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1902, when the Autuiiui Hunt dates were taken by the Ontario Jockey Club. The 

 same success, thanks to the I'oronto Hunt, has marked the annual Toronto Horse 

 Show. When the Hunt Chih was strivino' for an existence, the ladies worked with 

 that spirit of sportsmanship w hich has done much to bring about the immense suc- 

 cess the Horse Show enjoys to-day. No association in Canada has done more to 

 promote and encourage the breeding of the right kind of horses than the Toronto, 

 or, as it is generally termed, the Canadian Horse Show, which has an enviable name 

 all over the continent and which increases in popularity every year. 



The Driving Section of the Toronto Hunt Club is a most enthusiastic body. The 

 Toronto Riding and Driving Clul) was organized many years ago. The first President 

 was iNIr. J. K. Kerr, K.C., and the first Vice-President, Brigatlier-General Otter, 

 K.C.B. Hie Club at this time was comj)osed of thirty or forty members, who met 

 on every Saturday afternoon during the sleighing season, and after driving around 

 Queen's Park and through the city, would proceed to Earlscourt, some four or five 

 miles from town, where they would all dine, have an informal dance and drive home 

 in the evening;. The house which the Club had leased at Earlscourt was laro-e and 

 beautifullv situated, and the stable accommodation was commodious. Hie member- 



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