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Lovers of the Horse 



MURRAY HENDRIE 



THE love of horses caiiu- iiatiiralh to Miiniiy Ilciidric. of I lainilloii. lor lie is 

 a son of the hile Win. Ileiidrie, wlio owned the t'ainous \ alh-v I'arin, and whose 

 useful life is touched upon elsewhere in this |)ul)hcatiou. The sou inherited 

 his father's admiration of tlie e(|uiue. and Ihouyh still a younu' man is one of 

 tlie most widely known horsemen in Caiuida, and can l>e classed aniouy the 

 cleverest j^entleman riders of the jiresent ii'enei'ation. Murray IJeiidiie was horn 

 in Hamilton, Ontario, in 1876. His education commenced at I'pper Canada (Olle^e, 

 Toronto, and from there he went to the Koyal Military Colleo-e. Kingston. At hoth 

 learnin<; places he was adnn'ttedly one of the l>est all-round athletes either collei;e had 

 ever had (jcc-asion to he j)roud of. .\s a ruj^ln football |ilayer he was looked u|)on as 

 the hardest worker on the teams of both the U.C(\ and R.M.('., and he figured con- 

 .spicuously in all of the many game.s in which he was a |)arlici|)aut. 



On leaviuf^ .sehool, Mr. Hendrie eoiunieuced his business career with the Hank 

 of Hamilton, workin<f in both the Toronto and Hamilton ofhces. When the call came 

 for volunteers to serve with the first Canadian Contiuii-ent in the iioer War. he enlisted 

 and served U>r two years in South Africa, ])assinn- through some of llic liardol e\|)eri- 



