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William Haggin Perry (December 5, 1910 - November 12, 1993) was a prominent owner and breeder of Thoroughbred racehorses. He was the son of Henry Pierrepont Perry, a Wall Street Stockbroker, and Edith Lounsbery, the daughter of Richard P. Lounsbery and Edith Hunter Haggin who in turn was the daughter of one of America's most prominent horsemen, James Ben Ali Haggin.〔(Richard Lounsbery Foundation )〕 Although born in New York City, William Perry spent a good deal of his childhood at Rancho Del Paso, the huge Haggin family ranch in Sacramento County, California. The family owned a summer estate in Newport, Rhode Island and young William Perry studied there at St. George's School before going on to Yale University.〔(Washington Times, November 19, 1993 )〕 William Perry and his wife Nicole made their home at Waterford Farm, a 144-acre equestrian estate in Buchanan County, Virginia about four miles from the village of Middleburg. According to Armfield, Miller & Ripley Fine Properties, LLC, real estate agents who sold the property, ''The Chronicle of the Horse'' publication called Waterford Farm "one of the ten most important thoroughbred facilities in the United States during the late 1970s and early 80s." 〔(Armfield, Miller & Ripley Fine Properties, LLC )〕 In 1960, through his Gamely Corporation William Perry entered into an annual foal sharing partnership with Arthur Hancock of Claiborne Farm. Perry raced many top runners including 1979 Belmont Stakes winner Coastal.〔(Lakeland Ledger (Florida), June 10, 1979 )〕 His early success in racing came with the filly Alanesian who in turn produced Boldnesian and Princessnesian. Perry's first Champion was Lamb Chop in 1963, followed by U.S. Racing Hall of Fame inductee Gamely in 1967, and Revidere in 1976.〔(Miami Herald - November 15, 1993: PROMINENT OWNER PERRY, 85, DIES )〕 In 1993, William Haggin Perry died at Waterford Farm at age eighty-five.〔(The New York Times obituary for William Haggin Perry )〕 He was inducted posthumously in the Virginia Thoroughbred Association Hall of Fame in 1994.〔(Virginia Thoroughbred Association Hall of Fame )〕 ==References== 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「William Haggin Perry」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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