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sarv. AVliat cttVct this cliange may have upon tlie attcnchmce. if any, is not yet visible, 

 as the nunil)er of fresh students this year is well up to the averao-e of any previous year. 

 Dr. Smith was Veterinary Surgeon of the Provincial Agricultural Association, 

 Dominion Government Inspector of Stock for Ontario. \'eterinary Surgeon of the To- 

 ronto Field Battery, and for ten years ^Master of the I'oronto Hunt. He has also offici- 

 ated many times as judge at horse and other live stock shows, not only in his adopted 

 country, but at New York, Pliiladeli)hia. Chicago and other places in the States. He 

 is a member of St. Andrew 's Society, ami also of the Caledonian Society. He is Past 

 Master of St. Andrew's Lodge, A.F. & A.M. Dr. Smith's son. Dr. David King Smith, 

 is Surgeon to the -ISth Highlanders, so that the family has a natural leaning towards 



the military. 



The Doctor in his younger days was a good stee|)lechase rider, and has ridden 

 in many a winning race. He is now. although advanced in age, a follower of the hounds, 

 and is invariably well up at the finish. Among the noted horses that the Doctor owned 

 was Brown Dick, a winner of many a rattling race across country; another was Nannie 

 Craddock, an exceptionally good race mare, and winner of many a chase; lAixem- 

 burg was a third horse that the Doctor was very much attached to. and was worthy 

 of the attachment. He also at one time owned Lady Reel, dam of the famous Ham- 

 bur<f and other o-ood winners. Ladv D'Arcv. owned 1)V Dr. Smith, was as a two- 

 year-old the fastest splinter in Canada. Few who remember her first race wdl for- 

 get how she shot out from her field and left the others as if anchored. Sir James, 

 a horse show champion, was a high-class saddle horse that the Doctor had a great 

 liking for. and among others that he was wholly or ))artly interested in have l)een War 

 Cry. Vespucius, imp. First Attempt. 



\Vhen twenty-seven or twenty-eight years ago the Ontario Jockey Club was 

 formed. Dr. Smith was naturally regarded as a sure and certain supporter. He heart- 

 ily endorsed the late T. C. Patteson in his efforts to organize the Club, and was made 

 a Director and member of the Executive at its inception. Early and late the Doctor 

 has worked for the success of the O.J.C., and the high standard that it has reached 

 is very largely due to his persistent efforts. He is a man of sound judgment and uni- 

 form courtesy. Prol>al)ly no Principal of any college has been more highly esteeuied, 

 venerated and loved than Dr. Sniitli has by the students of the Ontario Veterinary 

 College. If a student failetl tt) pass, it was to the Princiijal that he went to pour out 

 his woes and to receive sympathy, and he never left disappointed, for the Doctor ever 

 proved a true friend, a wise counsellor, and virtually a father to all. 



