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the late Major Forester's horses with iiratifyinji; sueeess. and in the follo\vhi<r year was 

 e(|uallv fortunate and capal)!!' in handUng- Lieutenant-Coh)nel Stimson's horses at 

 the Toronto Show. In 1!)()4. and tlie three succeeding years, he achieved many honours 

 with the horses of that gallant sportsman. Hon. Adam Heck, and rode the Heck horses 

 at Montreal also. 



As a polo plaver. Captain \'(iung has l)een a conspicuous figure, playing the game 

 with a keenness and aliandon which make liini a highly valuable member of the team. 

 His mount. The Frenchman, was l)rought to Toronto from the Xorthwest, and is 

 now ten vears old. full of energy and one of the most active of the frisky little fellows 

 — alnu)st the ecjual of The Maltese Cat. in the best polo story ever written. 



Ca])tain Young is an excellent athlete, not narrowing his interests to one depart- 

 ment of sport. He is an ex})ert fencer and an ade])t at tent-pegging. He won the 

 (ioveruor-Cenerars Cup and Cham])ionship for officers-at-arms. open to the Dominion. 

 comj)risiug six coni|)(>titions. He is a skilful tennis player, and is a meml)er of the 

 'I'oronto Racjpiet (Inli. lie follow> the IiouikIs as a UKMuber of the Toronto Hunt 

 (lull, and is a leading member of the i'olo Club. In fact, his club afhliatious are wide 

 and enthusiastic, the London Hunt Club being another of his e(|uestrian associations. 

 Whether as soldier or sportsman, Canada has reason to value such hardy and stalwart 

 vouuir officers as Captain Youni; and Major Elmslev. 



Captain ^ oung's associations with Toronto arc likely to l)c long contiinied. as his 

 home has been for .some time in that city. In 1 !)()?. he nuirricd .Vimee (ilenholmc. 

 vonu'^est dauirhter of Chief -Justice Sir (dcnliolnie Falconbri(lg<'. She is her hus- 

 band's svmpathetic comrade in loyalty to His E(piiue Majesty. 





