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VETERAN EASTERN BREEDER DIES. S. Iiiii-elady. N. V.. Febinaiy 14. -Oeneral Steph-n 1 Raaford, the millionaire 1 arpet manufacturer and I ••uiiet of the lliiiiieana S1111I. where maiiv aotsble inei ie.in tboroiighbrt-d were produced in recent 11 . died al his liiini- in Amsterdam at 11 orhxrk 1 last night. Hi- had I n in feeble health for several imiiiiiis. lie was iii. in iii MayAeld. X. V. in j isji; General Stanford was one of the main pillar* al 1 New lorfc racing and ■ particular patron of Sara i":.i rnetag. in partnership with his mm John ii t wai lii iiiiom to begin hi* annual racing earn pahrns ai thai place and not the least attraction i»f f Sarahaja racing to Its patron* was tie annual question a k, whether the Sanford two-year-olds to b. hi i.iim .-,1 nroiild prove lo be good ones or other wfae He oul raced haraea of hi awn breeding * mil the Saiai.-i records are thickly atndded with 1 1 be deed- ..1 Hix-h Kan ford cracks a* Oanghnawaga, Rocktoa. Moiiv Brant, Mohawk II.. Bwnaweara. Her timer, Adi iuelie Keiinvetio. Ihuetaniinda. MtiJ Held fa Ha, Kit John John new. Barena and others ■ I leaafi note. Another Sanford cualoni was to , treat tlnir thonsands of employees to a day of free 1. raring aw theli track an the Hnrrlcnna breeding . farm i iii~ ■ I ways i .ime i.tf the week before -le-"pt-iiinn r at Baratoga. a nolhtay wna geclnreal an-l 1 * - no matter how good the Sanford horses might be they Were pulled out and laeed against each utile.- as earnestly as if In competition at Saratoga or Sheepehead Bay. ThN was quite popular with the Sanford mill hands, and When a Sanford good taint came off they invested in iis chances to a man and woman also. General Sanford was of the old *choo] of turfmen like David IV Withers. John Hiiim-i. Angus* Be moot ami their kind. He was a Micceaafnl and »agaciotts business man whose haflnence was alway* on the right ide la other aBalra, as well a in racing.
