camp in the Adirondack Mountains; a farm near Lexington, Kentucky; a winter home in Florida; an apartment in New York City; and a residence in Alaska, the home state of her third husband. The Buffalo Bill Historical Center in Cody, Wyoming, was important to Whitney, and she supported The Whitney Gallery of Western Art. She donated over $1 million to the museum in the years following C.V. Whitney's death to continue to expand the museum which he initially built. The St. Augustine area in Florida was also of interest to Whitney, as C. V. Whitney founded Marineland, and she continued to financially support The Whitney/Hendrickson Marine Lab in honor of her late husband in the years following his death. Whitney was a member of the Historic St. Augustine Preservation Board in the early 1970s, and for her efforts in restoring downtown St. Augustine, Florida, the government of Spain awarded her the Order of Isabel the Catholic. While in St. Augustine, Whitney helped to plan the famed Easter Parade. In addition to her devotion to many organizations, Whitney enjoyed many other activities. She was an active spectator of polo and presented the Whitney Cup to Prince Charles and Geoffrey Kent's Polo Team at Cirincester on June 24, 1990. She continued to present the Whitney Cup at Whitney Field in Saratoga Springs each year. Whitney was the largest private donor to the 1980 Olympic Winter Games held in Lake Placid, New York. Whitney also had interest in dog-sled racing. She flew from Anchorage to Nome, monitoring her dogs and her sponsored musher, Martin Buser, along the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race numerous times. She has been known to rough it with the other spectators and enjoys the dogs and the people. Recognitions In 2010 a specially bred, long-stem pink tea rose, hybridized by Canadian rose breeder Brad Jalbert, was named in Whitney's honor. A gift for her 85th birthday from her husband John, the "Marylou Whitney Rose" was meant to be the showcase rose in the "Marylou Whitney Rose Garden" at Congress Park near the entrance of the Canfield Casino. The Marylou Whitney Rose was also planted in the Yaddo Rose Garden in Saratoga Springs, New York. The gift of the rose was accompanied by a $10,000 donation from Mrs. Whitney and her husband John Hendrickson to help with the upkeep of the gardens. Churchill Downs in Louisville, Kentucky, honored her as