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Lovers of the Horse 



Mr. Plu'lan, in |)artnerslii]) with Mr. Jas. Carruthers. owned tlie Queen City 

 Stables, with headcpiarters at the Woodbine, Toronto, and raced snob good ones as 

 Ben Crockett. Widow 's Mite, Knobhaiiipton, Al Powell, Weathervane and others, and 

 it was with the greatest snrj)rise and regret that in the fall of 1908, it was announeetl 

 tliat ^Ir. Phelan wouhl sell the lately aef|uired (biddings Farm and dispose of his 

 stable. While everxone admired the sentiment which led Mr. Phelan to take this stej), 

 one and all ho|)e that at some fiiftire time he will return to the turf, for at the time of 

 writing it can ill afford to lose such a dcNoted foUowci' and ardent sportsman. 



In coimeetion with the favor- 

 ite hunter Driftwood, the writer 

 called to mind the particular race 

 at Toronto, years ago, in which 

 Mr. Plielan occupied a most 

 uni(|ue ])osition, inasmuc-h as he 

 owned the horse, trained and rode 

 it himself, and also sent into the 

 betting ring so nnich money on 

 his hoise. that the bookies deemed 

 it w ise to turn their slates, 'i'liis. 

 Ml'. Phelan said, was his idea of 

 tloinu' a thiu"' tlu)rouohlv. Ilis 

 care, horsemanshij) and confi- 

 dence were not without their re- 

 ward, foi' the race was won after 

 a desperate finish with (handos 

 and i*awnbroker, ridden res|)ec- 

 ti\'el\ liy \\\\v Loudon and Dr. 

 (ampbell. .\lthough this event 

 ha|ip<Mied somewhere around about 

 ISSS, it is still fresh in the meni- 

 orv of those whose iileasure it 



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was to w itness it. Many ])leasant 

 reminiseenc'e.s such as this are related liy Mi-. Phelan. Iml he likes this one best, and 

 cherishes it among his many happy recollections. 



Mr. Phelan has been a resident of Toronto for the j)ast thirty-five years as man- 

 ager of the railroad news business, in uhicli capacity he has Ix^conu' known through- 

 out the Dominion. His happy tem|)erameut makes his ac(|Uaintance sought and 

 I'emembered. lie is to-day presideJit of the Canadian Railway News C()ni|iany. doing 

 business from the .Vtlantic to the Pacific Coast. lie is the pioneer of the business. 

 which is that of (General Railway News Agents and Publishers, and propi'ielors of the 

 Railway and Steamboat Restaurants. He conducts this large concein from his office 

 in IIh- Toronto Iiiion Station. His residence is on WClliui'ton Place. Toronto. ( )ne 



