Lovers of the Horse J73 



was first forincd. there were few coiiiiK'titors: ami though, with tlie passing of the years, 

 keener interest has been taken in sneh matters, tlie phice of the Graham Brothers, of 

 Claremont, has remained nn(|uesti(>ne<l. They have been chieflv responsible for the 

 first-ehtss breed of heavy liorses in tliis eonntry and it has been stated that it was reallv 

 through their purehase of the haekney pony Joe Roek that the chiss of ponies in Can- 

 ada was materially improved. 



The (irahams have been especially fortunate in winning almost every championship 

 tliat has l)een offered at the Toronto Industrial Exhibition, now known as Canada's 

 National Fair. (Jraham Brothers were the first to exhibit on a large scale in the early 

 days, giving |)articnlar attention to Clydesdales, but in later years the demand 

 for the Hackney induced them to enter this department of e(|uine development and 

 they have handled some of the finest shown in the country. With such horses as 

 they have shown, the breed in Canada was bound to im])rove, and other exinbitors 

 had to import horses to com])ete against the (irahams. Take, for instance, the horses 

 Whitewall, Fashion, Royal Standard and Daltoii King. This was a trio, invincible 

 for a long time, and each of tlu>m brought a high |)rice when finally sold. Colorita, 

 another famous hackney, won not only on the line, but in another cla.ss in harness. 

 This triumph was won at the Toronto Exhibition of IDOH, and Colorita also securcMl 

 a championship at the spring horse show in that city. Crake Mikado was another 

 wonderful hackney, winning at nearly all of the larger shows and having to his credit 

 the ribbon for Grand Championship at the show held at Chicago, after victories at 

 New York and Toronto. 



The (iraham Brothers won many chainpionsliips with Sir Marcus after purchas- 

 ing him. The year previous to his purchase they beat him with the .stallion Lans- 

 downe — probably the best Clyde they evei- owned. ]Jaron Sterling and Refiner were 

 two others that added many ribbons to the long list. Back in the early days the two 

 full brothers, Mothail and Prince Arthur, carried off a series of honors, winniny- for 

 the firm its early prominence. 



Tlie Graluim Brothers import new blood each year to add to the strain on tlu>ir 

 farm, which is of the purest. They al.so do a large importing business for other i)reed- 

 ers and pro])rietors, and some of their sales have been considered of international im- 

 portance. Mr. Thomas Graham, who is the younger of the two now left in the firm, 

 is generally the one chosen to make the trip across the Atlantic, and this enterprising 

 gentleman has gone as often as three times in a year, bringing back w ith him, on each 

 occasion, horses that are hard to ecjual. lie is an excellent judge of equine (juality 

 and is consideretl unsurpassed when the task is to display the good points of a horse 

 to highest advantage. "Tom" (iraham. as he is familiarly known, prefers to show 

 nearly all the horses himself, and the exhibition justifies his personal attention. 

 He is a first-class reinsman and knows something about work in the saddle, althou"h 

 little time is devoted to that class of horse. His first trip across the Atlantic was in 

 1 !)()(», when he brought back with him a first-class lot, which were dis])osed of through- 

 out the Doniiuion. It was he who bought the pony Joe Rock, which was afterwards 



