Sydney Paget
Sydney Paget | |
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| Born | 19 April 1857 Arthur Henry Fitzroy (1851–1928) (1861–1949) |
Sydney Augustus Paget (19 April 1857 – 16 September 1916) was an English aristocrat who owned and raced Thoroughbred racehorses in the United States and who managed the racing operations for prominent owners, William C. Whitney and James Ben Ali Haggin.
Background
Sydney Paget was the fifth son and twelfth child of Cecilia Wyndham and her husband, Lord Alfred Paget.[1]
Army
Sydney Paget served with the British Army in the Second Boer War, achieving the rank of Lieutenant with the machine gun section of the XIIth Yeomanry.[1]
Horse racing and management
Paget's brother, Almeric, married Pauline Payne Whitney, daughter of the enormously wealthy William C. Whitney who hired Sydney Paget to manage his New York Thoroughbred racing stable. Paget ran a ranch at Big Horn, Wyoming for William Whitney where he raised Thoroughbreds on the open range.[1]
Among the other top horses Paget was involved with was the filly Hamburg Belle who won the prestigious Belmont Futurity Stakes in 1903.[2] Hamburg Belle was owned by James Ben Ali Haggin but raced in Paget's name.[3]
Paget racing stable
Near the end of the 1890s, Paget left the employ of W.C. Whitney to go on his own. In July 1898 he bought
In the pre-
Paget died in London on 16 September 1916 at age 59.[1]
References
- ^ a b c d "Local wills". Kensington News and West London Times. British Newspaper Archive. 1 December 1916. p. 3 col.3. Retrieved 22 August 2022.
- ^ "HAMBURG BELLE WON THE FUTURITY; Filly Victorious for $46,550 Race in a Head Finish. LEONIDAS a GOOD SECOND Winner, Owned by Sydney Paget, Fought Out Great Event with W.C. Whitney's Colt Before a Great Crowd, at Sheepshead Bay". The New York Times. 30 August 1903.
- ^ https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1904/05/14/101391460.pdf [bare URL PDF]
- ^ "SYDNEY PAGET BUYS PLAUDIT.; He Pays John e. Madden $25,000 for the Crack Three-Year-Old". The New York Times. 9 July 1898.
- ^ "HORSE RACES AT BROOKLYN; Filigrane Beaten in Record Time by Half Time. DON DE ORO WON a FAST RACE Continental, Oneck Queen, Handball, and Fluke Also Successful in Their Races". The New York Times. 31 May 1899.