Lovers of the Horse 



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T. P. Phelan's Bassetlaw, the Greatest Sire Ever Owned ix Canada 



T. P. PHELAN 



ONE of tlic olil brigade of lumliiiu- iirmi in Toronto is Mr. T. P. Phelan, who still 

 heartily enjoys the great sport as mueh. if not more, than ever, althonnh he has 

 eonsistentlv followed the hounds sinee the early 80"s. and has always been dis- 

 tinguished on a lireedy looking horse, for in his choice of any kind of an equine he 

 is fast in his fonchu'ss of a thorough! )red. Mr. Phelan has heen a useful and enthusi- 

 astic menilier of the Toronto Country and Hunt ("lub for a quarter of a century, and 

 during his career has owned and raced such estimable performers as Hercules. Higbie, 

 Woolgatherer, Cycloni^ and Driftwood, lli-rcules was the champion steeplechaser 

 of his year, and found nnich fayor with Mr. I'lielan. who, however, strongly main- 

 tains that his star actor. Driftwood, was ever his favorite mount, and his eulogies of 

 the now (le])arted pet arc cn(U)rsed by Mr. Phelan's associates, who can call to mind 

 the many gt)od (jualities of the great horse which won three cross-country events at 

 Saratoga before being recognized as a hunter. Mr. riielan won many a cross-country 

 hunt on this line horse, which cheerfully carried him to victory with a manifest share 

 ill the eniovincnt. 



