Hall of Fame

 



bowman a. brown, sr.

Year of Birth: 
1897
Immortal: 
Yes
OwnerBreeder: 
Yes
Executive Official: 
Yes
Owner: 
Yes
Executive: 
Yes
Elected as Immortal: 
1975
Year of Death: 
1968
Biography: 

Bowman Brown was the president and founder of The Harness Horse magazine and vice-president and manager of the Standardbred Horse Sales Company. Not only did he gain recognition as a publisher and sales executive, but he was also known as a breeder and owner. Brown's greatest accomplishments in the field came through his broodmare Misty Hanover, dam of Hickory Smoke and Hickory Pride. Bowman Brown, Sr., was born in April, 1897 in Clearfield, Pennsylvania, and was 71 at the time of his death in October 1968.

Published in the Harness Racing Museum's 1994 book, The Immortals