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Lovers of the Horse 



COLONEL COLIN SEWELL 



ONE of the most proniisinii; men in turf circles in tlie ancient City of Quel)ec is 

 Col. Colin Sewell. who is also an eminent physician. He takes a great interest 

 in the welfare of the thoroughbred, and has owned many good ones during his 

 career as a devotee of the sport of kings. Col. Sewell learned to ride early in life, 

 and lias never lost his love for the chase, being one of the regulars at the nuu-t of 



the hounds. 



He commenced his racing career in 

 the year ISSl. and since that lime has 

 seldom been without a thoroughbred in 

 his stable. His first race-horse was 

 Leather Stocking, w hicli was afterwards 

 renamed The Rake. With this horse 

 the ( 'olonel won many coveted cups 

 and stakes. After the rctirenuMit of The 

 Rake. Col. Sewell pui-chased .several 

 but did not meet with uuich .success 

 until lie secured Krawali and Rhic 

 Coal : with them he wt)n nianv I'accs, 

 only disposing of the latter during the 

 season of 1 !)()?. Ballycastle was another 

 in 1 1 is >lal)lc with w lioni sc\-i'i'al cups were 

 won. ilic latest pni'cliasc was the 

 hoi'sc .\nd\ Williams, who w;is I'aced 

 under the Sewell colors for the (irst 

 time in 1!)()7. meeting wllli limited suc- 

 cess, 'i'lic ( dionel is on<' of the prin- 

 ci|)al (ignrcs in the Citv of (Quebec 

 Turf ('lull, and has acted as an ollicial 

 at all of their annual meetings. 



('ol. ('olin Sewell w;is born in the 

 City of (Quebec in the year bS41, being 

 cducatefl at Kdinbui'gh Iniversity. where he took his degrees as a surgeon. h'oi- 

 two years iiher he held the position of House Surgeon of the I"'dinbnrgh Hospital, 

 after which he n turned to Canada to practise. Col. Sewell (irst ae(|iiire(l his love 

 for racing in Mclbouriu-. .Australia, where he practised for a >liorl time. In bSSl he 

 became attached to E Hatterv. (Quebec, and retired, relainini; the rank of ('olonel. 



COI.ONKL Cf>l-IN SEWEM. 



