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DEATH CLAIMS A NOBLE CHARACTER. John G. Follansbee died in a sanitarium at Summit, N. J., Tuesday afternoon after having beou-confined to his bed for several months. Never especially active as an owner, he yet at times race1 horses of good class, Rochamptou being one that he was greatly attached to and which won some good races for him. His filly Astarita won the Astoria Stakes for him at Its first running in 1902, and the feast he provided afterwards under its conditions, was long an affair of discussion among tlu bon vivants who shared in its gustatory delights. Tall, haudsome and affable, Mr. Follansbee was a striking figure, and his kindness and generosity were as marked as his urbanity. He was a man of wealth and at one time had especially extensile Interests in lands and cattle in the state of Chihuahua. Mexico. He had long been connected with th-i executive and administrative side of racing in New York as a steward of the Jockey Club. He was one of the founders of racing at Juarez and presi dent of the Jockey Club Juarez at the time of hii death, taking until this winter, an active part tn the conducting of the meetings at that now iopular truck. When a young man at San Francisco he was, "a" contemporary and chum of Thomas H. Williams, IX. Porter Ashe and others of that generation utjd set. Not only to such and-to his business and Social associates, will his departure bring uufelgned sorrow, but to a host as well to whom in times of stress he extended the helping, hand in sincere sympathy and unobtrusive privacy. John Grant Follansbee was fifty-three years old last October. He was born In Siskiyou, Cal., and went to Chihuahua. .Alex., in 1SS1 as manager of the big ranches owned by Hearst, Haggln and .Head. In later years lie acquired many valuable mliilug interests also. He was a nephew of the late James R. Keene. The first good thoroughbred he owned was the mare Gloaming, which he purchased In ISOO from the late Senator George Hearst,
