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Lovers of the Horse 



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properly organized in the year 1898. and was incorjjorjitcd in inO'-2. Tlie Cluli 



l)v i^riviny purses amounting to twelve hundred dollars. l)ut each year that amount has 



heen increased, until, in 1!)()8, the stakes amounted to over eleven thousand dollars. 



The present officers of the Association are all energetic and well-known horsemen. 



V. II. Wall, the President, is a man of great business ability. Ed. McMahon. 

 the Secretarv. who does a great deal of the work, is well liked by horsenuMi. and does 

 a great deal to further their cause. 



Aid. ( unuiniiiiam is a most energetic member of the exec-utivc. whil<' Kd. OWeil 

 looks after the building and running of the trai-k. a line of work in which he has always 

 proved most satisfactory. 



These gentlemen deserve a great deal of credit for the work they have done, build- 

 ing a great Club from a very small beginning, for the Central Canada Racing .Vssocia- 

 tion. of Ottawa, is one of the most noteworthy institutions of its kind in the woilil 

 ti)-da\'. 





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