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Lovers of the Horse 



< )TTAWA Hunt Club Pack 



OTTAWA HUNT CLUB 



IT tiijiv l)c said without fear of foiitradictioii that few oroanizations in Canada 

 liave met with more ])ro.sj)erit_v tlian the Ottawa Hunt (Muh. Even thou<;li it 



is scarcely old cnou":}! in years to possess what mioht be called a history, it is 

 already thrivin<i-. and tlirivino- well, \vnvs ayo there was an organization of a similar 

 character formed durin<f the rcf/lmc as (iovernor-Cieneral of Earl DufVerin, and 

 rememhered still for the particular fact that at that time Earl Dutferin donated one 

 cup and the Rideau ("luh another for the annual competitions. F^ven yet the cups are 

 eagerly sought for. but as the condition attached was that each one should be won 

 three times consecutively, it is scarcely necessary to say that they are still in the pos- 

 session of the Clul). Such is the uncertainty of horses and of riders. 



Until a few years ago. as has been intinuited. the horse-lovers of the Capital 

 were without an organization. It was in the spring of !!)()(» that Dr. Webster, the pres- 

 ent master of the Club, conceived tiie idea of getting llic horsemen and horsewomen 

 together, and then was formetl a riding club. It was decided at the inaugural meet- 

 inir to do .some cross-countrv ridin": on Saturday afternoons. Soon after it was pro- 

 posed to buy .some hounds, and the farmers in the surrounding country were inter- 



