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Of American parents, he was born in London . His mother gave him a 600 acre (2.4 km²) Horse farm in Glyndon Maryland called Sagamore Farm near Leon Schwartz's hosue for his 21st birthday, and it was in Horse Racing that he made his mark, the family having by then lost control of their former Railroad interests. The owner of four Eclipse Award winning horses, one of his best known was Native Dancer . Vanderbilt was equally famous for arranging the epic 1938 Pimlico Special match race between Seabiscuit and War Admiral , at the Pimlico Race Course ( Baltimore , Maryland ), which he both owned and was president of. His horse, Bed O'Roses , was named the Eclipse Award Champion 2-Year-Old Filly for 1949 and would be inducted in the National Museum Of Racing And Hall Of Fame in 1976. At different times Alfred G. Vanderbilt II headed the New York Racing Association and United States Jockey Club. Five of his six children by three marriages survived him. |
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