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proviso with the terms of tlie <iift. and it was that Mr. MaciUinald should Ix- tlie 

 seU'ctioii as the Judo-e. 



Mr. ^[al•d()Ilald"s work in the interests of tlie carria<i-e horse lias been a lahor of 

 love c-rowned with splen<lid success. He is a stickler for detail on all ]!oiiits, and his 

 spacious stables on Cumberland St.. Toronto, supplyinij ample and comfortable accom- 

 modation at all times for his horses, are always well filled. He has been a consistent 

 exhibitor at the Canadian National E.\))osition in I'oronto. and has won many honors. 

 At the 1907 fair his chief wins were a first in the o])en four-in-hand and first in the 

 pairs. Mr. ^[acdonald devotes most of his leisure time to his horses, Init is at all 

 times a friend of s]K)rt. lie is honorary [)residcnt of athletic or<ianizations he does 

 not know the name of. but they have received from him liberal support in the nature 

 of help that is of the substantial kind, and very necessary for the success of everything 

 in treneral. and ])articularlv for the welfare and ])romotion of various athletic asso- 

 ciations. 



Personally. Mr. Macdonald is the sterling type of the energetic Canadian business 

 man who looks ui)on i)un(tuality in all things as an index to the success of the project, 

 as well as thoroughly realizing the fact that to try to do too many things at once is det- 

 rimental to the jnoper progress of some of the things you want to do. .so he satisfies 

 himself with his commercial obligations and his devotion to the horse. lie is ea.sy of 

 approach, and Inisiness comes to the point on the initiative. The business he con- 

 trols as president of John Macdonald & Co.. Limited, was founded by the late Senator 

 Macdonald in 1S4!). and is still carried on under the tlnic-honored name of both father 

 and .son. The .)olm Macdonald of to-day was born at Oaklands. Avenue Koad. To- 

 ronto. Xov. 4. lS(i.'5. His i)irthplace was a beautifvd homesteail built for his father 

 about 18.55. and it has long been known for its grand enviromnent and recognized as 

 one of the cosiest hou.ses in the vicinity of Toronto. Near it now is the new I'pjjcr 

 Canada College. When the famous Canadian school was on King Street, Mr. Mac- 

 donald was one of its brightest students during the time he was being fitted with a 

 irood conunercial education, which is now carrvino- with it its own rewards. After 



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completing this education he entered his father's business house in lS7i). This busi- 

 ness was inam^nrated bv tiic late lion. .lohn Macdonahi. who was born in Perth, Scot- 

 land, and came to Canada in ISK). eventually establishing and building u|) the c(>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. 



