George L. Lorillard

George Lyndes Lorillard (March 26, 1843 – February 3, 1886) was an American tobacco manufacturer, yachtsman, and a prominent Thoroughbred racehorse owner.

Lorillard arranged to take in boys from the New York House of Refuge, who were given stable work and educated in a specially built schoolroom.

[1] George Lorillard's racing stable was handled firstly by trainer Wyndham Walden followed by John Alcock.

Among George Lorillard's best horses were Saunterer, Spinaway, Vanguard, Grenada, Tom Ochiltree, and Duke of Magenta.

[1][3] In 1878, George Lorillard headed a group of investors which included David D. Withers and Gordon Bennett, Jr., who bought Monmouth Park Racetrack.

[6][10] Lorillard owned a mansion on an estate of 800 acres (3.2 km2) on Long Island, located north of the Montauk Highway on the west bank of the Connetquot River.