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Lovers of the Horse 



GRAHAM BROTHERS, OF CLAREMONT 



THE firm of (ir;ili;mi Brothers, owners of one of the hiryest and one of the most 

 j)rominent stoek farm> of this continent, orio-inated in the old firm of Richard 

 (irahani. which was cstal)Hslied some tliirty-five or forty years ago at 

 (Marenioiit. The present meml)ers of the firm are William and Thomas, the 

 youngest and second sons of the late Richard (iraham, who. for many years be- 

 fore the vounger men ix'camc jii-ominent. was well known as a lireeiler and exhil)itor 



COLOKITA. PkOri^KI^ "h (.KAIIAM liKl'IIllKS 



of lK)rses. Robert (ii-aham. the eldest son of this pioneei' horseman. \\a> the first 

 to go into partnersliij) with his father. .Vt the time of the latters decease, the yonnger 

 niemliers were taken in turn into thi' (iraham firm, which eontiimed to |)ros|ier. 

 In the year 1!K).3, .Mi'. Robert (iraham withdicu. leaving Ihc j)rcscnt owners sole 

 |)ro|)iietors. 



'I'liis Claremont firm is the oldest in Canada, and has won a great ariay of cham- 

 pionships in the com-se of its existenci*. For thirty-five years they have ix'cn mo-t 

 sueeessfid, not onlv in the breedinj; of horses, but in exhibitinji also. When the firm 



