Lovers of the Horse 



189 



HARRY I. STONE 



ONE of till- Canadian liorscnu-n wlio has won distinction on tlic other side is Harry 

 I. Stone, of Sheepshead Bay, New York. Born in 'roronto, he received his 

 earlv eckication at the Model School and the Jarvis Street Collegiate Institute. 

 The pursuit of echication, however, did not interfere with his interest in the hor.se, 

 and from his earliest childhood, Mr. Stone manifested his predilection for the equine, 

 a taste which was fostered by his father and mother, who were both good riders, he being 

 the first son of W. H. Stone of Toronto. 



Mr. Stone won his first triumph on 

 a ])ony in heat races at the Toronto Ex- 

 hibition, while his first success on a regular 

 track was at the Woodbine Course in 

 1897. in a hunt race for gentlemen riders, 

 his mount being Clark. At that time 

 Mr. Stone was a member of the old 

 'i'oronto Hunt Club, under Dr. Smith. 



From 1897 to 190;3, the subject of 

 our sketch was not connected with hor.ses, 

 but was engaged in business in Buffalo 

 and New York. 



Once a horseman always a hor.se- 

 nian. however, and his old love claimed 

 him again in 1904, when he took uj) racing 

 on the big tracks in New York, as a 

 gentleman rider. 'Iliis was one of his 

 most successful seasons in the saddle. 

 He won all of the stakes on the American 

 track for gentleman rider up, the first 

 bciuii' won with the horse Conover 



from a good field. In th' 



of 



H.'VKRV I, StO.VK 



19()() he turned professional, making a 



success of it, finishing well up on the 



list of leading riders. 1906 was a ban- 



nvv year, and Mr. Stone was second on the list of steeplechase riders, doing the 



saddle work foi- many of the l)ig stables. During the next season his success was 



contimied, he heading the list, having more mounts to his credit than any other 



steeplechase rider on this continent. 



Mr. Stone was married in New York in ]90(». 



