{{Short description|American businessman}} {{Infobox person | name = Harry K. Knapp | image = | image_size = | caption = | birth_date = September 25, 1864 | birth_place = | death_date = January 31, 1926 | death_place = | education = [[Columbia University]] | occupation = | known_for = | political_party = [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] | spouse = Caroline Burr | children = 3 | boards = [[Corn Exchange Bank]], [[The Jockey Club]] }}

'''Harry Kearsarge Knapp''' (September 25, 1864 &ndash; January 31, 1926) was a United States financier and a prominent executive in the [[Thoroughbred]] [[horse racing]] industry in which he had been a steward, secretary-treasurer and vice-chairman of [[The Jockey Club]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://drf.uky.edu/catalog/ |title=Mourn Theodore J. Knapp Passing in New York |publisher=Daily Racing Form at University of Kentucky Archives |date=1947-05-08 |accessdate=2018-12-09 }}{{Dead link|date=January 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>

A graduate of [[Columbia University]], he was a partner with George Hyatt and John S. Van Siclen in the [[New York City]] [[brokerage firm|stock brokerage firm]], Hyatt & Co. and later a partner in Benedict Drysdale & Co. Harry Knapp was also a director of the [[Corn Exchange Bank]] of New York and was the head of the [[Racquet and Tennis Club]].

Harry Knapp married Caroline Burr with whom he had three children. They made their home in [[New York City]] and in 1903 built Brookwood Hall, a summer home on more than {{convert|100|acre|km2}} at [[East Islip, New York|East Islip]], on [[Long Island]], New York, now being used as the [[Islip Art Museum]].

==Oneck Stable== Harry Knapp became involved in the sport of [[Thoroughbred]] racing, operating with his brother, Dr. Gideon Lee Knapp, under the ''[[Glossary of North American horse racing|nom de course]]'', Oneck Stable. They owned a number of successful horses, among the best known of which were [[Sir Walter]], winner of the 1896 [[Brooklyn Handicap]] and [[Fashion Plate (horse)|Fashion Plate]], winner of the 1910 [[Metropolitan Handicap]].

[[Walter C. Rollins|Walter Rollins]] was a long-time trainer for the Oneck Stable and was succeeded by [[William H. Karrick|William Karrick]].

Knapp was a member of the [[board of directors]] and a vice-chairman of [[The Jockey Club]] and a director of the [[Saratoga Race Course|Saratoga Racing Association]]. In 1906, New York governor [[Frank W. Higgins]] appointed him chairman of the [[New York State Racing and Wagering Board|New York State Racing Commission]].

Poor health forced Harry Knapp to step down from his various racing positions in 1925 and he died on February 1, 1926.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=FB0710F8395D13738DDDA80894DA405B868EF1D3 |title=H. K. Knapp, Banker And Turfman, dies |work=New York Times |date=1926-02-01 |accessdate=2018-12-09}}</ref> In May, his racing stable was sold at auction at [[Belmont Park]]. His son Theodore served as president of the Queens County Jockey Club from 1941 until his death in 1947.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1941/01/25/archives/knapp-is-elected-to-head-aqueduct-director-for-ten-years-named-to.html |title=Knapp Is Elected To Head Aqueduct |work=New York Times |date=1941-01-25 |accessdate=2018-12-09}}</ref> The Queens County Jockey Club owned and operated the [[Aqueduct Racetrack]].

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links==

Brookwood Hall history [http://www.freewebs.com/limansionsguide/brookwoodhall.htm] [http://www.eastislip.org/Pages/Estates/BrookWood%20Hall%20History/brookwood_hall_history.htm]

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