Lovers of the Horse 



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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. 



