Andrew Miller (1857 – December 31, 1919) was an American

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and

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racehorse owner and breeder who was a founding partner and secretary and treasurer of ''

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'' magazine. Born in

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, Canada, Andrew Miller studied at Exeter College before graduating in 1880 from

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where he was a classmate of

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. Andrew Miller began his career in the publishing industry as an employee at the ''

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'', a

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that was the first with daily illustrations. He left a year later to found ''Life'' magazine with

John Ames Mitchell John Ames Mitchell (January 17, 1845 – June 29, 1918) was an American publisher, architect, artist and novelist. He was co-founder, editor, and publisher of the original ''Life'' magazine, in which he was a contributing artist, and the au ...

. Miller would hold a twenty-five percent interest in the magazine with Mitchell the remainder. Both men would retain their holdings until their deaths. The success of ''Life'' magazine allowed Miller to indulge his passion for

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Thoroughbred racing

Andrew Miller owned racehorses for more than thirty years, starting with trotters and

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runners before becoming heavily involved with racing Thoroughbreds on the

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. His most famous horse was Roamer, the 1914

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and a U.S. Racing Hall of Fame inductee. Among his other racing successes, Andrew Miller's

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won the

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and

Travers Stakes The Travers Stakes is an American Grade I Thoroughbred horse race held at Saratoga Race Course in Saratoga Springs, New York. It is nicknamed the "Mid-Summer Derby" and is the third-ranked race for American three-year-olds according to internation ...

in 1915. His colt,

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won the 1916

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at age two and finished second as the favorite in the 1917 Kentucky Derby. Miller served in various positions in the horse industry. He was President of the Driving Club of New York which operated the Fleetwood Park Racetrack

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track in

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, he was a Steward with the

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, Secretary and Treasurer of the Saratoga Racing Association, and a Steward at

Morris Park Racecourse Morris Park Racecourse was an American thoroughbred horse racing facility from 1889 to 1904. It was located in a part of Westchester County, New York that was annexed into the Bronx in 1895 and later developed as the neighborhood of Morris Park. T ...

.
/ref> Andrew Miller died on December 31, 1919, at his home in Manhattan at age 62.

References

External links

January 1, 1920 ''New York Times'' obituary for Andrew Miller
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