TIIK IJritisli nation is, witliout a doubt, the most sportsman- 

 like' in till' world, and we, the ])eo])le of its hirgest and most 

 intiuential colonv. are glad to feel that we are no whit 

 behind the mother country in our sporting instincts. 



Tlie Horse is one of our great delights and horse-races, horse- 

 shows and fairs alike bring foith an a<lmiring and ever-increasing 

 throng of fair women and brave men. 



Canada seems to l)e forging ra})idly to the front as a horse- 

 breeding country, and Canadian horses aie accjuiring, on this con- 

 tinent, in Great Britain, in P^urope and elsewhere, an enviable repu- 

 tation for endurance and speed, as well as for general excellence. 



While the rank and file of Canadians have doubtless done 

 much to keep alive the sporting instinct by their enthusiasm and 

 encouragement, the pre-eminence of Canadian horses is due mainly 

 to the efforts of a few men and women who, by the exjjenditure 

 of time, energy and money, and the adoption and maintenance of 

 clean, honorable and sportsmanlike methods, have kept horse-life 

 in Caiia<la up to the very highest standard. 



It is to commemorate these men and women and their efforts 

 in the cause of the Horse that this book is published, anil we feel 

 that the inipoitance of their work demands the l)est and most 

 finishefl setting. 



