William H. Cane
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===Racing career=== |
===Racing career=== |
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====Good Time Stable==== |
====Good Time Stable==== |
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Cane established his own stable with a string of [[standardbred]]s and also owned [[thoroughbred]]s. At the annual [[Fasig-Tipton]] Old Glory Sale held at [[Madison Square Garden (1890)|Madison Square Garden]] in November 1919, he spent $5,100 as the top bidder on two trotters. He approached William K. Dickerson, then training a public stable at [[Goshen, New York]], to take control of the horses and ship them there for the 1920 season.{{cite newspaper|title=Goshen Horseman Makes Rapid Rise|newspaper=The Globe and Mail|page=9|date=April 15, 1932|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/1225949663/?match=1&terms=William%20H.%20Cane|access-date=April 7, 2026}} He purchased the private barn established by the late J. Howard Ford at Goshen's [[Historic Track]] in December 1919. The facility, costing about $35,000, featured 10 stalls, an office, a carriage room, and staff quarters. By then, he had acquired six to eight trotters for the stable.{{cite newspaper|title=William H. Cane Buys Elaborate Barn At Goshen For Trotters|newspaper=The Record|page=6|date=December 17, 1919|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/488672572/?terms=William%20H.%20Cane&match=1|access-date=April 7, 2026}} Under the name "Good Time Stable of Goshen," he raced trotters and pacers and employed trainers. He hired C. E. Pitman to train his horses for the 1920 Grand Circuit season.{{cite newspaper|title=W. H. Cane Buys Futurity Trotter|newspaper=New York Daily Herald|page=56|date=January 18, 1920|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/329787800/?terms=W.%20H.%20Cane&match=1|access-date=April 7, 2026}} In December 1921, the stable owner secured [[Walter R. Cox]], then the highest-paid trainer in the country, to train and drive for his Good Time Stable heading into 1922.{{cite newspaper|title=Walter R. Cox Will Drive W. H. Cane's Trotters in 1922|newspaper=Evening Express|page=6|date=December 7, 1921|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/851425670/?terms=W.%20H.%20Cane&match=1|access-date=April 7, 2026}} The venture developed into a successful racing and breeding enterprise for two decades.{{cite web|title=WILLIAM H. CANE|website=harnessmuseum.com|url=https://harnessmuseum.com/content/william-h-cane|access-date=April 7, 2026}} |
Cane established his own stable with a string of [[standardbred]]s and also owned [[thoroughbred]]s. At the annual [[Fasig-Tipton]] Old Glory Sale held at [[Madison Square Garden (1890)|Madison Square Garden]] in November 1919, he spent $5,100 as the top bidder on two trotters. He approached [[William K. Dickerson]], then training a public stable at [[Goshen, New York]], to take control of the horses and ship them there for the 1920 season.{{cite newspaper|title=Goshen Horseman Makes Rapid Rise|newspaper=The Globe and Mail|page=9|date=April 15, 1932|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/1225949663/?match=1&terms=William%20H.%20Cane|access-date=April 7, 2026}} He purchased the private barn established by the late J. Howard Ford at Goshen's [[Historic Track]] in December 1919. The facility, costing about $35,000, featured 10 stalls, an office, a carriage room, and staff quarters. By then, he had acquired six to eight trotters for the stable.{{cite newspaper|title=William H. Cane Buys Elaborate Barn At Goshen For Trotters|newspaper=The Record|page=6|date=December 17, 1919|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/488672572/?terms=William%20H.%20Cane&match=1|access-date=April 7, 2026}} Under the name "Good Time Stable of Goshen," he raced trotters and pacers and employed trainers. He hired C. E. Pitman to train his horses for the 1920 Grand Circuit season.{{cite newspaper|title=W. H. Cane Buys Futurity Trotter|newspaper=New York Daily Herald|page=56|date=January 18, 1920|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/329787800/?terms=W.%20H.%20Cane&match=1|access-date=April 7, 2026}} In December 1921, the stable owner secured [[Walter R. Cox]], then the highest-paid trainer in the country, to train and drive for his Good Time Stable heading into 1922.{{cite newspaper|title=Walter R. Cox Will Drive W. H. Cane's Trotters in 1922|newspaper=Evening Express|page=6|date=December 7, 1921|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/851425670/?terms=W.%20H.%20Cane&match=1|access-date=April 7, 2026}} The venture developed into a successful racing and breeding enterprise for two decades.{{cite web|title=WILLIAM H. CANE|website=harnessmuseum.com|url=https://harnessmuseum.com/content/william-h-cane|access-date=April 7, 2026}} |
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Representing the Goshen Driving Club as an amateur, he competed at [[Weequahic Park]] in 1921, setting a 2:10 mile record with Norman Dillon and driving Northern Direct to a world record pace.{{cite newspaper|title=Trotter Breaks Track Record for One Mile|newspaper=New-York Tribune|page=11|date=July 15, 1921|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/466229658/?terms=William%20H.%20Cane&match=1|access-date=April 7, 2026}} At the 1923 Orange County Circuit races in [[Monroe, New York]], he was thrown from the sulky and broke both ankles. He returned to driving 18 months later before stopping at his wife's insistence. |
Representing the Goshen Driving Club as an amateur, he competed at [[Weequahic Park]] in 1921, setting a 2:10 mile record with Norman Dillon and driving Northern Direct to a world record pace.{{cite newspaper|title=Trotter Breaks Track Record for One Mile|newspaper=New-York Tribune|page=11|date=July 15, 1921|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/466229658/?terms=William%20H.%20Cane&match=1|access-date=April 7, 2026}} At the 1923 Orange County Circuit races in [[Monroe, New York]], he was thrown from the sulky and broke both ankles. He returned to driving 18 months later before stopping at his wife's insistence. |
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