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BURTON HOLLAND 



AVERY o;oo(l record as a gentleman rider is that of Burton Holland. He is a 

 thoi'ough Canadian, and his father before him, Rolph Burton Holland. He 

 ^vas honi in 'roronto in 1874, being t-ducated at the Model Schot)l and Trinity 



College School, Port Hope. 



In the fall of 1S!)S he rode his first race on J. Straclian ,K)hnston's Roulette, at 

 the Country and Hunt Club"s meeting at the Woodbine, Toronto, finishing third in a 

 field of eight in the Hunters' Flat Handicap. His first victory was the following year, 

 being his^Hrst steeplechase, riding Dumont in the Open Green Steeplechase at the 

 Woodbine; also winning the Hunters" Flat with Leading Lady at the Montreal Hunt 

 Club's races at the old Bel Air course. He was successful in wimiing on Red Pat and 

 Lapwing, both steeplechase, the same afternoon. Returning from South Africa the 

 following year, with the first contingent, he won with Murray Hendrie's Barley Sugar 

 at the Woodbine. Since then the most important of his wins have been the Hunters' 

 Flat at the Woodl>ine with Leading Lady, Wellington J., and Kumshaw; the (\)rin- 

 thian Cup at .Morris Park, N.Y , in 1902. with Tip Gallant, an open steeplechase for 



