Artist: Othmar J. Hoffler (1893–1954)
Henry Stouffer McNair
MCNAIR, HENRY STOUFFER (1873–1941), inducted between 1936–1948
Henry “Harry” McNair, in partnership with J. J. Ellsworth, was one of the largest horse dealers in America, operating out of Union Stock Yards in Chicago for nearly fifty years, beginning in 1891, when he was just a teenager. He is credited with originating the concept of shipping horses on approval across the nation. He had a fatal heart attack in the show ring, while judging the Pacific International Livestock Exposition in Portland in 1941. Just weeks before his own death, a fire swept through his stables at Union Stock Yards, killing several horses.
Source: Saddle & Sirloin Guidebook 2026, p. 137