Britains Racing Colours of Famous Owners: C. V. Whitney (SOLD) Orientalia The Hermitage

The Hermitage

Within ten years the firm had become a major purchaser of European antiques

Photography by Sam Sargent

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it is owned by Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) and is the home of Middlesex County Cricket Club

Britains Racing Colours of Famous Owners: C. V. Whitney (SOLD) Orientalia The Hermitage5"Sq in boxEquine sports: His father, Harry Payne Whitney, had been an avid polo player and thoroughbred racehorse owner, and C. V. Whitney followed in his footsteps, winning the U. S. Open polo title three times. Since 1979, the Greenwich Polo Club at Conyers Farm in Greenwich, Connecticut, has awarded the C. V. Whitney Cup to the winner of an annual polo tournament. He was the third generation of Whitneys to be heavily involved in thoroughbred horse