. Breeder and sportsman. Horses. 1886 ^Itc ^jxceazx uud ^ixtsmaaau 77 Vanderbilts and Astors. The recent death of Air. W. H. Vanderbilt left each of his foar sons millioonires, and the two elder sons are each supposed to be worth over $50,000,000. One of these, William KM has been seen so often about the differen" racecourses that he is regarded as one of its habitues. He is a 6ne, athletic young man, about thirty-three or four. Yon can always find him at Sheepshead Bay and sometimes at Jerome Park, and generally in the betting ring, as he is not above the human weakness of backing "
. Breeder and sportsman. Horses. 1886 ^Itc ^jxceazx uud ^ixtsmaaau 77 Vanderbilts and Astors. The recent death of Air. W. H. Vanderbilt left each of his foar sons millioonires, and the two elder sons are each supposed to be worth over $50,000,000. One of these, William KM has been seen so often about the differen" racecourses that he is regarded as one of its habitues. He is a 6ne, athletic young man, about thirty-three or four. Yon can always find him at Sheepshead Bay and sometimes at Jerome Park, and generally in the betting ring, as he is not above the human weakness of backing "a good ; Since he came in possession of enormous wealth there are many who say he will, now that he is master, drift actively into racing and keep a stable of race- horses. But people who talk this way don't know the Vanderbilts. They are big specula- tors when they can control the market as they have in Wall street; in short, when they have "a sure ; Young William K. went into Wall street a few years ago, on his own hook, and dropped two millions. It learned him a lesson. William K. Vanderbilt follows racing, yes; but it isn't so much from a love of the sport; it's more as a purely business transaction. He is one of the largest stockholders in the Coney Island Jockey Club, of which he is Vice- President, and the stock pays bigger dividends than any railroad stock he or his father have ever owned. He won't go into racing; not he. There's too much risk in it. How he feels on the subject is shown by the answer he once made a gentleman. The gentleman, notic- ing his freqaent attendance at Coney Island, and mistaking it for love of sport, asked him why he did not purchase a stable of race- horses. "Oh, no," replied young Vanderbilt laughing, "let some one else have the care and expense of horses, I can find out all I want to know when I feel like ; The Astors have long been the great rivals of the Vanderbilts in the race for we
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