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Lovers of the Horse 



Cupid, driven bv Mrs. T. Ambrose Woods 



for nicing, as lie li;i> |)('rtV('t coiiforiiiatioii At (lie Canadian National K\liil)ition, as a 

 yearling, lie won tlic first jn'i/.c i'ilpl)on for stallions and a<iain at two years old re[)eate<| 

 his victorv. At llie Stallion Show, St. l^awrenee Arena. 'I'oronto, prior to winninij 

 the j)late. he ajrain won first prize foi' stallions. Showin<f some good trials as a year- 

 linfi his trainin<f heyan in earnest, and in his two-year-old form he was never unplaced, 

 and when the inenioraMc I'late l)a\ came in 1!)07 he made his owner the ))rondcst 

 man in Toronto by annexing the guineas donated hy His Majesty King Edward, lie 

 has not been raeerl much since then, l)ut his owner intends always to keep him in 

 memory of the signal honor he brought to the stable, not oidy in Toroido. but in 

 Montreal, where he easily defeated the winner of the King's I'late in the Province of 

 Quebec. 



Mr. Woods is tlie owner of .several other horses, with which he has won at almost 

 every sliow in (,'aiuida, as well as in the United States Two of his best-rememl)ered 

 horses in the ring are Donnyt)ro()k, a high ste|)pci'. and the handsome gelding Cupid. 

 which is considered one of the best hai'uess horses e\'er shown in this country, win- 

 ning on one occasion from eighteen of Canada's best. 



Mr. Woods is a member of the Toronto Ilimt Club, and is an enthusiastic b)l- 



