Hall of Fame

 



clinton n. myers

Year of Birth: 
1876
Immortal: 
Yes
OwnerBreeder: 
Yes
Owner: 
Yes
Elected as Immortal: 
1976
Year of Death: 
1954
Biography: 

Born in the centennial year of the United States in Backman's Valley, Maryland, Clinton Myers began his professional career as a clerk in a dry goods store in Hanover, Pennsylvania. Several years later he went into the insurance business and in 1899 met H. D. Sheppard and the two founded The Hanover Shoe, Inc. In 1927, Myers, H. D. Sheppard and his son Lawrence B. Sheppard founded Hanover Shoe Farms, the world's largest Standardbred nursery. Clinton Myers died in 1954.

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