Background
Their father, Captain Richard Johnson Hancock, owned Ellerslie Study in Albemarle County and Arthur chose to follow in his father"s footsteps.
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Their father, Captain Richard Johnson Hancock, owned Ellerslie Study in Albemarle County and Arthur chose to follow in his father"s footsteps.
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Born at Ellerslie Estate in Albemarle County, Virginia, near Charlottesville, Arthur Hancock was a brother to scholar and educator Harris Hancock (1867-1944). In 1908, Arthur Hancock married Nancy Tucker Clay of Paris, Kentucky who inherited a family farm property they named Claiborne Farm. Arthur Hancock expanded the Ellerslie Study to his wife"s Kentucky property and eventually transferred the bulk of his operation there.
In 1946, Arthur Hancock sold Ellerslie Study to Robert Schlesinger.
Importing breeding stock from Europe Arthur Hancock made Claiborne Farm an international leader in breeding, sales, and racing. Hancock was part of a 1936 consortium that imported Blenheim II from England and in 1944 he purchased Princequillo who became the leading United States. sire for 1957 and 1958.
During his lifetime, Arthur Hancock was active in various institutions that helped his industry. He served as president of the Thoroughbred Horse Association, was a voting trustee of the Keeneland Association on its establishment in 1936, and was part of the executive of the Kentucky State Racing Commission.
In 1945, Hancock suffered a heart attack then two years later, the first of several strokes.
As a result, Arthur Junior. took over the running of the business. Arthur Hancock died in 1957.