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tion Company. wliiU- lie is a prominent member of the Montreal Board and 'I'oronto 

 Board of Trade, and an ex-President of the Montreal Corn Exehange. 



Enconrai!;ement of tlie lioix' has licen Mr. Carrnthers' motto from early boyhood 

 and he has always a])])roved of his sons followino; his exam])le. He not only takes an 

 interest in the thorouuhbred, but in show horses as well, and has owned some o;ood 

 ones in his day. He owned the mare Thyllis. who l)eat the famous high jur.i|)er Rose- 

 berv at the 'I'oronto Exhibition some years ago. In his early days Mr. Carrnthers 

 was looked on as one of the Ix'st gentleman ridi-rs. and was a regular attendant at 

 runs with the hounds, being invariably well up at the finish. He is not only 

 a well-known horseman. l)ut was one of the famous Ontario Lacrosse Team of 

 Toronto. He played with the Ontarios for several seasons, and on retiring from 

 active menil)ership he became a referee of some standing, officiating at many noted 

 games plaved in Montri-al and Toronto, the two great lacrosse centres. 



.Tames Carrnthers started his career in the horse world by the purchase of hunters 

 and saddle horses for his own use. He was then persuadeil to go in for racing, his 

 fir,st start in this wav being when he joined partnership with Alex. Shields, the 

 .stable Ix'iiig i-cgistei'ed as Carrnthers and Shields, its colors, red and lilack. being 

 well known on the American turf for the many stakes won under them. 'Hie first 

 horse of note of this stable was Topmast, a very useful performer, who .soon was as 

 well known on the California tracks as on the race courses about New York. He 

 could travel for a week on a railway train without losing his form, and was in many 

 respects a remarkably consistent campaigner. 'I'he next famous horse that Mr. Car- 

 rnthers secured was the nn'ghty Advance (iuard. This .son of (ireat Tom and Xellie 

 Van was brou<,dit to the northern circuit by an agent of Eugene Ijcigh. He was a 

 liin- Iwo-vcar-olil at that time, and was slow to get in motion, but horsemen remarked 

 that oner llic colt got started. Ik- seemed to be a ble to go any distance. .Vft<>r 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<l was always 

 either in front oi- fighting it out strongly at the end. \\ one time oi- another he 

 defeated nearly all the horses of his age in America. 



Advance (iuard was retired to the stud after having won nearly sixty-seven thou- 

 sand dollars in stakes and |)nrse>. 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 



