Lovers of the Horse 



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CAPTAIN D. DOUGLAS YOUNG, A.D.C. 



ONF ..!• (■•.nn.la-s u.ost ,.n.,ninrnt an.l .lever exponents of nnlitary sports is Cap- 

 ; > Do glas Youn.. of the Royal Canadian Dragoons. Stanley Barracks, 

 !.,;.. .,,^. on his favourUe polo p<..y. The Frenehn.an. has hgnre-l - 



■ , • , (■.,,,f-,'iii Voiino- w^is l»>™ I" "''I Q"'''«<- "'■'' '"> """ 



::s:;,, J^ .rrr, ;;r\;,;u':;H..n.,, ..h,„ ,.„ ..»,, ,...„ 



considered one oi' the most rnthnsiast.c 



liorsenien in Canada. 



Captain Vonn>;"s early cdncation was 



obtained at St. John's Ili-h Sehool, Que- 



),ee and he afterwards attended l'i)per 



Canada College. Toronto, the "Eton of 



(^inada." many of who.se graduates arc 



well known in military service. His sol- 



,li,M-lv career commenced in 1900, when he 



went to South Africa as a trooi)er with 



the Royal Canadian Dragoons. 'I he 



cami>aigns of that year were a trying 



ordeal for the young volunteers. l)ut this 



Canadian soldier, like many another from 



the Dominion, returned with a good rec- 

 ord of thirteen months' service, and. in 

 1902, secured a commission in the (.ov- 

 crnor-General-s Body Guard. Toronto. 

 He then entered the permanent corps 

 as I>ieutenant in the Royal Canadian 

 Dragoons, and again went to South Africa 

 as an officer in the 6th Canadian Mount- 

 ed Rifles, serving seven months in the 

 troul.led country on his second trip. 



On his .second return from South 

 M'ric'i he resume<l his duties with the ^t- ,i i • 



'en-n,r(!o„.n,„r S„- M,„-lin„.,. Clark, an.l ,av.. c-u,,,™! .sati^lacUon ,n lUe .l.scharge .,1 



.„„ The polo nonifs an.l tl,.- l.nntf,-s .-lain, las a.lmn-ation, ami 1..- I.as 1..., n a hi .Ih.ml 

 "rf.n-n,. "a. all' .1„- n.:ui l,o,».. »l,o,vs in To,onlo un.l Monl,eal. In Ul"-^ In- rode 



D. Douglas Young. A.D.C. 



