Lovers of the Horse 



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■Kentucky Todd." rROPERXY of Miss Wiiks. Cruickston Park, Galt, Ont. 



MISS KATHERINE L. WILKS 



ALTIIOXTGH not altooether a rarity, it is unusual to see a lady of such high 

 social position as Miss Katherine L. Wilks, of Cruickston Park, Gait, interested 

 in the Ijreeding and racing of the light harness horse, or for that matter, of any 



other kind of horse. 



To be sure, Miss Wilks, who has an ancestiy of worth and wealth, and the entree to 

 the most exclusive society of America, being a member of the great Astor family of 

 New York adorns her position with the most gracious and charmmg hospitahty. hhe 

 yet prefers the attractions of her Canadian estate to the all-absorbing pursuits of 



New York's "four hundred." , , ^ „ ., • . u 



There are, indeed, feminine owners of race-horses in both Great Britain and the 

 United States, but Miss Wilks is exceptional in that she possesses a stock-farm of 

 over a thousand acres on which she breeds almost exclusively light harness horses. 



Within the last few years she has spent an enormous amount of money in further- 



