Thomas Hitchcock was one of the leading American polo players during the latter part of the 19th century and a Hall of Fame horse trainer and owner known as the father of American steeplechase horse racing.
Remains to Be Laid to Rest at Aiken Home
Aiken, SC, Oct 1 - The remains of Thomas Hitchcock, 80, pioneer Aiken winter resident, who died Monday at his Broad Hollow Farm estate near Westburyk, Long Island, will arrive in Aiken tomorrow morning at 11 o'clock for interment in the family gardens at his winter home, Mon Repos here.
Committal and interment services will be conducted in the gardens by the Rev Charles Seymour and Mr Hitchcock will be laid to rest beside the grave of his wife. Funeral services were held in New York today.
The noted horseman, who was father of steeplechasing in America, was stricken Monday morning while schooling horses at his New York estate. Apparently in good health, he had attended a polo match the day before his death. Only his 80 year old Negro valet, Louis Martin, was with him at the time of his death, which Dr Louis Bauer said was caused by coronary thrombosis. Mr Hitchcock was an active sportsman until his death.
Suviving are a daughter, Mrs J Averill Clark, the former Miss Helen Hitchcock, who lives at Broad Hollow, and two sons, Thomas Hitchcock, Jr, banker and noted polo player of Sands Point, L L Hitchcock and Francis Hitchcock of Palm Beach, Fla.
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A wealthy resident of Westbury, Long Island, New York, his father had been involved in the newspaper business with Charles Anderson Dana. In 1891, Thomas Hitchcock married Louise Mary "Lulie" Eustis (January 21, 1867- April 1, 1934) of Washington, D.C., daughter of George Eustis, Jr. and Louise Corcoran Eustis. George Eustis of New Orleans, the eldest son of George Eustis, formerly the Chief Justice of the State of Louisiana, had recently been appointed Secretary to John Slidell, the designated Confederate States Minister to France. They had two sons, Tommy Hitchcock, Jr. and Francis Center Eustis Hitchcock, and two daughters, Celestine Eustis Hitchcock, who married New York City architect Julian L. Peabody and died with him in the marine disaster, the sinking of the S.S. Mohawk off the coast of New Jersey in January of 1935, and Helen Hitchcock who married Averell Clark, also of New York City.
Thomas Hitchcock was a key figure in developing the sport of polo in the United States. In 1877 he and his friend August Belmont, Jr. were part of the group that organized the first ever polo match on Long Island, New York, played on the infield of the racetrack at the Mineola, New York, Fair Grounds . One of the first 10-goal players in the U.S., Hitchcock's efforts resulted in the 1881 formation of Long Island's Meadowbrook Polo Club. In 1886 he was a member of the United States team in the first International Polo Match that played for the Westchester Cup. A polo player herself, and the founder in the year 1916 of the Aiken Preparatory School, Louise Eustis Hitchcock had her sons playing polo as soon as they were old enough to swing a mallet. She also helped family friend Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney to learn the game. Son, Tommy Jr., would become a polo player who is considered by many expert observers as the greatest to have ever played the game.
Thomas Hitchcock and his wife spent virtually every winter at their 3,000-acre estate in Aiken, South Carolina where in 1892 he founded the Palmetto Golf Club. The Hitchcocks built a steeplechase training track on their Aiken property and trained young thoroughbred horses imported from England. Fond of fox hunting, they also established the Aiken Hounds and in 1916 received official recognition from the Masters of Foxhounds Association of North America. As an owner and trainer of racehorses, in 1895 Thomas Hitchcock began a career that would last for 47 years until his death in 1941. In flat racing his colt Salvidere earned American Champion Two-Year-Old Colt honors. However, he had even greater success in steeplechasing. He was the owner or trainer of a number of top horses including the Hall of Fame gelding Good and Plenty with whom he won the 1906 American Grand National.
Elder brother, Francis R. Hitchcock (1858-1926), was a Thoroughbred owner/breeder in both the United States and in France and was a member of the Board of Stewards of The Jockey Club for thirty-one years.
Remains to Be Laid to Rest at Aiken Home
Aiken, SC, Oct 1 - The remains of Thomas Hitchcock, 80, pioneer Aiken winter resident, who died Monday at his Broad Hollow Farm estate near Westburyk, Long Island, will arrive in Aiken tomorrow morning at 11 o'clock for interment in the family gardens at his winter home, Mon Repos here.
Committal and interment services will be conducted in the gardens by the Rev Charles Seymour and Mr Hitchcock will be laid to rest beside the grave of his wife. Funeral services were held in New York today.
The noted horseman, who was father of steeplechasing in America, was stricken Monday morning while schooling horses at his New York estate. Apparently in good health, he had attended a polo match the day before his death. Only his 80 year old Negro valet, Louis Martin, was with him at the time of his death, which Dr Louis Bauer said was caused by coronary thrombosis. Mr Hitchcock was an active sportsman until his death.
Suviving are a daughter, Mrs J Averill Clark, the former Miss Helen Hitchcock, who lives at Broad Hollow, and two sons, Thomas Hitchcock, Jr, banker and noted polo player of Sands Point, L L Hitchcock and Francis Hitchcock of Palm Beach, Fla.
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A wealthy resident of Westbury, Long Island, New York, his father had been involved in the newspaper business with Charles Anderson Dana. In 1891, Thomas Hitchcock married Louise Mary "Lulie" Eustis (January 21, 1867- April 1, 1934) of Washington, D.C., daughter of George Eustis, Jr. and Louise Corcoran Eustis. George Eustis of New Orleans, the eldest son of George Eustis, formerly the Chief Justice of the State of Louisiana, had recently been appointed Secretary to John Slidell, the designated Confederate States Minister to France. They had two sons, Tommy Hitchcock, Jr. and Francis Center Eustis Hitchcock, and two daughters, Celestine Eustis Hitchcock, who married New York City architect Julian L. Peabody and died with him in the marine disaster, the sinking of the S.S. Mohawk off the coast of New Jersey in January of 1935, and Helen Hitchcock who married Averell Clark, also of New York City.
Thomas Hitchcock was a key figure in developing the sport of polo in the United States. In 1877 he and his friend August Belmont, Jr. were part of the group that organized the first ever polo match on Long Island, New York, played on the infield of the racetrack at the Mineola, New York, Fair Grounds . One of the first 10-goal players in the U.S., Hitchcock's efforts resulted in the 1881 formation of Long Island's Meadowbrook Polo Club. In 1886 he was a member of the United States team in the first International Polo Match that played for the Westchester Cup. A polo player herself, and the founder in the year 1916 of the Aiken Preparatory School, Louise Eustis Hitchcock had her sons playing polo as soon as they were old enough to swing a mallet. She also helped family friend Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney to learn the game. Son, Tommy Jr., would become a polo player who is considered by many expert observers as the greatest to have ever played the game.
Thomas Hitchcock and his wife spent virtually every winter at their 3,000-acre estate in Aiken, South Carolina where in 1892 he founded the Palmetto Golf Club. The Hitchcocks built a steeplechase training track on their Aiken property and trained young thoroughbred horses imported from England. Fond of fox hunting, they also established the Aiken Hounds and in 1916 received official recognition from the Masters of Foxhounds Association of North America. As an owner and trainer of racehorses, in 1895 Thomas Hitchcock began a career that would last for 47 years until his death in 1941. In flat racing his colt Salvidere earned American Champion Two-Year-Old Colt honors. However, he had even greater success in steeplechasing. He was the owner or trainer of a number of top horses including the Hall of Fame gelding Good and Plenty with whom he won the 1906 American Grand National.
Elder brother, Francis R. Hitchcock (1858-1926), was a Thoroughbred owner/breeder in both the United States and in France and was a member of the Board of Stewards of The Jockey Club for thirty-one years.
Thomas Hitchcock was one of the leading American polo players during the latter part of the 19th century and a Hall of Fame horse trainer and owner known as the father of American steeplechase horse racing.
Remains to Be Laid to Rest at Aiken Home
Aiken, SC, Oct 1 - The remains of Thomas Hitchcock, 80, pioneer Aiken winter resident, who died Monday at his Broad Hollow Farm estate near Westburyk, Long Island, will arrive in Aiken tomorrow morning at 11 o'clock for interment in the family gardens at his winter home, Mon Repos here.
Committal and interment services will be conducted in the gardens by the Rev Charles Seymour and Mr Hitchcock will be laid to rest beside the grave of his wife. Funeral services were held in New York today.
The noted horseman, who was father of steeplechasing in America, was stricken Monday morning while schooling horses at his New York estate. Apparently in good health, he had attended a polo match the day before his death. Only his 80 year old Negro valet, Louis Martin, was with him at the time of his death, which Dr Louis Bauer said was caused by coronary thrombosis. Mr Hitchcock was an active sportsman until his death.
Suviving are a daughter, Mrs J Averill Clark, the former Miss Helen Hitchcock, who lives at Broad Hollow, and two sons, Thomas Hitchcock, Jr, banker and noted polo player of Sands Point, L L Hitchcock and Francis Hitchcock of Palm Beach, Fla.
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A wealthy resident of Westbury, Long Island, New York, his father had been involved in the newspaper business with Charles Anderson Dana. In 1891, Thomas Hitchcock married Louise Mary "Lulie" Eustis (January 21, 1867- April 1, 1934) of Washington, D.C., daughter of George Eustis, Jr. and Louise Corcoran Eustis. George Eustis of New Orleans, the eldest son of George Eustis, formerly the Chief Justice of the State of Louisiana, had recently been appointed Secretary to John Slidell, the designated Confederate States Minister to France. They had two sons, Tommy Hitchcock, Jr. and Francis Center Eustis Hitchcock, and two daughters, Celestine Eustis Hitchcock, who married New York City architect Julian L. Peabody and died with him in the marine disaster, the sinking of the S.S. Mohawk off the coast of New Jersey in January of 1935, and Helen Hitchcock who married Averell Clark, also of New York City.
Thomas Hitchcock was a key figure in developing the sport of polo in the United States. In 1877 he and his friend August Belmont, Jr. were part of the group that organized the first ever polo match on Long Island, New York, played on the infield of the racetrack at the Mineola, New York, Fair Grounds . One of the first 10-goal players in the U.S., Hitchcock's efforts resulted in the 1881 formation of Long Island's Meadowbrook Polo Club. In 1886 he was a member of the United States team in the first International Polo Match that played for the Westchester Cup. A polo player herself, and the founder in the year 1916 of the Aiken Preparatory School, Louise Eustis Hitchcock had her sons playing polo as soon as they were old enough to swing a mallet. She also helped family friend Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney to learn the game. Son, Tommy Jr., would become a polo player who is considered by many expert observers as the greatest to have ever played the game.
Thomas Hitchcock and his wife spent virtually every winter at their 3,000-acre estate in Aiken, South Carolina where in 1892 he founded the Palmetto Golf Club. The Hitchcocks built a steeplechase training track on their Aiken property and trained young thoroughbred horses imported from England. Fond of fox hunting, they also established the Aiken Hounds and in 1916 received official recognition from the Masters of Foxhounds Association of North America. As an owner and trainer of racehorses, in 1895 Thomas Hitchcock began a career that would last for 47 years until his death in 1941. In flat racing his colt Salvidere earned American Champion Two-Year-Old Colt honors. However, he had even greater success in steeplechasing. He was the owner or trainer of a number of top horses including the Hall of Fame gelding Good and Plenty with whom he won the 1906 American Grand National.
Elder brother, Francis R. Hitchcock (1858-1926), was a Thoroughbred owner/breeder in both the United States and in France and was a member of the Board of Stewards of The Jockey Club for thirty-one years.
Remains to Be Laid to Rest at Aiken Home
Aiken, SC, Oct 1 - The remains of Thomas Hitchcock, 80, pioneer Aiken winter resident, who died Monday at his Broad Hollow Farm estate near Westburyk, Long Island, will arrive in Aiken tomorrow morning at 11 o'clock for interment in the family gardens at his winter home, Mon Repos here.
Committal and interment services will be conducted in the gardens by the Rev Charles Seymour and Mr Hitchcock will be laid to rest beside the grave of his wife. Funeral services were held in New York today.
The noted horseman, who was father of steeplechasing in America, was stricken Monday morning while schooling horses at his New York estate. Apparently in good health, he had attended a polo match the day before his death. Only his 80 year old Negro valet, Louis Martin, was with him at the time of his death, which Dr Louis Bauer said was caused by coronary thrombosis. Mr Hitchcock was an active sportsman until his death.
Suviving are a daughter, Mrs J Averill Clark, the former Miss Helen Hitchcock, who lives at Broad Hollow, and two sons, Thomas Hitchcock, Jr, banker and noted polo player of Sands Point, L L Hitchcock and Francis Hitchcock of Palm Beach, Fla.
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A wealthy resident of Westbury, Long Island, New York, his father had been involved in the newspaper business with Charles Anderson Dana. In 1891, Thomas Hitchcock married Louise Mary "Lulie" Eustis (January 21, 1867- April 1, 1934) of Washington, D.C., daughter of George Eustis, Jr. and Louise Corcoran Eustis. George Eustis of New Orleans, the eldest son of George Eustis, formerly the Chief Justice of the State of Louisiana, had recently been appointed Secretary to John Slidell, the designated Confederate States Minister to France. They had two sons, Tommy Hitchcock, Jr. and Francis Center Eustis Hitchcock, and two daughters, Celestine Eustis Hitchcock, who married New York City architect Julian L. Peabody and died with him in the marine disaster, the sinking of the S.S. Mohawk off the coast of New Jersey in January of 1935, and Helen Hitchcock who married Averell Clark, also of New York City.
Thomas Hitchcock was a key figure in developing the sport of polo in the United States. In 1877 he and his friend August Belmont, Jr. were part of the group that organized the first ever polo match on Long Island, New York, played on the infield of the racetrack at the Mineola, New York, Fair Grounds . One of the first 10-goal players in the U.S., Hitchcock's efforts resulted in the 1881 formation of Long Island's Meadowbrook Polo Club. In 1886 he was a member of the United States team in the first International Polo Match that played for the Westchester Cup. A polo player herself, and the founder in the year 1916 of the Aiken Preparatory School, Louise Eustis Hitchcock had her sons playing polo as soon as they were old enough to swing a mallet. She also helped family friend Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney to learn the game. Son, Tommy Jr., would become a polo player who is considered by many expert observers as the greatest to have ever played the game.
Thomas Hitchcock and his wife spent virtually every winter at their 3,000-acre estate in Aiken, South Carolina where in 1892 he founded the Palmetto Golf Club. The Hitchcocks built a steeplechase training track on their Aiken property and trained young thoroughbred horses imported from England. Fond of fox hunting, they also established the Aiken Hounds and in 1916 received official recognition from the Masters of Foxhounds Association of North America. As an owner and trainer of racehorses, in 1895 Thomas Hitchcock began a career that would last for 47 years until his death in 1941. In flat racing his colt Salvidere earned American Champion Two-Year-Old Colt honors. However, he had even greater success in steeplechasing. He was the owner or trainer of a number of top horses including the Hall of Fame gelding Good and Plenty with whom he won the 1906 American Grand National.
Elder brother, Francis R. Hitchcock (1858-1926), was a Thoroughbred owner/breeder in both the United States and in France and was a member of the Board of Stewards of The Jockey Club for thirty-one years.
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