osiers '•x^XC Jji ll%*it. • «■ ':^y^MK ^^^i^J^^ ■Vhi^: -=.-^A ^ * Wii *'r^#^ ■^ :- f #« €^■1 LOVERS OF THE HORSE BRIEF SKETCHES OF MEN AND WOMEN OF THE DOMINION OF CANADA DEVOTED TO THE NOBLEST OF ANIMALS TORONTO THE HUNTER. ROSE COMPANY. LIMITED 1909 C<.,.yri.^hl Canada, I'.HV.i. l,y Gkukck Macuean Rose, Tur I'APKR -The Kuntin-Kcid Company COMI'OSITKlN , B?\D?\0 ""^ )''^'"' Hunter. Rose Co. I.i,„ia.,l HAI lT..v,.>. Grip, Limited 6 TIIK IJritisli nation is, witliout a doubt, the most sportsman- like' in till' world, and we, the ])eo])le of its hirgest and most intiuential colonv. are glad to feel that we are no whit behind the mother country in our sporting instincts. Tlie Horse is one of our great delights and horse-races, horse- shows and fairs alike bring foith an a an instrument for money-getting, at all hazanls and in any way. I5nt such a thing is the rarest exception and not bv any means the general rule. Uacing properly conducted, conducted as the chief chilis in all conntrii-s conduct it, is a health-giving and manly |)astime, which gives the l)usy merchant and professional man surcease from worries aiul care. It gives him rest in mind and peace in bodv. It makes man strong and courageous and benefits the entire communitv. bv creating a love for the animal and broadening the minds of men. So far as gambling is con- cerned, people who ai'c bent that way will speculate on anything: they will make the most innocent things instruments to gratify their inclinations. Hut considei'ing the tremendous mimber ol' p(()|)lc who have a lo\(' for this |)astime, there is not half the daniao'c and iniiii-\' caused b\- wau'criuii' tliat thei'c" is in man\' ollu'r thiuiis that the woi-jd chooses to considci- legitimate. TTou('\( r, it is not the object of this ai'ticle, or of this book, to preach a sermon, [{alher is it the desire and wish to encourage and piomote the interests of the ])astinu' that has existed from the dark ages, and will exist as long as the world shall last, Puri- tans to the contrary, notw ithsianding. It iirings out the iiest (jualities of tlie horse 01 Lovers of the Horse and orives him a courage tliat cannot l»e got in any otlur way. In (";inada, of late, the sport has made tremendous progress. Time was. indeed, when it was controlled entirely bv men whose first ohiect was monev-makinir or Tnonev-oetting. It is now. in Montreal. Toronto. Quel)ec. and other places, in the hands of men whose object is si)ort first and dividend-getting second. These men arc actuated by no selfish object, but with the desire to promote the sport of the people and to give the country better horses. All civilized countries in the world recognize the value of the 'I'horoughbred. It is pre-eminent in the military horse, the carriage horse, the saddle liorse and the hunter; the higher the type of thoroughbred is in the country, the better will be the "•eneral oualitv of tiie horse. He is not exactlv ail the foundation of the entire horse kiufdom. but he is a verv lariic iiortion of it. He is the root of the standard-bred, of the trotter and pacer, and has not a little to do with the development of the hackney. If this country is not as far advanced in his breeding, it is because it is a country of |)ractically recent discovery. .\nd yet wlu-n there were various British military sta- tions here, there was plcnt\ of goo\ rear their eti'orts are hearing frnit and the game is becoming cleaner and more wortliy of patronage. Financially the sport was never stronger than at tlie ])resent time. A few years ago a thonsand dollar pnrse or stake was considered extraordinary; now. if three thonsand and five thonsand dollar stakes are not mimerons, there are at least snfficieiit of them to wai'rant the keeping of a good horse especially to strive for them. If the King's Plate, rnn off annually at the WoodMne. Toronto, and of the estimated valne of five thousand dollars, has not done all that might have been expected of it, it has at least elevated the character of the sport and lienefited, in so doing, both horse and man. It may seem an extravagant statement, but it is more than probable that nearly half a million of money was raced for over the running and trotting tracks of Canada during the year 1907. And tliere is every pros])ect that, with the growtli of the population and conscMiuent increase of the sport-loving coinninnity. that this sum. in tlu^ course of a few years, will be d()ul)led and even trebled. It is idle to say that the s]jort that requires millions of capital to be carried on is of no value to the country; even the fact that it keeps such a vast sum of monev moving is of itself a reeounneiidation that cannot be overlooked. We, therefore, in dedicating this work to tlu> lovers of the horse in Canada, take pride in trusting that their shadow may never grow less and that the sjiort will go on and prosper for all time The names of the ladies and gentlemen -who figure in this book are sufficient ])roof that horse racing has got far beyond that period when its uatronaiie was beneath the dii>'nit\ of an\" oni'. THE PUBLISHERS i INDEX PAGE The Right Hon. Earl Grey j Thoroughbred Racing in Canada 3 William Hendrie y James Carruthers 11 Thomas Charles Patteson 14 Robert J. Christie jg George William Cook jg Nathaniel Dyment ^O The Ontario Jockey Club ^4 John Macdonald. J.P gg Dr. David King Smith 3^ Miss Katherixe L. Wilks 33 T. Ambrose Woods 37 Colonel F. L. LE.ssAiii>, C.B 49 The Toronto Hunt 4, William E. AVellington 47 Dr. and Mrs. S. H. McCoy 43 Royal Northwest Mounted Police... 53 Captain Newton i,. o4 Harness Racing in Canada 65 Edward Selkirk Skead gg George W. Verral yj Polo in Canada ^. Senator Robert Beith 77 Montreal Jockey Club 79 Mo-\theal Polo Club g^ John C. Watson g^ Percy Forbes ^NIathias g^ Ottawa Hunt Club gg JoH.v F. Ryan gg Hamilton Riding and Drivinc; Club.. . . 90 J. H. Moore John Boden ,.„ John E.vxton. ->- \io A(;e 97 101 103 106 108 109 Montreal Hunt Club Capt. C. T. Van Straubenzie London Hunt Capt. J. E. K. Osborne Toronto Hunt Polo Club Kenric R. Marshall TheCentr.a.l Canada R.^cing Associ.^tiox 1 1 1 Wilfrid Servington Dinnick ] 13 Allen Case Murray Hendrie Fox Hunting in Canada Colonel Colin Sewell John Grimes The Simpson Greys Hugh S. Wilson The Graham-Renfrew Co The Canadian National Bureau of Breeding, Limited 133 Capt. H. C. Osborne ,35 Sanford Fleming Smith ]3g James K. Paisley The Eel John Dyment, Jr Am.vteur Road Drivers' A.ssoci.vtion of London Philip McGinnis Joseph E. Seagram Major James Harold Elmsley 149 Captain D. Douglas Young 1.5] Mrs. D.wid Douglas Young Burton Holland Alexander W. ^r\cKENziK Alexander Warden Sir Hugh Montagu Allan. 11.5 118 I'^O 123 b24 1^7 1-29 i;58 1.39 140 144 14,5 1.53 1.55 157 1(50 Kil Lovers of the Horse I'AGE T. P. Phelan 163 Haltox Hamilton Learmoxt 1(!() LoTHAR Rkiniiardt 108 AxDREW Shearkr 170 Graham Bros 172 Capt. Chas. a. Camphki.i- 17.5 .Emimus Jarvis 177 Arthvr Reinharut 178 Caxadian" IIlxt Cub 179 Smith and Uichahdsox 180 Nathaxi?;!. 1 ). Ray 181 Harolu B. MACDorGAL 183 Right Hon. Earl of Ulndoxald 185 Dexxis Higgixs 186 FkaXK .1. .Ml KKAV 188 Hkxhv T. Stoxe 189 William G. Wilson 1<)|) Charles Snow ]'.H E. W. Cox 19:5 Alfred Rogers 19.5 Ralimi Dougl.\s 19(1 CkowE A.VD Murray 198 Dr. R. E. Webster 199 Dr. .\xi)rew Smith 'Hm I'AGE Joseph Russell, M.P '20-2 The Quebec Turf Club 203 .JoHX Forster S-mv th :206 I'. M. Feexey 207 W. G. Kelley 208 Robert Davies 209 LlEUT.-CoLOXEL DoXALO Al. KoBERTSOX 211 Fraxcis Nelsox, M.A 212 Hon. Adam Bixk 214 Mrs. Adam Buck 215 C.\XADIAX X.VTIOXAL HoRSE SnOW AsSO- CIATIOX 216 William J. Stark 217 W. P. Fr.\ser 218 Toronto Driving Ci.ub 219 H. -J. P. Good 221 -Vlfred Rogers 222 Master Alfred W. Rogers 223 -J. W. Ryax 224 TiSDALE & HoDGKIXSOX 225 Hobkkt W. Davies 227 ChARI.E.S J. AIlRRAV 228 TiiK Hamilton .Jockey Clih 229 W. .J. Morrison 230 Lovers of the Horse THE RIGHT HONORABLE EARL GREY, G.C.M.G. HIS Excellencv the Governor-Creneral of Canada — Albert Ileiirv (icorge (irev. foiirtli Earl of his hnc is well-known as a devotee and patron of sport in the highest sense of the word. He conies of a distino-uishcd family. His ancestors rendered good service to the State, sometimes on the field of battle, some- times in the field of "overnment. His o-randfather, wlio was the second earl, sat for over twenty years in the British House of Commons. He was a Loi'd of the Admiralty in the Pitt administration. Secretary of Foreign Affairs, and after- wards Prime Minister. His uncle, the third Earl, was for six years — 1846 to 18,5 '■2 Secretary of State for the Col- onies, and during that period his name was a household word in Canada. On the death of the third Earl with- out a direct successor, the title descend- ed to the present Earl (irey, whose father was Hon. Charles Cirey, a gen- eral in the army, and second .son of the second Earl. The jjresent Earl Grey was I)orn (HI Xovend)er '■28, 18,31. and educated at Harrow School and at Trinity Col- leae. Camhridii'e, irraduatinii' with lion- ors in 1878. In 1878 he became a candidate in the South Division of Xortluunberland in the Liberal inter- est, and secured a majority of the votes, l)ut was unseated on a technic- alitv. In 1880 lie ran successfully, and sat in Parliament from 1880 to 1885 as a supporter of Mr. (xladstone's administration, and was again returned at the general election of 188,') For the Tyneside Division of the same county. I pon the introduction of Mr. (dadstone's home rule bill he joined the ranks of the Liberal-Unionists, and in offering himself for re-election on Mr. (iladstone's a])peal to the country, was defeated. He did not sit again in the Commons, and in 18!)4, upon tlie death of his uncle, succeeded to the peerage. M tlie time of his succession to the title Earl (irev was in South .Vfrica. wheir he ac(|uired the reputation of being a cautious and capable statesman. Having strong The Right Honorable Earl Grey. G.C.M.G. Governor-Gener.-il of Canada Lovers of the Horse I iiipfiial syiiipatliifs, lie was ivnanled as the lop;ioal successor to tlie late Cecil Rhodes, as administrator of Rhodesia, and in fact (hirino- 1S!)()-1)7 he acted in that capacity. It was un(hM' his rc(jimc that the Matal)ele rising occurred, and was finally quelled, anil it is universally conceded that Karl (iirey was largely instrumental in arranging the basis of settlement, which has resulted so satisfactorily to that important district of South .Vfrica. In IDOK upon the retirement of Earl Alinto — whose wife is Earl Grey's sister — Karl (ir<'y was a|)poiiite(l ( lovernor-Cieneral of Canada. It is acknowledged by all that he has discharged the duties of his high office to the entire sati.sfaction of the Canadian peo[)le. lie has studied the conditions of the country at first hand; he has manifested a d('e|) personal interest in the concerns of all its diverse sections; lie has used li;s influence to promote good feeling between the races and he has so arrangeil |)ublic affairs that government has proceeded along the lines of the well- understood wishes of the people ; while his influence has always been in favor of measures which would ad\ancc the social well-being of the Dominion. Among the subjects attracting his s|)ccial attention are forestry, education, })rison reform, the stamping out of tuberculosis, the beautifying of homes, and the jircservation of ancient landmarks of historical iTiterest. His Excellency is not only a great lover of horseflesh, but is a ca})able judge of it as well. His stables at Ilowick House, the family seat in Northumberland, are widely known, and the local hunt receives a generous measure of his patronage. The Earl fii'st rode to the hounds with the Cambridgeshire pack, and having a good seat, and being at all times well mounted, he was usually in at the death, although the country is one of the most difficult in Kngland. His estates in Nortliuuiberland consist of 17.(1(1(1 acres, and as a large proportion of this is l)are moorland, it affords opportunity for four-in-hand driving, of which the Karl is |)articularly fond, as he is an excellent whip. I'he ( iovernor-(ieneral has never failed to be ])re- attention t(» flu- horse is often the subject of comment, and he is always pleased to find that the selection of horse-flesh indicates that his predilections in this reganl have not passed unnotice Hunt ("lub of the day. at which there was no gate money taken, but the huntsman merely stood with his cap in hand, and visitors dropped in whatever they felt disjiosed to give. The prizes to be won were com- parativclv small, but the racing was keen, anfl the fields were as large as they are at a latterdav ()..!.('. or any other meeting. At that time theie were probably ten gentlemen riders, that is. gentlemen who were willing and had confidence enough to ride in ])ublic, to one to-ilay. 'J'hose. to the writer's thinking, were really the good times of sport — the times when men raced just ff)r the love of the thing, and for the exiiilaration of flying thrf)ugli the air with a good substantial back beneath them. Even our pedantic friend, Samuel Johnson, declared that there was nothing equal to the pleasure of motion .\t that time he was realizing his idea by driving through the wilds of Scotland, and, what the greatest lexicographer of his own, or probably any other age, experienced, so has every other man or woman who is healthy in disposition and broad in mind There is nothing intrinsically wrong in racing, and (>ven tlu" mo.st narrow-minded person can ever say, with truth, that there is. There is this nuich to be said that in the betting or wagering on one horse against another, the man who wagers, or the man who gambles, has an opportumty to see \\ hat is going forward and to judge for himself, so far as his al)ility pernu'ts, of tlie prospects he has to win In other t'ornis of specula- tion, such as buying distant stocks, or even home-bred stocks, on margin, lie has no such opportunity. But I have been diverging, my subject is racing in Canada, and I have been merely excusing its existence- possibly in excusing 1 have, in some people's minds. strengthened the accusation. However lliat may be. lacing commenced in this coiinlry with the pioneers, continued with the military, and finally found a resting place with the short-pedigreed, so far as the soil is concerned, native The jtrogress of the game, until recent years, was gradual JJarrie al one lime was a racing centre and l)oasted perhaps the best mile track in Ihc Dominion ^^hill)y was also a |)lace of renown For lurl' men. and a di'^linguished citizen of thai liurgh, good old John Stanton, can still tell of memorable conlcsis thai look place at the town that produced that family of s])ortsmen. the Uavs in lad. in those days there were running race meetings at Prescott. London. ()lla\\a and at many other points in the Province thai now know lliciii no more. The ()nlaiio Jockev Club. an, he of tlie ever-n^ady voice jind pen: by the late Sir Frank Smith; by manv other men of rank and talent, some of whom have figured prominently and some of whom have not, and more than all by the late Mr. T. C. Patteson, a giant in sport- ing literature, and a one-time owner, with ambitions and aspirations; and ^Iv. Jo.seph E. Seagram, the foremost of tiieni all. President of the O.J.C, honorary niemlxM- of the English Jockey Clul), and a man entitled to raid-, with the biggest-hearted, most liberal promoters of racing, and largest owners on llic .Vniei'ican continent. Lovers of the Horse 7 Lvimm: U iN\r k oi. iiik Kin( s Plate (50 GuinkasJ, 1902, Mapli; Leaf Ontario Jockey Club. Toronto, Ont. 11k elders' Stakes; WILLIAM HENDRIE IT has been truly said tluit the late William Ilendrie, of Hamilton, Ont.. at the time of his death President of tlie Ontario Joekey Club, was the dean of the Canadian turf. No man had done more to elevate what i)eo])le are pleased to eall the "Sport of Kings" than had the Laird of \'alley Farm. His interest in the turf was solely because of his love for it, the timmeial returns not beino- eoiiimensurati- with the thousands of dollars he spent. He had all the (jualities of a sportsman of the old .school, tlie betting ring having no attractions for him in fact he never wagered money on a race, even when his own horses were running. Mr. Hendrie was the fii-st Canadian to have the distinction and honor of be- ing elected an honorary member of the English Jockey Club. In the year liXK! the news of this estecMued honor was conveyed to him through the (iovernor- General, Karl (rrey. As a young man iNlr. Hendrie had the opportunity of ac(iuiriiig the love for riding which he retained to the time of his death. His earliest rcmenibrance was tlie following of the Renfrewshire and Lancashire fox hounds and occasionally Lord Eglington's pack in Scotland. 8 Lovers of the Horse Mr. llrn(liii'"s foimcction with the turf (hiteil !)ack many years, long before the Ontario Jockey (liili was organized; and tlie famous colors, brown body, yel- low slecv(>s and cap. are well known, not only on the Canadian tracks, but in the Fnited States as well. Ill lS()'i he rode the bay gelding. Mark 'rapley. to victory over a steeple- chase course of twelve .stiff jumps. On >[ay "21. 1864. great interest was taken in the match race between Mr. Hendrie's '■ HiHciiiair" and James Wliite's '• Donna Maria." the fornnM', who was ridden by John Ilendrie. wiiiiiing. Mr. Ilendrie was Secretarv- Treasurer of the Hamilton Ilaciup' As.s()ciation in bSOT. He was one of the fathers of the Ontario Jockey ( lub, and was a judge at its hrst meeting in ISSl. He IxHaine President in ISSi) and held the office for several vears. retiring in favor of the late Sir Frank Sinitli. and succeeding again to the honor on tiie death of Sir Frank. Ml. Ilendrie also organized the coni- pjinv which built the llaiiiilton Jockey Club track. Year after vear Mr. Heiidrie had candiide the money, but it was not until 1S!)!». when Uutter Scotch was returned the wimirr. thai he was rewanled for his perseverance. Ill \'.)(H Mr. Ilendrie had the honor of winning the first King's Plate with Lyddite. It i^ the ambition of every Canadian turfman to win the King's Plate with a horse Tlij, l-.vli- \\i:-LiAM Hl:\i>Kih; >f his own breeding, not because of the value of the purse. althougii h it has been increased every year. l>ut if is a matter of pride to win a premier race, especially when this race is the «)lde.st fixture in .\merica. From the lime the youngsters are b)ale(l they are closely watched, and their yearling trials are awaited with int(M-est. and even if they show jjronii.se at two years old, they are not allowed to race b)r b-ar of winning, which would di.sc|nalify them, I he l)ig Canadian I'veiit l>eing exclusively U>y maidens. Everv vear the promluenf Canadian fuifmeii iiave from fifteen to twenty Province-bred foals, but when the finir conio to enter them b.r flu- iilate not more than four or five of them are worthy of iieing uommalcil what expense turfmen go to land the coveted (iuiueas. ihis noes to show to Lovers of the Horse 9 The Hendrie breeding establishment is Valley Farm, about five miles from Hamilton, on the Plains road. It is a beautiful place, the lower part of it overlooking Burlington liay. There are large and conunodious barns for the brood mares, yearlings, weanlings, stallions and horses in training. Everything about the place is kept neat and in first-class order. There is excellent jjasture for the horses, the farm-house is large and comfortable, the walls of the rooms l)eing adorned with pictures of famous race- horses. There is also a training track of five furlongs on the farm. The soil is dry and sandy, enal)ling the trainers to work the horses early in the spring. Shortly after the death of Strathspey, Mr. Hendrie bought the importe(l stallion Derwentwater, by Doucaster-Tliorwater, who was most successful in the stud, Butter Scotch and Lyddite, the Plate winners, both being sired by him. He was also the sire of the fast mare Springwells, The Provost, Ayrshire Lad, Denham, Ayrwater and other good horses. Alter being at the farm for a number of years, Derwentwater was ship])ed to Nashville, Tenn., where he died as the result t)f an accident on tlie cars. While the late Mr. Hendrie won many races with horses of his own breeding, his greatest success was with American thoroughbreds. Pee Wee]) won the Lxxjuois i-i.^^ji^i^^acs' MaKII.MAS W'l.N.NhK It mil I'lJllJKlli. IX'J.S; llil. l-iA.-.Cnu 111, I. 1a:..' hlAKl . \ 1 A' Al.A M AKl. , CANADIAN DkKHV, XAUriT.VS .STAkM-:; Toronto Cup; Spencer Handicap. Total Winnings, 552,000 10 Lovers of the Horse Stakes at Saratoga .soiiu' years ago: tlie mare is still at the farm, being the dam oi the (1 good race mares Laverock and Kelpie. He also owned Versatile, Coqnette, Dumbar- ton, Cardinal. Harvey, Plum Tart, Looram and (iold Car, who won a nunil)er of important events. But Mr. Hendrie's greatest triumph came in 1S!)S, when he won the Fnturitv, the richest event for two-year-olds in the world, with his grand horse Martimas, by imported Candlemas. Mr. Ilendrie had the ])roud distinction of l)eing the first and only Canadian to win this event. It was a matter of some pride to him, that he bonghl the colt himself at the yearling sales in New York, paying $750.(»() for him. As a yearling Martimas showed lots of speed, and in the spring of 18!)S Trainer Kddie Wliyte was very patient, reserving him for a couple of stakes at Montreal ami Fort Erie. The colt started at Saratoga, where he was beaten by Kentucky Colonel and Kinley Mack. Then came the Futurity day. There was a large fiehl entered, and as a consets of the Cicat \Ve>leru Uailway. l'\)r many years he carried out a number of extensive (ontracts in railway building, both in Canada and the liiited States. In IS.";."), he and lii> brollier (Jeorge organizer winning a cou])lc of races at Windsoi-. lie passed into the hands of \\ . Barrick. who i)rought liim to the Wootlbiuc track at i'oronlo. where he was ])urchascd by Carrnthers and Shields, and from that time until the ilay of retirement he was one of the bright stars of the .\ineii(;in turf. He carried all kinds of weight, I'an all distances, an. lie will live in the memory of turfmen, along with such horses as Hanover, Hindoo. Correction. Inspector B, Tenny. Imp. Lamp- lighter. Svsonbv. Herinis and Irish Lad. He was perhaps the greatest lior.se ever owned by a Canadian. When the partnershi]) between Mr. ( ariiillicrs and Mr. Shields was dissolved a few vears ago. Mr. Carrnthers formed the (^ucen City Bacing Stable, with Mr. T. I'. I'lielan, of Toronto, as a ])artner. One of the best horses owned by this stable was Ben Crockett, a line straj)ping son of Ben Holladay. Ben Crockett won fri'(piently over the jumps, and in long races on the flat. lie has to his credit two victories in the Lovers of the Horse 13 Maxiimiin Stakes at Washington, which, being at the trying distance of three miles, was tiie longest race of the ye;ir on the eastern turf, and one of tlie severest tests which could l)e given a race-horse. Mr. Carruthers was one of the first to reaHze the necessity of having a jockey (lull and an up-to-date racing phint in Montreal, and when the proposition was laid before him. lie became a very warm supporter. On different occasions when the new track was in its infancy and vastly different from the powerful organization conducting races at Blue Bonnets to-day. "Jim" Carruthers put his shoulder to the wheel, and gave his time and money to further the .scheme. He has been a UKMuber of the executi\-e of the Montreal Jockey ("lul) since its inception, and is one of the original seven charter members of the Club. His jjrac- tical knowledge of racing and intense love of the sport, with his efforts to place the turf on tlie highest possil)le basis, combine to make him a man of the greatest value to a jockey club. Mv. Carruthers is also one of the oldest members of the Ontario Jockev Club. 14 Lovers of the Horse THOMAS CHARLES PATTESON WIIKN 'I'homas Charles Pattcsou (lieil. the Nestor of the turf in Canada, and the founder of the Ontario Jockey Chih, passed away. Although within two or three weeks of conipletinp; his 71st year, having been horn Oct. 5, lS:]n. ten days before death came he was ap])arently in his usual health, and was taking his cu.stoniarv lively and intelligent interest in nuuulane affairs. A week j)revioiisly tie was in the Toronto Wnrld office, and, after ascending the editorial stairs briskly, i-onversed lightly and inter- (>stingly on the record achievement of the then new Cunarder, the Lusitania. at the same time chatting with knowledge of the |)erformance of other of the ocean grey- hounds. Mr. Patteson's wide circle of a((|\iaintances. it might be here noted. included chiefs of the TuariiU' world, and it was primarily through him that the late C .V Pi|)()ii. who nu't his death in a railway ac-cident near Bristol, England, became agent for the White Star line. A man of rare parts went from among us when ]\lr Patteson's sj)irit took flight at midnight on Friday, the twentieth day of September. 1!)()7. His niciiiorv was marvellous, and his knowl- edge of men and ])ul)lic affairs, not alone in Canada lint in (ireat Hritain. was |;robablv uiu'-\celled. No man conld die. but. if he were of any note. Mr. Patteson had a gooij. or at least an interesting sfoiv to tell of liini What he read, or what pas.se, in spite of a eerlaiu arbiti ariiu'ss that often provokeii lio^lilih. a man of generous, considerate and kindly disposition, A day seldom |tassed that he was not using his indueiiee. begotten of his extra wide circ-le of ae<|uaintanceship. in hying to secure some uidneky wight a wage- earning jK)siti(in ll was to him jiiobably more than to any man in CMiuida. that i)arent.s in Kngland having wayward sons oi' fii<'nds wlioni IIkv wi.slud to |)laee in positions here, made representation. No desi-iving man oi' woman ever sought the good offices of 'I'homas Charles Pattcs(,n in vain Tho.mas Charles rATTEsoN Lovers of the Horse 15 In the good old (hivs of the Great Western and Northern Railways, when Brydges and Cnmberhmd were the respective chiefs of those roads, many were tlie Enghsliinen wlio secnred appointments tlirough his aid. And so it was to the end. Sounrl, nseful advice and level-h('a(k'd counsel were always to be had from Toronto's Postmaster of that day for the asking. Thirty-five years ago the writer of this was chief proof- reader on the then recently established Mail. A year or two afterwards an ex-member of one of the learned professions was a member of the proofreading staff. His habits were "a bit off,'" and a bottle of supposeil tea undoubtedly contained something tiiat inebriated as well as cheered. 'J'owards midnight this gentleman was frequently in a condition for sleej). It became a ((uestion of discharging him, and Mr. Patteson walked with the writer from the Mail office, whi<-h was the old Metropolitan Hotel transformed, to the postoffice and back, discussing the matter. That the place could not be made a refuge for incurables was certain, "but," said the managing director, "you'll have to tell him I can't." And that fjiirly represented the kindly disjjosi- tion of the man. It was not only by the seekers after employment that Mr. Patteson's sage counsel was in demand. Newspapermen, masters of hunts, promoters of various enterprises, were accustomed to take advantage of his wide experience and extensive knowledge. He was heard to sav once: "If I charged for consultation the customary legal fee, my official salary would be trel)le(l." And that was an tmdoul)ted fact. It was his willing- ness to help that led the late "Deacon" or Joseph Duggan to go to ^Nlr. Patteson to see if something could not be done towards the improved utilization of his Woodbine property, and the ]>lacing of racing on a better footing jiiid a higher plane. Mr. Pat- teson, with no thought of the valuable service he was gratuitously rendering, at once .set to work to interest sundry prominent men. Having secured a ])romi.se of their co- operation, he called a meeting at the Queen's Hotel, over which the late Sir Casimir Gzowski presided, and sub.scribed $.500 towards the sought-for capital of $10,000. signing the stock book with the remark. "There, that's all 1 expect you want of me," and then surrendering the chair. However, Sir Casimir's interest cojitinued. and, under his auspices and those of Colonel Cumberland, William Hendrie, Dr. Andrew Smith, William Christie, Robert Davies, the Meads, J. H. and C. T , E. King Dodds, and other men of the time, the ( )ntario Jockey Chd) came into existence and set out on a somewhat checkered path, but still one that from its commencement has had but a single ol)ject — the elevation of racing and the corresponding develojmient of the thoroughbred. Flood, frost and r.iin phiycd plentiful ])arts in the e;irly years of theO.J.C. in ])re- venting unalloyed success, but Mr. Patteson and his asscjciates persevered, with praise- worthy devotion and self-sacrifice. One lucky day the I'ostmaster secured the pi-omise of Governor-General Lord I,orne and the (Queen's daughter to attend the May meeting. Racing prospects in Toronto then and there received the stamp of social success which has never since left it. With wise management, the club from tlwit time has gone on anfs, and the second at Hoboken, X. J., where the "Yanks," the only one of whom whet was native-born being of the illustrious family of Newhall, won again, this time by five wickets. In 187'2 Mr. Patteson was the leading spirit in bringing the H .V Fitzgerahl and W. G. Grace team to Canada. An unfortunate ru])ture prevented Mr. Patteson from enjoying the sport of hunting, but for many years he was a member of the Hunt Club, and to the last took his dailv rides on horseback thi-ough High Paik Alas, he w ill never do so more, and it will be many years, it is to be feared, before his like will be looked on again, for so straightfor- ward, so ready aufl so versatile a man is as seldom met with as frost on the level in the tropics. m'^^^m 18 Lovers of the Horse Robert J. Christie. Tdrdnii Lovers of the Horse 19 GEORGE WILLIAM COOK ONE of the most proinineut horsemen in Canada is George W. Cook, of West- mount. Montreal, Que. He has done much to encourage good sport. Ever since he can rememl^er lie has been intimately associated with the horse, and has bred quite extensively. He has been racing for the j)ast ten years, during which time he has owned such good horses as Orontas. Merriment. Benckart. M.D.A., Too ^Nlany, Mango. Factotum. rU\ One year, witli a stal)le of six horses, Mr. Cook headed the list of winning Canadian owners. His favorite horse has jjrobably been Orontas. winner of the Liverpool Cup and many other good races, the next best being Merriment, who was also winner of the Liver])0()l Cup at 'I'oronto, the spring handicap at Washington in 1905, and who as a three-yea r-(jld was only beaten by the great McChesney. by a nose, at Chicago when the world's rec- ord for six furlongs was lowered, (ieorge William Cook is very j>rominently known in the lunil)er Ijusiness. He was born at "Edgehill." Morrisburg. Out., and was educated at Montreal, Morrisburg and Upper Canada College. Toronto. In 1905 he was married to ]Miss Willa O'^NIeara, daughter of I). I). O'Meara, In- spector of Ports, of Quebec. Mr. Cook comes of a widely-known family of U.E. Loyalists, who settled in the County of Dundas and all of whom have manifested a fondness for good horses. His grandfather was the late Capt. (ieorge Cook, who as a young man fought at Crysler's Farm, and in 1S.'37 at the battle of the Wind- mill. The family have always been staunch Liberals, ]Mr. Cook's great uncle and father having represented the County of Dundas in Parliament for many years. Mr. Cook is President of the Cook & Bros. Lumber Company, and the Serpent River Improvement Co. He is a member of the ^Montreal Board of Trade. Socially he is connected with the Montreal Hunt Club. Montreal Kacciuet Club. St. Georo-e's Snow Shoe Club. Moiitrt-al Amateur Athletic Association, and the Ontario Jockey Club. He is also a member of the ]\Iount Royal Club. Montreal, and the Reform Club. Mr. Cook's summer residence is his l)irtliplace. "Edgehill." Morrisburg. His city residence is 400 Elm Ave., Westmouut, Montreal. Orontas. B.H.. bv Azra — Starlight — King Alfonso 20 Lovers of the Horse TONGORDER— ClIKST.VUT HOKSE. UY OrDICK-ToNGESH NATHANIEL DYMENT Till"] tlKiroiii^lilnTij ncNcr 1i;h1 a \\aniH'r t'riciul iioi' more anient aack, |)erhaps. assume of the other (anailian o\\ nei's. iiul (hiring his limited career of some leu years, he neitlier spared time nor money in the enconraii'cmcnl ol' Kreedin^ and racing;' thorou<;hl)reds. In later years he maintained that this hohhy had addi'd yeai's to his life and only rcoretted that he had not taken to it when he was a much younger man. The owner of the Brocjkdale Farm, as his estate was called, was known on this continent from coast to coast. He I'aced his string on many of the \ nile(l States tracks, as well as on all of the ( anadian coui"ses. and won many rich stakes with his horses. Mr. Dynient took oix-jil pleasure around his stud watchinj;- the youngsters develop and f^row . and man\ fast ones came from IJarrie. w here the racing;' string was wintered. Lovers of the Horse 21 ]\rr. Dvmeiit li.nl all the ([ualities of a sportsman; the i)ettiiig ring liad n<» attrac- tions for liiiii, as lie seldom wagered on a horse, hut spent thousands of dolhirs on foreign hreds for tlu' purpose of bettering his string; tliis being done for the pure love of tlie s])ort and not for the financial Ijenefit to be derived therefrom. His fondest hopes were realized when he won the King's Plate twice in succession, first with llicssalon of his own breeding, and the second time with Sapjier, sired by his famous stud ('ourtown, and purchased bv him at a small figure. Mr. Dvment's coimection with the turf dated l)ack for manv vears, and the oran<>e and oreen colors of the stable were well known ai'onnd the larger tracks. He had the distinction of being one of two Canadian owners who had a horse ht to start in the American l)cri)y, which was run at Washington Park 'brack. Chicago, for years, and was the richest stake for three-year-olds on the Americ-an con- tinent. He was a most enthusiastic' memA)er of the Ontario and Hamilton Jockey Clul)s. and for two years won all of the more important races on both tracks. The largest ])urse ever won by the owner of the Brookdale I'arm was the Buffalo Derby, which wa.s worth some twcntv-five thousand dollars to the win- ner the year he won it with Fort Hunter. The following season he finished second with Tongordei" in the same event, and with a lietter ridei- would have won. Mr. Dyment had the credit of paying the largest price that was ever paid for a thoroughbred by a Canadian, when he |)urchased Kinleydale, the .son of Kinleymack, for $11, .)(((). Nathaniel Dyment was born at Exeter, Devonshire, Euglanil, December '^i.')l\\. 1832, and came to Canada with his parents when he was three years old. He lived with his father in Peverlev Township, Wentworth (Onnty, until he was sixteen years of age. He began business for himself at that age by purchasing a big pine tree, which he felled himself and had taken to the mill; as he made money he pnrcha.sed more pine, and from hunber ama.ssed a large fortune and renuuned in this business up to the time of Ins death. His first contract was with the (ireat Western Railway, sn|)])lving them with the entire output of his mill at Linden. Xatha.xieI- DvMrxT 22 Lovers of the Horse In the vear 1870 he went to Barrie. wliieh place lie made his home, and where he purchased the timber lands at A'estra anil Hillsdale. Next came the purchase of larjier timl)er limits in Alooma. He was the head of the hrni of Mickle. Dvinenl and Sons, whicii is now one of the laroest lumi)er firms in the Dominion of Canada. At one time ^Ir. Dyment was President of the Barrie Loan Company, wliich was ab- sorl)ed hv the Dyment Security and Loan Company. He was a Director in the Col- liniiwood Shipljuildiuir Companv. the (ioderich Elevator Works, The Barrie Carriaiic Company, The Barrie Tanning Company, and was lai'gely interestetl in a ranch in Alberta. ^Tr. Dvment was married twice, leaving four c-hildren, two daughters and two sons, Simon Dvment, who succeeded him in the Mickie, Dyment firm, and A. E. Dyment, ^L^., of Thessalon. When Mr. Dvment first took to racing, he was largely interested in English stock, whicli did not show quick results. His racing career really did not commence until after the purchase of the famous stallion Courtown. The first get of this sire to show anvthing was the mare Elying Bess, and it was a |>roud day when her owner saw her estal)lisli scvcrjil (anadian records. Eroni this on lie rivalled the Seagram KlNLIiYUALE BY KlNLI-.YMACK Lovers of the Horse 23 stable, and it w as a battle for supremacy between them for the honors of the Canadian turf. In 1!)():! the IJrookdale Stable won the King's Plate for the first time with Thes- salon, sired by (Ourtown. running' second the same year with Nesto, another one bred at the farm. In 1904 Mr. Dyment saw his string head the list of winning Canadian owners. This year he won the plate with Saj)]>er, a despised outsider, while he cap- tured all of the principal open stakes in Canada with Fort Hunter, who had been piinliasi'd the previous fall at a cost of $3,.>()0. This horse won the Buffalo Derby and started in the last American Derby ever run, finishino- fourth after beinjr in front at one time. In 1905, Tongorder was the bread-winner of the stable; and although he did not ecpial the record of Fort Hunter, he won the majority of the open Canadian stakes and finished second in the Buffalo Derby. It was in the fall of 1!)0,5 that Kinleydale was purchased and when he failed to make good, contracting cold at Salem, from which he died, the genial owner only remarked that another one must be secured. The next in line was Temeraire, which was bought for $7, .500, the fall previous to !Mr. Dyraent's death. On the Brookdale Farm there is a mile track over which the Queen's Plate was won by Mignonette, owned by Mr. Roddy Pringle, in the vear 1873. ]Mr. Dyment was a great lover of home, and Ijcluuged to very few .social clubs. His principal delight was the entertainment of friends at his estate in Barrie, where he would show them his string and talk of the races to be run and the races won and lost. He had luativ friends and his loss was seriously felt all over Canada. 24 Lovers of the Horse Mfmbfrs" Stand, Woodbine, Toronto THE ONTARIO JOCKEY CLUB Wllll.M llicrc was rii<-ii)<;' \)v\ov to ihr existence of the Ontario Joeki'V ( liil). it i> not ilispnted that tlie oeneral satisfactory condition of the sjiort. ami its very inikIi ini|)ri)\c(l tone, are (hie in a i^reat measure to thai ( Inl). I'"(iunih'(l sonic twenty -seven or twenty-eif^ht years ago, for years tlie (Inl) (hil not have an ex- cccdinii' amount of financ-ial success, altliouy'h e\'en liu'ii HttU' or no fault was to In- found witli its manajicmcnt, witli wliicli several of tin- hest men in the City of 'I'onnito were closely ir. an improved state of thini;s eommeueed to |)re\ail. ( )n one foi'tunate (Queens Birthday Ilis Excellenex the Mar(|nis of Lome, then ( iovernor-( ienci'al of Canada and now Ilis (ii-aee the Duke of Aii^yll. and llei' Roval Ilifihness I'rincess Louise were induee(l to attend, thus giving ihe meetinj;- the hall-mark of society. F'roni that on. not .lione has the (luK heen manay-ed ity liu>ine>> men of the first rank, hut its race gatheriny's ha\e heeii attended hy Ihe Icadinir ladies and "cntlemen of the entire conntrv: Cahinet ministers, eminent iicntle- men of the ermine, mendiei's of Parliament. I>iy' fimin<-iers. lawyers, doctors, pai'soirs Lovers of the Horse 25 ;iii(l iiicrcliants. have met on a coininoii level on the beautiful o^reen swards in front of tlie stands. 'I'lie\ have ehatted cordially tofjetlier in the boxes and seats, or induli^ed in little innocent luit-pools while in the enjoyment of sport as well and re])ntablv manaf>ed as any on the broad face of the earth. It was in 1881 that a few gentlemen met in a parlor of the Queen's Hotel with a view to forniino; a Jockey Club with the moderate ca])ital often thou.sand dollars, divided into one hundred shares of one hundred dollars apiece. The late Sir Casinu'r (Izowski was in the chair. In front of him .sat the late Colonel Cumberland, the late Wm. Ilendrie. the late T. C. Patteson. the late J. H. INIead. (leoro-e W. Torrance. Dr. Andrew Smith. T. \N . Jones. E. Kin<;- Dodds. Kol)ert Bond. ('. T. Mead. Arthur (iod- son, Joseph l)u; the ^^oodbin(> track had for six years been used for I'acini.!,' in a sort of happy-<>'o-lucky way. Mr. l)u<;<;an. j)i'o|)rietor, wished to ])ut both the track and the sport on a better footino-. and with that view interviewed the late Mr. T. C. Patteson. who. after considerable persuasion, consented to take the mat- ter in hand and at once set about it in a businesslike, practical way. The result was that three-cjuarters of the stock was taken on the spot, the late Sir Casimir Gzowski being the hrst to sign the book and to inve.st five hundred dollars. Sulxsequentlv he became President, and in the fall of 1881 the first meeting was held. It is not neces- sary to say that, compared with the present gatherings, it was on a very moderate scale indeed. In fact, one stable could sujjply as many horses, and of j)ossibly a better (|uality. than were considered enough to make u]) the race meetings of that dav. lint energy and enterprise had its reward. Although the disposition at hrst was a bit con- servative, year by year the interest grew until twice as much was raced for on one dav as was at first considered sufficient to afford spltMidid sport for an entire meeting. Colonel Cumberland was the first President, but was overtaken with sickness, and never had the pleasure of officiating in that capacity at a meeting of the Club. The old .Vdani was. however, so strong in him. that on his death-bed he commanded his family to go to the races, so that they could tell him how they resulted on their return. "Even if I am dying.*" said the gallant Colonel, with true sportsmanlike and soldierlike spirit, "you should go to the meeting and tell me all about it. I shall eujov your story almost as nnich as if I had been tliere." Colonel (izowski succeeded his fellow-Colonel and continued in the ])osition of President for two or three years, when he was succeeded by the late William Ilendrie. who, on a little divergence of opinion, in the vear 18!)4. with the then Chairman of the Executive. Mr. T. C. Patteson, irave wav to the late Sir I'^rank Snnth. on whose death Mr. \\illiain Hendrie again took up the reins. In this coimection. it is intere.sting to note that the first list of Directors was a sonu'what long one. including twenty of the most prominent gt-ntlemeu of the city, namely. Col. (i/.owski. ^^nl. Ilendrie, T. C. Patteson. J. H. Mead, the present Sir \\n\. Mulock, Duncan Camj)bell. John White, Dr. Andrew Smith, Angus Mor- rison. K. C; J. Cosgi-ave. ^^ . A. Dickson. \\ . Christie, C. Brown, J. E. Riordon, D. Morrow, of Peterboro: Dr. Morton. S. (J. Hamsav. \. Kin^sinill. Thomas McGaw 26 Lovers of the Horse and Dr. Strange. The present (1908) Executive are: President. Mr. Joseph Seagram. M.P., who succeeded the hite WilHam IIen. and a sweepstake of $5 payable at the time of entry, on M.-ircli the first: $.■> additional if not declared out by the 8lh of ^^ay, and $'■25 additional for starters. In addition, a piece of plate, valued at $1.50, is given to the owner of the u inner, who thus receives, in all, close upon $4,000, $700 going to the secoiid, and $:50(> to the liiii-d. The breedei' of the winner also receives $!2.'50. It will be readily acknowledged that this race for maiden ( anadian-breds is one well worth winning'. The Plate has been inn for with- Lovers of the Horse 27 out iiitcniiission .since, and including, ISOO. and is tlie oldest race fixture to-day in America. Although the King's I'late, as has here been said, is worth in all $o,000, there is yet one other race given by the Ontario Jockey Club that is worth considerably more, to wit. the Toronto Cii]). which has $5,000 added to a sweepstake of $30 each, $10 forfeit, and which, consetjuently. runs ahead of the older race by the additional amount of the collected sweepstakes. While at the first meeting of the Ontario Jockey Club, something less than $2,500 was given for two days' racing, namely, Septeml)er 16th and 17th. 1881; on the days of racing in 1908, extending from May 23i-d to June the nth. no less than $70,000 was distributed between owners. At the Fall Meeting, which usually extends from Saturday to Saturday in the middle of the latter half of Se])tenil)er. $;5().000 was given for the seven days" meeting, making in all $100,000 given by the Ontario Jockey Club in premiums for twenty days' racing. In 1881. the purses, as I have said, amounted to $'2,500; in 1885. to $3,785; in 1890. to $9,045; and in 1908. to $70,000. Up to 1890. five days, two days in the Fall in connection with the Hunt Club, and three days in the Spring, comprised all the time given to racing under the Club colors. But the jjrogress was continuous vuitil 1894, when the aforementioned disiuption took |)lace in the Club, resulting in the founder, tlie late T. C. Patteson. who had l)een the directing heatl up to this time, retiring. Under the new reginw at the l)cginning the tendency ap])eared to l>e to greater conservatism, but tinu' has proved that the Club management was working up to new. wider ideas. Recently the Club has acquired the Woodbine ]>roperty. which for a (|uarter of a century it only leased, although all the money made has been continuously put into im- Club House Cornicr, Woodbime, Toronto 28 Lovers of the Horse j)rovements. Two or \hrvr ycNirs ayo tlic track was entirely overliaiiled, heino- removed further soutli. widened and i)iiilt up in such a way that it is now one of the best and fastest tracks in America. Other l)enehcial alterations liave l)een eontinuaUy pro- ceeded with, despite the |)crsistent efforts of sunchw of the uhra i^ood to kill "the s])ort of kings"" — the sport to which llis Majesty Kini>- Edward \"1I, and such men as the late Duke of Devonshire, the late Lord Palmerston. the Earl of Derhy (formerly (Jovernor-General of Canada i. Lord Rosehery, and the Earl of Durham, giver of a cup to the O.J.C. and many other good and true men were or are devoted. hi ]!)()(). shortly before the death of Mr. William Ilendrie. senior, then President of the ("lub. the English Jockey ("lub made the Trcsident of the O.J.C. an honorary member — and the honor went to his successor, Mr. Joseph E. Seagram, >L1'. The English Jockey C"lul), of which His Majesty the King, the Prince of Wales, the Duke of Couiiaught. the Khedive of Egypt. tlu> Earl of Derby, Duke of Portland, Loi'd Roseberx and other dukes and lords nvv nu-mbcrs. is the most aristocratic clul) in Enu'land. and ])rol)ably of tlu' world. >\I-K nil .ll.MI-^, VWn >lilil.^|.. iiiK*' Lovers of the Horse 29 JOHN MACDONALD, J. P. IN the stables of His Royal Highness, the rriiuc of \\n\es (at this writing. 1908), there are a beautiful pair of harness horses purchased for the Prince in Toronto by a gentleman who is one of the most prominent residents of the Queen City, and a most widely known lover of the horse. The pair inentioned were bought from Mr. John ]\Iac(li>nal(l. .1.1*., the head of one of Canada's leading wholesale houses, who in addition to the management of the vast business in dry goods founded l)y his father, the hde Senator ]Mac- donald, has found recreation in estab- lishing a premier re])utation as pos- sil)ly the best judge of a harness horse in Canada, and incick'ntaily it might be mentioned that at least a thou- sand liorses liave passed tlnough his hands. Some of the finest harness horses in any of the principal cities in Canada, and, in fact, in all of the big cities in the Cnited States, have been sold by ^Ir. Macdonald, who since he was old enough to take an interest in anything, has been very fond of the horse, and \\;\> macU' the high-class harness horse his hobby — j)ractically since he had his first hobby horse, for when asked how long he had been a.ssociated with the horse he replied. "From infancy." His prize-winners are many, and since the inauguration of the Can- adian Horse Show at 'I'oronto. he has captured very numerous tro- phies coveted by those less successful in bringing forward the real carriage horse. For years he has be<>n Judge in the .V.ppointnient classes at tlu' Horse Show, and three years ago. when ^Ir. J. Ross Robertson donat- ed special prizes for the A|)|)oint- raent class, Mr. Holiertson made a John Macdon'ald. J. P. 30 Lovers of the Horse proviso with the terms of tlie le- brated mercantile hous(> known through the w liol«> of this Dominion and in the |)rin- cipal buying centres of the old land. Since the lamented (h'ath of Senator Macdonald, his son has guided the affairs of the estalihMinient. he having passed through every frade essential to the ac(|uirement of an expert and thorough knowledge of the dry goods trade. Mr. Macdonald i> patriotic, but has devoted his patriotism to the (oniniereial development of the country, which deniande(l so nnieh of his time that he could not see his wav to assume military resj)onsibilities unless necessary. It is a note of inter- est, however, that his grandfather came out here in the very early forties with the il.'Jrd Ili'ddaiiders. who were stationed in 'I'oronto. Lovers of the Horse 31 As a zealous suj)j)()rtt'r of tlie commercial interests of the city of Toronto, Mr. Macrlonald is a valued member of the Board of Trade, director of the Bank of To- ronto, and director of the Confederation Life Assurance Co. He is a Justice of the Peace for the County of York, member of the National Clul). and is associated with the Caledonian Society, Commercial Travellers" Association, York Pioneers, and the Ancient Order of United Workmen. His energy has been a factor in the development of the mercantile community of Toronto, while his efforts on behalf of the good carriage horse have been {)roductive of e(|ually satisfactory results. His characteristic traits are a Tuixture of modesty and business, which have earned for him an envial)le po|)u- larity in all spheres. On August 5, 1903, Mr. ]VIacdonald married Miss Claire Hun- gerford, daughter of Mr. W. A. Ilungcrford, of Belleville. Out. -"Vx 32 Lovers of the Horse DR. DAVID KING SMITH DA\11) KING SMITH. M.l)., was born, c.lucatrd and lived all his litV in liironto. After passing through the public schools he attended the old Jarvis Street Grammar School and from there passed to the Medical Faculty of Toronto T'niversity. from which he graduated with credit on the coni))letion of the usual four years" course. While at the Medical School the iloctor paid special atten- tion to dermatology, and after graduation took an additional course in that subject. on wliicli he is now a recognized author- ity, as well as being an cxjiert in practice. Dr. Smiths interest in horses begfan very early in life. He was taught to ride almost in his infancy, and though at the present time only in the early thirties, he has been an enthusiastic follower of the hoiuids for twenty ycais past, and few members of the Hunt (Inb have carried oH' so many jjrizes in the ( iub competi- tions. 'I"he Doctor has owned many fine hunters during the past ten or twelve years, but among them all his favorite was Athol. with whom he wdu the\Nalki'r (up in Ihe Hunt Club Steeplechase. I'he Doctor, m fact, is one of the mem- bers of the Clui) who lia\c contributed l:irgel\ to the iniproN'enieiil of hunters in ()ntario in I'ecent years. lie has spared neitluT time nor labor m his elforls to |)romote this object, and those who look I lack a decade or so and com- |)are the nioiiuts at the meets of to-da\' w ith those of twelve or lifteeu years ago, will ap|)reciate the debt of gratitude which horsemen owe to him and those who worked with him to develoj) a belter class of aniiuaU. Mr. Snnth is also a member of the Ontario Jockey Clul), and has done his share towards making that organization the great success it has been. As might be ex])cctcd. Dr. Smith is interested in inilii.irv matleis. ha\ingbeen for tlic past eight years connected with the 4Sth llighl.inders. in which regiment he holiU the rank of Captain. lie is a nu'inix-r also of the Toronto (Iub. of the Masonic Order, and of the Zeta I'si I'raternitv, in all ol which he is highly esteenie(| both for his abilities and his social (pudities. Dr. Davio King Smith Lovers of the Horse 33 ■Kentucky Todd." rROPERXY of Miss Wiiks. Cruickston Park, Galt, Ont. MISS KATHERINE L. WILKS ALTIIOXTGH not altooether a rarity, it is unusual to see a lady of such high social position as Miss Katherine L. Wilks, of Cruickston Park, Gait, interested in the Ijreeding and racing of the light harness horse, or for that matter, of any other kind of horse. To be sure, Miss Wilks, who has an ancestiy of worth and wealth, and the entree to the most exclusive society of America, being a member of the great Astor family of New York adorns her position with the most gracious and charmmg hospitahty. hhe yet prefers the attractions of her Canadian estate to the all-absorbing pursuits of New York's "four hundred." , , ^ „ ., • . u There are, indeed, feminine owners of race-horses in both Great Britain and the United States, but Miss Wilks is exceptional in that she possesses a stock-farm of over a thousand acres on which she breeds almost exclusively light harness horses. Within the last few years she has spent an enormous amount of money in further- 34 Lovers of the Horse ing this fancy, and although it has been a rock of destruction to many ambitious breed- ers, this lady, witli cxtraonHnaiy l)usiness acumen, has achieved gratifying success. Miss Wilks has consistently pursued that ])ohcy which embodies the principle that it pays to buy the best. It was this reasoning which induced her to pay fifteen thousand five hundred dollars for Sadie ]Mac, the highest price paid for any mare during 1!)04. When the queenly Sadie Mac's former owner offered thirty thousand dollars for her return the shrewdest horsemcMi on the continent thought our Canadian Miss W'ii.ks' Mohkazi \ horse-woman was hardly justified in refusing such a princely sum. but hci- judgment was brilliantly sustained in early results. Sadie Mac outshone all rivals on liic (irand Circuit so easily that the trainers and drivers throughout the country nijinittcd that siic was in a class l)v liciself, and until she droj)j)eortunity to develop his fondness for horses, was not slow to take advantage of his chances in this respect. Although one of the youngest, T. Ambi-ose Woods is now one of the most ])rominent horse-owners in Canada, besides having an enviable record in the show-rings of the United States. Mr. Woods, who was born in Toronto, was educated at Upper Canada College, going into business with his father after his graduation, and after his father's death becoming head of the business, which, established as it was fifty years ago, is now one of the l)est known houses in Toronto. Mr. Woods maintains his stable, not for financial gain, but for pure love of the sport, and derives his greatest pleasure in schooling and driving his own horses, hunters and harness horses being his favorites, while in his ability to handle the reins he is surpassed by few. In 1907 Mr. Woods was married to Elsie Belle, daughter of Mr. A. M. Orpen, of Toronto, whose interest in horses is too well known for comment. Mrs. W^)ods is in j^erfect sympathy with her husband's tastes, and is an exceptionally clever horse-woman, both in the saddle and with the ribbons. She has driven and ridden her husband's horses with great success at many of the horse shows. The sensation of the Spring Meet at the Woodbine, Toronto, in 1907 was the winning of the King's Plate, the biggest event of the Canadian turf, by Mr. Woods' horse Kelvin, who galloped home in front of a big field, snatching the laurels from all the big Canaflian stables which devote both time and money to breeding horses for this event alone. Kelvin was purcliased by his owner from the late William Hendrie as a yearling, and is royally bred, being by Martimas, the only Canadian horse which has ever won the big Futurity Stakes. Mr. Woods purchased Kelvin more for show j)urposes than T. AiiBROSE Woods 38 Lovers of the Horse Cupid, driven bv Mrs. T. Ambrose Woods for nicing, as lie li;i> |)('rtV('t coiiforiiiatioii At (lie Canadian National K\liil)ition, as a yearling, lie won tlic first jn'i/.c i'ilpl)on for stallions and aorts of all kinds. 'rhrouw York). .Vfter Col. Jenyn's departure, Mr. Hendrie again assumed the Mastershij). which posi- tion he held until 1870. During the last year of Mr. ilcndrie's reijimc, a memorable trij> was made by the Toronto Hunt Clnl) to Ilamilton, by the Cireat Western Railway, Nov. 8th, ]8()!), when tliey were entertained on the old IJrant farm by Mr. Wm. Hendrie, and ;in enjoyable afternoon's rnn was had on the farm limits. The meet was at^^cll- ington S(juare, near Hamilton, and many amusing incidents during the day's .sj)ort are still recorded. I'nder the Ma.sterships of M(>ssrs. George Gooderham, Worts and Coj)land, the Ilnnt Club continned to flourish for the n(>xt ten years. The mc<'ts were alwavs well Lovers of the Horse 43 The Toronto Hunt Club-house attended, tliere being seldom less than forty or fifty present, all well mounted, includ- ing, as a rule, five or six ladies. From time to time, the kennels, still under the careful management of John Ilalligan, with Tim Blong as kennelman, were replenished with fresh drafts of hounds from England and elsevvhei'e, and gradually the Toronto Hunt worked its way into public prominence as a sporting organization. Frequent hunt meetings tended to increase the interest in steeplechases and cross-country races, and many keen and exciting contests were witnessed on the impromptu steeplechase courses in and about Toronto. In 1S83. Dr. Andrew Smith, one of the originators of the Hunt (and still a most enthusiastic and active supporter of it) was elected M.F.H., which position he retained until the reorganization of the Club in 1893. Too much cannot be said of Dr. Smith's untiring efforts in the cause of good sport, and too much credit cannot be given him for the time and energy which he has devoted to the Club from its inception and the interest which he still takes in it. Suffice it to say, that under this good sportsman the Club continued to prosper and the meets became more and more popular, until the Clul) grew to such j)roi)ortions that a complete reorganization was necessitated in 1893. The late Mr. D'Alton McCarthy was elected President, and Mr. George W. Beardmore, Master. I}\ the summer of 1894, drafts of hounds 44 Lovers of the Horse had been imported from such kennels as the "Fitz William," the "Warwickshire," the "Cottesmore," the "Belvoir," and the "Graftons," not to mention the Master's gift of six couples of hounds purchased from the Montreal Hunt. An extensive area of land at Scarborough Heights was purchased, club-house and kennels were erected, new huntsmen and whij)pers-iu appointed, and Mr. George Beardniore, on the com- pletion of the stables in the early autumn, furnished them from his [private stables at Chutlleigh with horses for the huntsmen and all the Hunt servants, which he has gra- ciously continued to do till the present day, although this fact is only known to a few of the meml)ers. With such determined spirit of sport had the new blood entered into their work of reorganization that the opening meet of that year is recalled with pardonable priile. It was a large and fashionable meet, and prominent among all to encourage Mr. Beardmore was its ever popular former Master, Dr. Andrew Smith. A thoroughly good opening meet was followed by a thoroughly good season. From year to year everything continued to flourish till the death of the Club's President, in 1898. Mr. McCarthy's untimely and lamentable death was sincerely mourned, not only by the hunting fratei'nity, but by every true lover of sport in the Dominion. The loss to the Toronto Hunt was irreparable, but fortunately for the Club, the Right Hon- orable the Farl of ]\Iinto. then Governor-General of Canada, and ever ready to promote good sj)ort, graciously acceded to the request of the directorate anil honored the Club by becoming its President. From the inception of the Toronto Hunt, the one idea paramount has been to give sport in the hunting field and to encourage all other sports. How well this has been carried out in the last fourteen years may briefly be put down as follows: Com])lete reorganization, 18!);j; purchase of valuable property, Scarl)orough Heights: building club-house with all conveniences and sufficiently large to dine 100 people; building of model kennels; building of Hunt stables; building of |)olo stables; preparing golf links; pr(>paring polo field; aiuuial race meetings or gymkhanas: annual Horse Show. The spring hunting lasts from six weeks to two months, the autumn three to four: the meets, counting the early inoniing runs, three times a week. The western country is principally grass, with some plough: the eastern country, early in the spring and late in the season, heavy going. In both directions there are few ditches, and the ordinary Canadian snake fences. The most useful mount is a short coupled blood horse, and it would be hard to imagine a better country to make a good chaser. To the Hunting Laflies of the Club is due the organization of the first Race Meet- ing held at the Woodinne, in the autumn of ]Si)f, under the auspices of the Toronto Hunt. The ladies formed themselves into a Race Committee with Mrs. J. K. Kerr as President. Members of the Committee: Mrs. Forester, Mrs. Carruthers, Miss Cawthra, Miss Louise Janes; Hon. Sec'y., Miss HcUmi Beardmore. The one day's meeting jjroved such a success, that the following year the Directors had the courage to follow in their footsteps. The meeting became an annual one for seven days until Lovers of the Horse 45 1902, when the Autuiiui Hunt dates were taken by the Ontario Jockey Club. The same success, thanks to the I'oronto Hunt, has marked the annual Toronto Horse Show. When the Hunt Chih was strivino' for an existence, the ladies worked with that spirit of sportsmanship w hich has done much to bring about the immense suc- cess the Horse Show enjoys to-day. No association in Canada has done more to promote and encourage the breeding of the right kind of horses than the Toronto, or, as it is generally termed, the Canadian Horse Show, which has an enviable name all over the continent and which increases in popularity every year. The Driving Section of the Toronto Hunt Club is a most enthusiastic body. The Toronto Riding and Driving Clul) was organized many years ago. The first President was iNIr. J. K. Kerr, K.C., and the first Vice-President, Brigatlier-General Otter, K.C.B. Hie Club at this time was comj)osed of thirty or forty members, who met on every Saturday afternoon during the sleighing season, and after driving around Queen's Park and through the city, would proceed to Earlscourt, some four or five miles from town, where they would all dine, have an informal dance and drive home in the evening;. The house which the Club had leased at Earlscourt was laro-e and beautifullv situated, and the stable accommodation was commodious. Hie member- TiiE Toronto Hunt Kknnels 46 Lovers of the Horse slii|) i;ni(lually increased to sixty-five. lu those days many tandems used to turn out with these meets, as well as one or two four-in-hands and unicorns, and a number of pairs. When the Toronto Hunt Club erected its beautiful club-house at Scarborough Heights, the Riding and Driving Club joined the Hunt Club and became what was known as the Driving Section of the Clul). The drives arc contimied in the same way as Ijcforc. only that they proceed to Scarborough Heights instead of to Earlscourt, as previously. Some of the jjrominent early members of the Chit) were: Col. G. A. Sweney, the late Major Hay, Major Sears, the late Mr. DWltou McCarthy, Capt. C. N. Shanly and ]\Ir. Edwin Heward. Driving Clubs in Canada were instituted some fortv years ago. when the F^nglish regular troops were in the country. The officers took a keen interest in sleighing and enjoyed the splendid sport of tlriving a four-in- hand, unicorn, or tandem. Lovers of the Horse 47 Shaffokd — TnoRour.HBRED Stallion. Owned by Morris & Wellington. Fonthill WILLIAM E. WELLINGTON WILLIAM E. WELLINGTON is a Canadian by birth, having been l)orn ill the town of Oshawa in tlie year 1849. Mr. Wellington was educated at the high school in his native town. From his boyhood days Mr. \N eliington showed an interest in the horse, and at the time of writing holds a prominent position in the breeding world. He has been associated with all of the horse shows, as well as the National Exhibition held in Toronto, and his advice on matters of this kind is sought after throughout the Dominion. Mr. Wellington took up horse breeding for the love of it and as a pastime more tiian anvthin"- else. Cominy; naturallv to him, he has made a success of breedino; from the beginning. First starting in business as a printer, whicli trade he learned in his native town, he remained at it only three years, when the nursery business took his fancy and he formed a |)artnership at the age of twenty-two with the late ^Ir. Stone. For years the firm known as Stone and Wellington was only a small concern, but rapidly grew until the firm's nursery has now grown from one hundred 48 Lovers of the Horse acres till it covers over one thousand. Afterwards Mr. INlorris was taken into partnersliij). Shortly after the change was made, Mr. Stone died. Mr. Wellinoton buying his interests in the concern. It was at this time that the horse husiness was taken up, and there is now probably not a better known firm in Canada. Their specialty is shire and thoroughbred crosses to obtain saddle and hunters. Probably the best horse ever owned by Mr. AVellington was Shafford. v.ho is roy- ally lired. coming from Derliy winners' stock. He won the first time lie was shown in the ring in two special classes against many good ones, one being for best horse to get saddle horses and hunters. Another good one in this stable is Bramhope Car- dinal, an imported shire, which also won the first time shown. This horse was sired by the Duke of York out of the mare IJounce. Shafford's first sire and dam were Saraband and Ladv Amelia, thev cominii- from such stock as Highland Fliup-, Don- caster, Hampton and I-ady Hester. Tliese lines go back to some of the best stock in England, making ShatVord a most vahialile one for his breeding, an acquisition to the best horses ever brought to this country. The firm have at the present time over sixty shire and half-bred saddle horses at their farm. Shafford's colts sliow the true sadflle class and are grand ones. j-'or two \ears Mr. \\('llington held the office of first \'ice-presi(lent of the board of directors on tlu' industrial Exhibition, besides being on the board for many years and fre<|U(>ntly chairman of the horse committee. He has been connected with the Canadian Horse Show for years, being looked on as one of the best judges in the land. lie is President of the St. George's Society, and was at one time a director of the ( aiiada Permanent Loan (^o. He is also Vice-President of the Birkbeck Loan Co. of 'I'oronto. Mr. Wellington has never taken any active part in politics, although he lias been offered the nomination foi' ^Velland on many occasions, his business taking up most of his time. Lovers of the Horse 49 DR. AND MRS. S. H. McCOY N() work on the horse or on those interested in tlie horse would be complete, so far as Ontario at least is concerned, without mention being made of Dr. and Mrs. McCoy of St. Catharines. Nowhere is there a l)etter example of unity of interest between husband and wife, and no two ])eo})le liave done more to make fine horses universally adinire(| and popular than they. For years their time and money have been freely spent in buying and exhibiting some of the finest horses seen in Ontario, and their stable, "Meadow- field."" at St Catharines, is a model of ])erfcction in both design and (M|ui]i- ment. Dr. and Mrs. McCoy's horses are housed with the greatest possible care and attention, and nothing is onu'ttcd tliat could contribute to their comfort and well-being. Dr. and Mrs. McCoy aic absolutely in sympathy in their love of a good horse, anK. .\K^^»)\ S 1 .\-M1|:M, I^AHIN itilV AM) 1'[\i;k Lovers of the Horse 51 Mi;adu\viii;ld .Stablks, St. Catharines together principally in Toronto and Montreal It would Ik- impossible in the short s])ace which can of necessity be devoted to a sketch of this nature to mention all the superb animals shown i)y l)r and :\Irs. McCoy, but jjerhaps their greatest triumphs have been achieved with Flyer and Ontime, Mikado and Sultan, Cabin Boy and Fortune Teller. They have, however, not contented themselves with winning the highest laurels in the driving classes alone, but are also well known as no mean author- ities in saddle horses. Horsemen will not soon forget The Kajah and Nightflio;lit, two beauties which have brt)ught their owners many a blue ribbon. l)r McCoy is not, in any sense of the W(»rd, a man of but a single idea, and has not neglected the more serious ideals of life in the pursuit of a hobby. Medicine is his chosen i)rofession, and in medicine he has won an enviable rei)utation. Of North of Ireland ancestry. Dr. McCoy was born in Hamilton, Ontario, and received his early education in that city and in St. Catharines. He entered the Uni- versity of Toronto in 1SS.>, graduated in .Vrts in 188!), and finished his medical course in lS!)'-2 After four years of very successful |)ractice in St. Catharines he went to England in 1!)()1. There and in Scotland he studied for four vears more, an\ Osbonu' Smith, though shortly after that, the command was friveii to Lieut -Col (ieorge A French, who was known as the Commissioner. in June. 1.S74, Lispector ]\Licleod was made Assistant Commissioner, and James Morrow Walsh was made an Ins])ector. On June (i, '-274 officers and Tiien left Toronto, arriving at Lmersou. Manitoba, on the nineteenth day of the month. .Vfter a route march of unparalleled difficulties over a distance of 7S1 miles, the force arrived at their destination. How and Belly Rivers, on September 20 Three divisions were left in the IJow River district under command of the Assistaul Com- missioner, another division l)eing left at Swan HiviM'. while the renuiining company under Col. French proceeded to Dufferin for the winter. It was a strenuous autunni. and a hard and trying winter for all raidvs. foi- it was necessary to locate the various trading posts in the region, ascertain the nature of the business conducted l)y the various traders, and take stejjs to put a stop to illegal trad- ing of all sort> The verv cold weather had a decided effect on the health of the men. the sick list in one dav having reached 4.V Yet, notwithstanding the drawbacks against whicli thev struggle(l. they succee(led in bringing alxmt a complete^ sto])])age of the whiskey trade in that section of the country. Meanwhile. Insjiector W. 1). Jarvis and his (lelaclinieut weic doing good woik at Edmonton, without lia\iug to sull'ei- nearly as many hardships In the s|)ring of 1S7."). Ma jor-( ieueral Selby Smith, then in command of the Cana- dian Militia, made a tour of inspection of the v;irious out|)osts occupied by \\\r X A\ . M.I', and reported them to Itc in a very fair order While making several sug- gestions for their ini|)ro\('ment. he said: "Of the constables and sub-constables I can .speak generally, that they are an able body of men, of excellent material and con- spicuous for willingness, cnduraiu'c and, so fai' as I can learn, integrity of character. Too nuich value cannot be attached lo the Northwest Tolice. Too nnich attention cannot lie paid to their ellicieiicy." In 1S7(). the control and management of the force was tran.sferred from the De- partment of Justice to the Department of the Secretary of Slate under the lion \i W.Scott, and Lieut. -Col. James Far(|uharson Maclcod. C.M.G., was appointed to succeed Lieut.-Col. French, as Commissioner Comptroller Frederick White's report for lS7(i said: "'The li<|U(>r traliie is now supl)ressed and a mimtxM- oi' .Vmei'icans ha\(' crossed the li()rursiiits in Canadian territory. A village has sprung uj) around Fort Mac! eod and tiade is lapidly inereasing. The customs duties collected at this port by the officers of the Police, during the two moiitlis ended Slst October last, amounted to $16,. '5'-24f)!). and over '•20. ()()() robes were shij)ped from there during the past season. At Cypress Hill, the scene of the massacre of 1873, there is also a settlement, at which the customs collections made during the nine months ending 3()th September amounted to $5,584.^22." Few more critical |)ositi()ns were ever faced by a force entrusted with tlic preserva- A Troop of Rov.\l N'orthwfst .Mountfd Police tioii of law and order in a country than that which confronted the Mounted Police when Sitting BviII, the Sioux warrior, with his whole nation, crossed the boundary line to seek shelter in Canadian territory, after the "Custer massacre '" in the United States. From 1S77 to ISSl, the force was compelled to maintain constant supervision and control of the refugee Sioux, and to exercise unwearying j)atience and diplomacv. In 18S1 Sitting Bull was finally induced to surrenfler to the United States authorities. To ictiacc ()\ir steps, in 1S7S Sir Jolni A Macdonald formed a new Cabinet, taking himself the Dejiartment of the interior, and putting the Mounted Police under the jurisdiction of that department. 56 Lovers of the Horse III liS79 there was a great iiiHiix of pojjiilatioii to tlie Northwest, and during that year the force un(k*rtook fanning operations of an experimental and extended eliar- acter in Southern Alberta. Duiing the year Lieut. -Col. Maeleod held .several eivil courts at Fort AValsh, ^lacleod travelling over '•2,300 miles to perform his various duties. Several new important outposts were estal)li.shed, and in 1 l*ie-;i-Pol iind his c,ini|) tnovt'd, and the Police were not even touched. In 1883 the N.W.M.P. were in^trunieni.d in bre;dsing uji a very .serious strike on the Canadian Pacific Railway, whih' during the wlioie |(n>cess of construction of that road the duties of mail clerks in the Northwest were |)erformed by lli<' Police. On account of the Noilhwesf I'ebellion, the vear 188.) is aluavs considered his- Lovers of the Horse 57 torical in Caiunla. 'V\w R.X. W.M.I', naturally bore tlie brunt of the campaign and acquitted itself well; officers and men reflecting the greatest credit on themselves and on the country. The end of the rebellion left the Mounted Police with greatly increased responsi- bilities. First, there was the pacification of the half-breed settlements and the Indian tribes which had been in revolt. Seconal, the sense of security hitlieito enjoyed bv the white settlements had to be restored, and third, provision had to be made for the enforcement of the law in new settlements and mushroom frontier villages, which sprang into existence as a result of the comj^letion of the C.P.R. Stejjs were taken to increase the strength of the force, G08 recruits joining during the year 1885, and to re-arrange the distribution of the work. In the midst of this process or reconstruction the visit of the Governor-General, Lord Lansdowne, did much to allay excitement and to emphasize the fact that law and order had been re- stored throughout the Territories. Writing at the end of 1885 from Prince Albert, which had been the centre of the disaffectcfl district, and where, since his promotion, the commander, Supt. A. Bowen Perry, rejjorted : "The half-breed ijojjulation is quiet, and the feeling amongst them, to a great extent, appears to be that of regret for the past troubles. Very few will acknowledge that they took up arms of their own free will, claiming that they were persuaded and forced into the trouble. "They are now entirely dependent on Government assistance. "I have seen the priests of the different half-breed missions and they all tell a piteous story of starvation and want among their people. The Indians are very quiet and peaceable." In 1886 Lawrence V»'. Herchmer, Esq., succeeded Lieut.-Col. A. G. Irvine, as Commissioner, and that year the work in connection with the erection and repairs of l)arracks, hitherto done by the Police themselves, was handed over to the Depart- ment of Public Works. During the years immediately succeeding the rebellion, there was a marked develop- ment of the patrol system. Log cabins with stables and corrals were built at con- venient places along the frontier, to afford shelter to the men in bad weather, and some full-blooded Indians were en I'oi.u bv-law was inlrnduced, which tended greatly to reduce the objectionable duties which the Police had hitherto Ix'cn called upon to discharge in enforcing the laws res])ectiiig li(|Uor. in 1S!)^2 the Mounted Police Department went under the charge of Hon AV B Ives, President of the Privy Council, and in July of that year a permanent outpost was estal)lishc(l at Cumberland House, about 220 miles below Prince Albert, on the Saskatchewan lliver. In 1S!»1 the Hon. Sir Mackenzie Bowcll became the administrative head of the Moiniicfl i'olice Department, and took a very great interest in the corps, and in 1S!).5 Lovers of the Horse 39 a (li'lafliiiiciit of the Moiiiitcd I'olife were sent to preserve hnv and order in tlie Yukon In 1S!)() Sir Wilfrid Lauricr formed In's fii'st ('al)iiiet. and since that time lias maintained the keenest jiersonal interest in the force and men. In 1S!)7, Jnl)ih>e year, the sixtieth anniversary of the accession of Queen Victoria to the British Throne, was marked 1)V a splendid demonstration in honor of that (freat sovereign. It was decided to send a representative detachment of the Northwest Mounted Police to Ivondon. Superintendent Perry and Inspcctoi- JJelcher were the officers in charge, and the Dominion had t-very reason to he pioiid of hoth officers and men. In physicjue, appearance, discipline and drill, tlicy were generally admirc(l, anire ii: the South .\frican \\ai\ by mem- bers of the force, em])hasize the fact that it has a very decided military value and thai in future nothing should be done to impair its efficiency " In his amiual report for the following year, Conunissionei' i'eriy again empha- sized the need for an increase in the force, saying: "The contiiuu'd development of the country, the increase of po|)idation. the settlement of icmote districts, many m-w towns that have s])rmig up and tlie constinction of new railways, have gicatly adiled Lovers of the Horse 61 to our work, lu the train (jf the iiniui^uialiuii lias coiiu' a nunil)er of tlie criniinal class, which, tliough not hirge, will probably increase. "The new settlers are principally from foreign countries, a great number being from the United States. The American settler is much im])resse(l by the fair anfl impartial administration of justice He finds a constabulary force such as he has not l)een accustomed to, but the advantages of which he is quick to acknowledge, and a country free from all lawlessness and enjoying freedom without license. "The jiroposal of the Grand Trunk Railway to build through the Peace River country, is sure to attract to that district in the immediate future a lot of jjcople seek- ing for the best locations. The police work is steadily increasing. We ought to increase our strength there, and establish a new jjolice district, with beach |uarters. for the pres- ent, at Fort Chipewyar. Two of the districts in the organized territories could be combined into one, thus releasing the statl" for the new district in the north. The northern trade is steadily increasing. Detachments ought to be stationed on Alac- kenzie River," In IdOi, a Pension Bill, providing for the pensions of officers in the Northwest Mounted Police, was passed, the generous provisions of which were much appreciated. In his annual report for 1903, Commissioner Perry says: "The increase of poj)U- lation this year has been greater than in any previous year in the history of the Terri- tories. I think 350,000 a very conservative estimate of the present population. This rapid development has greatly increased the work of the force, and I have had difficulty in meeting fully the requirements. "Our field of operations this year has been tremendously widened. A detach- ment of five men, under the command of Superintendent Moodie. was selected to ac- company tlie Hudson's Bay expedition in that far-distant region. "Another expedition was desj)atched in ]\lay to the Arctic Ocean, consisting of five men under the conunand of Superintendent Constantine and was afterwards left in charge of Sergeant Fitzgerald, who visited Herschell Island, 80 miles north-west of the mouth (if the Mackenzie River, and had tlie honor of establishing a detachment, the most northeily in the world, at this point. "I venture again to call your attention to the valuable work of the force among the immigrants, who are largely foreign-born. "It is claimed, and rightly, that we are a law-abiding people, that no new country was ever settled with such an entire absence of lawlessness. AVhy r Because of the policy of Canada in maintaining a jjowerful constabulary, which has for thirty years enforced the laws in an im])artial manner. "The Northwest Mounted Police were the ])ioneers of settlement. They carried into these Territories the world-wide maxim that, where the British flag flies, peace and order prevail. "The force is now distributed from the international boundary to the Arctic Ocean, and from Hudson's Bay to the Alaska boimdary. 'I'here are divisions in the Terri- tories, each with a head(inarters |)ost. and there ai-e St d(>taehnients, with 18^2 officers 62 Lovers of the Horse and men constantly employed on detached duty. Of these. ,5.5 are disnil)nte(l nnutnii; •■21 detachments along tlie international houndary." In his annual report for 1!)()4, ('omniissioner I'lMiy wroti-: "The Royal Norllnvest Mounted Police has gained a reputation. l)oth at home and al)road, as an etl'ective organization, which has materially forwarded the progress of the Territories. It is to-dav dealing with all clas.ses of men — the lawless element on the border, the cow- hovs and Indians on the i)lains, the coal miners in the mountains, the gold miners in the Yukon, the American whalers and the Esquimaux in Hudson Bay and the far- distant Arctic Sea. It is an asset of Canada, and the time has not yet arrived in tlie development of the country when it can he written off." Four events stand out ])rominently in the liistory of the R.N.W.INI.P. for the year 1905 — the acceptance l)y the Earl of Minto of the appointment of Honoiarv Commissioner of the force, the visit of their Excellencies, Lortl and Lady Grey, to the Northwest, the establishment and inauguration of the new ])rovinces of -Mberta and Saskatchewan, embracing jiractically all tlie territory comprised witliin the original s])here of o])erations of the R.X.W.M.P, and the long- demanded and much-needed increase of |)ay When the provinces of All)erta and Saskatchewan came into being as self- governing pn)vincc>, with celebrations at Kdinonldii and Uegina. the force was given a c()ns|iicuous part in the inaugur- ation ceremonies as a fitting recognition of the pic-eniinent sei'vices it had rendered jiioneer days. ludson Kav district, bar- .■\ Mttl'NTFI* I'iH.tL ^I.\[le more appeared on the scene shoitly and the troop of American cavalrymen sat there and watched the three go otf with their band of bad Indians. How greatly the Indians have come to respect the justice and impartiahly of British law is shown by the fact that an Indian who had escaped after being given a fair trial and adjudged guilty, was handed over to the authorities again by his own tril)e because they were convinced that his trial had been just. At the recent Tercentenary celebrations, a ]>rominent official said: "They are the finest thing in the way of trained men whom this country has produced — modern centaurs. Men with the iron wrist, who ride as straight as knights." But nothing can be said, nothing written, to eml)ody the spirit of the force as did that message found scrawled on the orders of a policeman who ])erished in a blizzard while making his wav with dispatches to a distant |)ost In his dying houi'. witli numbed hand, he wrote: "Lost; liorse dead. Am trying to push ahead. Have done my best." 64 Lovers of the Horse Caitain D. O. C. NiiWTON, Duke of Camhkidge's (Miduleskx) Ui-gt. A.D.C. to His Kxtrcllcncy tlio Governor-General Lovers of the Horse 55 HARNESS RACING IN CANADA IF we were to l)e asked wliicli breed uf horses is the most popular in Canachi, the unhesitating reply would be the light harness horse. The other breeds, such as the hackney, thoroughbred, heavy-draught, etc., are excellent in their way, but their field of usefulness hardly covers the range that the light harness hor.se does. The latter can do about all that any of the others can do, and much more. The ad- mirers of some of the other l)reeds will hold diti'erent oi^inious, which, perhaps, is onlv natural, but at the same time it is doubtful if they could advance arguments that would warrant their o])inion. The standard-bred, or well-bred trotter or pacer, makes a first- class horse for the farm, as he can work longer than anv of the heavier breeds, although much lighter in weight. When jnit at heavy hauling, he may make more trips on the job, but his rapidity of action fairly counterbalances his lack of pulling ca])acitv. As a carriage horse he has no equal, and in proof of this assertion it is onlv necessarv to j)oint out that nearly all of the champion heavy harness horses of the present day are standard-breds, or animals bred in trotting lines. While not equalling the thorough- bred or half-bred in ])erformance under the saddle, he is, however, fairly good at that work. As a gentleman's driver or road horse he is in a class by himself, as he not only has speed and good manners, but can travel an extraordinary number of miles in a day. While the trotter or pacer (we combine them for they are so near alike) has manv other (jualities to commend him, it is his ability to move fast on track and road that l)rings him most prominently in the public eye, and the large increase in the number of harness horse meetings givn annually in this country, is ample evidence that this style of racing is becoming more i)opular each succeeding year. Not many vears since meet- ings for harness horses were few and far betw^een in Canada, while now there are hun- dreds, made up of circuits in Nova Scotia, Quebec, Eastern Ontario, Western Ontario, Manitoba, Alberta and British Columbia, besides scores of independent meetino-s outside of the circuit. In addition the numl)er of entries in the early closing events, as well as at the meetings themselves, shows that there are at least twentv-five per cent, more horses racing in 1!)0S than in any previous year. Here in Canada, while our o])])ortunities have not l)een of the l)est, we have |)roduced some truly great performers on the track in the past, and, from the number of really high-class horses in training at the present time, it is safe to predict that we will continue to hold up our end with the cracks of the big country to the south of us. Within recent years we liave turned out such good performers as Angus Pointer, a pacer that made a world-wide re])utation competing against the fastest horses of America on the (irand Circuit, when he went tlirough the sea.son of IDOT with but a single defeat, and tliat in his first race on the circuit at Detroit, when he was hardly ready for a bruising race. However, lie turned the tal)les in his next race, when he handilv beat Baron (iraltau, the horse tliat beat liitn at Detroit, 'i'he Canadian-bred 66 Lovers of the Horse pacer iifteiwards went tlirough the big races to the hist meeting, which was at Lexington, Kv., witliout losing a lieat exce])t at Columbus, where he lost the first heat of the free- for-all class to (lallagher, another Canadian-bred. The succeeding heats, anil the race, fell to Angus Pointer, as did the big two-minute pace at Lexington later on. The campaign made bv the unsexed son of Sidney Pointer was one of the l)est ever made by a harness horse, and stamped the product of Eastern Ontario as a truly great performer. He took a record of "^.Olf in li)()7, and his owner, Seiuitor George Whitney, of Vermont, had every reason to think that he would pace a mile in less than two minutes the following year, but unfortunately the great pacer died during the \yin- tei', and the track lost an e(|iiine hero. Gallagher, '•2.()'}^, is another pacer bred in Canada that has attracted attention to this country as a ])roducer of fast horses. This well-known pacer is a product of Western Ontario, and has a well-earned reputation as a great campaigner. Several years ago lie went thnmgli the (Jrand Circuit, racing most successfully and consist- ently again>t the l)est horses the leading horsemen in the Lnited States could pit against him, after which he was sold to go to Europe. He remained abroad but a single season, when he was returned to America and sold by auction at Cleveland, O . when he was knocked down to the bid of Messrs. Brown tS: Wigle, of Windsor. Many of the circuit followers thought the gelding had seen his best days as a racing |)roposition, and that the Canadians had bought a "gold brick" as it were, but the way (jallagher raced in 19(17 tnade them all change their opinions, for he won manv races in fast company, and ])aci"d a mile in Columbus, ()., in "2 (KS^, e(|ualling his former record. During the .season he lowen-d many half-mile track records, and also the record for the Detroit Fair (irounds track, wliicli lu' ])lace(l at '•2.().). (iallagher is now owne(l l)y Mr Brown, of Lexington, ()nt , who bought out the interest of INL-. Wigle. yir. Brown has placed the gelding in the hands of "Dan" McEwen, of L(m- don, who has been most successful with pacers, having campaigned such good ones as Ace, 2.051; Texas Rooker, 2 ().->i; Geary, 2.05f ; Jubilee, 2.0()|; The Eel, record for season near to two minutes, and others 'I'he fastest pacing mare ever bred in Canada, and one of the fastest that ever wore harness, is Matid Keswick, 2.().'5i,', that was recently sold by Ex-Ald. O. B. Shej)- |)ar horses to take records better than ••,V04, tlicic arc many others with slower records that have helped to make turf history. Among these to mind are Free Hond, 2.04^; 'IVxas Hooker, 2.()5|; Geary, 2.()5|; Jubilee, 2.0().J; Darkey Ilal. 2()7-|: Charlie B, 2.()7'J: John McEwen, 2,08^; Mattie Chimes, 2.()S{: Berthena Bars, 2(»i).i; Jerry Dillard, 2 ()!) f ; La Point, 2.09f, etc. Several of these have shown imich greater s|)eed tlian their records would indicate. For instance, the marc Darkey Ilal |)accd a trial in 1!)(I7 at Colnmbns, er days a noted polo ])layer. He has been a familiar fioure at most of the leading horse shows, having driven many a prize-winner at Madison Square Carden, Philadelphia. Boston. Montreal and Toronto He has also been long regarded as an excellent judge of saddle horses and hunters, and when an opinion as to the purchase of a hunter is wanted he is looked to, owing to the rej)utation gained in judging this cla.ss of horses at the numerous shows on this continent. His stock-farm "Riverview." on the Aylmer road, is one of the best equii)ped m the Ottawa district. No lover of horses who goes to Ottawa returns home with- out visiting the Skead farm, and all who have any regard for man's best friend are assured of a coidial welcome from the genial host and his family, who are as enthusiastic lovers of the horse as is Mr Skead himself. Mr. Skead has always been ambitious to have a race track established at the Capital and has devoted considerable time furthering the scheme, offering his property on tin- Aylmer Road for llic |)nrp()sc at considerably lower price than the property was worth, and at time of writing it seems that Ottawa would at last have a race- track for thorouii'libreds. Ei'W.\KD Selkirk Skead 70 Lovers of the Horse 111 the ice meeting as well Mr. Skead has also taken a lively interest and is well known to iiorsemen both on this and the other side of the line. The j)ieture that accoin])anies this sketch is the heavy hunter Rnfus. l)OUi>ht as a green one by ]\Ir. Skea inti- mately acquainted with ollicials engaged in the construction of the (irand Trunk Rail- way. Mr. Tait, superintendent of the building of tlic line east of Toronto, was impressed with the young man's ability, and iiKhiccd hiui to accept a |)osition on the survevs. He was enfraii'ed in railroad work tor al)out five vears. when the work was completed. At the conclusion of the fourth year of this service he was offered the position of .station master at Whitby, but declined it, on the representations of his friends in authority, who said that when the load was coniplcte in Manitoba. The Western clubs have held a tournament anmuUly since the introduction of the gaTue. Xi'w l)lood is continually going in and. the country being well adapted for the sport, young men of the territory soon acquit themselves well and, as we have seen on several occasions, have rather the best of their friendly rivals in Ontario and (^uei)ec. On several occasions teams from Alberta have visited Toronto and Montreal and the high standard of play shown by them has greatly helped the game in Eastern Canada. As regards ponies, the majority used are from our own Northwest, and although some have been imported the native-born have usually proved the l)('st. In 1901, Colonel Lessard, C. P.. then commanding the Royal CaTiadian Dragoons, determined to organize a club in Toronto, and having a pronounced disposition to put his ideas into practical and businesslike (^tfect, proceeded to the west in search of the ref|uisite jXHiies. He returned with al)i)ut thirty, which were s])eedily taken u|> by gentlemen who had l)een attracted liy the new game. As in all matters involving equestrianism, the Hunt Club immediately fell in with the Colonel's views and formed, if not a numerically strong branch, at least an association that made up in entiuisiasm anv deficiencv in numbers. Mr. .1. Kerr Osborne became the liist President of the Toronto Hunt Polo Club, and Colonel Lessard. Ca|)lain. In the same year Montreal organized a club, with Lieutenant-Colonel Meighen as President and Doctors C. Simard and Mignault as strong suj)j)orters. Mr. Alfred O. Peardmore was kind enough to present a cup for play between the Montreal and 'J'oronto Clubs. This comjjetition has taken place annually since 19()'2, Montreal having won the trophy twice and Toronto four times. In 190;! the Toronto Club oriranized an International Tournament, and presented a tronhv to be known as the Lovers of the Horse 75 Interiiatioiuil ('u[). 'lliis cui) was played for hy American and Canadian teams an- inially, bnt Rochester, N.Y., proved the best by beating Toronto thi-ee years running and winning the cup outright. Another gold cup was presented bv the kite Mr. J. G. Averil, of Rocliester, N.Y., to be competed for on the same conditions as the Inter- national Cup presented by the Toronto Club. This trophy has been won two years in succession by the Toronto Hunt Club team and it is now in tlieir possession. In the 1002 tournament, held in Toronto. High River, Rochester, Montreal and Toronto comj)eted. High River, the members of which team plaved a spanking, reso- lute game all through, won tolerably easily. In 1905 the second tournament was held in Toronto, with the same team competing and Buffalo as an addition. The Hio-h River quartette again proved themselves expert at the game and again won. During this tournament a match was made between Elastern and Western plavers, and the latter won. In 1!)0(5 a tournament was held in Montreal, the competitors l)eing Calgary, Montreal, Toronto and Kingston. The Limestone City team, it should be mentioned, organized by that ever unwearied enthusiast. Lieutenant-Colonel Williams, made its (Ichiif at this tournament, and although the gentlemen of the team gave a creditable account of themselves. Toronto came out victorious. It should have been mentioned that prior to this, in 1!)()5. the year the Kingston Club was formed, a second club, called the Back River, was organized in Montreal, Major George Hooper being the moving spirit. In 1907 Montreal beat the Toronto Club and won the Beardmore cup, making that city's team a second time winner. In 1904' the Eastern Canadian Polo Association was organized, with Lieutenant- Colonel Williams as the first President. 'Ilie Montreal and Toronto Clubs were the sole members at first, l>ut since they have been joined by Back River and Kingston, and have some hopes of Hamilton and Ottawa coming into line. All Polo tournaments in Eastern Canada are held under this Association, of which Lieutenant-Colonel Wil- liams is still President, Lieutenant-Colonel ^Nleighen. of Montreal, being \'ice-Presi- dent, and Major Elmsley, Secretary -Treasurer. An Executive Committee is formed of two meml)ers from each team. Colonel Lessard. whose removal from Toronto to the Military Headquarters at Ottawa, everybody in the former city greatly regretted, at latest advices was taking an active part in forming a club at the Capital. An organization is also in progress at (Quebec. Uj) to 190(5, Quebec, although a strong military centre, had not seen the game played, but in that year two Montreal teams went to the ancient ('apital and played an exhibition match before two thousand people. Toronto's first experience was somewhat after the fashion of Quebec's. In 1902 a couple of teams, under the direction of the late Harry Ilandin, visited the citv and played an exhibition game during the holding of the Exhibition in the old horse-ring. It is rather singular, considering the enthusiasm that was manifested then, that eight years should have b(HMi allowed to elapse before anything was done to organize a 7(i Lovers of the Horse Polo (III]) ;it tlic ra])ital of Ontario. However, now that the game has got a firm hold there, and is in the hands of men like Colonel Williams, who are indefatigable in anvthing thev undertake, the game is hound to ])ush rapidly aliead. A Polo 'I'ourna- uicut is held in Toronto in the latter jxirt of Se]>tend)er. In addition, other matches are arranged for a beautiful cup, presented by Lieut. -Colonel Meighen. of Montreal, to the 'I'oronto Hunt Club for annual competition on their grounds, which, by the way, e\|)erts declare are among the best, if not the very best, on this continent. The Toronto Clul) |)resents pewters to the winning team. The Ontario Jockey Club has al.so shown an interest in the game by having a ground made in the eastern section of the enclosure formed by its splendid mile track. Un- doubtedly during this and coming years, this new ground will l)e the scene of many iiupoi'taut matches. Montreal, in 1!)()7. had a most successful season, not only winning the Canadian Chamj)ionslii|) from Toronto. l)nt also coming out ahead in the "(Irand Union" Tour- nament at Saratoga. \.Y.. and only missing the "United States" 'l\)urnameut at the same place by three-<|uarters of a goal. Montreal, however, had the good luck to .secure two most excellent plavcrs in Messrs. Heiuw Robertson and .lustine Freeman, gcntlcnicn who a(((nircd their knowledge of the game in the west, and who had previously tigurcd on victorious teams, representing High liiver, at tournaments both in 'Toronto and in Montreal. Captain Pickering is another splendid |)layer that Montreal has had the good luck to i-nlist. 'These three, and Lieutenant-C^olouel Meighen, made u|) the team that won at Saratoga, as well as in the other matclu's in which Montreal successfully competed in 1!)07. .Vs regards the general history of the game at the Commercial Caj)ital of Canada it should be mentioned that the Montreal Club was organized in 1!)()1 and has made continual progress. Of 11 matches played in 1!)()7 tlu' Club won !). It was the (iist Canadian ("lub to send a team to take |)art ill a regulai' American Polo 'Tournament held under the auspices of the American I'olo Association. I'lie Western i'olo Association has a vigoi'ous existence, bt-iug al)le to l)oast moi"e clubs than any other Polo Association in the Dominion. Its membership is fourteen (ir fil'teen. I'nder its auspices a toiirnaineiit was held in \\ inni|)eg in 1!)()7, when High Itivcr, with unrivalled consistency, won. 'Th(> competitors, besides Winnipeg and High River, were (^uAppelle, Indian Head and Souris. \[ present the President of the 'Toronto Hunt Polo Club is Mr. Alfred Reardmore, \\\i(> |)re.sented the fiist cup. with Colonel Williams, Captain; Ca])taiu Douglas Young, Secretary-Treasurer, and Major Klmsley, Captain Strauben/.ie. Messrs. I). AV. Raxter and Ewart Osborne, members of the Kxecutive. A moving spirit in the progress of Polo in 'Toronto, has been Dr. Cam|)bell Meyers, to whom, and to the HuTit CHub, admirers of the ancient game in the (^ucen (ity of Canada owe a great roject of organizing a jockey club and constructing a racing {)lant was first taken up by John !■". Hyan in September, l!)0."i. The liisl nionlli was devoted to in- nunierablc trip> in search of a suitable sit(>. and tlie ground now owned by the Club was selected bv him after several other sites had Ix-en looked over, not only because it was geographically as near the centre of the island as possible, iiut because the faciliti<'s for transportation from Montreal and outside |)oiiils were most superb. 'I^'he option on till- property was secured in October, li)()."i, by I'. M. Fenny and John F. Uvan, aiifl in November a charter was secured, when the new organization was named the Montreal Jockev Club, Limited. The charter menib(>rs were Frank S. Meaghen, John iiodin. (J. W. Stei)liens, James Carruthers, Welton C. i'ercy, John F. Ryan, and 1*. M. Fenny. Tlie ca|)ital stock was fixed at $->.5(),()0(l, ..)(»(» shares at $100 each. Next came the election of officers at a meeting of the provisional directors in De- cember. Sir II. Montagu .\llan was unanimously elected president; The Honorable Juilge Ilobidoux and W. 1'. Higgs, vice-])residents: John I'". Ryan, general managei', iind the following executive committee appointed: Sii- IF Montagu Allan, Welton (J. I'ercy, James Carruthers. Colin Campbell and John Moden. Lovers of the Horse si ])uriiif»; the same niontli the land held under option hy Mr. Ryan was turned over to the Montreal Jockey Clul), a prospectus was issued, and subscriptions solicited, with such success that Montreal was admitted to the second circuit, and it was decided to race under the rules of The Jockey ('luh of New York. In June, in()(), operations were commenced on the plant, and throughout the summer the weather was so favorable to progress that by October of the same year the Montreal Hunt Club and the Foxhunters' Association were able to hold their hunt meetinjrs at the new course. A complete waterworks system was installed, by which artesian water is now distributed to all of the buildings, including the stables. Splendid roadways have been constructed to the course, making it accessible by carriage or automobiles from all parts of Montreal. The new course is most pleasing to the eye. There are trees in abundance, of oak. elm and maple, an attractive grove of these being immediately in the rear of the grand-stand. Mount Royal looms up beyond the l)ack stretch, with the citv creeping up its terraced sides. The paddock and lawns are extensive, while the space in front of the stand is banked uj>, giving an uninterrupted view of every race by those preferring to stand on the ground. The buildings are of tlie old French and Colonial style, with spacious balconies looking on to the track as well as the paddock. The clul) house is luxuriously fur- nished and decorated, and is by far the most complete structure of its kind in Canada. The first meeting of the Montreal Jockey Club was held during June, 1907, with the following officials and directors: President, Sir II. Montagu Allan; vice-presidents, Hon. J. E. Robidoux. William P. Riggs; directors, James Carruthers, Colin Campbell. Hugh Pr.ton. Major (ieo. Hooper. Bartlett McLennan. Hugh A. Allan. O. E. Ogilvie, Welton C. Percy. John Bo'len. Dr. Charles McEachren, Hon. J. P. B. Casgrain, Hart- land B. McUougall; executive committee. Sir H. Montagu Allan, James Carruthers, Colin Campbell, Welton C. Percy and John Boden; John F. Ryan, general manager; W. Northy, secretary-treasurer. The inaugural meeting proved a marked success from every standpoint, and for a new track it was surprising the time that was made in the ditferent trials of speetl. The attendance was much larger than was anticipated by the most sanguine of the directors or shareholders. The j)urses were most attractive in size for an openinc meeting, and brought horses to Canada whose owners had never raced here before. It was decided to hold another meeting in the fall, which was even more success- ful from a racing standpoint, in this first year of its existence the Club paid out in stakes and purses to owners $7G.27.5. A word must be said about the officials and directors. They spared nothiu"' to make the first year a successful one, and their work will long live as a monument in the racing world. Each and every horseman left Montreal loud in praise of the course and the trcalnicnt r(>ceivi'd. .\ reniarkalile feature was that Montreal paid financially the first year, which was never known in the history of racins' before. 82 Lovers of the Horse Montreal Polo Team P MONTREAL POLO CLUB ()!,() is ,1 fjrnnd o;aiiH' i'or \\\v (It'velopiiient of dash, vioor and daring-. It is also an intriTsling f^'ainc to watcli. 'V\\v Montreal I'olo ( Muh is the ohlest in (^nc- bec Province, and one of the in the Dominion of Canachi, havino' i)ee first oriinnized ni snninier of i,S!>!). with uronnds at Si. Lanihert. These oTonnds are as ijood as anv on the I'ontinent of America, and are hcantifnlly sitnatcd witliin a sliort distance of the centre of the Island of Montreal. They can be easily reaehed. and members are most regular in attendance during the ])olo season. The Montreal Polo Club is largely responsible for the game being played in both Ontario and (Quebec, for it was the first to show any travelling enterprise. Formed from niend)ers of the Canadian Hunt Club, the mcnd)ershi]) list for the first couple of seasons was a small one; each year, however, the roll has increased until the Club is now a flourishing orfi^anization known not onK to Canadians, but to the nolo olaxcrs of the Cnited States. This Club has the proud di>line|ion of having been the first Canadian polo club to send rci)resentatives to tlie tournament at Saratoga, the honu^ of polo in the Cnited States. Montreal was re])resentcd at this tournament in the yeai' IDO'^ for the first time, and did remarkably well, winning all but one of the games in wliieli I hey competed. Lovers of the Horse 83 Many matches are played each .season, and in 1!>()7 the Montreal men jjroved their caHhre hy defeatin<;- all of the other Canadian Polo C'lnbs they met, thus undeniably establishing a claim to the title of Canadian champions for that season. To ]Mr. George A. Simard must be given credit for the existence of the Montreal Polo Club. He was the first President, and the first matches were |)laved at his farm. In the summer of IS!)!) Mr. Simard imjjorted a carload of polo ponies from the far West that had not even l)een halter broken. They were brought to ^[ontreal and the most likely selected and given over to a breaker for education. During the summer of 1900, a field was pre])ared and practicing commenced. This continued, and by the end of tlu' season the players were readv to make a creditable showing for a new organization. Officers were elected by the Club, with yir. Simard as the President. The original members of the Club were: Geo. A. Simard, Doctor Mignault. P. A. Beaudoine, Archibald Allan, and Col. Meagh;in. The.se gentlemen made up the team from year to year and have played the majority of the matches. The greatest change came to tlie team in the season of 1!)07, when the quartette consistefl of Messrs. Robertson and Freeman. Captain Pickering and Col. Meaghan. T\w Club has always been noted for the good jxtnies owned by the members. They are well looked after, the members going so far as to rival one another in .securing the best each season. This has contributed largely to the success of the Club both at home and abroad, for a handy, clever pony is as necessary as a good man. Messrs. Freeman and Robertson and Captain Pickering learned to ])lav the game before coming to Montreal, while the other members of the Club U-arned to plav it on the grounds of the Club. Captain Pickering ])icked up the game in England and Scot- land, while both Mr. Robert.son and Mr. Freeman learned to i)lay in the far West, they at one time being members of the famous High River Club. Col. Meaghan and Mr. Simard. the two oldest meml)ers of the Clul), arc taking an active part to-dav. .\11 are well-known horsemen and show great skill at riding. 'Hiev are members of the Canadian Hunt Club, and take a great interest in the welfare of the horse. Out of the Montreal Polo Club sprang the Back River Club, with grounds at Cartierville, and which is now a well-known organization. 84 Lovers of the Horse Mk. J. C. Watson on Otraissa. Going to the Post. Montreal Hunt Cup Steeplechase. September 14rn, 1907 JOHN C. WATSON OXK of the Itrio-litcst voiiiiii' iHirsciiicii In tin- I'rovincc of (^uclicc is Mr. .loliii ('. Wiitsoii. He is well known as a reinsnian. as well as a nervy and fearless rider, ininiia prominent nienil)erof and one of tlie reusiness men. He has been connected with the Norwich Union Fire Insurance Society for a number of years, being one of the society's special agents. Mr. Mathias was married in the fall of 1907 and makes his home in Montreal. He is a member of the St. James Club, as well as of manv of the other organizations of Montreal. Percy Forbes Mathi \\ales, and coming to 86 Lovers of the Horse < )TTAWA Hunt Club Pack OTTAWA HUNT CLUB IT tiijiv l)c said without fear of foiitradictioii that few oroanizations in Canada liave met with more ])ro.sj)erit_v tlian the Ottawa Hunt (Muh. Even thou<;li it is scarcely old cnou":}! in years to possess what mioht be called a history, it is already thrivin was formed. 'I'hat it will lieconie famous in tlie years to come, and long live as a nionunient to its founder, is now beyond a shadow of doubt. Ft was through Mr. Ryan that the newspapers of Toronto tirst |)aid {)artic- uhir attention to the racing at Woodl)ine, and through liim that tlie idea of giving ac- counts of the early morning trials at th(> track were taken up. This was sokdy ,Mid piuciy iiis original idea in Canada, and ii\ getting the ])ul)lic interested in the actual doings oF horses it is still per- haps the greatest nuignet in gaining patrons foi' the sport. Mr. Ryan always i-atcicd lo the horsemen and is looked on as one of the greatest of turf authorities at the present time, lie has devoted many years of his life to this work, being most success- ful in all of his ventures, the greatest of all being the founding of the Montreal Jockey ( lub. Mr. RvaTi is a Canadian by birth, and is proud of the fact. He was born at (Teortretow u. Ontario, in the \car iS't. beini;- e- thorouj^hlv. John Boden was born in St. John, New Brunswick, in the year lar- rister at the Jesuit College in Montreal at an early age. He first practised law at his birth-jjlace, and afterward sought a wider field in Xew York City. When leavingCauada he was looked on as a most promising young lawyer. On his arii\al in Xew York he was told he must pass another examination there, which he did not try, and gave up law to take up newspaj)er work. Mr. Boden spent many years on the Xew York press, holding almost every position from ])olitical reporter to managing editor, gathering a thorough knowledge of journalistic work in general. For .several years he was promi- nent in jiolitics at Albany, N.Y., carrying on his newspaper work at the same time. 94 Lovers of the Horse He gave up press work and as a |)astiine he owned and raci-d a string of famous thorougliljreds on the American tracks. He met with a great deal of success in this way and became well known in the turf world. From owning, racing, and writing j)erformances of the thoroughhreds, John Boden gained a more practical knowl- edge than the majority of owners. Through this he was made secretary of the Racing Commission of the State of New York, under whose laws racing all over that State is carried on. After retiring from newspa])cr work. John Hodcn was induced to take it up again by the late \Villiam ('. Whitney, when he purchased the Xcw Yorl: Tclegrai)!). He was made racing editor of this journal, and filled that position for many years, until the death of Mr. Whitney, when the pressure of other racing business compelled him to retire. His articles on racing were greatly missed by the pul)lic, anfl indeed, many of them are fre(|ucntlv rc|)r()(luce(l at the present tlay. On resigning from the '/V/cr/n//)/;, Mr. Boden was selected as the Secretary of the Brighton Beach Racing Association, which posi- tion he still holds. He hlls the position of Secretary of the new Los Angeles Jockey Club and spends a greater part of his time in the south after the closing of the New \'()rk tracks. His best appointment was that of Secretary of the Xarragansctt Breeders" As.sociation. wliicli entails a lot of work. Besides the above, Mr. Boden is the Racing Secretary and a director of the ^Maryland Jockey Club. He al.so officiateil in llie same capacity at the two first meetings of the Montreal Jockey Club, held in the City of Montreal. Mr. Boden makes his home in Brooklyn. X.'S'.. where he lives with his brother. He is proud of being a Canadian iiy i>irth and never tires of telling of his early days, sjKMit in and around Montreal, where his start in life was made. It is safe to say that John Boilen is known and liked by every man who owns a racing stable and has li.nl the u I fortune to race undci- him as an ollicial. He gives every encouragement to the beirinner and his ruliiiiis are looked on 1)V all who have met him, to be fair and just, the smaller owner and the large one> all looking alike to him when racing. Lovers of the Horse 95 JOHN LAXTON THE jovial disposition of John Laxton is known far and wide, and his cheerful countenance would he missed from any function where the horse is the attrac- tion, lie is a keen judg'e of the noble ecjuine, and has owned at various times some beauties. Among his favorites he singles out Kinney, Newbury. War Paint, Gold Note, Alberta Lady, and Bedlington. ]\Ir. Laxton. who is Su])ei'intendent of the Consumers' (ias Company, is a familiar figure in Toronto, and he enjoys an envial)lr popularity in business, sporting and political circles. lie has been successful and has accpiired a comfortable compe- tence through hard work as well as good fortune. He was born in Huntingtlonshire, England, November 5th, 1848, his parents being John and Jane (Clark) Laxton. both natives of Huntingdonshire, who were blessed with seventeen children. The father was a contractor of pid)lic works in England, princij)ally in the gas con- struction and railroad building, his first big job being in connection with the construction of the Great Northern Rail- way. Mr. Laxton has followed in liis father's footsteps, and has had a very wide experience. The parents both passed away during the year 1880, the father at the age of 71 and Mrs. Laxton at 67. The public school at Yaxley, England, was where young John Laxton secured his early education. He was only fourteen years old when he set out upon a career of hard work. After leaving school he went to London to ac(|uire the details of gas works construction, with such marked success that the firm with whom he was employed, Jolin .Vird & Sons, Belvedere Road. Lambetli. sent him to Moscow. Russia, to work on the construction of the largest gas works ever undertaken in Russia. As this was in 18()7, INIr. Laxton was barely twenty years of age wlien he was trusted with so important a mission. Many interesting exj)eriences are told by him in connec-tion with his stay in tlie P^ast, l)ut space will not permit of relating them in this short article. An idea of the extent of the work can l)e gauged from the fact that the mains covered 100 miles of the streets of Moscow. Mr. Laxton had onlv l)eeu there for six months when he John- Laxton g^ Lovers of the Horse was wiven sjeneral sii()ervision of the work. In the same year, after a nine months" stay. the work came to a standstill owin,«>- to laek of fnnds due to the failure of Overend (S: (iurnev. and he returned to England. The h'u^ faihire was attributed to the (ierinan- Austrian War which was then in progress. Mr. Laxton was not destined to remain lone in his native countrv. however, for earlv in 1868 he was sent l)ack to Moscow to c-omplete the work, and he returned to England when it was finished in 18()9. Then he was dispatched to similar work in Edinl)urgh. Scotland, and after being at that for nine months he was recalled to England. By this time the al)ility of the young man had so asserted itself that he was ])laced in charge of a number of im})ortant under- takinfjs in various parts of England, and he so earned the confidence of his em])loyers that thev made him general superintendent of their outside construction work. After ninevearsof expei"ience. which had liceu of nuitual benefit, the necessity arose for the firm .sending a man of Mr. Laxton's capabilities to P^rankfort-on-Main. but life wa.s "■rowino- too strenuous and he decided that it was in his own interest to take a rest from work, so he came out to Canada, landing at Quel)ec. This was in 1S71. He went on to Toronto and has resided in the Queen City ever since. He was just the man the Consumers' (ias Company wanted, and he is about completing his thirty- five vears of service with that corjjoration, and is ai)])arently good for many more vears of activitv in the interests of his company. At present Mr. Laxton with his family resides in I'arkdale. the fashionable jiortion of the west end of Toronto. The pojiularitv of Mr. Laxton in his a(l()|)tcd city is attested by the fact that he ha.s served as a public school trustee for the old town of Parkdale, and for the city of Toronto after the amalgamation. He has on many occasions been a.sked to become candidate for the City Council, and for the Provincial and Federal Parliaments, but hr prefers to be a worker, and has for years l)een president of the Conservative Associa- tion of his district, as well as a prominent member of the AHiany Cluli. During his career of u.sefulness he has shown marked ability as an inventor, having l)rought out maiiv much-needed imj)rovements on old styles of lighting. He patenteil the cond)ina- tion gas and hot water stove in 1887. which followed up his patent of a combination gas and coal stove a couple of years ])reviously. Mr. Laxton is interested financially in a number of prominent institutions in Toronto and is also connected w ith the principal athletic clubs, to any of which he is a valued member on account of the keen and practical interests he takes in athletic events. He has been connected with the Masonic Order since bS(>4, and is a member of numerous other fraternal societies, lie is a member of the Church of P^ngland. He was married Se])tcml)er '•2!)th. ISIl. to Isabella McC^uillan. daughter of the late Edward McC^uillan. who was a farmer at NMiitchurch, Ontario. The union was bles.sed with nine children, two of them boys. in conchi>ioii let it be said that there arc thoiisandN of cili/ens who will agree that John Laxtcju and his j)ros|)erity form a .shining exam|)le for the young men of to-day. It was energy an, there were very few organizations of its kind in America. Its object was tlie encouragement of outdoor sport of every (lescrii)tion, and though many of the original mem- bers of the Club have long since departed this muntlane sphere, those who remain have always adhered to their jilans, as laid out in the first charter. Their Clul)-house. wliich is situated on one of the most beautiful s]K)ts on the Island of Montreal, has been retniilt and added to, until it is one of the most comfort- able and up-to-date houses in the comitry. Since its organization, tiie Club has been ])articularly hapi)y in its selection of Masters, every individual one of whom has done his share towards making the Ciul) a success, both from a material point of view and from the point of view of the (piality of sport provided. It was in the sununer of lS'-20 that iNIr. William Forsyth founded the Montreal Hunt. In IS'il), he had the pack and the kennels removed from Three Rivers to Logan's Farm. 'Hie majority of the runs in those days were in the region of I>a Prairie and Chambly, where there were enough foxes to give the meml)ers all the sport they could possibly desire. Indeed, it was said that killings were too luimerous, but, as one of the older mem- bers said, "the hounds like it, the liorses like it, and we like it," which decisive state- ment seemed to close tiie discirssion. 98 Lovers of the Horse The Mastership descended in this instance from father to son, for in 1834., Mr. John Forsyth, a son of tlie founder of tlie Chil). became Master of the Hounds. In ISo!). Captain Walker liehl tlie office, and was succeeded the foUowiuij year l)y William Stockley, Senior. It was during INIr, Stockley's term of office that the Hunt steeple- chases were inaugurated and tro|)hies ])resented This created a new interest and encouraged the purchase of l)etter horses, for in such events as these, speed, as well as endurance, is needed. 'i'he military men then stationt'(| at Montreal took great interest in the life of the Hunt and many of the officers held the position of M. F. H. In the year 184'-2, the Mastership was assumed hy T J. Stockley. Junior, R.A , and in 1844 he was succeeded l)v ("a])tain. the Hon. Mr. Keene, RE. Then for the first time in the history of the limit the lack of financial support became a matter of serious anxiety to the members and officers. In 1847 Captain Keene retired and the ]iack was sold to Mr. Hubert, iiut when he returned to the Old Country in 1851, the pack was returned to the [Montreal Hunt as the property of the more enthusiastic nuMubers. who elected Lieut. Lutyens. of the "^Oth Regiment, as the Master. Lieut. Lutyens has since become famous as a painter of animals. The year 1852 saw the Mastership pass iido the hands of Capt, Cox, R.F. under whose guidance the Club flourished for two years, when the Master was called away to the Crimea, and the office was ])assed into the hands of D. Lorn Macdougall. who, through his vigorous efforts, saved the Hunt from suffering severely through the with- drawal of the militarv su|)|)ort. For six years Mr. Macdougall bore nearly the whole Kl:NNl-:t..K, .\loN [ RIAL Hint Cl.rn Lovers of the Horse 99 financial snpjjort of the Hunt. In IS.)!), ("a])tain A. \V. Ailoway came to tlie assistance of Mr. ]Mac(l()u<;all and relieved him of a <;Teat deal of the responsibility, becoming j)ractically the acting Master. In 18()0, J). A. Belhouse was the Master, retaining the office for only one year. Major Burk was his successor for the season of ISOl, and in 18()'-2, Captain de Wiiiton assumed the responsible position. During the season of 1858 the kennels were moved from the Papineau Road to the corner of (iuy and what was called St. Joseph St.. where they remained until the spring of 18(i(), when the (juartcrs were again changed to the rear of Metcalf Terrace, Cote St. Antoine, and again in the following season to Logan's Farm, now Prefontaine Park. In 18ti;j Captain A. W. Ailoway was chosen as Master, which office he held for two yeais, doing a great deal to further the iiiterests of the Club. He was succeeded by Mr. John Crawford in 1807, and for tliirty years Mr. Crawford was a i)rominent fiinire and moving s])irit in the social and official life of the Club. From the year 1874 until 187G, Mr. Andrew Allan li<-ld the ])osition of Master, and although seldom aj)])earing in the field, yet by his interest and patronage he did nuich to stimulate the affairs of the Hunt. He was succeeded in 1870 by his predecessor, Mr. John Crawford, who in turn, after two seasons, gave ])lace to Mr. J. R. Hutchins. The year 1879 marked an e]K)ch in the sporting history of the Club, when Captain Campbell, of St. Hilaire, was elected Master and, supported by a committee consisting of Messrs. J. R. Hutchins. H Bouthillier, Hugh Paton. A Uaumgarten and A. Galarneau, determined to make the Hunt second to none on the continent, and to make it compare favorably even with the best English Clubs. Captain Campbell was untiring in his efforts to al)olish everything that appearetl unsportsmanlike, especially the reprehensible custom of hunting; what is known as "'drairs " Under these conditions the character of the sport attained a higher state of ex- cellence, which has since been continued. During this period it was desirable to add materially to the pack, and in response to a liberal subscription for the importation of new hounds, the entire ]>ack of Lord Huntington was ])urchased, being brought from Dublin in lS8'->. This season Mr. A. Baumgarten was selected as ^Master, which office he retained until the year 1887. It was principally through his energy that the Club- house on Delorimier Avenue was erected. It was well adapted for social wants of tlie Club, and the memories of the gay Hunt balls held there during the ten years of its occupation, until the premises were abandoned for a more picturesque situation, are still fresh in the minds of the members. On the retirement of Mr. Baumgarten iu 1887, INIr. Hugh Paton was chosen as Master, while in 1888 Mr. John Crawford for tlie third time assume-oons. hut in the spring of liHH he returned to South Africa with the 8rd Canadian Mounted Rifles as Adjutant, with the rank of Captain. The regiment returned to Canada in August of the same year, when it was formally disbanded. Capt. \im Strauhenzie returned to the Di-agoons. He wears the South African medal with five clasps — Cape Colonv. Orange Free State. Johannesburg, Diamond Hill and lielfast. All his life Capt. Xiin Strauhenzie has been an ardent friend of the horse. Soon after ioinins: the o Dragoons he came into prominence as a skilful and daring rider, and to-dav he ranks as one of the most accomplished polo players on the American continent. His apartments are ornamented with a score or more silver cups wdiich he has won in the past few years. Possibly no other rider can boast of such a collection. His first prize came in lOO'?, when he won a steeplechase at the Toronto Gymkhana, mounted (m ]\lr. (Jeorge Beardmore's l>addie. At Winnipeg he was very successful on his ow n horse Billy, a half-bred he took to the west from Toronto. In 1902 lie bought Enghurst from ]Mr. C. INI. Harris, and rode him tc victory in the Hunters' {•'hit Race and other races at the Autumn meeting in Toronto. 1903. At the 1904 Spring meeting, Enghurst again accpiitted himself most credital)ly. He is a consistent j)erformer. Capt. Van Strauhenzie rode him to victory in the Hunters' Flat Race in 19(»(i, was second for the Stanley Barracks Cup, and won the W^alker Cup in Hamilton same year. At gymkhanas Caj)t. \au Strauhenzie has b(>en victorious on Dr. Temple's Capt. C. T. Van Straubenzie Royal Canadian Dragoons W2 Lovers of the Horse ^Major. and Capt. Harhottle's Joe O'Gradv. He is very fond of his polo pony T. k.. which was one of a consionment of '•24 secnred l\v Col. Lessard. The gentle- men interested drew lots for choiee, and V. K. turned ont to he the best of the bunch. ('a|it. A an Stranlicn/ic was captain of the Toronto Polo (luli in li)()7. He is an en- thusiastic member of the Toronto Hunt and is widely known in social circles. He- was married in June. 1!)()7. to Essy, daughter of Mr. (Jeorge A. Case, and at present resides at Xo. '■I Spadina (jardens, Toronto. Engiiurst. Kaiser — Bettv .\rcher Lovers of the Horse 103 I,..Ni.iix Him LONDON HUNT THERE is ])rol)al)ly no more jMcturesque spot in tlie Dominion of Canada than the home of the London Ilnnt and ("ountrv ( Inh, wliieh is heantifullv sitnated at the end of Richmond Street, jnst across the north l)ranch of tlie Thames River in Eondon. Ontario. Glenmore, as the chd)dionse is known, is not only a famil- iar name to the ])eople of London, but to all who take an interest in the horse in this country. No Hunt or Country Club has a wider reputation for its hospitality, for vis- itors are royally entertained while there. This Club has come into nnich more prominence than the majority of organiza- tions of its kind in Canada owin<>' to the success of its Master, Hon. Adam Beck, throug-h his racent success at the horse show in England, where he won so manv ribbons under the colors of the London Hunt. From its earliest days the Masters, one after the other, have endeavored to place the Club on the highest standing w ith more or less success until to-day it is one of the largest on this continent. 'J'h<^ Clnl)-house stables and kennels are of the most up-to-date stvle and are visited 104 Lovers of the Horse h\ many who are always loud iu their praise of the surrouiidiuos. (ileuinore is situated in the centre of a clump of trees; on the one side of it stands an old orchard, while on the other side are two first-class tennis courts, which are seldom or ever idle during the tennis season. To the back of the house are well-laid-out not in the saddle. I'he London Hunt and Country Club was hrst launched in the vear 1885, shortly after the closing of the rebellion in the Northwest. It was due to the efforts of tlie late John Fulcher. who at that time was the ridinii' and driving master at the Ilellnnith Ladies" Colleije. that this Club was oriranized. 'Lhat <>'entleman was alwavs an enthusiastic horseman, and owned a first-class lot oi hunters. On returnino- from the Northwest he suggested the forming of a hunt club, which met with a great deal of success, and as the years have gone by it has grown so that twice thev ha there were onlv al)out twenty members, and in the original pack of hounds there were only four to be used at the first season's meets. U'his.like the Club, has been increased from season to season until now it is known as one of the best packs on the continent of America, owing to new blood being imported to this kennel each year. TIk' fiist meets of the Club were held at the old race-course in East London, of which j)lace many good hunting stories are told even at the time of writing. For the finst couj)le of .sea.sons there was no encouragement for the original members, but after the social element was added to the Club in the year 1887 it branched out and has been on the increase ever since. Through the social element other lines of sport were taken up, .such as golf, tennis, and snowshoeing, which all went to make the place more attrac- tive; notwithstanding this fact, hunting has always been the ])rimary object of the Club and a more ideal country than the township of London could not be found for the sport. The beautiful lundxapc llic rolling couiilry. with the hedges and water-jumps, go to make it perfect. Fox hunting is next to impossible. I>ul trail hunting, as in most Canadian cities, is thoroughly enjoyed, and the attendance at each run is large. One of the most j)lea.sant features of the London (Jlub is the fact that there never occurs any friction with the farmers over whose places the chase is held. Many of these take as much interest in the Club as the members themselves, and even go so far as to attend the meets. Each fall a dinner is tendered the farmers and their families, while a gymkhana is held for their aunisement, and in which they take part in the numerous events. The Club offers every inducement to the farmers of the surrounding country to breed .saddle horses and hunters by purcliasing from llicni u lien good ones are offered for sale. Lovers of the Horse 105 The first Masters of the Chih, to whom must go the credit of its success, were all well-known business men of the Forest City, and all spent time and money to carry out their object. They were: the late Col. Peters, the late David Skirving, the late Henry Beecher, Dr. Niven, Dr. Harry Abbott, Mr. George C. (iibbons. Col. A. M. Smith, and the present incumbent of the office, the Hon. Adam Beck. To those who are deceased the Clul) will live long to their memory, while those who are still living still take an active j)art in the executive working of the Club, while some of them even attend the meets. The Club has been just as successful in the selection of its presidents and secre- taries as in the choice of its Master, as the office has always been filled by men of great executive ability. Mr. T. R. Smallman, who at the time of writing holds the office and has held it for a numl)er of years, is most enthusiastic in his work and is ably sup- ported by Mr. Campbell Beecher, who succeeded Mr. J. B. Kilgur to the office of secretary. There is a section for ladies in connection with the Club, and in the past few years several branches, making the place attractive to those who do not ride, have been added. There is a ladies' golf club, toboggan clul) and tennis club, while a driving club also gets their warmest support during the whole year. During the winter months meet- ino-s of the driving club are held with (llenmore as the destination. J 06 Lovers of the Horse CAPTAIN J. E. K. OSBORNE AI''lv\l{l,KSS rider and particularly fond of a plucky horse is ('apt. J. K. K. ()slK)rnc. 4(Stli 1 lij;liiaudcrs. Toronto. lie docs not pi'ctcnd to keep show horses, although on a cou|)lc of occasions he has been awarded |)ri/.es at tlu' Toronto Horse Show. He has many cups. n)venient eventually overcome. The field is 1,50 vanls in width and 300 yards in length, and as it is situated near the lake, on Scarbor- ough Heights, and surroundeil by a belt of trees, it forms one of the most ])ictures(iue polo fields on this continent. Karly in September. liHhi. the (lul) played its first match with the Montreal Polo Club, this being the first polo match in Eastern Canada, 'i'he 'iVironto team consisted of Mr. Ewart Osborne. Major (now Lieut. -Colonel) V. A. S. Williams. R.C.D. ; ("apt. .1. 11. Klmsley. R.C.I).: and Dr. Campbell Meyers, with Mr. Alfred Beardniore as substitute. The relnrn match was played in the latter |)art of the same month on the new field at the Hunt (Inli. with the same team which had plaved in Montreal, except that owing to an accident. Dr. Meyers was obliged to retire early from the game and his place was taken by Mr. Heardmore. In both matches the Toronto team was victorious. Since then tlii' developmeni of the sport in Toronto has been marked, many victories resting upon the banners of the Club. Lovers of the Horse 109 KENRIC R. MARSHALL KEXRIC R. MARSHALL, the sul)jeft of this sketch, is the ehlest son of Xoel Marshall, a prominent ('anadiaii. and was horn in Toronto, on October the thirteenth, oiohteen hniuh-ed and eighty, was ((huated at private schools and al'terwards at Upper Canada College, where he took part in the nsnal college athletics. !\Ir. Marshall has travelled extensively abroad, and has had the advantaoje of seeing sj)ort under many ditt'erent conditions. He commenced followin'ht and le obliga- 110 Lovers of the Horse tions of business prevent his l)eing seen in saddle very often now. nltlionyli lie rides an occasional race where the weights permit it. Mr. Marshall is well known as a polo player and owns a string of high-class ponies. In nineteen hundred and three he joined the 4Sth Highlanders as a subaltern, and at present holds the rank of ("ai)tain in that Regiment. lie is liked socially and is a member of th(> following clubs: The Buffalo, the Toronto Hunt, the Ontario Jockey, the National, the \'ictoria and the Military Institute. Lovers of the Horse III THE CENTRAL CANADA RACING ASSOCIATION THE Annual Ice Races held on the Ottawa River each winter, under the auspices of the Central Canada Racino- Association, are. perhaps, the most unitjue and notewortliy racing events in the Harness Horse World, and have done a great tleal to advertise Ottawa as a centre for racing sport. It was away back in the early seventies that the first ice meeting was held, and during the succeeding years races took ])lace on the Ottawa River, Leamy's Lake, St. Louis Dam, McLay's Lake and Aylmer, hut it was not until 18S7 that the first club was formed at Hull, under the name of Leamy's Club, with Ed. Chevrier, George Moreau, I). I)uj)uis, Charles Rouleau and Christy Wright, as the original members. WiNiHR Track uf thk Central Canaoa Racing Assdciation This Club held races for seven years, after which the present Association was formed, with Aid. Lauzon as President, Ed. Chevrier as Secretary, and Fred. Chevrier as Treasurer. From that time the Association has met with marked success, each season bringing faster racing and better fiekls, for the stakes are higli and have attracted American, as well as Canadian, horsemen, although Canada continues to hold her own, Samuel McBride, of Toronto, getting more than his share of the events in 190S, with his horses King Brvson and Johnny K. Every possible arrangement is made for the comfort and convenience of those attending the races. The track, a half-mile one. is built on the Ottawa River, a little to the Quebec side, with well-built portable stands that can be removed after the meet. There is a large room for the sale of pools and refreshments, while on the opposite side are the judges' and ladies' stand. It is a most expensive plant, the eight-foot fence surrounding it costing a large sum alone, while the work of keeping the track clear of snow is also very costly. Some very fast records are made on this track, a specially noteworthy one being that of Lady May, who, in 1908, in a four-mile I'ace, went a mile over a half-mile track in ^i.Ml This is, practically, only the tenth year of the Association's existence, as it was 112 Lovers of the Horse h hfi'-jin properly organized in the year 1898. and was incorjjorjitcd in inO'-2. Tlie Cluli l)v i^riviny purses amounting to twelve hundred dollars. l)ut each year that amount has heen increased, until, in 1!)()8, the stakes amounted to over eleven thousand dollars. The present officers of the Association are all energetic and well-known horsemen. V. II. Wall, the President, is a man of great business ability. Ed. McMahon. the Secretarv. who does a great deal of the work, is well liked by horsenuMi. and does a great deal to further their cause. Aid. ( unuiniiiiam is a most energetic member of the exec-utivc. whil<' Kd. OWeil looks after the building and running of the trai-k. a line of work in which he has always proved most satisfactory. These gentlemen deserve a great deal of credit for the work they have done, build- ing a great Club from a very small beginning, for the Central Canada Racing .Vssocia- tion. of Ottawa, is one of the most noteworthy institutions of its kind in the woilil ti)-da\'. I Lovers of the Horse 113 WILFRID SERVINGTON DINNICK As a .successful and Icadiiii;' financier \\ ilfrid Servino;ton Dinnick, the oro'anizer, Vice-President, and Manayinti-Director of tlie Standard Loan Company of Toronto, has won for himself a deservedly high reputation for keen foresight, excellent and sound judgment, and unerring firmness of decision, which fits him specially for the thorough fidfilment of his arduous duties. He was horn on July 19, 187.5, at (iuilford. Surrey, England. His father, the Rev. John Dunn Dinnick, was one of a family of which no less than .seven members were clergymen. He came with his own family to Canada in liSl)'-2. Wilfrid Servington Dinnick was educated at some of the best schools and colleges in Englaufl, and after completing a thorough course of study entered into the financial world as an employee of the Birkbeck Security and Savings Company of Toionto. Subsequently he became an Inspector of the Donn'nion Permanent Loan Company. Finally, AL'. Dinnick organized the Standard Loan Company, Avith head- quartei's at Equity Chambers, at the corner of .Vdclaide and Victoria Streets. Toronto, assuming his present position of jNIanager. The success of this institu- tion is largely due to the enterprising yet conservative character of Afr. Dinnick's organizing abilities, comprehending as they do the strongest and most apjjroved modern jirinciples. Its capital stock is all permanent, fixed and non-withdraw- able, features which place the Coni])any on the firmest possible basis, and afford it a large l)orrowing power. Mr. Dimiick's management has been one with a most aggressive policy, and through his energy and diplomacy he has successfully negoti- ated and comj^leted the absorption I)y the Standard Loan Company of the Aid Sav- ings and Loan Com|)any of Toronto; the Ontario Industrial Loan and Investment Company. Limited, of Toronto; the Huron and Bruce Loan and Investment Comijanv, of Cioderich; the Canadian Homestead Loan and Savinp\s Association, I . O of Toronto; the Canadian Savings. Loan and Building Association, of Toronto, and the Acme Loan aiul Savings Company, of Toronto. The a.ssets of all these companies \\'lLtKIU ShRVINGTO.N' DiNNIcK 114 Lovers of the Horse have l)c(Mi incited into the Standard Loan Company, whose capital is now one milHon and a (juarter (.$1 .-J.JO.OOO i, \\\v total assets of the Company heiny two milHons and a half dollars ($->.. 500. ()()() i. Mr. Dinniek devotes practically the whole of his time to the management of the Standard Loan Conipanx. l»nt liivcs a portion of his time in fnltilling his duties as Vice- President of the Canadian Casualty and Boiler Lisurance Company of Toronto, in which company he has a larue interest. ^\\\ Dinuick is also Vice-President of the Crand Valley Railway Company, the Brantford Street Railway, and the Woodstock. 'I'hanies Vidley and IngersoU Electric Railroad, and is one of the Directors for Canada of the (Jcncral Accident. Fire and Life Assurance Corporation, of Perth, Scotland. ^\y. Dinniek is a jironiincnt Freemason, a member of the National and Albany Clubs, the Toronto Hunt, the Laml)ton (iolf and Country Club, and the Argonaut Rowing Club. lie is an enthusiastic follower of the hounds, and is very rarely miss- ing from a nu'ct of the 'I'oronto Hounds, lie spends most of his leisure time in riding anil driving. Mr. Dinnick's favorite horse is Sparkle, a thoroughbred Western horse, which he rides to hounds. Lovers of the Horse 115 ALLEN CASE ATOROXTOXIAN through unci through, born, educated and brought up in ^! Qmen Citv, is Allen Case, only son of George A. Case, the well-known Co:;^;;;;;^! '^T^:::. w^h tl. ..penal Ban^ Mr. C^e tl^n went into^;;;:^ w'h his father, afterwards beconring associated w.th the Don.n.on Brewery Com])any, of Toronto, where he now holds an important position. As a horseman, Allen Case achieved his first success at ten years of age, and has gone on so enthusiastically in his active career that he has won the reputa- tion of being one of the most wonder- fully successful devotees of the horse in Canada. In 1895 he rode and drove at the first Canadian horse show held in To- ronto, achieving stellar honors on the late Major Forester's pretty pony Judy. This success has been consistently maintained at all of the subse.iuent horse shows, and also repeatedly at the To- ronto Industrial Exhibition, while in the red coat events of the Toronto Hunt Clul) he has also been a frequent winner. ^,h^ Case is a strong, fearless rider, anil is particularly expert taking the hurdles. As a rider in the show ring, he has few peers, while he rides regularly to hounds, and has schooled many hunt- ers and it is not only in Canada that he has demonstrated his ability, for he has . ,, ,^ •. , o,,,^, been most successful at many of the large shows in the I nited btates. He uses speciallv good judgment with all his mounts, as was proved b^ hi. luh „ ^IZT^\^eBonn:is course, Montreal, when he was an odds on choice, ,„ Canada. ^I <-'- ^^,";„, „..,„ „„ ,„e smart hunte,- Othello, own.,! I.v Allen Case 116 Lovers of the Horse Steve Lane Mr. Case's first venturo as an owner of thor()Uji;lil)re(ls was when he purcliascd tlie liorse Sufrar King. Takini^ this as a start, the younii; man added to his strin-,^ yearly, until he heeaine one of the best known owners of le))|)ers on this continent One of his greatest achievements was (hniii},^ the fall of 1!)()S, when iiis horse, Steve Lane, won four races in five days, a record tiiat will take some time to heat in the field. Mr. Case had only three horses at Hamilton, and out of ten races run through the field at the meeting. Mr. Case won live, was second once and Ihinl once, his horses not being out of tiic money in any of llic events in whicli tliey started He showed great judgment in the |)nrcha.sc of tlic le|)|(cr Uann<'ll. who won his lii-st race with Mr. Ca.se's colors u|) Steve Lane was the first horse of any ini|iortance lo !)<■ ac(|iiii-ed \)\ the yunthfiil owner, who purchased him in the season of 1!>07. and won three races with him Then came the |)urchase of the Icppcr Mark>man. who won hi- (ir>t race under the colors of his new master, a victory that was icpcateil on moi-e than one occasion during the same season, while in 1!)(),S Marksman again won laurels for his owner. These three horses gave the young Canadian the best stable of steeplechasers of that year on the Canadian circuit. He was the second Kindest winuei- .it the Ilamiltoii Lovers of the Horse 117 nu'ctiiiii-, and would have headed tlie list had he not sohl the good eolt Dennis Stati'ord, who was also a winner It is rare to make a sueeess both in the show ring aiid in raeing. hut Mr. Case has accomplished the difficult teat. Dame Fortune being e<|ually gracious to him in the racing field. Like all enthusiastic horse men, Mr. Case is of a happy disposition, mentally and physically active. With youth and fortune in his favor, he bids fair to retain his prominence as an expert rider and driver for many years to come. 118 Lovers of the Horse MURRAY HENDRIE THE love of horses caiiu- iiatiiralh to Miiniiy Ilciidric. of I lainilloii. lor lie is a son of the hile Win. Ileiidrie, wlio owned the t'ainous \ alh-v I'arin, and whose useful life is touched upon elsewhere in this |)ul)hcatiou. The sou inherited his father's admiration of tlie e(|uiue. and Ihouyh still a younu' man is one of tlie most widely known horsemen in Caiuida, and can l>e classed aniouy the cleverest j^entleman riders of the jiresent ii'enei'ation. Murray IJeiidiie was horn in Hamilton, Ontario, in 1876. His education commenced at I'pper Canada (Olle^e, Toronto, and from there he went to the Koyal Military Colleo-e. Kingston. At hoth learnin<; places he was adnn'ttedly one of the l>est all-round athletes either collei;e had ever had (jcc-asion to he j)roud of. .\s a ruj^ln football |ilayer he was looked u|)on as the hardest worker on the teams of both the U.C(\ and R.M.('., and he figured con- .spicuously in all of the many game.s in which he was a |)arlici|)aut. On leaviuf^ .sehool, Mr. Hendrie eoiunieuced his business career with the Hank of Hamilton, workinr two years in South Africa, ])assinn- through some of llic liardol e\|)eri- Lovers of the Horse 119 ences of the war. U])on the (k'ath of liis fatlier he commenced a l)rokerage business for himself, but eventually abandoned it and spent a year in the Canadian West. His love for riding was acquired very early in life, and it increases as he grows older. When he was about nine years of age he won his first race. This was at Hamilton Exhibition, and his mount was the Ilendrie pony Magic. He rode his first jumping race in 1893, and since then has fairly demonstrated that he has but few eciuals in Canada, haviu"' skilfullv handled verv manv winners. His riding is so well thought of generally that whenever Murray Hendrie accepts the mount the horse becomes the favorite in public opinion, and will win if riding can hcl]) at all. The first horses he owned were IVmi Below /eio and 'Ihe Kiltie. For some time he was in partnership with Burton Holland, their stables including Leading Lady, Jim Lvles and Sweden. Mr. Hendrie is of a jovial disposition, with an eye ever to the l)right side of things. He is popular in social circles, and takes an active interest in all outdoor sports. 120 Lovers of the Horse FOX HUNTING IN CANADA THE eyes of tlic world .iie directed to the North Aiuerieiin Continent as the (great- est hiiiitiii^r (h)inain of tiie glolje. Its magnificent forests, stretching from tlie pine forests of Maine to the vast wooded region of tlie Paget Sound country, and its jjreat hikes, reacliino: from the Moliawk \'alk'v to Hudson Bav. teem with animal and finny hfe. Mucli has heeii written, antl deservedly. al)out the moose, caribou, and deer hunting, as well as duck and chicken shooting, to l)e found all over this region and the Noi-tliwest TiMritories, which deliglit the heai't of the sportsman, hut little has been said about the |»rince of sports, fox hunting. It is not Ix'cause of its recent introduction, for since tlie year IS-iCi the coverts of America have rung to the horn of the huntsman and echoed to the whimper and the giving tongue of the hounds It has been truly called the "'sport of kings."" and cer- tainly the accessories of the royal pastime are of most elegant and aristocratic char- acter. 'I"he hunter of game, and the fishernuui. assume their corduroys and weather- stained pt hounds to th(> glossy, lii<:h-bred outlines of the hunter. I'ldikc many other kinds of siiort. which can be cari'ied on in small ])arties of twos and threes, fox hunting is rem.irkable for its essentially social chai-actei'. and while the pursuit of the l)ig ganu\ and even fishing except luider restrictions, are mainly for the masculine element alone, hunting tlie fox is as ardently followed by women as bv men ( )ne reason for this uiav be that a woman is fully conscioiis that her neat, well-fitting habit, the color induced b\ the exercise, and the grace of her horsemanshij) enhance her i)eautv even more than the attire of the ballroom The huntiuii season trenerallv be to Ihc regular meets there is considerable cul) huiding and general prc|)aralory work done in order to get the hounds into conrhtion. Scune of these early morning rnn> in late suinuier are rc|)lctc with i-njoy- ment, being marked with incidents iu)t usually found In the regidar hunts Not iu- fre<|Uently one, two and sometimes three runs and a kill or two are the icsult of a day's hunting. This is a great strain on the staying (jualities of both hoises and hounds, and in eonsec|uence the keenest lior>einen rc(|iiire to keep in their stai)le several good hunters to meet the (hunands of the season The huntsman and the whip have always to be well mounted, and it can readily be seen that nolhing but a horse of excellent f|uality and breeding can cany a man from eight to Ihiileeii hours, over Iwcnty-fivc or fifty jumps in a stift" hunting country, wilhont snflicieni res! and care. The adventure, exhilaration, good-fellowship and the manliness of fox hunting without doubt place it at the to|) of all |iastimes. The friendly enudation for the brush, the rush at the fences, admiration of your horse as he clears the water-jump or ditch, Lovers of the Horse 121 all dashed with a suspicion of risk .iiid danger, make up a font ensemble which perhaps no other s])ort can ever aj^proach. Apart from the merely pleasurable side there is also the very important one of the extreme healthfulness of the pursuit, and so it is that when on tlu> hack of youi- favorite liuiitcr, with the lioiinds in front, your friends around you, and the fox in the distance, von feel tliat it is incU-ed the sport of kincjs. ]22 Lovers of the Horse COLONEL COLIN SEWELL ONE of the most proniisinii; men in turf circles in tlie ancient City of Quel)ec is Col. Colin Sewell. who is also an eminent physician. He takes a great interest in the welfare of the thoroughbred, and has owned many good ones during his career as a devotee of the sport of kings. Col. Sewell learned to ride early in life, and lias never lost his love for the chase, being one of the regulars at the nuu-t of the hounds. He commenced his racing career in the year ISSl. and since that lime has seldom been without a thoroughbred in his stable. His first race-horse was Leather Stocking, w hicli was afterwards renamed The Rake. With this horse the ( 'olonel won many coveted cups and stakes. After the rctirenuMit of The Rake. Col. Sewell pui-chased .several but did not meet with uuich .success until lie secured Krawali and Rhic Coal : with them he wt)n nianv I'accs, only disposing of the latter during the season of 1 !)()?. Ballycastle was another in 1 1 is >lal)lc with w lioni sc\-i'i'al cups were won. ilic latest pni'cliasc was the hoi'sc .\nd\ Williams, who w;is I'aced under the Sewell colors for the (irst time in 1!)()7. meeting wllli limited suc- cess, 'i'lic ( dionel is on<' of the prin- ci|)al (ignrcs in the Citv of (Quebec Turf ('lull, and has acted as an ollicial at all of their annual meetings. ('ol. ('olin Sewell w;is born in the City of (Quebec in the year bS41, being cducatefl at Kdinbui'gh Iniversity. where he took his degrees as a surgeon. h'oi- two years iiher he held the position of House Surgeon of the I"'dinbnrgh Hospital, after which he n turned to Canada to practise. Col. Sewell (irst ae(|iiire(l his love for racing in Mclbouriu-. .Australia, where he practised for a >liorl time. In bSSl he became attached to E Hatterv. (Quebec, and retired, relainini; the rank of ('olonel. COI.ONKL Cf>l-IN SEWEM. Lovers of the Horse 123 BtTTV Kl.NGSMERE. PaP LaRABIK -MaMBRINO JOHN GRIMES ONE of the best known horsenieu in Eastern Canada is John Grinu's, ])ro])rietor of the Windsor Hotel. Ottawa. Born and educated in the capital city. Mr. (irimes l^eoan his hnsincss career as clerk of the Grand Union Hotel. Ottawa, afterwards filling- the same position at the Walker House. Toronto, where he remained for many years, only leaving the Walker House to go to the Rossin. with which hotel he was connected until he purchasetl the AVindsor at Ottawa, which he has remodelled and huilt up until it is considered one of the best houses in Eastern Ontario. Mr. Grimes has for years been one of the prominent figures in the Ottawa Driv- ing Club. and. indeed, was one of the prime movers in its first organization, holding office in it for several years until pressure of business compelled him to resign. He is a bie contributor to everv movement to advance interest in the horse, the annual ice meeting, one of the many tilings which he takes under his patronage, being enriched each year by a stake named after the Windsor Hotel. In the year 1907. he donated a cu{) to be held by the owner of the horse establishing a new ice track record. Mr. (irimes is a splendid business man. owns a beautiful residence in Ottawa, and divides his time l)etween his home, his business and his horses. J24 Lovers of the Horse Simpson Grevs THE SIMPSON GREYS TIIH Ix'autii'ul f^rcv liorsi-s t'oniiiiin- siicli iin iinporlimt |);irt of tlie drlivrry systcMii f)t' the iiiiiiH'iisc (lepiirtiiUMital ('stal)li.sliiiient of Tlic l{(>l)t. Siin]).soii ( 'o.. Limited, 'I'oroiito, arc widely known in tlie (^ueen City and its snhurhs, and arc nnicli adnnrcd liv citizens and visitors from cvcrywlicrc. At present there are over one luindi'cd ol' tliesc horses in the Simpson service. A score of years a<>o one solitary (,rrcv horse conid attend comfoi'tahly to all the (h-Iivcry wants of the Simpson store. In !!)()!), it is estimated that at hvist one lnin(h'cd and fifly arc in comnn'ssion. 'IMic ffey horse thai did ihe pioneer work of the linsiiicss was a i;i'cat favoi'itc, aiul cacli succeediiif^ horse pnifhased for the (iini was a li'i'cy one. until to-ilay the Simpson lu)rscs arc one of Ihe licst nie of advertising- that the entcrprisini;' firm has. PcodIc of all aires, from the toddliuL; vonnuster to the lotlcriiii'' "reat-i'randma. arc familiar with the Siin[)son delivery, which is often in c\ idcnc<' in many neiiildiorhoods. These horses arc picked up all oscr ( )nlario li\ the firm's iiiiyer, Mr. \\ . I )claney, w ho, diirinff his many years' .serviee, has lioui^ht Ihcm all. His clloils to secure uniformity Lovers of the Horse 125 in color and size have met with tlie .sio;nal success tliat comes of sincerity and ex- perience. His stan(hii(l is a horse ahout Hi liaiids and weighing 1/200 to 1,250 lbs., and he favors a young liorse l>ecause it retains its color longer. Some persons who will read this are possibly not aware that a grey horse gets lighter in color as age in- creases, and eventually turns white, long before its usefulness has ceased. Mr. Delanev has been in charge of the Simjjson horses for 17 years. He presides over the stables on Mutual St. and Dalhousie St.. Toronto, where there is every accom- modation for the bio- etiuine familv. and the situation is within easv distance of the store, but the rapidlv increasing necessity for more horses and. consequently, more room, is being acted upon i)y the company, and ]ilans are now being prepared for new stables which will lie the eijual in modern equipment of any on the continent. Nearlv a hundred men are at present engaged as drivers, or in looking after the horses. There are some sixty wagons, about a fourth of that number being the large sizes for team loads. A stringent system has to be employed in the assignment of the dif- ferent wagons to their respective territoiy. There are three trips a day to all points within the city limits, and the suburban places are covered once every day, and in some eases twice. In addition to this, there are special wagons in readiness to wait on trains and boats. Notwithstanding the precision involved, the system works to a nicety. Each man knows what he has to do and is considerate of the welfare of his horse, some of them being much ;ittaliipment and honest value have caused a marvellous growth in this branch of the lousiness, which is just as strictly looked after as is the immense City deliverv. The history of the Simpson business is of decided interest. It was estaljlished Ijy the late Mr. Robt. Simpson, who came to Toronto from Newmarket in 187'-2. and opened a little store on Yonge St. north of the present mammoth building, which is a monument to a courageous, progressive man. In ISSO the store employed thirteen clerks and the horse j)articulai-ly referred to above. In 1S81, ]\Ir. Simpson moved to a larger building in the block which is now entirely occupied by the business he created, purchase and extension having continued until the whole block has been ac- quired. In 189-1 contracts were let for a 7-storey building to occuj)y the site of his old stores. The building, when completed, was the finest of its kind in Canada, but scarcely before three months had elapsed it was reduced to ashes. This dreadful calamity did not break the spirit of Mr. Simpson, who set to work to rebuild on a grander scale, for the fire had made room for a biiiii-er iilace. In Jannarv. 189(>. the 126 Lovers of the Horse new store was occupied, but shortly afterwards, in 1897, the death of Mr. Simpson occurred, and though the liusiness was continued in the same name, the capital stock passed into other liands and was materially increased. The corner of Richmond and Yonge Sts. was acqiured in 1900. and a large addition similar to the main entrance was erected. The business grew with the buikling. and instead of the modest number of thirteen hands employed in 1880. there are now '■2.. 500. and the l)uil(lings are being more than doubled in size on the site just to the west, which was purchased from Knox Church, and runs through from Queen to Richmond Sts. A j)rivate street. 45 feet wide. is to be opened along the western line, and the store will have a street on each of its four faces, which will not only be of great advantage for show w iiulows. l)ut will give an abundance of light and air for the upper floors from four fairly wide streets, ^^'llen com])leted. Simpson's will be by far the handsomest and best e(juipj)ed retail establish- ment in the Dominion, and will have a floor space of over 11 acres. It will be excelled by only two or three retail stores in the whole world. riiere is already every con- ceivable convenience for the thousands of custoTuers who visit the store daily, and this careful consideration is highly aj)preciated. The system aik)])tcd by the firm so suc- cessfully, positively prevents overstocking, and consequently all lines of goods are the newest. To facilitate the buying in Europe, the company have an office in London and another in Paris. The London office is head(|uarters for many Canadian visitors. The Simpson Co. is a large exhibitor at all the hor.se shows held in Toronto, and especially at the outdoor parades held on Dominion Day. Numerous prizes won by their turnouts signify the interest they take in ;ill matters a|)|)citainiiig to the horse. Lovers of the Horse 127 HUGH S. WILSON DT^RINC? twenty years of active association with the best of the jumping horses Ilno'h S. AYilson, of '^^Foronto. has well earned his rejiutation as the pluckiest Canadian ritler ever seen in the arenas of the principal horse shows of Canada and the United States, and no rider of the jumpers has more victories to his credit. Gameness is his characteristic, and when all his competitors have had enough of it he is always out to take every chance a man and a horse can take. Consequently, he has been the victim of accidents a scoi'e or more times, some of them verv serious, but he has been fortunate in quick recoveries, and at this writing is in splendid shape, and a model of a vigorous young Canadian who loves a game horse and possesses the utmost confidence in himself to achieve victory, no matter what odds are against him. For many years he rode ^Ir. Cieorge Pepper's horses at all of the ])rincipal shows with magnificent success. II uo'liie Wilson, as he is familiarlv known all over America, was born in Pickeriiii'-. Ont., in 1arded as an authority in the show ring, not only for the heavier, but also for the light harness horses. He has held various offices in the horse associations of the country and has always believed firmly in the improvement of the Canadian l)reeil of horses. Mr. Robert Graham, tlie other member of the firm, dates his experience from an earlier ])eriod than his ])artner can claim. He has been an anient admirer of the horse Plymouth Horace. Property of Graham & Renfrew since 1876, when he made his first trip across the Atlantic with his father, Richard (iraham, who carried on the business before him. With a hereditary fondness for the horse, Mr. Robert Graham went into partnershii) with his father at an early age, and, on the demise of the latter, took sole charge of the l)usiness. He was responsible for the firm of Graham Brothers, of Claremont. After following in his father's footsteps for several years, he took his brother William into partnership, and as soon as Thomas was old enough, he also was made a member of the firm. This triple alliance lasted for many years, in fact, until !!)().). when Robert united with Walter Renfrew, leaving William and Thomas to run the old firm. 132 Lovers of the Horse Rol)ert Graham was horn in the town of Markliani, wliere he received his early education, making his home at Chiremont until his clianm' in business. During- his career, he has bought and sold many champion horses in almost every class, dealing, in the earlv davs. more extensively with Clydesdales. One of the best of these that he ever imported was Royal Exchange, who won great renown for Robert and his father from 1S7() until bought by Senator Beith in 1878. Old Prince Arthur was another horse that helped to make the (iraliam farm famous, always winning in the ring in this countrv and siring many a brilliant winner. Mr. Robert Graham is one of the oldest importers of horses on the continent and is among the foremost judges. His advice is always in demand and his judging, at all prominent shows in the country, has earned for him an envial)le re])utation for discretion and fairness. Both Walter Renfrew and Roljert Graham are reinsmen of the first class, and manv times have tlriven their own horses to victory. Both enjoy a ride on a gootl hunter, but devote more time to other interests in the horse world than to riding or drivinronomieed lirst-eiass. Javlin, stationed near St. John's. (Quebec, is a handsome horse by Lnported Hridge- water, by Hampton, out of The (iliost by Flying Dutchman He is a perfect individual. and a valuable ac(|uisition to the Bureau. Mcllvain is stationed at I'ertli, Ontario, and is a handsome blood bay by Rend Or out of Sierra Leone. He is a })erfect cav- alry type. Stallions are being sent out as fast as they can be secured, and there will be no slackening of effort until at least 300 have been ])laced. \\ this date (U)()S) the ap- |)lications for stallions mimber over .seven hundred. The chief workers in the National Bureau are John F. Ryan, llie fouinler; l>ieut.- Coioncl Ashmead, representing (^nel)ec; II. J. V. (iood, re])re.senting ()ntario; (ieorge Carrnthers. representing Manitoba; Col. H. J McT,aughlin. representing Saskatche- wan; and Osborne Brown, re|)resenting All)erta The Maritime Provinces are looked after from Montreal, and a secretary will be appointed next spring for British Col- umbia, when the Bureau will be in full working order fioni coast to coast. Lovers of the Horse 135 CAPTAIN H. C. OSBORNE AN enthusiastic follower of the hounds is Captain II. ('. Osl)orne. Toronto, and altliounh he has recently become an ardent admirer of the automobile, he has not lost his kind re<;ard for his friend the horse, ])articularl_v the hunter. He is a diligent worker in the afi'airs of the Toronto Hunt Club, l)eing one of its most enero-etic directors, and to his efforts much of the success and j)opularity attained l)y the Club is undoubtedly due. He followed the Toronto hounds first in 189.5, and has been devoted to the sport constantly since. In 1!)().'5 his horse (iolden Crest (Golden Badge — Straightaway) ran third to Thessalon in the King's Plate race at the Woodbine. He was one of the founders and the first Secretary of the Toronto Polo Club, and was very active in procuring a suitable jjolo field for the Toronto followers of the sj)ort. Henrv Campl)ell Osborne was born in Brantford, Out., in lS74,and received his educatit)u at Trinity College School, Port Hope, and Trinity College, Toronto. He is a son of James Kerr Osborne. Toronto. In \iW2 he married Mrs. C. L. Bath, daughter of the late (i. G. Francis, of Toronto and London, Eng. ("apt. Osborne is a member of the firm of ()sI)orne ^' Francis, stock and bond brokers ;ind financial agents, Toronto. Thouah business demands much of his attention lie finds time for military matters. Capt. Osborne became con- nected with the Canadian Militia in IS!)!), when he took a commission in the Royal Grenadiers, Toi-onto, and he is now in command of "B" company of that crack regiment. He inherits his liking for mili- tary pursuits, his father having served as a Major of the lUtli Regiment during the Fenian Raid. In addition to his connection with the Toronto Hunt Club he is on file management committee of the Toronto Club, and is a member of the Toronto Polo Clnl); Albany Clul). Toronto; Canadian Military Institute. Toronto; St. James Club. :Moutreal, and S]H)rts Club, London, Eng. He is also fond of a game of golf, and was for some time a nuMuber of the 'I'oronto (Jolf Club. Captain H. C. Osborn'e 136 Lovers of the Horse s SANDFORD FLEMING SMITH WDKOKl) FLEMING SMITH is a son of tlie late Alexander Smith of Peterborough. Born in Peterborough, he graduated from the High Sehool of that town and entered a private school to prepare himself for the School of Practi- cal Science in Toronto, where he had a most successful course. He has made ids home in Toronto for sev- eral years, his handsome residence in Poplar Plains Road l)eing a centre of open-handed hos- pitality. lie joined the firm of Bond & Smith in 19(t3, one of the most pi'oinineiit ai'chitcctural fii'iiis in the country. Mr. Smith has idways taken an active interest in ;dl l)i-anches of athletics. lie has lieen a mem- ber of the Toronto Hunt for years, and is a regu- lar attendant in the hunting fiehl, also having successfully taken part in the Hunt Club's ai point to |)()int i Mr. Smith does Saxufokd Fleming Smith not particularly care for the honors of the show rin most enthusiastic lovers of the horse in Ottawa is Mr. James K. Pais- ley, proprietor of the (Jrand Union Hotel. Above all things Mr. Paisley is a Canadian, his modest boast being tiuit his life has been spent on Canadian soil, and it may be said that he is as witlely known in the east as in the west. For many years, he was a resident of Central Ontario and the farther west, and for a score of years lovers of horse-flesh have been on familiar terms with him. Mr. Paisley is now the proprietor of the Grand Union, one of Ottawa's leading hotels. He is a nativi' of Peel County, Ontario, and has had a rathei' remarkable and most enviable experience as a host. Ue- fore going into Ijusiness at Ottawa in li)U"2 he was owner of the New Ro\al in Hamilton, and was responsible for the remodelling of that hotel in 1897, the firm being Patter.son and Paisley. Tlien also the firm had control or management of the Penetanguishene Hotel in Pene- tang, the Sans Souci at Moon River, and the Helvidere in I'arry Sound. Mr. Paisley was cashier of the ^^alker House in Toronto for a luimber of years, and is a son of Mr. John Paislev, wlio was the owner of a jiopular liostelrx" in Orangeville for a ipuirter of a centiu'V. ^^ith Mr. Dam'el O'Connor, he then built the Temagami luu at Teinagami, ()nt;ii'io. and a \car oi' so ago purchased the N'ictoria Hotel at Aylmer. He was also foi- some time |)ro|)rietoi' of the Inxpiois Hotel in Toronto. He is an active mem- ber of tin- Elks, the Knights of Pythias and the I'Oresters. and an execnti\(' mem- ber of the llolelmen's Mutual IJcnelit As.sociation of Ontario. In the jnist iiO years Mr. Paisley has been the owner of many horses with enviable records. 'J'wenty years ago he made a start with Sealskin Joe, which was entered in the races at \\ innipcg at tli.it lime. Since then he lias interested himself mostly in the saddle and harness lioi-scs. one of his best being the saddh' mare Jardie, which is in his stable at picsent. In 'i'oi-onto also he has the trotting stallion Directly. .\ year or .so ago Mr. Paisley disjxxsed of the majority of his horses, but in the |)ast .several years he has driven some fine ones, which have since won coveted honors in Hostoii, New ^ oik, 'I'oronto and other American ami ('anadian centres. James K. Paislky Lovers of the Horse 139 The Eel. Grey Horse, by Gambolier-Beli. Biuwell hv John h. Umami'ion Pacer of the World on Ice-Track 2.1 IK MADE AT Ottawa, Ont., January 21st, 1909, over a Half-Mile Track. Owned By F. W. Kntricken, Tavistock, Ont. 140 Lovers of the Horse JOHN DYMENT, Jr. Tllpy naiiic iif ■■ 1)\ iiiriit "" is knoAvn on tlir Aiiu'ricaii contiiUMit wlu'ii'vtT tlicro are lovers of horsos and clean s])ort. One of the best known hearers of the name. John Dynient, Jr , was born in Dundas, Ontario, in 1877, and nnder the guidance of his father, who was renowned as one of Canada's prominent horse- men and l)recders. Ix'canie interesteellini; of pools were allo\\('(l l)y these associations, and it was contended bv some of the meniix'rs that such practices were far from beneficial, ami onlv encoura<>'ed the patronage of undesirable persons. Other horse owners, who would otherwise have been glad to share in the sjiort, ke])t aloof on account of such |)ractices. When fornuilating the i)lans for the present Association it was agreed that it would be l»est to, as far as possii)le. eliminate all (|uestional)le features from the race meets. \((oiilinL:l\ IIk' selling of pools and bookmaking are forliiddeu in connection with anv race conducted t)y the .\ssociation. Another clause in the constitution provides that no admission fee shall be iharged the pul)lic and that all grand stand seats shall be free. Large crowds patroni/e the.se races, and the sport is found to be an inexpensive and healthful diversion by the toilers in factorv, warehou.se and office. Young and old attend the events which are conducted everv Wedm-sdav afternoon while the weather ])erniits. (icnerally the season opens in June and closes in Oetobt-r. None but amateurs are allowed to com|)ete. and thus sport |)nrely for sport's sake is a.ssurefl. No |)ri/,es or purses are offered with the exception of the elia nipionship Lovers of the Horse 143 Clip, wliic-li is compett'd for anniially. This trophy was jjresented to the Association at its inception by the Free Press Printing- Co. At each of the races riblions are awanletl the winners. The Association does not iiu hide horse owners alone, but many k)vers of the sport, who through unfavorable circumstances are jjrohibited from keeping a horse of their own, contribute financial aid to the oroanization, and keej) the treasury at all times well filled. Harness horses alone are allowed in comjietition, and the use of hobbles is strictiv prohibited. The vehicles used must be of the four-wheeled type, and the As.sociation owns all these w'aireons but allows the members to hitch to them at will. There are from twentv-tive to thirtv horses entered each afternoon. Owino- to the events lasting as they do for one afternoon each week only, it is almost impossible to make room for more than that numl)er of horses. In the matinees has been found a splendid opportunity for testing green material, and also for showing horses with a view to their sale. Through these races many London horses have found their way to the best racing stal)les of the country. Horse biivers from far and near attend these events, and on several occasions have purcliased horses which have afterwards |)rove(l to be very fast. At almost every matinee promising- young horses are brought out. Some are bought u]) immediately upon being tried out, while others have to give way to the s|)eedier. Among the notable sales made through the matinee races of this Association during the past few years have been: Walter S, formerly owned by Norman McLeod &: Sons, and Dr. Jack, owned by Tennant & Barnes, both of which horses were sold into Toronto stables for large sums of money. Solstone, formerly owned l)y Mr. George McCormick, is now one of the champion horses of the New York Speedwav. with a record of '-2. 1,'}|. He was the cup winner in 1!)(»7. The Dentist, Lady IJlack, Madge W, ( 'Upper, and manv others have also found their way into the big stables from the London matinee races. ISIemljcrship in the Loudon Amateur Road Drivers" As.sociatioii has not been confined to residents of London, and from time to time amateur horsemen from neigh- boring towns have taken an active interest in the Club. Dr. J. A. Hughson, of Huffalo, who was at one time a prominent member of the nuitinee clul) of that city, lias now taken up his lot with the London Association. His hoises appear regularly at the Wed- nesday afternoon matinees. Such prominent business and professional men as R. J. Wood, H. S. Wilcox, J. A. lirownlee. Dr. K. Harnes, Dr. D. C. Tennant, Dr. S. W. A. Thompson, S. Thomp.son. Will. Collins. C. (r. McCormick. Xorman McLeod and Sons. Geo. Campbell. Robert Nixon, Frank Sage, James Ak-Cartney, Fred. Paisley. J. S. Sherlock, Alex. Henderson, Geo. McCartney. W. B. WoodhuU of Lambeth. Joseph Wilkins. Gordon Lawson. J. H. Brooks, and numerous others, have from time to time been among the active members of the Association. 144 Lovers of the Horse PHILIP McGINNIS A BENEFACTOR to tlu- cause of the thoroughbred, aud to the (knotees of the royal sport of raciug. is Mr. Pliil. McGmnis, who was born at Huntingdon, (^ucbtT, and who is one of the few Canadians to have climbed to the very toj) of the la(hier of success in the racing workl. Mr. McGinnis's great contribution to the king of sports lias been his invention, the starting machine. In the early days of racing in this country, no barrier was used, and tlier(> were so many wreteliedly unequal and unfair starts, that Mr. McGinnis began to reason out a way to put things on a more equal basis. The result of his cogitations was the invention and ])ertVeti()n of the barrier, as it is known to-day, a machine which has proved so successful that it is now being used on almost every race-track in America. To start horses away from the post with an equal chance is something to have lived for, and this most desirable condition of affairs is what Mr. McGinnis has accom])lished. The jmblic owes him a debt of gratitude for this one achieve- ment. Always a lover of the horse, particu- larly of the thoroughbred, Mr. McGinnis was a regular attendant at Tnany of the tracks on this continent, beginning his active career as a starter in the city of Quebec, when he was asked to fill that ])osition at a meeting of the Quebec 'J\irf (^lub. For several years lie fulfilled his duties there so ably that he became very well known to horsemen, and then commenced his success. Mr. McGinnis has ofiiciated at many of the larger tracks in this country, whil(> he is a great favorite in the south, where he now does most of his work. lie makes his home in London, Ontario, where he takes a great interest in all classes of sport. Fie has great skill, both as a rider and drivei', and is well known on every track in .\ineriea. Philip McGinnis Lovers of the Horse 145 JOSEPH E. SEAGRAM MR JOSEPH E SEAGRAM has for many years been tlie j)nncipal sujj- portei' of tlie turf in Canada. He rarely has fewer than 100 tlioroughbreds at one time in his stable at Waterloo, and each year he spends thousands of dollars in securing new blood. He has brought to Canada some of the best pedigreed horses the world has ever known. He has invested lai-ge sums of money in securing good American horses. In short, than Mr. Seagram, there has been no greater bene- factor to the thoroughbred horse industrv of Canada. His stable has representatives in all parts of the country, and wherever there is a race meeting it can be depend- ed upon that a representative of Mr. Seagram's enterprise will be among the winners. His success, first of all in the (Queen's Plates, and afterwards in the Kiuir's Plates, is of sufficient renown to make unnecessary any extended reference to it in this sketch. He has won no fewer than thirteen times, eight times, from ISDl to 1S!)S, successively. While many of his plate winners have not gone on and raced, several of them have distin- iruished themselves subsequentlv both at home and abroad. Among these might be mentioned Victorious, one of the last sons of that noble old sire Terror; Joe Miller, who ran one of the fastest races ever run on the turf, at Coney Island; IJon Ino, a winner herself, and the dam of Inferno, winner in 1905; and of Seis- mic, the winner in IDOS. Of the others none have done anything to distinguish themselves after winning the one race, except, possibly, to carry off two or three province-bred races. While INIr Seagram, greatlv to the advantage of the horse interests of Canada, has devoted the larger part of his attention to the breeding of ])rovince-breds, having imported many mares with foals in utero both from Great Britain and I nited States, at more expense than any other man in the Dominion has felt inclined to incur, he has also brought into the country many a good race-hor.se, but for whose presence the valuable stakes given bv the Ontario Jockev Club and other Canadian racing associa- tious would have gone abroad. In brief, Mr. Seagram has truly been a pillar of the Joseph E. Se.\or,a.m J46 Lovers of the Horse turf in Caiiiulii. ;i.s well as a contrihutor on a larss a weiiflit than 1I5.'5 |>ounrls to victory, in the llicn fastot lime (i\ci- the olil WOodbinc track foi' a mile and a (piarter of '2.10. Tragedian is aiiotjicr good horse thai wdii lh(('iipin Mr. Seagram's colors; so also is Satirist and (iold Cure, son of ( )rmoiule"s son (ioldfineh. Then came a lapse of five years before the President of the ().!.(" won the same ("uj), and this time he succeeded in accomplishing the >\vfi\ wilh one of lii> own bii-i'dini', to wit. Inferno, who at five years of age cariied !•,'(• poinuU to \ict()r\' and covered Lovers of the Horse 147 the nine furl(>n<;;.s, the distiinee to wliieli the nice luid been re(hice(l, in 1.52;^, only three- fit'tlis of a second more than the l)est on reeord for tlie distance over the new and fast track. In the Wooclstock Phite Mr. Seagram has also had his snccesses, his last being in 1907, when, with Main Chance, he won in the fastest time on record for the race, in L.jov. Another important event in which Mr. Seajfram's stable has distinp;uished itself is the King Edward Hotel Cu]), which the province-bred Inferno has tlirice won, against all comers, first in 190(5 as a four-year-old. carrying 117 pounds, and covering the distance, one mile and a (juarter. in the fastest time on record for Canada, namely, 2 0.'}; the second time in 1907. carrying 1'2(5 pounds, in '■2.0(v-;. and the third time in 1!>()S, carrying the same weight, in '•2.09,-. This Cu|), valued at $l,oUO, was won out- right by Mr. Seagram with his victories of 190() and 1907, and in the following year the ])roprietors of the hotel having given another Cuj) of the same value, he won. as flescribed, for the third time. xVnother race of prominence that Mr. Seagram has twice landed with the same horse is the I^iverpool Cuj), which the American-bred Procession won for him in 1900 and 1901. l\'rha|js one of the most startling per- formances that ever the Woodbine saw was that of Mr. Seagram's Persistence II, an imported horse by the King's Persimmon, that after running absolutely last in the () .rC 's longest distance race, namely the Ontario Jockey Clul) Cup, run in 191)4. over Bouquet, b.m., Ki.nlev .Mack — Briar Swr;ET J 48 Lovers of the Horse two miles and uiu'-sixtcH-iitli. won with a marvt'llons l)urst ot" speed in the hist half-mile, in .'}.4'2. Very appropriately the former MP. for Waterloo has also twice won the beautiful Cui) given hv the Earl of Durham, a descendant of the Earl who sixtv or seventy vears ago presided over the destinies of this country, with the province-bred Inferno, undoul)tedly the best and most successful horse ever foaled in the Dominion of Canada. It is a tril)ute to the breeding success of the President of the O.J.C. that thi> gr.Miil horse should be a native in his jjedigree for several generations back. In 1!)(»S, Mr. Seagram imported the three-year-old Bouquet, by Kinley Mack — Briar Sweet, who landed two important races at the O.J.C. Fall Meeting, one of which was the Toronto Autumn ("up, for which no fewer than a dozen horses started, and in the race for which Mr Seagram's representative ran away in comfortable fashion. 'I'he owner of the Waterloo stable has neither confined his victories to tlu- Wood- bine nor to Canada, Itut has won many a good race with Joe Miller, a province-bred; \ ictorious, another province-bred; the aforementioned Saragossa, imp. ]Mor|)heus, Havoc, a son of Ilimyar, sire of the immortal Domino, imp Objection and others, at the best meetings in the liiited States. To enumerate all tlu' successes that ^Ir. Seairram has had, both at iionie and abroad, and to m) becomiiioly into details of the horses he has bred that have accomplished deeds worthy of note, would be to fill this entire volume. Mr. Seagram is President of the Ontario Jockey Clul) and an Honorary Mem- l)er of the English Jockev (hib. Lovers of the Horse 149 MAJOR JAMES HAROLD ELMSLEY MAJOR ELMSLEV l)elongs to an English family of niilitarv and true sports- man tnulitions. His father is Remigius Elmsley, Esq., of Elmsley Place. Toronto, whose jjicturesque residence at the head of a quiet little avenue off St. Joseph Street is like a gal)led Old Country retreat rather than a home in the Itusv. commercial centre of Ontario. The son. James Harold Elmsley. has always been at home in the saddle, a fondness for the ]iony i)eing manifest as soon as the small Itov was al)le to mount. The Elmsley family, like scvci-.-d of England's historic house- holds, are attacheil to the Church of Rome, and it was to Cardinal Newman's College in England that the future Major was sent for early instruction. It was soon evident that he was destined for a military career, and his attention became directed to studies pertaining to soldierly life and, incidentally, to all s})orts asso- ciated with a horseman's activities. In 1898, the young candidate for military honours obtained a commission in the Governor-General's Hodv Guarfl, anil then in the Royal CanadianDragoons When the war broke out between Briton and Boer, he went to South Africa with the first contingent from Canada, as Lieutenant in "A" Squadron, Royal Can- adian Dragoons. In the strenuous cam- paigns of that (onthct. he ditl splendid service, acting for some time as A.D.C. to Major-General Ilutton. a former (ien- eral Officer commanding in Canada, who commanded a .Mounted Infantry Column. In that stubbornlv-contested strife, good horsemanship was of the utmost value, and this young officer's skill and efficiency in this respect was of good service, both in the personal and patriotic sense. He was not without experience of the discomforts and dangers of actual warfare, and was wounded in one engagement. However, the honour of being mentioned in the de- spatches, and receiving the Queen's Medal with five clasps, was military distinction worthy of suffering in the service. Promotion came rapidly in the days which callcil for prompt action, and the second time this Canadian officer went out to South Afiica it was to the Western Transvaal, Major James Harold H)lmsley 130 Lovers of the Horse ;is Captain Elnislev ol" the ^lul Canadian Mounted Rifli-s. 'Tlu' Ivinji's Medal, with two ehisps. was witness of tlie ijood work (h)nt> in the service there. However, the tronl)k-d times in Sonth Africa were nearin<>- the close and. ere long. Captain Elnislev was at lihertv to retnrn to the Dominion, in whose militia he had jiroved so valiant an officer. In civil, combined with military service, he proved an acceptable .\.1).C. to the late Sir Oliver Mowat. when that distiniiuishcd statesman was Lieutenant-( iov- ernor of Ontario, residing at (iovernment House. Toronto. The position now held bv this suc-cessful son of the state is that of [Major in the Royal Canadian Dragoons, and it is mere justice to >av that he is one of the most ca])able officers in our Canadian militia — every inch a >()ldicr. The interest in hor.ses, manifested so early in life, has been characteristic of Major Klmslev through all the c-hanges of his varied career. In ISO!) he won prizes at To- ronto E.xhibition in the saddle class, before South Africa campaigns had ])roved his e(|iie.strian mettle. Major Elnislev has associated his skill with a game that shoidd i)e more extensively played in Canada — polo — which alldrds as exciting a s|)ecta and has won tennis and golf triumphs .scn-ond only to his })olo achievements — in fact, is an acijuisition to all such circles. It is likely that Major Elmsley's future career will mean further military honours, and a corresponding interest in ec]uestrian matters. The infiueiice of such an officer, in either exhibition or sport, cannot fail to be on the side of fail- play and high stand- ard>. in his marriage. Major Klni>ley has strengthened llie ties which bind him to Toronto, having wedded, in Ainil. 1!>(IS. Miss .\thol Boulton, a daughter of another of >-> Toronto's historic- families. As he has proved his horseman skill on the veldt in time of war. the friends of this young offic-er may hope that it will be many years i)efore Britain mav aj^ain need such service from the offic-ers of the K(>\al Canadian Dragoons. Lovers of the Horse 151 CAPTAIN D. DOUGLAS YOUNG, A.D.C. ONF ..!• (■•.nn.la-s u.ost ,.n.,ninrnt an.l .lever exponents of nnlitary sports is Cap- ; > Do glas Youn.. of the Royal Canadian Dragoons. Stanley Barracks, !.,;.. .,,^. on his favourUe polo p<..y. The Frenehn.an. has hgnre-l - ■ , • , (■.,,,f-,'iii Voiino- w^is l»>™ I" "''I Q"'''«<- "'■'' '"> """ ::s:;,, J^ .rrr, ;;r\;,;u':;H..n.,, ..h,„ ,.„ ..»,, ,...„ considered one oi' the most rnthnsiast.c liorsenien in Canada. Captain Vonn>;"s early cdncation was obtained at St. John's Ili-h Sehool, Que- ),ee and he afterwards attended l'i)per Canada College. Toronto, the "Eton of (^inada." many of who.se graduates arc well known in military service. His sol- ,li,M-lv career commenced in 1900, when he went to South Africa as a trooi)er with the Royal Canadian Dragoons. 'I he cami>aigns of that year were a trying ordeal for the young volunteers. l)ut this Canadian soldier, like many another from the Dominion, returned with a good rec- ord of thirteen months' service, and. in 1902, secured a commission in the (.ov- crnor-General-s Body Guard. Toronto. He then entered the permanent corps as I>ieutenant in the Royal Canadian Dragoons, and again went to South Africa as an officer in the 6th Canadian Mount- ed Rifles, serving seven months in the troul.led country on his second trip. On his .second return from South M'ric'i he resumetitions. He is a skilful tennis player, and is a meml)er of the 'I'oronto Racjpiet (Inli. lie follow> the IiouikIs as a UKMuber of the Toronto Hunt (lull, and is a leading member of the i'olo Club. In fact, his club afhliatious are wide and enthusiastic, the London Hunt Club being another of his e(|uestrian associations. Whether as soldier or sportsman, Canada has reason to value such hardy and stalwart vouuir officers as Captain Youni; and Major Elmslev. Captain ^ oung's associations with Toronto arc likely to l)c long contiinied. as his home has been for .some time in that city. In 1 !)()?. he nuirricd .Vimee (ilenholmc. vonu'^est dauirhter of Chief -Justice Sir (dcnliolnie Falconbri(lg<'. She is her hus- band's svmpathetic comrade in loyalty to His E(piiue Majesty. Lovers of the Horse 153 Mks. Uaviu Douglas Young 154 Lovers of the Horse MRS. DAVID DOUGLAS YOUNG M1?S DAVID DOUGLAS YOUNG belongs to a well-known 'l\)r()nt() family. Ix'inii the yonngest dangliter of Hononrahle Sir Glenliohne Falconlnidge, Cliirf Justice of the King's Bencli. Mrs. Young was Ymm in Ontario's capi- tal, and as Miss Ainiee Falconhridge grew up in a family which a])preciated fully the healthful, outdoor life which that city afl'onls during most of the year. During her early girlhood she showed a fondness for horses and an ability in maiuiging them more characteristic of P'nglish or Irish than of Canadian femininity. In the hunting-field Mrs. Young is a brilliant and fearless figure, showing the a|)titude in management and guidance which l)eloug to the Ixini "ecjuestrienne" She is one of the most enthusiastic followers of the 'I'orouto Hunt, and has been awarded the l)rush on more than one occasion, an honour more coveted than a con(|nest in the ballroom. Mrs. Young has the vigorous physi(|ue and flexible, well-pro])ortioned figure which conduce to trinm])hs on the hunting-field. In l!)(l(i, Mrs. Young, then Miss Falconbridge, won her first horse award on Cloth of Gold, owned by Mr. Alfred Rogers, capturing first ])rize in Uadies' Hunter Class at the 'I'oronto Horse Show, winning general a})])lanse and admiration f(n- her spirited bearinc A secoinl nri/e with Sir Robert, owned by ^Ir, Henderst)n, of Hamilton, in the same class, was al-o won liy this fortunate com|)etitor. "^rhis annual excnt is sometimes hnmn-ly referred to as if the horse were a secondary consideration at this IJeautv and the Reast K\hil)ition. l)ut the honours are yet with those who know and understand the horse, and the Toiduto woman who carries off a [nize at this event is an object of envy 'I'd win a jirize at the lb)r-e Show i> to remain unsalisiied without a i'e|ielilion of the experience, and it was no surj)rise to find this fair ri is also a graceful and accomplished ine with Leading Lady, Wellington J., and Kumshaw; the (\)rin- thian Cup at .Morris Park, N.Y , in 1902. with Tip Gallant, an open steeplechase for 156 Lovers oj the Horse gentleiiK'ii ; Iiaiidica]) stec])lechase at Saratoga in 1!)()4 on AY ('. Hayes" (Jraii(l])a. also the Aiicastcr Cu]) on .T W Colt's l)a])|)le Ciold: tlu' same year \vinnino\ with 'rrajjezist. the Amateiii' Ciij) at IkiHaio. liusiness taking him to Ahiska. lie didn't ride nntil the fail meeting of the present Montreal Joekey Club's new course, wimiing the Hunters' Flat with Dr. ^NIcEaehren's Brick 'I'op, and the same fall piloting to victory Kumshaw at the AYoodliine. Toronto, whicli he rt'|iratr(l with the same horse last year. Lovers of the Horse 157 ALEXANDER W. MACKENZIE TlIK laU- Vlcxaiuk-r W. MackcnzR-. althou-l. only a y..uno- man. was prchably as well known as n.anv older horsemen of Cana.la. Steadily increasing his stable, it had become one of the best known on this continent. Alex. Mackenzie w,s the second son of William Mackenzie, who is one of Canada's most prominent i-ailroad men, being head of the Canadian Northern ami many other railroad enter- prises, also largely interested in the Street Railway Companies of several Canadian and American cities. modest manner, and as racme: game in The Kirkliehl Stable started in the the sport grew in favor they increased their stable from time to time, going into partnership with his older brother. Rod- erick Mackenzie, and reaching a strong position in the tnrf world. Mr. Mac- kenzie had always been a lover of ath- letic si)orts, and established a repntation during his college career as a first-class all-around athlete. At the time of his death. Mr. Mac- kenzie held the responsible position of Treasurer of the Canadian Northern Rail- road, a concern which gives promise of becoming one of the largest railroads in America. On his leaving the University he went into bnsiness w ith his father and brother, and rapidly climbed the ladder of success. Mr. ^Mackenzie's first start in the racing world was when the mare Lady Bevys was purchased at a modest sum. She was an entry in the race for the Queen's Plate, the feature event of the Canadian turf. This mare was not very successful as a race-horse, and was soon replaced by the horse Heather Bee. which carried th^ colors of the Kirkfield Stable to the front in more than one even . lliis was the commencement of what promised to be. and was. a most successtul, although lamentably short, career. After Heather Bee ha.l won one or two races a racin- stable was in reality established, and more purchases were added. 1 he stable was Te-istered as the Kirkfield Stable, after a town in Canada, at which i>lace both Mr AfexanderW. :^Iackenzie and his father were born. The next purchase was made .iLEX.\NDER \V. MAtKENZlE 158 Lovers of the Horse Wiki: In. bv Wickha.m — 1-aii\ I.u.iiiiom fi'oni Mr. II.ifi'N ( ii(l(liii<;'s, a w cll-kiiow ii In'ccdcr in Caiiad.-i. who has his sliid at Oakvillc. ()iitari(). 'I'lic liorsrs Wire In and War Whoop \v0(i, and that was after the close of a hard cam|)aign in the south during the early spring, where he ho[)ele.ssly l)roke down. He established several hack records duriri'i' his racintr career, and is now doinij' ser\ice in the stud. W ,\v NNliooii. tlie otlu'r purchase, was hardly so consistently successful, although he was a full brother to Wire In. being sired by Wickluiin out of the mare Lady Lightfoot. The success gained from year to year by tlie stable only added to the lire of en'husiasm. and each .season i)etter horses were added to the string. Two expcnsi\c horses wci'e piircliaserl in Kngland, Cicely and Moitlake. It was with the mare (icely that one of the biggest coups ever pullefl off by a (auiidian owner was made. I)uring the season of lOOO another lot of yearlings was secured, and Tourcime, a likely looking Lovers of the Horse 159 two-year, for which the sum ol ten thousand (h)lhiis was |)ai(l. Although Tourenne (H(l not altogetlier fulfil expectations he proved himself a horse of mneh class, with a superior show of speed. Mr. Mackenzie was born at Kirkfield in the year 1877, and afterwards came to live in Toronto with his parents. He was married to Miss Kirkland. the daughter of Angus Kirkland. the late manager of the liank of Montreal. Mr. ■Mackenzie's home in Rosedale was regarded as one of the most l)eauliful in the city of Toronto. He was a horseman of some ability, and his figure a well-known one at the spring and fall runs with the hounds. Mr. Mackenzie was a j^rominent member of both the Toronto and Albany, two of the strongest and best known clubs in the Province of Ontario. Mr. Mackenzie always took a great interest in military affairs, and held a com- mission in the Forty-Eighth Highlanders of Toronto. The imposing military funeral given him by his brother officers of the garrison and his regiment showed in what esteem he was held in militarv circles. 160 Lovers of the Horse Al.KXANDKR WaRMEN, ToROXTl) Lovers of the Horse 161 SIR HUGH MONTAGU ALLAN TIIKKK ai'c two (lisliiict classes of raciiifi; iiicii on this coiitiiiciit, with a hue of cleavage, not always clear, hnt still definable enough to make the stndeiit of luinian nature and real lover of sport regret that so few men will realize that s])ort, even for s|)ort's sake, can raise the ideals of a nation just as much as the study of the larger prohlems. On the one hand we have the owner of a string of four or five horses who makes his living at the racing game, alas, too often hy means secret and devilish, which even the vigilance of the officials cannot alwavs penetrate, and tliert' i[vv even men of good financial positions, who go in for racing just as they go in for other speculations. Now these men arc no credit to the game, and cannot by any stretch of imagination l)c termed s])ortsmen. On the other hand wc have gentle- men of social and linancial jiosition, who give their time, influence, and money to not only keep sport clean, but to raise it to the standai'd that is set in Europe. In the latter category can be placed Sir Montagu Allan, the President of the Montreal Jockey Club--a man who was determined at the outset to make the Montreal Meet a credit to Canadian sport. How well he succeeded we all know, but nt)t many realize the difficul- ties he had to overcome — the shoals of re- ligious prejudice, and racial ignorance, he had to sail through without striking a rock; the machinations of clever and rapacious racing sharks he had to fight — all these Sir Montagu did, with the result that the Montreal Race Meeting is lield, and rightly so, as an ideal place to see the finest sight in the world — a horse race. No one can mistake the tall, soldierly bearing of Sir ^lontagu Allan, as he, each spring and fall, dis})enses, with rare tact, that hospitality at the Montreal Meet which has not been tlu^ least to make it famous. With a talent all his own, what one might term a mixture of Scotch shrewdness ami old-world courtesv. Sir INIontacu has before and since the Club's inauguration worked early and late to bring about the results I have already mentioned, and no more lilting and apiirojiriatc honor could l)e nuulc than his election as President. Sir Hugh .Munt.viu' .-Vi-lan 162 Lovers of the Horse Although not a hirge owner of tlioi()u being a memorable one inasmuch as his fellow-members presented him with a portrait of himself, by Harris, R.C.A., on the occasion of his marriage. He held the coveted position of Master from 18{);> to 1S08. Sir INIontagn takes a special pritle in his hacks, and the automobile is not yet built that will take precedence of his beautiful harness horses. Would that Canada had a few more such spirited men who take a real pride in their horses, who are ])roud to take their friends round their stables, pointing out the beauty of this mare, the perfect l)earing of that hor.se. Too many of our wealthy men are really ashamed of their stables. l)ut are too mean to replace the sorry wrecks for horses that would be a |)ri(le to this Dominion Sir Montagu's sporting energy is not conHned to horses, but one cannot leave the noble animal without mentioning that this real sportsman is on the Executive Committee of the S.P.C.A. — a society that is doing yeoman service for man's best frieiie. and Mr. Phelan's splendid score of .)!)4 points more than entitled him to his victory. His son Fred is widely known as a .skilful amateur sailor, who has competed .succes.sfnlly in international contests. His second son. Harry ^^ . Plielan. holds the important office of accountant of tlu' Canadian Railway News Company. He is a mcniher of the Toronto Hunt (luK. and has demonstrated his ability to follow liis father's footsteps as a clever horseman, having ritlden the horse Harold Lewis to victory at the Woodhinc races. Toronto, in the fall of 1!)0.). He i.s an all-round athlete, and is particularly fond of hasehall, being- considered the best amateur pitcher in Toronto, if not in the Dominion. Harry W. Phel.^n 166 Lovers of the Horse Ladv Fashion* an'd Lady Favorite. Mr Lkarmont Up HALTON HAMILTON LEARMONT TIll'^KK is, |)('rli;i|)s. no l)cllcr known fiijiire al tlic Imi'sc shows tlirouglioni llic I nitcd Stales anil (anaila llian Mr Ilailon llaniillon Lcarniont, who has won many rihljons and v\\\)s with his horses Mr. Lcarniont was horn in Montreal, and received his early edncation at the Bishop's School in Lennox, at'ter- wanls becoming u student at ^K•(iill, where he irraduatc(l in LSDS He is the son of Cavcrliill Lcarniont, one ot" Montreal's most j>roniinent merchants and hnsiness men. As a mere hoy ^Ir. Lcarniont l)e due to Mr. Learmont, who has maintained his stable at great expense. Mr. Learmont is ])rominent in business circles in Montreal, is a member of the Montreal Jockev Club, the St. James Club, and the Montreal Athletic A.ssociation. 168 Lovers of the Horse LOTHAR REINHARDT A l/l'IIOrCill iu»t a Canadian l)y l)irth. Lotliar Reinlianlt has spent tlic irreater /A part of his Hfe on Canadian soil, and is kioked on as a Canadian liy all wlio know liim. He is the oldest son of Lothar Heinhardt, of Toronto, who is one of that city's most |)roininent hnsiness men. Lothar Reinlianlt juinOr reeeived his cdueation at I'oroiito. liciiii;' one of the many old riipcr Canada College stndents who have so rapidly elimbed the ladder of success in the liiisiness world. Mr. Reiidiardt's first business e\])erience was when he started out in tlu' Reinlianlt lirewin owner in the saddle. Roinancci' was >oon followed by others. The iicxi horse in line was Kmigraut. b\- Ihc Toronto Hunt ('lub. adding to I.OTHAR Reiniiardt who also won under the Reinli.iiill coloi's. This horse won the Reardinoic ciii) given the victories of Romancer, who won the novice in the year IS!)7. The.se hor.ses were owned while Mr. Rcinhanlt nia.lc his home in Toronto, Ro- mancer being burned to death shortly after the removal to Montreal. The lu-xf pur- chase was the horse Cursns. who carried his owner's colors in many a hard race, but met with a mishap and had to be (h-stioycd. (iolillind was the next, and Lovers of the Horse 169 althoii"!! iK)tliiii<'' iiiucli was done witli this out- as a two-xear-old. 111' < lid l)etter as a three. Besides his liking for the racinii' ganie, ]Mr. Reinliardt has paid a good deal of attention to tlie show ring, and has carried off lionors witii some of his entries. He has always been ready to further the interests of the horse, and has donated more than one cup for competition; done purely for the encouragement of the equine more than for any benefit to be gained l)y it. Mr. Reinliardt is married to a daugliter of Robert Davies, of Toronto. They have one ehiltl, a son, who takes a great interest in the horses, winning his first prize in the show ring 1907. at the age of four, with a pony purchased for him by his father. Other outdoor sports have not been neglected by Mr. Reinliardt, for he is a great hockev enthusiast, also showing a keen interest in lacrosse, the national aame of Can- ada. He is a member of the St. James Club of ^[ontreal. the Montreal Joc-kev Club, as well as several other social organizations, and is a general favorite among his club- fellows. 170 Lovers of the Horse ANDREW SHEARER ONE of ]M()ntre;irs most riitluisi;istic liorsemen is Mr Andrew Shearer, who was liorn in tlie meti'opolis of Canaihi. and has always known ^Montreal for his lionie eitv. Mr. Sliearer was ochieated at Mc(iill Fniversity, and decided after . mare was followed in ownershi|) by the mai'c Lizzie, a half-bred, which has bi'cn a useful ac(|uisifioii to her owner. She has many cups to her credit, won in Hunt Chib events. The next horse of importance was Stalker, which has addtvl to the brilliant row of cups in ALv Shearer's handsome Grosvenor .Vveiiue home. I'his horse won several races at the Hunt Clul) iiicefs in Montreal and (^iiel)cc. ^\y Shearer is well known in athletic circles, and is the inventor and manufac- turer of the wide-bladed hockey stick, which is now in such p()|)ular use. He was ca|)tain of tlie Victoria Hockey 'I'eam which hehl the cliam|)ionship for manv vears. and was the first lo defend the famous Staidey Cup against tlie trains from ^^ iniii|)eg. He was aLso a prominent figure in college athletio, having pla\cd on the hockev and foot})aII teams. He was among the first to lend support in establishing the Hhie Hon- nets race-track, and has also encouraged the organization of a .lockev ('In!) in Ottawa. in fact, this has been his pet scheme for sonic lime Mr Shearer is '■oiiiiccted with several of the social clubs in Mojitreal, and is a proiiiineiil member nf the Montreal .\tlilctic Association. Lovers of the Horse 171 Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Shearkr. Montreal 172 Lovers of the Horse GRAHAM BROTHERS, OF CLAREMONT THE firm of (ir;ili;mi Brothers, owners of one of the hiryest and one of the most j)rominent stoek farm> of this continent, orio-inated in the old firm of Richard (irahani. which was cstal)Hslied some tliirty-five or forty years ago at (Marenioiit. The present meml)ers of the firm are William and Thomas, the youngest and second sons of the late Richard (iraham, who. for many years be- fore the vounger men ix'camc jii-ominent. was well known as a lireeiler and exhil)itor COLOKITA. PkOri^KI^ "h (.KAIIAM liKl'IIllKS of lK)rses. Robert (ii-aham. the eldest son of this pioneei' horseman. \\a> the first to go into partnersliij) with his father. .Vt the time of the latters decease, the yonnger niemliers were taken in turn into thi' (iraham firm, which eontiimed to |)ros|ier. In the year 1!K).3, .Mi'. Robert (iraham withdicu. leaving Ihc j)rcscnt owners sole |)ro|)iietors. 'I'liis Claremont firm is the oldest in Canada, and has won a great ariay of cham- pionships in the com-se of its existenci*. For thirty-five years they have ix'cn mo-t sueeessfid, not onlv in the breedinj; of horses, but in exhibitinji also. When the firm Lovers of the Horse J73 was first forincd. there were few coiiiiK'titors: ami though, with tlie passing of the years, keener interest has been taken in sneh matters, tlie phice of the Graham Brothers, of Claremont, has remained nn(|uesti(>nem brought a high |)rice when finally sold. Colorita, another famous hackney, won not only on the line, but in another cla.ss in harness. This triumph was won at the Toronto Exhibition of IDOH, and Colorita also securcMl a championship at the spring horse show in that city. Crake Mikado was another wonderful hackney, winning at nearly all of the larger shows and having to his credit the ribbon for Grand Championship at the show held at Chicago, after victories at New York and Toronto. The (iraham Brothers won many chainpionsliips with Sir Marcus after purchas- ing him. The year previous to his purchase they beat him with the .stallion Lans- downe — probably the best Clyde they evei- owned. ]Jaron Sterling and Refiner were two others that added many ribbons to the long list. Back in the early days the two full brothers, Mothail and Prince Arthur, carried off a series of honors, winniny- for the firm its early prominence. Tlie Graluim Brothers import new blood each year to add to the strain on tlu>ir farm, which is of the purest. They al.so do a large importing business for other i)reed- ers and pro])rietors, and some of their sales have been considered of international im- portance. Mr. Thomas Graham, who is the younger of the two now left in the firm, is generally the one chosen to make the trip across the Atlantic, and this enterprising gentleman has gone as often as three times in a year, bringing back w ith him, on each occasion, horses that are hard to ecjual. lie is an excellent judge of equine (juality and is consideretl unsurpassed when the task is to display the good points of a horse to highest advantage. "Tom" (iraham. as he is familiarly known, prefers to show nearly all the horses himself, and the exhibition justifies his personal attention. He is a first-class reinsman and knows something about work in the saddle, althou"h little time is devoted to that class of horse. His first trip across the Atlantic was in 1 !)()(», when he brought back with him a first-class lot, which were dis])osed of through- out the Doniiuion. It was he who bought the pony Joe Rock, which was afterwards 174 Lovers of the Horse sold to Jiidii'e Moore for the plcasini;- price of fifteen Inuidreil dollars. Mr. 'i'oiu (yraham has won more ribbons than most liorsemi'ii dream of. and is known w lierever lovers of the horse are to be fountl. Mr. William Graham was born in the town of Markham. where he received his early education and made his home for many years. He was the second to follow in the footsteps of his father by i^oinii' into this business. He is just as well known as his brothers in the horse world, liavini^- held numerous and responsil)le offices in the dif- ferent associations. Mr. William (iraham, however, is more devoted to the business side of the tirm's interests, leavino- to his brother Tom the department of e([uine dis- play. The two brothers, by devotion to their Claremont farm and keepinj;' the .stock replenished li\ the best blood, have won for themselves an enviabU- position amon^' all who are interest<'(l in the wcll-beini;- and development of the animal which all ^ood s])ortsmen hav(> placed first. Lovers of the Horse 175 Captain Charles A. Campbell. Toronto CAPTAIN CHARLES A. CAMPBELL THERE is prohahly no better ktiown man in the Province of Ontario than Cap- tain Charles A. Canipl)ell. one of Canada's most i)rominent hotel men, and who was born and has s])ent the greater part of his life in Toronto. Beginning his education at Ryerson Public School, he finished at Trinity Col- lege School, Port IIo|)e. On leaving college Captain Campbell joined his father in business, afterwards entering other conunercial enterprises. After two years in the commerc-ial world. Captain Campi)ell purchased the (irand T^nion Hotel, of which he is now the proprietor, and which venture has met with marked success. Ca])tain Campbell has always taken a great interest in outdoor sports— as a voung man a good lacrosse player, and devoting nmcli time to tlic game, he also gave nmcli attention to rowing and boxing. He pulled stroke for a crew in the Toronto Rowiuii,- Club, and stroked it to victory on more than one occasion. Carrying out the Iratlitious of his i'atiier, who was a great admirer of the horse, and always kept a small, J 76 Lovers of the Horse l)ut i;()t)(l st;ii)lc of (Irivt'Ts, (';i|)taiii ('aiiiplH'll took iiicat (Icli^lit in a j^ood lioi'sr, and after giviiiy- ii|> tlic strrmious exercise of rowiiiii- lie took to n'diiiii,', and heeaine a rejj;- ular attendant at tlie rnns with the honnds. heiny' acconi|>anied on almost every occasion liv his sister, who is an excellent horsewoman. When th(> 4Sth Iliiihlanders were first organized Mr. (amphell catered the regi- ment as a subaltern, receivino- promotion in i\\\v coni-se. lie is at present Senior ( aptain of the rciiiment. and takino- a keen interest in matters military, lie is looked upon as a (irst-elass officer, and is a oencral favorite with his lirothcr officers, as well as his men. Captain ('am|ilieU makes his home with his |)arents at their beautiful residence in Ko.sedale. and continnes lo mam'fest keen (lelii;ht in all things ajipi^rtainini;- to the iiorse world. MtSS LAMPniCLI., 'loKONKI Lovers of the Horse 177 JlUKCLLIiS AND lilACK I'KIAK I'KciPJRTV OF .iCMil.US JAKVIS. ToKONTO 178 Lovers of the Horse ARTHUR REINHARDT AMONG Toronto's younger generation, there are several liorseinen wlio l)i(l fair AA to u])liol(l tlie best sporting traditions of the City of the Woo(ll)ine. 'Sir. Arthur Reiiilianlt l)elongs to this ambitious group, and is one of its most promising members. He is a Torontonian, indeed, liaving l)een born in that city, and educated at Upper Canathi College, an institution which has always stood high in the records of clean sport, and whose "old boys'" are seldom satisfied with anything less than first place. On his entiM-ing i)usincss life, he was associated with his father, Mr. Lothar Reinhardt. and is now manager of the Reinhardt Brewing Com])any. Mr. Rein- hardt has already shown a marked inter- est in the equine affairs of the city, and has devoted serious attention to the best of all sports. lie has owned several horses which have made enviable rec- ords, and justihed the judgment and taste of their ])urchaser. His first ])ur- chase was the horse Mario, to whose training he devoted so much ])er.sonal attention that the object of his care de- Ncloped into a first-class lej)per, who won many races. This horse was j)urchase(l at that famous racing ])oint. Fort Erie, and won his first race with Mr. Arthur Reinhardt in the saddle The successful owner then went into ])artnershij) with his brotluT, Mr Lothar Reinhardt. junior, and these two horse- men have become joint owners of Tuany a winner, both in exhibition and on the track Mr. .Vrtlnir Kcliihanlt bought the marc Anticosti from the Hendrie stable in Hamilton, and won the sweepstakes with her at the Industrial K.xhibition, 'I'oronto. This was his first big victory in the show ring. but he has repeated such an experience on more than one occasion. He was part owner of the horse Emigrant, which w'on the Beardmorc (up. Ilic rider on the happy occasion being Mr. Lothar Reinhardt. 'I'his is a triumph which is ardently c()mpetc(| for by all members of tlu> Toronto Hunt, and few have e(|ualled the Heiidiardt Brothers" record, and won it twice. Mv. Reinhaidt is a fearless and skilful rider, and is one of the regular attendants at the runs with the hounds. He is also an adept reinsman and whip. AKTiiLk Ri:iNiiAki>i Lovers of the Horse 179 CANADIAN HUNT CLUB NOT iiKiiiy ycai's ;i<;;() tlu-re was hut nuv regularly organized luiut upon the con- tinent, and to-day there are at least a hundred in operation in various parts of Canachi and tlie United States. During the past year hunting has become (|uite a fad on this si(h> of the Atlantic. Where previo\isly the trotter was the favorite among the horsemen, he has now given j)lace to the hiuiter and the thoroughbred, and as a residt of this change of opinion as to the usage of high-class horses, not oidy liunt clubs, but horse shows, have sprung up all over the continent of America. The Canadian Hunt Club was organized in the year 1897 with a mem1)ership of twenty-five, the first officers being Dr. A. K. L. ]\Iarsolais, President; Mr. L. II. Pain- chaud, Vice-President; P. A. Beaudoin, Treasurer; and J. B. Lamarche, Secretary. The ki'iuiels were located at I^ongueuil. During this year the work done was more of the character of organizing and getting together a full eomi)lement of hounds, to hunt on regular days, and to become familial- with the p()ssil)ilities of the country over which they were to hunt. Many of the members took a ileep interest in the initial work of the Club and their efforts were rewarded far beyond their expectations. Foxes were found in abundance, and contrary to custom the farmers in the vicinity of Ivongueuil welcomed rather than o|)j)osed their coming, as was the case in St. Hubert, St. Bruno, and St. Lambert. 'I'he year of 1899 was most favorable, the membership having increased to one hundred, while large and valuable additions were made to the pack. This year the hunting season opened in September, and continued until early in December. The sport created a new enthusiasm, while the country hunted over was the best to be foimd in the Province of Quebec. During this year Mr. Geo. A. Simard was the master. Since that time a club-house has been ))uilt, situated at St. Lambert; almost immedi- ately in front of the club-house is located a beautiful bay, where excellent fishing, boating and bathing are obtainable, which adds materially to the attractions of the Club. The members have also training grounds where the young honses can be schooled and huntsmen in embryo are given their first lessons in horsemanship, a feature which would, of itself, make the Club desirable and which, added to its inimerous other attractions, unites to form one of the best Clut)s for horsemen in (.'anada. 180 Lovers of the Horse Thorouchuki-d Ci.vi>Esr>Ai.n — OwNicn nv Smith ,S; Richardson Lovers of the Horse 181 NATHANIEL D. RAY M inl career of the great jockey ^^^hamel U. K . ^^.^^^ ^^^ ^_ -*" ^ ,roua of his prowess on the turt. toi ^ > Z^^^^; ^\'^" „;,. .ho have great ^^•liow-c'untryn.an His -'^^^J^ ^^^ ^n ^ i^:;t^;n Toronto, his hon.e confidence in the clever nder. ^^^ ^g^ ^ ^^u. Woodbine race-track. He has being at U^28 Queen St. Las not *^" ^ ' J^ J'^^^^ ^,^,^. ^,,,, ,,,,s old when he was ,b,,,s been in close touc^h w.th ho.s s n f a^ he^^ - ^^^^^.^^ ^^^^^^^ ,,^^.^ T'-^ '' T f Il!:::::bl H^;. l^rX'na^vUle. -nns. Mr. Ray says, was his the property ot HonoiaDle ««'^^ remember, and it is a very pleasant first association w.th ^^^ -^-f^,^^; '^ .f^'i;; "sc-hool. Whitbv. and is widely known recollection. He was educated at the -^^^^''' ,^^^. n^. ,,.,,, .carried ,„..,.„.out ()ntario ^ "-'^^ ;"^-, •^;: V^!^- .^ ^ he Iver rode was Mr. Abe i„ Wind.sor. Ontario. ';' !-^**^ " . ' ^^^^^ ^. \,,, ,i„,e o-uide.l scores of good horses to Orpens Bob Xeelcy at ( -ncmn d u a^ ^^^^^^ .^^_^ ^^^^ ^^^^^^^, ^^_^^, ,,,^.,,^^._ ^,„, \v(>n-carnc< 1 victory. I 182 Lovers of the Horse Hvlas. The former holds the premier phice in tlie smart jockey's reo;ar(l. Mr. Hav is ])roiid of the fact that he was never beaten on Good and Plenty, an animal which lie classed as the <;reatest jumper the American turf had ever seen. During the year 1906. Mr. Ray developed a liking for the light harness horse, a taste probahlv iidierited from his father. He purchased several good ones, the first beinc the horse Prince Greenlander. which did well under the care of Mr. Hav and his father. John McKeown was the next to be acquired for the stable, and won many .stakes for his fortunate owner, racing for the first time over the ice at the famous meeting at Ottawa, 1007 In spite of his extraordinaiy speed, he had to be retired for the season, owing to a bad (piarter cut. In 1909. he was again paced on the ice, and made a good showing. The iu>xt piu'chase was the horse Guy, which was bought during the ice meeting at Toronto and was campaigned by "Nat"" Ray with decided success. Mr. Rav was not only known as a steejjlechase rider, but earned a reputation as an excellent driver, handling his own horses in the majority of the races won by them. In 1908, he made a departure and l)ecame an owner, after having refused to sign con- tracts to ride for anyone else. He purchased the leppers Spencer Reiff and I)r Aikens. With these two horses, particularly the former, he did well on the Canadian Circuit that vear. He bought the good colt Rraggadocia, with which he won several stake races, and was seldom out of the money in 1!)0S. Mr. Ray is a member of the Sheepshead Bay (iun Clul) and the Sheepshead Social Club. He is a cheerful fellow, with a jolly, ojxmi countenance that l)egets confidence. It is. as the New York Telec/raph recently said: "A good honest type of face that ever looks .s(|uarely into your own. and a bulldog underjaw that probably accounts for his wins." He is modest to a degree, and does not care to say much himself regarding his great performances. His career has certainly been a remarkable one. For four years he headed the list of u inning steeplechase jockeys on the .Vmerican turf, making a new record each year. He has won the Grand National four times, the Whitney Memorial three times, and the Cham])ion Stee|)lechase three times. In 190j he won $.50,000 in j)ur,ses for his owners. In 190(5 he won $(54,000 in purses with six horses. I'l'ub a most (Tcditablc sliowiii"'. Lovers of the Horse 183 llAKU.ANl) H- .\lACl>Ur> Al . Well Knows Hockey and Poi o n.AVER 184 Lovers of the Horse THE MONTREAL HORSE SHOW A SUGGESTION of Mr. Geo. Pepper, of Toronto, that horse sliows might he held in Montreal, was taken up \>y the Montreal Hunt ("hil) and. fathered hy the Hunt Clul). the first Montreal Horse Slu)w was held in the sprino; of 1J)()(). Sir H. Montaii'U Allan and H. R. Mac Donga 11 were more than instrumental in making the first show a success, and while the classes were not so large as anticij)ated, thev have grown in (lualitv and size durino- the succeedinu' rears, until now the Mon- trcal Horse Show Association is regarded as one of the strongest in the Dominion of Canada, and has connected with it some of MontreaTs most pronn'nent men. The first show was held in tiie Arena Rink, with the following gentlemen as judges: Doctor Andrew Smith, of Toronto; George B. Harline. of New York; William Hendrie. of Hainilton. and \N . Staunton Elliott and S. A\ . Taylor. It was fountl that the necessity of stabling the horses outside the rink was most inconvenient for owners and breeders, so that it was decided by the directors of the sliow to arrange for stal)ling accommodation at the Arena. .\ stable, housing a great many horses, was built on the second storey, and later, an addition was erected which gave an excellent hitc-hiug room and >talile for at least two Innidred more liorses. The Association is lil)erally sup|)orted by the members of the various hunt clubs in Montreal, and no liner class of horses can lie found at any other exhibition on the continent. Mr. (". J. Alloway, a well-known Montreal man, is a prominent figure at these shows, and is considered one of the best judges in the slu)w ring of the present age. His advice has always been most valuable to th(> .Association, and it is largely owing to Ins iu>truuientalit\' that the Montreal liorse Show has iiui lulainecl its high staudai'd .so sucees>fullv. c\V\J^lr, Lovers of the Horse 185 ["he Right Hon the Karl of Uundonalu, C.V.O., C.U. i86 Lovers of the Horse DENNIS HIGGINS THERE is ])rol);il)ly no more enthusiastic horseman in ("anaihi than Mr. Dennis Ilissins. a Canadian l)v l)irth. who I)oasts of tlie fact that lie was born in the little eastern town of Prescott, where he lived with his father (hiring the early j-ears of his life, and where he afterwards entered into business. From childhood Mr. Higgins showed a liking for the horse, and particularly the thoroughbred, and when still only a vouth he got together one of the best stables owned in Canada at that time. His first j)urchase was a horse called Lockwood, which marked the lieginning of a most successful racing career, and with which he had the distinction of winning the first race ever run over the old track in the east end of Toronto, owned by E. King Dodds. Next came the mare Shamrock, which earned brackets for Mr. Hi l)een the greatest event for two-year-olds nrs-Nis ITiccms a li(»rse in the (ii-cal Euturily, wliicli run on the American continent. Mr. Higgins was die owner and bree(lcr of the colt Collcetor .Iesii|(. who, by the way, is vet in the racing field. Ihis horse was one of the best two-year-olds in his year, and fiinshed well up in the Entuiity, although he was left at the post on the start. As a threc-vear-old he beat some of Hie l)c>t horses in liial class, winning many stakes for his ownei-. Collector J<'sup is a full brother to Cardigan, who was at one time a starter in the (jue<"irs Plate race at the Woodbine Tliey were by Heldeiiioiiia. out of the mare Lovers of the Horse 187 (liiiicji. Moth llic sire and the dam of tliis jiair were owned and raced by ]\Ir. Hig- gins, and won many stakes for h'm. lie rei'nsed ifil'-2, ()()() for Collector Jesu]) as a two- year-old Mr. Iliggins is most retiring iji his manner, althongh nothing gives him more })leasure than to sit down with his friends and talk over the horses he has owned and raced. At one ])eriod of his racing career he went into partnershi]) with James McLanghlin, the once famous jockey. This alliance lasted hut a short time, when it was dissolved, and Mi'. Iliggins again went into the racing world for himself. The horse My Fellow was another that carried the orange and Ijluc of the Iliggins stable to the front many times, having almost uidtroken snccess during a whole season, and winning nine straight races. Beldemonia was ke])t standing in the stud by Mr. Iliggins for many years, and sired several well-known race-horses. lie was then sold at public auction for three thousand dollars, which was, at that time, the greatest price ever |)aid in Camida for a thoroughbred. Mr. Iliggins has retired from the racing world, althongh he still takes a keen interest in the sport, and is ever ready to do all in his power for its benefit. He is always ready to help anyone to break into the racing ground, and this kindlv (piality has endeared him to many friends. At present Mr. Iliggins is the owner of tlu' hotel at Prescott, his native town. There a first-class driver may be always found in his stal)le. lie has devoted much of his time to the show ring, and has won many ribbons and ))rizes with his horses. While he has never been connected ])ublicly with any of the jockey chibs, he has ])een a regular attendant at the numerous meets held in Canada and the Unitcil States. For many years he was a |>rominent figure at the old Gnttenberg track, where he achieved many successes, and was also well known at the old Bel Air track at Mon- treal, as well as at the Woodbine, Toronto. 188 Lovers of the Horse FkANK J MlRRAV, MoNTKFAl-, DRIVING LiTTLI-: ToMMY Lovers of the Horse 189 HARRY I. STONE ONE of till- Canadian liorscnu-n wlio has won distinction on tlic other side is Harry I. Stone, of Sheepshead Bay, New York. Born in 'roronto, he received his earlv eckication at the Model School and the Jarvis Street Collegiate Institute. The pursuit of echication, however, did not interfere with his interest in the hor.se, and from his earliest childhood, Mr. Stone manifested his predilection for the equine, a taste which was fostered by his father and mother, who were both good riders, he being the first son of W. H. Stone of Toronto. Mr. Stone won his first triumph on a ])ony in heat races at the Toronto Ex- hibition, while his first success on a regular track was at the Woodbine Course in 1897. in a hunt race for gentlemen riders, his mount being Clark. At that time Mr. Stone was a member of the old 'i'oronto Hunt Club, under Dr. Smith. From 1897 to 190;3, the subject of our sketch was not connected with hor.ses, but was engaged in business in Buffalo and New York. Once a horseman always a hor.se- nian. however, and his old love claimed him again in 1904, when he took uj) racing on the big tracks in New York, as a gentleman rider. 'Iliis was one of his most successful seasons in the saddle. He won all of the stakes on the American track for gentleman rider up, the first bciuii' won with the horse Conover from a good field. In th' of H.'VKRV I, StO.VK 19()() he turned professional, making a success of it, finishing well up on the list of leading riders. 1906 was a ban- nvv year, and Mr. Stone was second on the list of steeplechase riders, doing the saddle work foi- many of the l)ig stables. During the next season his success was contimied, he heading the list, having more mounts to his credit than any other steeplechase rider on this continent. Mr. Stone was married in New York in ]90(». /90 Lovers 0/ the Horse WILLIAM G. WILSON WILLIAM (1. WILSON is aiiotlior ot'Toronto's horscnifii u ho has been watched with a great (k'al of interest on both the Canadian and American race-tracks. He was born at Pickering in tlie year ISTo, l)eing the ohlest son of (leo. M. Wilson, who was a well-known horseman. Wlien only a boy Mr. AMlson went to Winni])eg with his ])arents. making his home thert'. lie afterwards came to Toronto with his father. Mr. Wilson first showed a liking for riding when only a yonngster, and rode manv of his father's horses. After coming to Toronto he became associated with Doctor Morehonse and (leo. Pepper, developing his art as a rider nnder the liiiidance of the one-time famous rider Tim Hlong. He rotle many of the horses owned by Messrs. Morehouse & Pepper at the luimerous American horse shows, winning his laurels as a rider of high jumpers at Chicago and New York, where he rode the mare Maud. He remained with Mr. Pepper for some time and then took a position with the Hon. Adam Beck, of London, looking after his horse inter- ests. From the experience gained with Mr. livvk he went into business for himself as an owner, and has met with great success. He handled many prize-wiiuiers in the show ring, and soon liecame interested in the thoroughbreds. He was alwavs more partial to the jumpers than any other class of horses, and through this developed into a tirst-class steeplechase jockey. Nothing gave him more pleasure than to break green jumpers and (jualify hunters. No jump was too stiff foi- him to trv. having;' plentx of nerve and courage. When Mr. Wilson eml)arked as an owner of thoroughi)reds. his tirst purchase was the horse St. Jolly. He met with limited success the tirst season, and then added Zerkies and Butter Ladle to the string the following s|jring. Tlu- next purcha.se was the horse Red Car. bred by the late Joseph Duggan. l-'or two or three years he kept up his stable, and on being made a handsome offer for it sold out to the Brocrofts of New York. He remained with the stable as manager and rider, adding many good ones to it. In the year 1907 he repurchased from his employer. Ex])ansionist and Delcanta. Durintr his raciii"' careei" Mr. \N ilson has won man\ stakes, and bids fair to hecoine a pi'ominent owner. lie has a knack of handling lioi'ses that comes as a gift, and in many cases he has made a successful horse out of what was kK)ked on as one of no account. Mr. Wilson's career will be watched with interest by Canadians in the years to come, for he is of a happy and genial disposition, and has made many friends. Mr. Wilson makes his home at Sheep.shead Bay during the winter months, where his stables are situated, and where the horses are trained in the early spring. He was married to a Canadian girl early in lif<>. and has two children. \vho are l)eing brought U|) to look after the interests of the horse just as their father was. Lovers of the Horse 191 Pagan Bey Property of William G. Wilson Expansionist 192 Lovers of the Horse w CHARLES SNOW onU tlirouiiii his ownershij) of luinu'ss horses, hut throunh tlic owninu' iiiimers, is Mr. Ciiarles Snow known to tlie horsemen of Canada. Horn and educated at Whitl)v, Mr. Snow eanie to 'I'oronto in 1.S!).5 to oo into husi- ne.s.s with his father. In lS!)i) he entered the wholesale eonfeetionerv I)usiness for him.self. meeting with unhniited .sncccss. In 1907. Ids l)nsiness had grown to sueh an extent, that it was necessary to look for new premises, and his ])resent place of husincss on College Street ^^ est was purchased. Mr. Snow's first venture into the racing world was when he purchased l?urr Oak. with whom he won manv races through the fields. It was on this horse that Nat Ray. the famous steej)le- ehase jockey, rode his first victory. When Burr Oak was i-etircd. he was replaced 1)\' King John, who wou the Toronto Hunt Clul) cup on the Hat. hut who was a failure over the jumps. Mr. Snow then tnrned his attention to liarness horses, and bought and sold many before he secured his first winner, the pacer Little Boy. who won the championship of Toronto in l!)(l,'). and was considered one of the fastest pacers vwY owned in the city. The next purchase was the mare Rheda Wilks. who won many prizes at the matinees of the Toronto and Dufi'erin Park Driviug Clubs. ()ther horses have I)een i>ought and sold by Mr. Snow, but Rheda Wilks will end her life in his stable. Mr. Show has always Keen au odicial at the local races, while he has also offici- ated at the meetings of clubs iu smaller towns, lie was eleetcfl S(>cretary of the Dufi'erin Bark Driving Club when it was first formed, holding the office for two years. when he rejoined the Toronto Driving Club as Secretary, which office he has held foi- many years. Mr. Snow, who is regarded as one of 'Toronto's most promising business men, is looked upon as an authoritv on harness horses. lie is ever rea.ly to lend his aid to any project for the advancement of the horse and of the racing world, and it is to some of his suirsrt'Stions that the local driving clubs owe their success. CijAKi.i-:s Snow Lovers of the Horse 193 E. W. COX MR. K. W. rOX, a native Canadian, was horn in Peterhoroniili, Ontario, in 1864. As everybody knows, who is at all familiar with the jx-rsonnel of Canadian l)nsiness Ufe, he is tlie eldest son of Senator George A. Cox, widely known as President of the Canada Life and as the Tnoving spirit in a nuniher of the great enterprises whieh are attraeting to Canada the attention of the civilized woi'ld. Many a young man with similar advantages to those enjoyed by E. W. Cox, has used those advantages to indidge himself in a life of selfish idle- ness. But inherent good (|Uali- ties. backed l)y sound traimng, l)r()Ught Mr. Cox into tlic ranks of the workers, amongst whom he was destined to find so high a ])lace. After a high school ti'aining ill his native town, and two years spent in University College, To- ronto, ]Mr. Cox entered the office of his father, who was then gen- eral agent for Eastern Ontario for the Canada Life. He j)rovcd himself worthy of trust, and was taken into partnership by liis father, the firm being known as Geo. A. and E. W. Cox The branch had always been one of the mo.st successful and satis- factory in the whole of the com- pany's organization, and it even improved its position with the forceful ami devoted service given l)y the new partner in the agency firm. The eood work E. \V. Co.\ done was recognized by the company in the most practical way l)y giving these suc- cessful agents more territory in which to carry on their work. In 1886 the limits of the branch were extended westward to include Toronto, and the branch head office was removed to this citv. From this time until a still more extensive sphere of action was opened to him, the main work of the Eastern Ontario branch was done by Mr. E. W. Cox; his father devoting those al)ilities which have made him famous, more in an advisorv capacity 194 Lovers of the Horse ami as a director of the company. A iiotal)le instance of how al)iUty and hard work will draix success from the verv jaws of failure was the c-oiitinuance of the Canada Life's Michigan lirani-h i>ven after tlie nianaii-enient of the company liad ])ractically decided to close it. liealiziny' that retirement from Michigan would he a backward step, which would l)e injurious to the company's organization f;enerally. ^[r. (leoroe .v. Cox persuaded the management to give the direction of the company's affairs in that state to the Eastern Ontario hranch. It can he imagined that the work was one cailiuir for couraiic, perseverance and great ahilitv in administration. Mr. E. ^^ . Cox hrouiiht those (jualities to hear upon the ])rohlems l)efore him. The result is that the Canada Life has to-day a fine and growing Inisiness in ^lichigan, which is still manageil under the Eastern Ontario agency. In IS!)!), while Mr. A. (;. Ramsay was still President of the Canada Life. ^Ir. E. W. Cox was called to tlu- general service of the company, heing given the im])ortant position of Assistant General ALinager. Three years later he was promoted to the Gen- eral Managership, which jiosition he has held ever since. Before Mr. Cox hecame General Manager, the present organization of the com- panv had l)een effected, with Hon. George A. Cox as President, and with the head office in Toronto. Lnder Mr. E. W. Cox's management the com])any enjoys the most prosjHM'ous days in its splendid hi.story. It has extended its oj)crations to New York and to I'enn.sylvania. and also in 1!)();5— to (ircat Britain. In all these import- ant (icKLs its Itusiness is well cai'cd for and is steadily increasing. Throughout the home field the organization has Ijcen extended on every side, and strengthened in every wav. .so that tlie great volume of business which the company c-an handle can be rolletl up with uid'ailing certainty every year. Thoutrh he has oiven to the Canada Life Assurance Com|)anv a loval and di'voted .service. Mr. Cox has not withheld his influence and ability from the ])romotion and working out of other useful business enterprises. He is a director of the Central Can- ada Loan and Savings Company, of the National Trust Company, and of the British Aniei'ica .\ssnrance (Ompany. No little part of Mr ('ox's marked success in liusiness is due to his qualities as a man. He has. prol)al)ly. as wide a circle of friends and well-wishers as any other young business man in ("anada. The habit of success has left him uns|)oiled even for the company of those who ha\'e not won such prizes in the race of life as he has won. While Mr. Cox has not taken as active an interest in the horse world as his brother, he has always kept in his .stal)le a fine pair for his family, showing them occasionally at the Toronto Shows. A fast driver for privat(> use denumstrates that Mr. Cox delights in and loves a good hor.se. The PRoriiRTY of .Mr. .-Alfred Rogers. Tc J 96 Lovers of the Horse RALPH DOUGLASS AT the early age of seventeen years. Ralph Douglass, of Ste. Therese. Que., hecauie ilecidedlv interested in the liorse. Mr. Douglass is president of the hrewery iirni of Douglass & Co.. Limited, and is one of the younger men of (^uel)ee Province wiio are helping the interests of the horse in a j)ractieal way all the time. He was Ijorn in Brooklyn. X.Y.. in 1877. He spent his summers in Champlain. N.Y.. and was educated at the Vermont Episco])al Institute. Burlington. Vermont. On leaving school, he became interested in horsedom |iarticularly. iov he had aciiuired possession of the stallion Lord Dudley, son of ^lamhrino Dudley ('•2.1S)f ), dam l)y Dictator. He also had several good brood mares, one of which was Rosetta. in the great l)rood mare list, bv Pickering, son of Rysdyk's Hambletonian. dam by Harry (May. sire of dam of Electioneer. Amongst the horses he possesses now. Mr. Douglass is fondest of Rosetta. a sorrel mare of fine appearance, out of the Rosetta mentioned before and siretl by .Meander, sire of Dariel. -2.()fM. In relating .some of the very interesting horse facts that have come within his wide e\j)erience in a few years. Mr. Douglass mentions that probablv one of the best horses for road and carriage ever owned in Burlington. \ t., was the pro|)ertv of his uncle. ( 'harles Lippett, who was a hay dealer at that place. The horse, which was grey in color. an were Spark and Flirt icobs). a first prize pair of mares, at Slierbrooke. (^ue.. both double and single, and under saddle. This fine pair he had purchased iVoni Mr. (loiigli. of I.ennowille. (^ue. lie also thought a lot of a pair of sorrel geldings. Edgemont -2. '•21.1,, and Buttons itrial '2.1()i, which he drove on the \ew ^'ork speedway half a mile in the splendid time of 1.10. Others of his choice ownings were the great Campaigner, an ideal driving horse, and Doctor !-.. a roan gelding that could go at either yait b\ changing the weight in front. Doctor L. never wore straps and had a ])aciiiL; record of 2.0!). and trotting record of a frartion over '2.1 '-2. Thougii still oidy a little over thirty years of age at this writing. Mr. Douglass has had an interesting lifetime of more hustling tli;in moNt men accomplish in t\\ ice the journey. He has l)eeii a bit too bu.sy to engage in nnlitarx pui>uits. and this is |)erhaps to be re- gretted, as when at school he was captain in command of the best drilled company in the State of \'erinont. winning flags, presented by (iovernor Peck, I'or su|)remacy. ]\lr. Lovers of the Horse 197 Dou' described l)v one who knows him well, as "a eood friend and a bitter enemy," who has been through all sorts of business success and misfortune, but so far has not refused aid to one in trouble, believing it better to occa- sionally helj) one undeserving case than to overlook one worthy. He is said to have spent a self-made fortune in helping others whenever his aid was sought, and as he says himself, with some vigor, he came to Canada criticized and condemned for any- thing and everything he ever did, particularly because he had no money left. But by hard work and persistent effort he has now built uj) a prosperous l)usiness in Ste. Therese. He hadn't much to work on, but took as a basis of his ])resent big inter- ests the Morris brewery, which was one of the oldest in Canada. Mr. Douglass is a devoted family man. He was married in Champlain, N.Y., eight years ago, and the union has l)eeii hap|)ily l)lessed by two daughters They are bright children, and inherit their father's love for horses. Like him, too, they are particularly fond of dogs. He has owned many good ones of various breeds, and is at present the owner of some fine foxhounds. 198 Lovers of the Horse Honor Bkh;ht. Owned by Crowk & Mtkray Lovers of the Horse 199 N DR. R. E. WEBSTER or so often ;is (lesirod does one see the coinl)inatioii of a man very husy in his profession or practice, and e(|nally Imsy in the introduction of good horses. None the less. Dr. R. E. Webster, a leading gynaecologist of Ontario, finds time or makes time to devote much of his attention to liorse-flesh, and that he is a lover of it goes without saving. He is a prominent practitioner in Ottawa, devoting his atten- tion altogether to surgery. He is a native of Brockville. and took up residence in Ottawa nine years ago. A gi'aduate of McCiill, he completed a post-graduate course in Xew York, and afterwards practised in Texas, where he was lecturer on surgery in the Texas Metlical College. Because of ill-health he returned to Canada, and he is now chief surgeon of the Carleton County General Hospital. Dr. Wel)ster has always been a horseman, and .">in(c liis early days has had an inclination towards the thorough- bred. His horses have been many, and have been shown at all the leading Canadian shows. Among them was the Earl, afterwards sold to tlie late INIr. Hives, who won often in Xew York, Chicago anrl St. Louis, and Ottawa, and subsequently sold him to ('. ^^ . \\atson. of lialtimore. Mrs. Webster, who was Miss Irene Jones, of Brockville. is equally as enthusi- astic as her husband. She is the owner of Roxana, which is still in her stable. As a li<>htweio;ht satldle horse Roxana seems to be in a class bv herself, and last vear was an easy winner at ^lontreal. Another fine horse in Dr. Webster's stable is Skylark, who won second In the middleweight hnnters at Montreal in 1!)(I7. Still another is A\oodlark, which will lie brouiiht out in the siirino', and is said to i)e one of the biir- gest jumpers in Canada. Dr. Webster is Master of the Ottawa Hunt Club, and was practically responsible for the formation of that flourishing organization two years ago. Outside of the fact that his |)o^itioii is a rt>s])onsible one, he is interested at all times, and much of the success of the Club is due to his indefatiuable eft'orts. a "vy 200 Lovers of the Horse DR. ANDREW SMITH PROIJAHLY there is no better known horseman in America than Dr. Anth'cw Smith. Fellow of the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons, founder of the Ontario Veterinary College, until recently Principal of that College, and since the beginning. Chairman of the Executive of the Ontario Jockey Club. Dr. Smith was also President of the Exhil)ition in succession to the late J. J. Withrow in 1901 and lf)0'-2. He was born at Dalrymple. Ayrshire, where his father was a large breeder and farmer. The Doctor thus naturally became a lover of live stock ])rior to taking up the profession that he has fol- lowed all his life. He graduated from Edinburgh Veterinarv College in 18(51 witli the higlu'st lionors and medals, in- cluding the Highland Society medal. He (jualified for the directorship of Toronto Exiiibition and for the presidency by being for two or three years Secretary of the Annual Show iicld in his uativ(> dis- trict. In 1H()1 the Provincial Board of Agricultiu'e decided that it was desirable that the veterinary |)rofession should be ])ut on a l)etter and more classified foot- ing. They conse(|uently (lej)uted the late Prof. (ieo. Buckland to visit Scotland and consult Pi'incipal Dick of the Edin- l)uriih \ eterinarv ( '(ille<>e as to a •icntle- man that woulil l)e al)le and desiral)le to take chai'ge of a veterinary college at Toronto. Pi'iiicip;il 1 )ick warndy ad\'ised the oti'ering of the appointment to Dr. Smith. Th(> Doctor con.se(|uently came to ( anada forty-.seven years ago. and f()U7ided the Ontario Veterinarv College, wInCh has Ix-en noted as securing stu- flents not only from all parts of America, but also from all parts of the Euglish- s|)eaking world. 'Inhere are, in fact, few veterinarv surgeons of (Mnincncc in America who have not graduated from the Ontario Veterinary College. The college until this present year only rc(|nir((l a two-year course of graduation. With the taking over of the institution by the Ontario ( iovcrnimiil and the appoint- ment of Dr. (irange. form<'rly of (iuelj)h. as the Princi|)al. a tliree-vear course, the same as prevails at the majority of veterinary colleges in America, was made neces- 1>K .\xi»KEW Smith Lovers of the Horse 201 sarv. AVliat cttVct this cliange may have upon tlie attcnchmce. if any, is not yet visible, as the nunil)er of fresh students this year is well up to the averao-e of any previous year. Dr. Smith was Veterinary Surgeon of the Provincial Agricultural Association, Dominion Government Inspector of Stock for Ontario. \'eterinary Surgeon of the To- ronto Field Battery, and for ten years ^Master of the I'oronto Hunt. He has also offici- ated many times as judge at horse and other live stock shows, not only in his adopted country, but at New York, Pliiladeli)hia. Chicago and other places in the States. He is a member of St. Andrew 's Society, ami also of the Caledonian Society. He is Past Master of St. Andrew's Lodge, A.F. & A.M. Dr. Smith's son. Dr. David King Smith, is Surgeon to the -ISth Highlanders, so that the family has a natural leaning towards the military. The Doctor in his younger days was a good stee|)lechase rider, and has ridden in many a winning race. He is now. although advanced in age, a follower of the hounds, and is invariably well up at the finish. Among the noted horses that the Doctor owned was Brown Dick, a winner of many a rattling race across country; another was Nannie Craddock, an exceptionally good race mare, and winner of many a chase; lAixem- burg was a third horse that the Doctor was very much attached to. and was worthy of the attachment. He also at one time owned Lady Reel, dam of the famous Ham- bural)ly no Principal of any college has been more highly esteeuied, venerated and loved than Dr. Sniitli has by the students of the Ontario Veterinary College. If a student failetl tt) pass, it was to the Princiijal that he went to pour out his woes and to receive sympathy, and he never left disappointed, for the Doctor ever proved a true friend, a wise counsellor, and virtually a father to all. 202 Lovers of the Horse %^, i 0 J. I'*. Smyth. Mon'trfal JOHN FORESTER SMYTH JOHN FOKESTEK SMYTH, who was born at Windsor Mills. Que., and educated at Montreal, is one of tlie youngest owners in Canada. lie first learned to ride and drive under the tuition of the hite J. P. Dawe.s, for whom he rode in all of the gentleman events for years, competing against professionals as well as ama- teurs, vet alwavs able to hold his own. lie has won two of the Queen's Plate races decided in the Province of (Quebec, one of them having been run in Quebec ("ity. the onlv {Queen's Plate race that has ever been, or is ever likely to be. decided in that city Mr. Smvth has won races through the field as well as on liie fiat, having the recoi'd of wiiming thirtv-.seveii races on the horse lied Moid<. at one time owne(| by J. IV Dawes, five of the thirty-seven being run in one week Desiring to become an owner. Mr Smyth's first |iur(ha>c on his own account wa> the horse Marstou Moor, and with liim lie won several races, afterwai'ds dispos- it a good figure. lie th<-ii went into partnership with W P Kearney, of Montreal, and |)urchased the horx's Sallv Cohen ami Star Kmblem, meeting with considerable success with the pair. Then came the purchase of the colt Columbus, and up In llii-- llnic these were the best of the liorses owned by this stable. Many others have heen added and dis- posed of since, and we predict for these young owners great success in the future. ing (it hini at Lovers of the Horse 203 Grand Stand. Quebec Turk Club THE QUEBEC TURF CLUB UNDOUBTEDLY one of the oldest ami most in)|)ular s]iortino- oruanizatioiis iii the Dominion is the Quebec Turf Ckih. Avhich has had an intenu])t((l exist- ence reacliing away hack into the dim and misty ])ast. The early records of the Clul) are not now available, but Lieut. -Col. .Vshmead. the present genial and active Secrctarv, has in his possession minute books datinii- from the year 1!S;56. A glance through is fraught with interest, and reveals the fact that the Club has had a notable career. Li its early who took a big part in its promo- tion was the late :Mr. (',. 11. Parke. Be- tween the years \H\Ui and 1840 was the period in which lie took his deepest inter- est in racing, during which time he won, not alone the Queen's Plate, l)ut also many other valuable prizes. A worthy son, in the person of Dr. C. S. Parke, (lied but a few years ago. lie was an ex-President of the (Mub. and also did great work for it. An honored veteran of tlie Club, who is to-day still hale and licartv, is A[ajor F. Lamkson. who for twenty years acted as Treasurer, only resigning a couple of years ago, when lie was unanimously elected a life mem- ber. Another name in the history of the ('lub which will always be remembered with feelings of admiration, was the late Major Short, of "H"" Battery, whose sad though heroic death in the great fire of St. Sauveur so moved the]>ul)lic that a monu- ment to liis memory may now be seen in front of the Drill Hall on (irande Alice. 'J'lic Clulp to-dav is in a flourisliinjj condition, with a ^ood meml)crship. and the sporting in>tinet strong among tlieni. The offic<-rs for the |)resent year arc: Major T. S. lletherington. President; Win. M. Doix'll. \ice-President ; Allan lioswtdl. Treas- urer; and Lieut. -Col. V. Ashmead, Secretary, .\mong tliose who have for many years taken a t in lli<' Ciuli. and who are to-day ever ready to promote its in- terests, will be found the names of Lieut. -Col. C. C. Sewell. \'esey Hoswell, 1). S. Rickaby, (i. K. .\myot, Victor Chateauvert, Capt. I). Watson, and many others, who are included in the mo.st active of the Stewards of to-day. (Dl. Asliuiead has been Seeretar\ of tlie (lub ever since he came to ( anaila. A warm admncr of llie e(|iilne ICnti:kin<; Tin; Strktcii — QutBiic Turf Ci.uh Lovers of the Horse 205 race, and a cross-countrv rider witli tVw erjuals, the <>allaiit Colonel has hroii<;ht home many a horse to victory. It is now slightly over twenty years since he rode his last steeplechase in En best known horsemen in Anu'vica is Mv. Uol)crt Davics, not only from the breeding standpoint. l)nt from the ein-umstance that he has raised and raced manv of the consjiienons winners on record. For many years Mr. Davies was ahimst exclnsivelv i)est riders. In business, he is well known, holding offices in many large manu- facturiui;- concerns, as well as being President of the Don \'alley Brick \\'orks. 'I'he t'aiin. ■■ Ihonicliffe." is one of the most completely equipped in the country, and the ownci- spares no |)ains in keej)ing in touch with the latest improvements. It is beautifuUv situated near Toronto, covering many acres of ground, and the owner sliows his appreciation of its attractions by spending there all the time that can be taken from business cares and responsibility. A Clydesdai.i-: Stallion Lovers of the Horse 211 lleot.-coloxel donald m. robertson'. m.v.o. 4Sth Highlanders. Toronto. Can.\da 212 Lovers of the Horse FRANCIS NELSON, M.A. FRANCIS NELSON" is |)n)l)al)lv one of the siuccrcst inid l)o.st-infonne(l admirers of the liorse in the Dominion. From boyhood lie lias devoted time and atten- tion to the interests of the equestrian orcK-r. and has always uj)held a high stan(hud for laeing and assoeiated sports. ^Ir. Nelson is a Canadian by l)irth, having been horn in the city of Hamilton. noted for its ambition in sport as well as manufaetnre. Mr. Nelson entered the field so eongenial to him bv wav of jonrnalism. taking np the news])aper business as his first professional work. lie became sport- inii" editor of the Hamilton Times, and for man\ vears held this responsible position, until he came to Toronto, some twentv vears ago, to fill the same post on the 'I'oionto Cilobe. This position he retains with nmeh eredit to his fairness and experience. Mr. Nelson's lirst connection with the horse was made under uu)st favor- able ausj)iees. as he paid fre(|uent visits to the farm of the late William Ilendrie. From this early ac(|uaintaneeship lu' took np the tui'f work as a specialty for the press he re|>iesented, and soon became ;;n authoritv on nicing matters. During the vear IS!)."), lu was asked to jiulge at the 'i'oronto l^xhibition. as associate of the late "Roddy" I'ringle. For several vears he olliciated in this field, and in 1S!)7 he was chos<'n as the associate juda'e at the Hamilton mcetiui'-, actinu' in that ca])acity at that track ever since. His o])inions are widely sought by Can- adian horsemen, and he has been ae- coi'dcd high judicial honors in the racing world. He has acted as judge and ha ndica jipci' at all of the ('anadian tracks, being regarded as thoroughlv im])artial in his decisions, and accurate in his handicapping. Mr. Nelson has held the office of judge at Hamilton, Fori Fiic. Toronto (the Woodbine), Highland I'ark, Detroit, Windsor, and at Kenilworth tr.ick, Hulfalo, having been offered positions on the laiger tracks of America. Mr. Nelson has spent many hours in the saddle, for, when at college, he was looked on as one of the best amateur I'idei's in the country. |-k,\NCls MM.SON. .MA. Lovers of the Horse 213 Besides Ix-iiio- an ardent admirer of tlie horse. Mr. Nelson is an all-round sports- man. During the winter montlis the stirring game of curling is one of his favored ])astimes. I-'or many years lie filled the office of \'ice-President of the Canadian La- crosse Association, as well as the same office in the Ontario Hockey Association. He has frecjuently acted in an official capacity in the Canadian Association of Amateur Oarsmen at their regatta, and the strenuous game of "Rugby" also has his expert attention. Hence it may readily be seen that this journalist-sportsman has been broad antl varied in his development, and is prepared to give the Ijenefit of profes- sional knowledge to any event in the broad field of sport. 214 Lovers of the Horse Hon. Adam Heck Lovers of the Horse 215 Mrs. Adam Bi;lk 216 Lovers of the Horse THE CANADIAN NATIONAL HORSE SHOW ASSOCIATION THERE is no more jjiospcrous hody iioverning the eiK-ouragemenl of the liorse on tliis continent th;in tlie Caiuulian National Horse Show Association. For vears the horse shows in Toronto were hehl nnder tlie anspices of the Toronto Hnnt Cluh and the Breeders" Association, while the necessity for a really anthori- tative liody. with prominent men at its head, was keenly felt. For many years the Hunt Cluh and the Breeders' Association ran their shows in conjunction with the military hody in the city, hut when the new association was organized, the military end of it was practically eliminated. The horse breeders of Toronto decided that the spring show was held too late in the season for them, so a hody known as the Ontario Breeders' Association was formed for the purpose of holding stallion shows earlier in the year. 'I'his meant the decline of the spring horse show, so the Canadian National Asso- ciation was formed with the following gentlemen as cliarter members: (ieorge AV. Beardmore, President: W. J. Stark. Secretary; and T. A. (iraham. Dr. Andrew Smith. .1. .1. Dixon. H. ('. Cox. Hume Blake, R. A. Smith, Ednnind Bristol, Sir Henry Pellatt, R J. Christie. Dr. W. A. \oung. D. D. Mann. H. C. Osborne. Cawthra' INIulock, (ico. W. I'epper. .1. D. Montgomery. Stuart Houst(»n and Miss K. I>. Wilks. as directors. The first show of the newly organized body was held in the spring of 1907. and was one of the most successful e\('r held in tiie Donnnion of Canada. After this, the shows were held aiumally. each sea.son showing a big increase in the classes. It has done nnich to bring together the horse men of the countrv, and gives them all <)[)portunity to (((mpete with owners and breeders across the line. Flic lirst lioiNc shows ever held in i'oionto were conducted in the old roller rink on Shaw Street, and for several years afterwards under canvas on the old Cpper Can- ada College gr<»unds at the corner of King and Simcoe Streets, but this place was soon outgrown, and othei" (juarters becnme necessarv. 'I"he idea was taken u|) willi the militia of Toronto, and it was decided to hold future horse shows at th<' Armouries. At first it was purely a horse show, but later the militia decided to hold their an- mial tournaments in comieetiou with the affair. 'Fhis lasted for five or six vears. when an arena was arranged for in the old St. Lawrence Market building on King Street P^ast. 'I his w;is found to l)e niucli more central than the Armouries, and the shows iiicluers, which has resulted in the purchase of many a first-class horse. Indeed, it was through the Toronto Driving ('lul> tiiat the famous Dan Patch was l)rouglit to Toronto to make a Canadian record for a lialf-iiiilc track, which he succeed("(j in doing, stepping the distance in 2.06. This record was made in 1!K),5, one of the most successful seasons in the history of the Club, wliicli held its first annual meeting in 1900, with only eleven gentlemen present, the charter meml)ers being Sanuiel McHride, A. Cuthbert, Charles Snow, 220 Lovers of the Horse J. Weiiiii;iii. .1. D.ivis ;iii(| J. T.ock. wlio has lirld tlie office of treasiirev since tlie first nieetiiiti\ O. IJ. Sheppard was chosen as the first president, and nnder his i^iiidance the Cinl) met with a great (h'al of success. It was (hiring his tenure of office tliat the first matinee was held in May. lf)00, an innovation which met with such ])ronounced success that every one hehl since lias sliown a l)etter class of horses. At the annual meeting in 1!)()1. Samuel McBride was elected President, which office he has filled for many years. It was during that year that the question of building a speedway was first taken up by the members of the Club. This matter was laid before the council of the city of Toronto, who put it through, and the speedway was built. In the spring of ]!)()() it was thought advisable by some of the members that the Chil) (jiiarters should l>c moved to the Exhibition (irouiids. as the Dufferin track was not in very good >hapc. Some of the meiiil)ers were ojjposcd to this move, and withdri'W fiom the .\ssociation. forming an opposition club, which has also been very successful. I'lic first matinee of the original (lub to be held at the new (juarters took place in May. \\)iH, and succeeding races were all held there, until the track was destroyed l)y the fire in the grand stand in !!)()(). The Clul) then moved l)ack to the Dufferin track, which had been rejiaired. and where they now hold their matinees. In the season of ]!)()(), Charles Snow was selected as the secretary for the .second time, and has remained in office ever since. He has been most careful in handling llic matinees, and through his clforts the horses were divided into classes, so that every owner had a chance of winning some of the prizes donated by tlie Club. A very strict surveillance is maintained over the I'aces. and when ])rofessioiial drivers are put up, thev have to drivi- to win. Not only at the matinees, but at the bi"' meetiuirs where l)etting is allowed, this surveillance is maintained, and there is no possible chance of trickery during the licats. TIk' organization has given away thousands of dollars at their weekly meetings, iiolli in cups and money prizes, and this alone has created a new interest in harness racing in 'I'oronto. Many first-class ])acers and trotters have been developed through llic (lub. and the custom of liolding a big Iwo-davs" meeting just liefore the Industrial I'lxhibition enables the best of ihc harness horses shown at the l'"air to compete in these laces without additional expense. Il was during the month of .lauuary. I!><).'5. that the first ice meeting was held. and some valuable prizes distributed. While the first ice meeting was not so suc- cessful as anticipated, each succeeding year has brought better horses to the front In these events. The season of 1!)()S was the banner one in llic history of the Club. It lasted from May sixteenth to December twenty-fifth, and over seven thousand dollars was expcndcil in cups and prizes at its numerous matinees. Many of Toronto's most |)romincnt merchants and Ixisiness men belong to the (lub. and nearly every member has a e vears ago. when 222 Lovers of the Horse Tin; CiiAMPUi.v Saihu.i; Hoksr. Punx'iii:ni:m.<>. with Aijri:l> Roukks, His Ownkk, Ui-. iiicing AwAKm:n Ciiami'h>nshii' RlUDON Ol' ToKOMTU Lovers of the Horse 223 Master Alfred W. Rogers Son' of Alfrkd Rogers. Toronto 224 Lovers of the Horse J. W. RYAN THE Ontario Jockev (liil) has always l)e(Mi fortunate in tlie cutluisiasni and good-fellowshi|) which liave animated that institution, and iiave imjn-oved. from year to year, the racing records of the province. Among tlie memlx'rs. Mr. .J. W. Ryan is a vahied supporter, as he has always taken a pride in his racing .string, and. indeed. sui)erintends personally the training of his horses. Mr. Ryan is a gentleman to whom is due much credit for the good stand- ino- of racing throuo-hout the field. He has devoted a great deal of time to the development of steeplechasers, and it goes without saying that much money has also l)een spent before his favorites were raised and fitted for the field, where they were to win the triumphs dear to the horseman. In one respect. Mr. Kyan has been especially generous and sportsmanlike. He has always been I'eady to enter one of his horses, even at a disad\antage. to fill the list where en- tries have been scarce. This readiness to contribute, even at a personal risk, to the completeness of racing events. has made Mr. Ryan a prime favorite on the many tracks where his horses have raced. Probably the best lepper ever owned ill the stable of "Jean"' Ryan, as he i.s familiarly known, was the horse Butwell. 'J'his steed proved himself a winner for some time. ca|)turiiig several stakes and never failing to bring in some of the golden profits, -liniiny .lames was another horse which promised great victories as a four-year-old, but did not fulfil his early prospects, ("ulistan, from the same string, was a racer of fine ])erforinaiice."rind was a money-maker many a time under the |{van colors. The >n!my South claims Mi-. Uy.iii iliiring the winter nionths, and there lie c\iiiees a great ileal of interest in the racing at San Anita, at Los Angeles. He has man\' business interests in that |)leasant region, and returns to Canada after a season of enjoyment and profit in the southern resorts. J. \V. Ryan Lovers of the Horse 225 T lias assumed the greater share of work involved in looking after the showing TISDALE & HODGKINSON HE oldest and among the most sueeessful of the breeders of Clydesdales in the Dominion of Canada is tlie firm known as Tisdale and Ilodjikinson. belonging to the thriving little to\\n of Beaverton. Ontario. Many years ago. at Simcoe Lodge Farm, T. C. Hodgkinson made his name famous in connection with this department of equestrian experiment. Thirty-five years ago, ]\Ir. Hodg- kinson took uj) his residence in that town, which has proved him a worthv citizen. The light harness horse was the first variety to claim his interest, hut he extended his attention to the Clydesdale about twenty years ago, and his success has shown the wisdom of his course. In 189'2, ]Mr. Hodgkinson took his nephew, Mr. E. C. H. Tisdale. who had lived with him for some years, as a part- nei- in the increasing business, and from that time the vouno-er member of the fii'm the horses, showing them in the ring with pronounced success. The new firm took up the hackney class, and showed some excellent specimens, confining their atten- tion to breeding them for the market. Instead of importing, they have almost the exclusive l)usiness in Canadian, or, as they are called across tin- borfler, "American" bred horses. In 190() there was a class established at the National Exhibition at Toronto for horses owned by non-importers. This has l)een a triumph every season for Tisdale and Hodgkinson, the majority of their winners being l)y the Clydesdale horse Royal Baron. The first decided success of this lirm came when they pur- chased the stallion Haron Sterling. This horse, never beaten in the ring, was gen- erally admitted to be the best Clydesdale stallion shown in this country. The year 190-1 saw his most marked success, and his death in the followiu"' vear was a (lis- tinct loss to his owners. The next in line was the horse Royal Haron, which is still in the string of the firm. He has j)roved a famous sire, the mare Baron's Queen. by this prize-winner, carrying off many a ribbon. Chicago, Ottawa, Toronto and other cities have witnessed manv a success for E. C, H. 226 Lovers of the Horse tin's IJt'iivrrton firm. Proi)ahly their greatest victory was that scored at the Pan American Exposition in Bnti'alo. l!)()l.when they showed six mares in events for Ameri- can-bred Clydesdales, winninii- five of the classes, and cominji; second in the sixth, while they won tlie cliampionships in the same classes. The senior member of the firm. INIr. T. C. Hodi-kinson, was reoarded in his vonn^er davs as one of the best riders and drivers in the conntry. and also an excellent jnd^e of horses. He has acted in the latter capacity on many occasions. Ijeing most fair ill hi- decisions, and estalilishiiig an envialile re])utati(ni. Mr. Tisdale. his nejihew IK KOYAL BARON BARONS QUEEN mi v\ B ISM 'J I T.iN out, f:m Pk'i1'I;kt\ i.k TlSItAir .\- I Ii'lir.KINSi'N and associate, is a horseiiiaii ol' remarkable popiihirity, who lias always been consid- ered a hrst-ciass driver. Whether displaying oi- judging his liorses. he is entirely in his element, and is thoroughly interested in all pha.ses of his l)Visiness, being a prom- inent figure at horsemen's associations. 'i'iic farm of llii- prosjierons firm is situated a few miles out of Heaverloii. on Lake Simcoc. all ideal spot for such an extensive l)usiness. The stables are thoroughly modern and u|)-to-date in e({ui))ment. and yearly improvements keep them among the best of these establishments. Lovers of the Horse 227 ROBERT W. DAVIES RORFRT W DVVIES is the sen of Kol.erl Davies. ot ' Ihornchfte, and, tlK^e or takes an interest in the horse ^vorlcl by hered.taiy r.ght. He .s Sr-m-ulin birth, an.l received his edueation at Upper Canada CoUege, the inst:l -'e;:!; ^ Ontario.- Fro.n early boyhood. Mr. Dav.es showed an enthusi- astic interest in ecpiine affairs, (k'veloi)nio- an appre- ciation for the thorough! )red and also for the har- ness hor.se. Both riding and driving found hnn - to the manor born," and he is now looked upon as one of Canada's most successful amateurs m either class He is (piite at home in a -sulky" behmd a fast-stepping steed, while he is a capable and suc- cessful rider, being a regular attendant at the nins with tlK- hounds. For some years he has been a prominent figure at the horse shows, bemg reo..d ones were purchased by this young owner. He soon learned to handle them him,self. becoming, in a .short time, an expert reinsman \" Davies started his business career with his fatlu-r. afterwards going with the Copland Brewing Company, where he now hol.ls a responsible ,)osition. havmg a prominent part in the business. 228 Lovers of the Horse CHARLES J. MURRAY THE spirited report of steeplechasing is tluil in which Mr. Charles J. Murray, of ("ayuiia, delights. lie is a Canadian l)v liirth, being a son of Mr. Joseph Muriav. a well-known l)usiness man in the Haldiniand town. From his early i)oyhood. Mr. "Charles"" sliowed a fondness for the eross-eountry horses, and left home at an early age to follow it up. He has never left the amateur ranks as rider, although he won many events in the saddle in his younger days. Mr. Murray is loyal to the old town and trains and winters his string in his boyhood home. He has alwavs |)aid more attention to the lej)i)ers than to any other elass of thor- oughl)reds. sehooling and edueating them himself. When he sends a horse to the post, its fitness and readiness are assured, for he is considered thorough and severe in his mode of training. The first mount that l\Ir. Murray ever had was the mare Nora, owned by J. R. Martin, with which he was eminently successful. From that time he has won many of the big stakes at various tracks. Some of the horses owned by the subject of this sketch, which w ill be remembered l)y Canadians, are Three Bars, the winner of several events and the sire of some winners; Dulcian. who won the (irand National Steeplechase event at the Blue Bonnets track, at Montreal; Merryinakci'. tiic largest winner of any lepper raced over the Kenilworth track; J.CJ.C.. who was named after the well-known turfman, John G. Cavanagh, of New ^ t)rk. Besides these Canadian winners, Mr. Murray has owned several good ones that are known only on the tiacks of the I iiiti-d States. Mr. Murrav has won not only .success, but pojiularity al>o. bv his pluck\ and s])ortsniaiilik(' iyearing. "25=ES' Lovers of the Horse 229 T THE HAMILTON JOCKEY CLUB HE City of Hamilton, famous for its "ambition," has shown as much initiative and enertfy in e(juestrian affairs as in those of trade and manufacture; so that the HamiUon Jockey Chib is an institution of high repute among the horsemen of the continent. It is of an honorable age for a club of that nature, iroinsr back over a score of years to 1888. when the first meeting of this Club was formed bv a few prominent citizens, the late William Hendrie Ijeing the most enthusiastic sup- porter of the movement. He, like the majority of the charter members, lived to see the Jockey Club a flourishing association, while Mr. Frank Bruce, of the firm of John Bruce and Company, is the only survivor of the original charter members of this Club. It was in the season of 189'-2 that the present site was purchased for the purpose of making an up-to-date track, and from year to year it has been im])roved until, at the present, it holds an enviable condition of completeness among the racing tracks of America. Taking an especial interest in events of field and turf, this Club had a first- class turf course constructed. The steeplechase field is one of the best, and manv memorable records have been made over it. The Club has a large membership, which shows an annua! increase. At first, only one meeting a season was held, until the racing game became popular in tlic Citv of Hamilton, and then it was decided to adopt the custom of other Canadian cities and hold both a Spring and a Fall Meet. Some valuable stakes are won at these meet- ings, and there has been a steady increase in the value of the purse. In the olden days, the jnirse never amounted to much more than two hundred dollars, while now it is as valuable as that of the Woodbine or ^Montreal. Some three years ago, the Ham- ilton Derby was inaugurated and this has proved the attraction for some of the largest strings in America. It has, however, nearly always been won by a Canadian owner. Mr. Allie Loudon, who holds the office of Secretary, has been instrumental in placing this Club in its present position. He has devoted special attention to the comfort of the horsemen, with the result of an increased demand for stabling accommodation each Spring. The Hamilton Jockey Club has proved itself (piite worthy of the Am- bitious City and of its original members. 230 Lovers of the Horse \V. J. Morrison' (Mokkii:) ^■^ pfmTi #^- tf • ^-^•^'-^i i ^ ^ * /S»:^^! -^ M ;^t^ il ^ "K-^f t