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in this case, for the promising horse died as a result of cohl, leaving disappointment 

 to his admirers. But the enterj^rise which had secured this thoroughbred is none the 

 less to he commended. Mr. Dvment has been higlilv successful in selecting; two- 

 year-olds to race on the Canadian circuit as three-year-olds, and with them he has 

 won the majority of the stake events of Canada in the past few years. 



His first o;reat success occurred in 190.'?, when he won the King-'s Plate at the Wood- 

 bine, Toronto, with Thcssalon, running second the same year with the horse Nesto, 

 while the spectators thundered their apjjlause over what proved a most popular vic- 

 tory. He retui-ne(l the following May and won the much-coveted royal Guineas with 

 Sa]jj)er, a racer which he had picked uj) for a low figure, and had bought because it 

 was sired by Courtown. ]Mr. Dvment is known as a vigorous trainer, and each year, 

 on his arrival at the Woodbine, his string of horses is found to be in fit and hardy con- 

 dition for the strenuoits days ahead of them. In 1!)()3 he won the majoritv of the 

 stakes at the Woodbine with the colt Fort Hunter, now in the stud at the Farm, ^^'itll 

 Fort Hunter he also won the Butl'alo Derby, and tried for the great American Derby, 

 at which, however. Fort Hunter was beaten, to the surprise of the Canadian backers. 



In the following year he liad conspicuous success with Tongorder, a winner which 

 he had selected as a two-year-old. This colt won the best stakes on the Canadian 

 circuit, and to-(hiy is one of the fastest horses owned in the country. At the Buffalo 

 Derby he was beaten by only a small margin on a heavy track, and showed bv his 

 pace and form at that event the thorough training he had received. 



The successor in the string was Uncle Toby, who was not all that his friends niiglit 

 have desired. During the season of 1908, Mr. Dyment had a fair degree of success 

 with the smallest string he had trained foi- some years. Of course, the glittering ]3rize 

 luring the amljition of every Ontario trainer is the King's Plate, and with that object 

 in view, Mr. Dyment has kept adding to his string in the purcha.se of many valuable 

 brood mares during the autunm of 1908. One of the most noted dams of Ameiica 

 was included in this lot. The Elf, dam of Broom Handle. Whisk Broom and Elfal — 

 a trio of the greatest winners on the turf of the American Continent. Probably the 

 best colt ever bred at the Dyment Farm was Courtown II, the favored racer for the 

 King's Plate event in the spring of 1908. wlio unfortunately gave o!it the week l)efore 

 the great day, leaving him eligible, however, for the following year. Stromeland was 

 another favorite in the string that carried the Dyment colors to the front on several 

 occasions in the two-year-old events of 1908. Many yearlings have also been added 

 from year to year, and from among these some first-class race-horses have been de- 

 velo])ed under this expert trainer's careful handling. 



As Mr. Dyment is only in the early thirties, he has, in all probal)ilitv, manv vears 

 of successful business and sj)ort ahead of him. In 1901, ]\Ir. Dyment married iNIiss 

 Gro.se, of Barrie, a lady who inlurits a fondness for the sports in which her husband 

 delights, and his winter home in Barrie is one of the handsomest residences of that 

 pictures(|\ic town. 'I'he splendid racing string now under the Dyment colors is win- 

 tered at Brookdale Farm, which is a few miles from Simcoe's county town, and is 

 famous for the nianv winners which have been foaled there. 



