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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 i<lentiH<'d. As time went o;i. howev(>r. 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 



