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07-03-2011, 08:02 AM
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James R. Keene was one of the worlds richest men because of his success on wall street. He managed funds for J. P Morgan and William Rockefellar.
He owned an amazing 7 Hall of Fame race horses. (Sysonby, Colin, Domino, Kingston, Peter Pan, Commando, and Maskette) and left $15 million behind at the time of his death in 1913. He attacked Plunger Walton in Europe:  Here's the opening of a column from the 1920's where Salvator describes Plunger Walton forty years after his demise in the racing game:  
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07-03-2011, 08:23 AM
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The season before Plunger Walton went to Europe - he couldn't show his face at Saratoga.
The fact that so many bookmakers went running to the press with stories about what kind of scoundrel he was - I think that is pretty telling proof that he did in fact CRUSH them. If you believe the bookmakers - the racing officals at Saratoga would have had Plunger Walton killed if he showed up there...  More bookmaker accusations to the press:  A well known gambler defending Walton before his collapse: 
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