68 Lovers of the Horse 



Another world's record that is held by a Canadian-bred, is that for trotters in a 

 half-mile ice track. This is '■2. 19^, and was made during the winter of 1907-8 by the 

 (jeldintr King Brvson. owned bv Mr. Samuel McBride. of Toronto, when he trotted 

 at Plattsburg, N.Y., in a winning race. King Brvson went through the winter's racing 

 with a jjlienonienal string of victories, winning many important races, and, judging 

 bv the form shown in his earlv training, he is entitled to be considered one of the trot- 

 ting stars on the Canadian tracks. 



Inextricably concerned with the progress of the harness horse in Canada is the 

 enterprise shown by her largest breeders and owners, notably, that of Miss Wilks, of 

 Cruickston Farm, Gait, and Mr. A. C. Maclaren. of Buckingham, Quel^ec. A general 

 article, however, is not the place to deal with individual ventures. Still it is impos- 

 sible to avoid paying respect in dealing with the subject to those who stand out so 

 prominently as do Miss Wilks and Mr. Maclaren, the former as the owner of the 

 one-lime champion two and three-year-old Kentucky Todd, !2.08f ; the ill-fated Sadie 

 Mac, 5.00^; the stallion Mograzia. Oro Wilkes, and a hundred others; and the latter 

 as the forerunner in a leading position primarily with the good race-horse and mag- 

 nificent j)roducer Larabie the Great, 2. 12f. Nor should the enterprise be forgotten 

 ill hy-gone days of such men as Angus Sinclair, of Roslyn stock farm, "Ansonia" 

 Stewart, J. C. Dietrich, of Gait, and others. 



If we mistake not, harness racing has bright days before it in every province of 

 Canada, for in every |)rovince both the trotter and the pacer are making great head- 

 way. \Nliile the thoroughbred is practically unknown iti the Maritime Provinces, 

 flic trotter and pacer are everywhere to be found, and no Fair is considered complete 

 unless the liarnes< horsemen make bids for victoiv. This is true also as re<rards 

 Manitoba, although here and in the Territories and in British Columbia the thorough- 

 i)red is making considerable progress. But the great hold of the light harness horse 

 lies in load lacing, and in the imiunierable driving clubs that have S])rung up, and 

 are still springing up, all over the land 



