Lovers of the Horse 



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Club-housk, Montreal Hunt Club 



MONTREAL HUNT CLUB 



WHEN the Montreal Hunt Club was organized in the year 1S^2(>, there were very 

 few organizations of its kind in America. Its object was tlie encouragement 

 of outdoor sport of every (lescrii)tion, and though many of the original mem- 

 bers of the Club have long since departed this muntlane sphere, those who remain 

 have always adhered to their jilans, as laid out in the first charter. 



Their Clul)-house. wliich is situated on one of the most beautiful s]K)ts on the 

 Island of Montreal, has been retniilt and added to, until it is one of the most comfort- 

 able and up-to-date houses in the comitry. 



Since its organization, tiie Club has been ])articularly hapi)y in its selection of 

 Masters, every individual one of whom has done his share towards making the Ciul) a 

 success, both from a material point of view and from the point of view of the (piality 

 of sport provided. 



It was in the sununer of lS'-20 that iNIr. William Forsyth founded the Montreal 

 Hunt. In IS'il), he had the pack and the kennels removed from Three Rivers to Logan's 

 Farm. 'Hie majority of the runs in those days were in the region of I>a Prairie and 

 Chambly, where there were enough foxes to give the meml)ers all the sport they could 

 possibly desire. 



Indeed, it was said that killings were too luimerous, but, as one of the older mem- 

 bers said, "the hounds like it, the liorses like it, and we like it," which decisive state- 

 ment seemed to close tiie discirssion. 



