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Lovers of the Horse 



tlie (^ufi'ifs Plate was run in heats, having been won l)y Mr. Pari.sh's Satunhiy 

 Night, two straight. There were good stakes offered in those (hiys. tlie ])urses often 

 reaching $500. With the exception of a couple of years the races of the (Mid) were 

 held on the historic Plains of Abraham, which long maintained its su])rcmacy as the 

 finest turf track in the country. The annual meet of the Turf Club has always been 

 the occasion for the gathering of the wealth, beauty, and fashion of the city and ad- 

 joining district, and competition has ever been keen between the owners of horses in 



this section of the country. 



Among the early mendjers of the 

 ( hd> who took a big part in its promo- 

 tion was the late :Mr. (',. 11. Parke. Be- 

 tween the years \H\Ui and 1840 was the 

 period in which lie took his deepest inter- 

 est in racing, during which time he won, 

 not alone the Queen's Plate, l)ut also 

 many other valuable prizes. A worthy 

 son, in the person of Dr. C. S. Parke, 

 (lied but a few years ago. lie was an 

 ex-President of the (Mub. and also did 

 great work for it. An honored veteran 

 of tlie Club, who is to-day still hale and 

 licartv, is A[ajor F. Lamkson. who for 

 twenty years acted as Treasurer, only 

 resigning a couple of years ago, when 

 lie was unanimously elected a life mem- 

 ber. Another name in the history of the 

 ('lub which will always be remembered 

 with feelings of admiration, was the late 

 Major Short, of "H"" Battery, whose sad 

 though heroic death in the great fire of St. 

 Sauveur so moved the]>ul)lic that a monu- 

 ment to liis memory may now be seen in 

 front of the Drill Hall on (irande Alice. 

 'J'lic Clulp to-dav is in a flourisliinjj condition, with a ^ood meml)crship. and the 

 sporting in>tinet strong among tlieni. The offic<-rs for the |)resent year arc: Major 

 T. S. lletherington. President; Win. M. Doix'll. \ice-President ; Allan lioswtdl. Treas- 

 urer; and Lieut. -Col. V. Ashmead, Secretary, .\mong tliose who have for many years 

 taken a <leep iiil(re>t in lli<' Ciuli. and who are to-day ever ready to promote its in- 

 terests, will be found the names of Lieut. -Col. C. C. Sewell. \'esey Hoswell, 1). S. 

 Rickaby, (i. K. .\myot, Victor Chateauvert, Capt. I). Watson, and many others, who 

 are included in the mo.st active of the Stewards of to-day. (Dl. Asliuiead has been 

 Seeretar\ of tlie (lub ever since he came to ( anaila. A warm admncr of llie e(|iilne 



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