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Herman B. Duryea, Sportsman, Is Dead. Owner Of Durbar II. Winner Of English Derby In 1914, Expires At Saranac Lake. H.P. Whitney's Associate. His Famous Horses Included Irish Lad And Sweeper II. Prominent Yachtsman And Clubman. Saranac Lake, New York; June 25, 1916. Herman B. Duryea, prominent for many years in racing and yachting circles, whose Durbar II was the fourth American horse to win the English Derby, died here today, in his fifty-first year. He came here recently from his plantation at Hickory Valley, Tennessee, hoping to derive benefit from this climate. Mr. Duryea was prominent in racing for a number of years before the sport was nearly stamped out by the anti-betting legislation fostered by former Governor Hughes. During the lifetime of William C. Whitney. Mr. Duryea was associated in the Westbury stables with Harry Payne Whitney, and for a long time Mr. Whitney ran his horses under the Duryea colors. In 1910, When Mr. Duryea decided that racing was done for in this country, he shipped his stable to France. In 1912 his Sweeper II won the 2,000 Guineas Stakes in England, and in 1914 Durbar II won the Derby and the Biennial of 23,000 francs and the Prix Noailles of 30,000 francs in France. In addition to these, his horses won many other great races, and he was a half owner with Harry Payne Whitney in Irish Lad, which won the Brooklyn Handicap in 1903 and the Metropolitan Handicap a year later. At the time of his death Mr. Duryea maintained stables in England, France, and this country, and was a Deputy Steward of the American Jockey Club. Mr. Duryea lived at 80 Madison Avenue, New York City, and was a member of the Union, New York Yacht, the Brook, Racquet and Tennis, Westminster Kennel, Meadow Brook, and Turf and Field Clubs, the Hamilton Club of Brooklyn, and the Automobile Club of America. He is survived by his wife. He will be buried from Grace Church, New York, on Friday.

The obituary misidentified the 1912 win of Sweeper II in the 2,000 Guineas Stakes in England. The text originally read the incorrect "10,000 Guineas Race". The Prix Noailles was incorrectly spelled as "Prix Noarelles". These errors have been corrected in the text. Durbar II also won the Prix de Saint-Cloud in 1914. There is a Grace Church in Manhattan, but his father attended the Grace Church in Brooklyn, and this is most likely the one referred to in the obituary..

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