10 Lovers of the Horse 



Stakes at Saratoga .soiiu' years ago: tlie mare is still at the farm, being the dam oi the 



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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 conse<iueiice a long delay at the post ensued. Harry 

 Lewis had the mount, and, saving the colt ;is much as po.ssible at the post, when 

 the flag fell, he was off in a good position. INIartimas ran true and game, and won 

 the purse of $.')(), (ilO by a cou|)le of lengths. High Degree being second and Mr. Clay 

 third. Some days later Martimas finished first in the Flatbush Stakes, conceding 

 weight to the best two-vear-olds of the year, l)nt he was dis(|ualified for an alleged foul 

 and the race given to Autumn. The same year Martimas won the Rancho del I'aso 

 Stakes. As a three-year-old Martimas won the Canadian Derby and other rich stakes, 

 hi- tiital w innings anionnling to $i5"2,()()(). 00. He is now doing duty at the farm with 

 the once great spi'inter Ilarvey. 



Mr. Hendrie di<l not, however, coiiline his eiu'rgics to tlu' bri'cdiug and racing of 

 thoroughbred hoises, but for some years was idetitified with tlie im])rovement of heavy 

 dramdit lioi'so in ()nlario. ami in the carU days ini|)oi't(Ml nuiny Shire and Clydesdale 

 .stallions to accomplish that purpose. For many years he took an active interest in 

 Asrricultural Societies throuirhout Ontario, both as an official and as an exhibitor of 

 .sheep and shorthorn cattle, when occupying the old Bianl Farm, near Wellington 

 Si|nare, liniiington. 



William llriiilric was born in (ilasgow. Scotland, in IS.Sl, and passed away at 

 Hamilton. ()ntario, .luiic '.^7, !!)()(). On the paternal side he descended from a family 

 which left j-'rauce during the religious |)erse(ulion of the seventeenth century, and 

 setth'd in Avrshire and 1 )iinifriesshire, Scotland. His |)areiits wci'c.lohn and Flizabeth 

 (Stiatlicarn ilendrie. Mr. Ilcndiic was educated at (ilasgow High School, and for 

 a cou|)li' of \( ais after he graduated, he simlied law. It was in 18.55 he caiiu' to 

 Canaila, in the intere>ts 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 organize<l the present cartage 

 svstem in Cana<la in (onnection with the (irand 'i'rnnk Railway, and, with the late 

 Mr. John Sheddeu, carried the scheme to its |)resent successful issue, the Compam'es 

 now operating under the name of Ilendrie & Co., Limited, and the Sludden 

 Forwardinjr Co. 



