Francis Skiddy von Stade, Sr.

J. Parks, and Harry Payne Whitney, and F. Skiddy von Stade, Sr. circa 1914

Francis Skiddy von Stade, Sr., (1884 – 1967) was a champion polo player and the president of the Saratoga Race Course.[1]

Biography

He was born in New York, New York on September 4, 1884, son of Frederick Hebbert Von Stade and Frances Sarah Skiddy Fischer. He married Kathryn Steele. He died in Westbury, New York on February 19, 1967.[1] They had four children, including a son, Charles S. von Stade, who was also a polo champion who died fighting in World War II. Charles was the father of opera singer Frederica von Stade.

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Skiddy von Stade Sr. Dies at 82; Horseman and Star Polo Player; Saratoga Track's President In 40's and 50's Kept Old Course Going". New York Times. February 21, 1967. Retrieved 2011-03-27. F. Skiddy von Stade Sr., one of the country's best-known horsemen and a polo player of distinction in that sport's golden era in the nineteen-twenties, died here yesterday at his home in Powell's Lane. Death was attributed to a heart attack. He was 82 years old.