Albert C. Bostwick Jr.

Albert Carlton Bostwick Jr. (1901 to 1980) belonged to the wealthy and prominent Bostwick family of New York and became a steeplechase jockey and later a Thoroughbred owner, breeder and trainer. The eldest boy of five children, he was known in the family as Brother and inherited a large fortune after his father died in 1911, his grandfather having been a founder of Standard Oil. Taught to ride by his uncle F. Ambrose Clark, he became a successful amateur steeplechase rider in the United States and in England, and he also took up flat racing. He is best known as the owner and breeder of Mate, winner of the 1931 Preakness Stakes. A member of The Jockey Club, he obtained a licence to train horses in 1932 and died at his home in Old Westbury, Long Island, aged 79.