Lovers of the Horse 



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EDWARD SELKIRK SKEAD 



EDWARD SELKIRK SKEAD. of Ottawa, is one of the best known horsemen 

 at the eaj)ital of Canada. The son of the hite lion. James Skead. senator, who 

 was one of the pioneers of tlie liiml)er business in the Ottawa valley, he was 

 horn in Ottawa in 18.).). After a course at Upper Canada CoUeo-e. Toronto, he trav- 

 elled for a year and then returned to Ottawa 

 to enter upon his father's business, whieh 

 he has since conducted successfully. 



Early in life he showed sincere affection 

 for horses, which was accentuated when 

 on his ninth birthday he received the jM-esent 

 of a Shetland pony, which lived for thirty- 

 two years, and was a favorite of two genera- 

 tions. 



His i^rcatest ])leasure in life has been 

 the following;- of the hounds, and even now 

 he maintains his custom of ridino- to hounds 

 on every possible occasion. Ilis favorite 

 I hunter was a mare, Titula, which did yeo- 



■ man's service, won many steeplechases, and 



was finally killed while goiiio- throuoh a 

 heavy field. Mr. Skead was in his youn<>er 

 days a noted polo ])layer. 



He has been a familiar fioure at most 

 of the leading horse shows, having driven 

 many a prize-winner at Madison Square 

 Carden, Philadelphia. Boston. Montreal and Toronto He has also been long 

 regarded as an excellent judge of saddle horses and hunters, and when an opinion 

 as to the purchase of a hunter is wanted he is looked to, owing to the rej)utation 

 gained in judging this cla.ss of horses at the numerous shows on this continent. 



His stock-farm "Riverview." on the Aylmer road, is one of the best equii)ped 

 m the Ottawa district. No lover of horses who goes to Ottawa returns home with- 

 out visiting the Skead farm, and all who have any regard for man's best friend are 

 assured of a coidial welcome from the genial host and his family, who are as 

 enthusiastic lovers of the horse as is Mr Skead himself. 



Mr. Skead has always been ambitious to have a race track established at the 

 Capital and has devoted considerable time furthering the scheme, offering his property 

 on tin- Aylmer Road for llic |)nrp()sc at considerably lower price than the property 

 was worth, and at time of writing it seems that Ottawa would at last have a race- 

 track for thorouii'libreds. 





Ei'W.\KD Selkirk Skead 



