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Lovers of the Horse 



DENNIS HIGGINS 



THERE is ])rol);il)ly no more enthusiastic horseman in ("anaihi than Mr. Dennis 

 Ilissins. a Canadian l)v l)irth. who I)oasts of tlie fact that lie was born in the 

 little eastern town of Prescott, where he lived with his father (hiring the early 

 j-ears of his life, and where he afterwards entered into business. 



From childhood Mr. Higgins showed a liking for the horse, and particularly the 



thoroughbred, and when still only a 

 vouth he got together one of the best 

 stables owned in Canada at that time. 

 His first j)urchase was a horse 

 called Lockwood, which marked the 

 lieginning of a most successful racing 

 career, and with which he had the 

 distinction of winning the first race 

 ever run over the old track in the east 

 end of Toronto, owned by E. King 

 Dodds. 



Next came the mare Shamrock, 

 which earned brackets for Mr. Hi<i;tjins 

 on more than one occasion, and which 

 was the winner of the first I'ace ever 

 run at the old Bel Air track in Mon- 

 treal, then the ])ro])erty of the late J. 

 I' Dawes, and afterwards sold to J. E. 

 Seagram. 



From lliis time Mr. Hi<r<n"ns de- 

 voted a great deal of time to breeding 

 and racing horses, not for the financial 

 benefit, but for the ])leasnre he derived 

 tVom die .^])()rt 



He is the only Canadian ever suc- 

 cessful enough to bretMl, train and start 

 ia> l)een the greatest event for two-year-olds 



nrs-Nis ITiccms 



a li(»rse in the (ii-cal Euturily, wliicli 

 run on the American continent. 



Mr. Higgins was die owner and bree(lcr of the colt Collcetor .Iesii|(. who, by the 

 way, is vet in the racing field. Ihis horse was one of the best two-year-olds in his 

 year, and fiinshed well up in the Entuiity, although he was left at the post on the start. 



As a threc-vear-old he beat some of Hie l)c>t horses in liial class, winning many 

 stakes for his ownei-. 



Collector J<'sup is a full brother to Cardigan, who was at one time a starter in 

 the (jue<"irs Plate race at the Woodbine Tliey were by Heldeiiioiiia. out of the mare 



