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Lovers of the Horse 



and orives him a courage tliat cannot l»e got in any otlur way. In (";inada, of late, 

 the sport has made tremendous progress. Time was. indeed, when it was controlled 

 entirely bv men whose first ohiect was monev-makinir or Tnonev-oetting. It is now. 

 in Montreal. Toronto. Quel)ec. and other places, in the hands of men whose object 

 is si)ort first and dividend-getting second. These men arc actuated by no selfish 

 object, but with the desire to promote the sport of the people and to give the country 

 better horses. 



All civilized countries in the world recognize the value of the 'I'horoughbred. It 

 is pre-eminent in the military horse, the carriage horse, the saddle liorse and the 

 hunter; the higher the type of thoroughbred is in the country, the better will be the 

 "•eneral oualitv of tiie horse. He is not exactlv ail the foundation of the entire horse 

 kiufdom. but he is a verv lariic iiortion of it. He is the root of the standard-bred, 

 of the trotter and pacer, and has not a little to do with the development of the hackney. 

 If this country is not as far advanced in his breeding, it is because it is a country of 

 |)ractically recent discovery. .\nd yet wlu-n there were various British military sta- 

 tions here, there was plcnt\ of goo<l racing, and. consivinently. plenty of good horses 

 and handsome horses. 



l-"i-oni the militarv racing of far-gone days has dev('lope(| the racing of to-day, 

 when the s|)ort is sustained li\ so admirably managt'd a club as the Ontario Jockey 

 (dul). so enterprising an organization as the recently-formed Montreal Jockey ("lub, 

 and bv the well-managed and fairly-conducted meetings of the Hamilton and Highland 

 I'aik Clubs. Some people think there is an excess of racing in the country, but at the 

 worst it leads to a large ex])en<liture of money and gives employment to many men and 

 l)Ovs. Although the enterprise of Messrs. Seagram. Hcndrie. Davies. ^lackenzie, 

 1 )vment, Dawes. ( 'arrnthci-s. I'helan. el ul. has not d('velo|icd any world beaters, many a 

 liorse entitled to take rank has been raced in ('anada and has gone further afield to 

 prove that his (|iialil\- is not inferior to that of horses previously classed iinicli higher. 



I'or vears Mr. Seagram has been the largest lireedcr and has spent many 

 tens of thousands of df)llars in giving the people |)leasure and in racing for the pure 

 sport and love of the thing. Ilie late \\ in. Ilendiic did the same, and so are his sons 

 doing to-dav. Mr. Roltert Davies is another warm snp|ioiter of the interests of 

 liji'-h-cla.ss horse breeding. So. too. was the laic .\. W . Mackenzie and the late 

 Nathaniel Dvment. So. too. arc- IIk Ir successors. R. J. Mackenzie and John Dynient. 

 So. too, are Sir Montagu .\llan, of Monticah James ( ariiithei-. of Montreal and 

 'I'oidiito; ('. S. Campbell, of Montreal : T. I'. I'helan. of Toicnlo; (ieorge \\ . Cook, 

 of Morrisburg. and nianx others w ho ligiire in these pages and who have done llieir 

 utmost to keel) the L;aine aliov<' reproach. 'I'here are men. ihank (lod. connected 



