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CAPTAIN C. T. VAN STRAUBENZIE 



NOWIIKRK is tlicve a more enthusiastic rider than ('a|)tain Charles Turner Van 

 Strauljenzie. Royal Canadian Drai^oons. Stanley Barracks, Toronto. He 

 was horn in Kingston, Ontario, in 1S76, and is a son of the late Lt.-Col. Van 

 Strauhenzie, who, as l)ej)uty Adjutant-Cieneral, was for many years stationed at King- 

 ston, ]\[ontreal, and other points in the Dominion. After completing his education 

 at Ridley College, St. Catharines, Capt. Van Strauhenzie took a commission in the 



Dragoons at Toronto in 1898. Early in the following 

 year he was transferred to the detachment of his 

 regiment stationetl at Winnipeg, ^^'hen the call came 

 for active service in South Africa, Ca])t. Van Strau- 

 henzie was appointed a Lieutenant of "IJ" Squadron 

 in the 1st Canadian [Mounted Rifles (renamed in 

 South Africa the Royal Canadian Dragoons). This 

 regiment was composed mostly of western men, and 

 it made an enviable record on the fii'ld. On the 

 return of the regiment to Canada in January, 1!)()1, 

 he rejoined the Toronto detachment of the l)rai>-oons. 

 hut in the spring of liHH he returned to South Africa 

 with the 8rd Canadian Mounted Rifles as Adjutant, 

 with the rank of Captain. The regiment returned 

 to Canada in August of the same year, when it 

 was formally disbanded. Capt. \im Strauhenzie 

 returned to the Di-agoons. He wears the South 

 African medal with five clasps — Cape Colonv. Orange 

 Free State. Johannesburg, Diamond Hill and lielfast. 

 All his life Capt. Xiin Strauhenzie has been an 

 ardent friend of the horse. Soon after ioinins: the 



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Dragoons he came into prominence as a skilful and daring rider, and to-dav he 

 ranks as one of the most accomplished polo players on the American continent. 

 His apartments are ornamented with a score or more silver cups wdiich he has 

 won in the past few years. Possibly no other rider can boast of such a collection. 

 His first prize came in lOO'?, when he won a steeplechase at the Toronto Gymkhana, 

 mounted (m ]\lr. (Jeorge Beardmore's l>addie. At Winnipeg he was very successful 

 on his ow n horse Billy, a half-bred he took to the west from Toronto. In 1902 lie 

 bought Enghurst from ]Mr. C. INI. Harris, and rode him tc victory in the Hunters' 

 {•'hit Race and other races at the Autumn meeting in Toronto. 1903. At the 1904 Spring 

 meeting, Enghurst again accpiitted himself most credital)ly. He is a consistent 

 j)erformer. Capt. Van Strauhenzie rode him to victory in the Hunters' Flat Race in 

 19(»(i, was second for the Stanley Barracks Cup, and won the W^alker Cup in Hamilton 

 same year. At gymkhanas Caj)t. \au Strauhenzie has b(>en victorious on Dr. Temple's 



Capt. C. T. Van Straubenzie 

 Royal Canadian Dragoons 



