” they seek the seclusion of the home instead of telephoning for a reporter and a chalk artist and exploiting their intumescence in the public prints.
Thomas M. Harris, who claims to be 84 years old, has writ a little yellow pamphlet entitled, “Rome’s Responsibility for the Assassination of Abraham Lincoln.” I have expended almost 5 minutes glancing over Mr.
Harris labored lucubations, and must confess that I have in that time acquired more information—­of its kind—­than I ever did in 5 hours before.
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 Yale Bulletin & Calendar - News Stories
Payne Whitney Gym is the second-largest athletic facility in the world, boasting 12 acres of floor space on 16 levels.
The gym stands as a memorial to Payne Whitney, Class of 1898, and was constructed through a gift from Whitney's wife and his children, John Hay Whitney '26, '56 M.A.H. and Mrs.
Current renovation activity marks the first of a four-phase effort to ensure that Payne Whitney Gym -- now serving 10,000 regular users -- meets code, fire- and life-safety, and accessibility standards, while improving the useability and appearance of the facility.
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 Harry Whitney
She was the eldest surviving daughter of Cornelius Vanderbilt II (1843-1899) and Alice Claypoole Gwynne (1852-1934) and a great-granddaughter of Commodore Cornelius Vanderbilt.Gertrude Vanderbilt spent her summers in Newport, Rhode Island at the familys mansion The Breakers where she kept up with the boys in all their rigorous sporting activities.
A banker and investor, Whitney was the son of William C. Whitney and his mother was the daughter of a Standard Oil Company magnate.Harry Whitney inherited a fortune in oil and tobacco as well as interests in banking.
Gertrude and Harry Whitney had three children, Flora, Cornelius, and Barbara.While visiting Europe in the early 1900s, Gertrude Whitney discovered the burgeoning art world of Montmartre and Montparnasse in France.
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 American Paintings Auction at Sotheby's May 27, 1999   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Whitney, who was married to Harry Payne Whitney, for her approval and wrote that "As a companion tone to the rich brown of the wood work, I want to have a band of rich beautiful evening blue; those to be the two big notes of the room.
The Sotheby’s catalogue notes that "the Whitney murals were finally completed and the last panel, the present work, was installed in September of 1918." "This magnificent panel remains the second largest mural ever executed by the artist.
It is ironic that Sotheby’s has another fine Parrish from another Whitney collection in the same auction, Lot 170, "Plum Pudding," a 19 3/4 by 16 1/4 inch oil on board, from the collection of the late Mr.
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 About Polo
Harry Payne Whitney, son of William Collins Whitney, was Delegate to the United States Polo Association in 1902-1906.
Harry Payne Whitney was one of this era's most outstanding players with a 10-goal handicap.
Through his generosity, the Whitney polo field was maintained until the late 1920s.
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 Buffalo Bill Statue   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Whitney to ask that she sculpt a statue of Buffalo Bill.
Whitney became enthused with the idea of a Buffalo Bill Statue and she adopted and took over management of the entire project.
Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney was the daughter of Cornelius Vanderbilt, the granddaughter of another Cornelius (the Commodore) Vanderbilt.
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 TIME Magazine Archive Article -- Whitney Museum -- Jan. 20, 1930
Harry Payne Whitney took time to outline her plan for a Whitney Museum of American Art, to be opened in Manhattan next November.
Whitney's museum will encourage young U. artists, maintain a bureau of art information, provide a permanent exhibition of U. painting and sculpture.
Whitney did not divulge, except that she was endowing the project herself and that, when it opened, the Whitney Museum of American Art would possess as its nucleus 400 paintings "illustrating the growth of native art."
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 Salon People | The trouble with the Whitneys   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
New York Post told much of the story: heiress Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney, great-granddaughter of 19th century robber baron Cornelius Vanderbilt, standing at the top of a ladder, outstretched arm touching the shoulder of her sculpture of a tall, dashing man in breeches.
Seventy years after Gertrude founded the Whitney Museum of American Art in Greenwich Village, some of her descendants are openly talking about removing the family name -- and, more importantly, a sizable portion of its money -- from the institution.
Gertrude Whitney studied sculpture in New York and Paris, opened a Village studio in 1907 and in her career created public sculptures in Washington, New York, Saint-Nazaire, France, and Palos, Spain.
www.salon.com /people/feature/2000/03/15/sanitation/index.html   (1094 words)

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