Lovers of the Horse 



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DR. AND MRS. S. H. McCOY 



N() work on the horse or on those interested in tlie horse would be complete, so 

 far as Ontario at least is concerned, without mention being made of Dr. and 

 Mrs. McCoy of St. Catharines. Nowhere is there a l)etter example of unity 

 of interest between husband and wife, and no two ])eo})le liave done more to make 

 fine horses universally adinire(| and popular than they. 



For years their time and money 

 have been freely spent in buying and 

 exhibiting some of the finest horses seen 

 in Ontario, and their stable, "Meadow- 

 field."" at St Catharines, is a model of 

 ])erfcction in both design and (M|ui]i- 

 ment. Dr. and Mrs. McCoy's horses 

 are housed with the greatest possible 

 care and attention, and nothing is onu'ttcd 

 tliat could contribute to their comfort and 

 well-being. Dr. and Mrs. McCoy aic 

 absolutely in sympathy in their love of a 

 good horse, an<l their efforts are directed 

 with zeal and perfect knowledge. 



Mrs. McCoy, formerly Mrs. Flor- 

 ence Maude Fraser, widow of John W. 

 Fraser of Port Hope, and daughter of the 

 late John Cook, of Cook Brothers Lumber 

 Coni])any, was one of the first women 

 in Canada to show trotting bred horses 

 as high steppers at a time when women 

 were but little known as exhibitors in 

 the ring. Her initial ventures, backed 

 as they were by a wide knowledge of 

 horses, met with so much success that she 

 was greatly encouraged. She and Dr. 

 McCoy have exhibited with great success at all the important Canadian Horse Shows. 

 Mrs. McCoy first created a name for herself as an exhibitor with Vulcan and 

 Erebus. They were a team of remarkably beautiful high-stepping blacks, and her 

 a])})earance in the ring behind them was the signal for something very like a sensation. 

 Vulcan became very well known later on under the name of The British Lion. 



The marriage of Dr. McCoy and Mrs. Fraser, both already well known to ex- 

 hibitors as factors to be reckoned with in the prize ring, saw their individual efforts 

 luiited, and an even greater meed of success fall to their lot. I'hey have exhibited 



Mrs. S. II. McCov 



