chairman president of Wheaton Industries
He is one of a handful of centenarians to chair corporate boards, and was the subject of a front page article in The Wall Street Journal shortly before his 100th birthday, titled At 99, the Chairman Still Doesn"t Hanker for a Life of Retirement. Residents of Millville, New Jersey turned out for a parade in 1981 to honor Wheaton on the occasion of his 100th birthday.
The thirty-five-year-old Hayes had never won a race before and in fact by profession was not actually a jockey but a horse trainer and longtime stableman. Sweet Kiss eventually crossed the finish line, by a head with Hayes technically still atop her back, making him the first, and thus far only, jockey known to have won a race after death.
