Aside from horticulture, W. R. Coe's other consuming passion was horses, particularly racehorses. His interest apparently began when he made an investment of $1,000 along with 50 Piping Rock Racing Association members to purchase 50 yearlings. By 1919 he raced his own horses at Saratoga Springs, New York. In 1923 he paid $110,000 for THE FINN, a record price at the time for a horse bought solely for stud.           W.R Coe with Jockey and his race horse "Pompey"