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Lovers of the Horse 



CHARLES J. MURRAY 



THE spirited report of steeplechasing is tluil in which Mr. Charles J. Murray, 

 of ("ayuiia, delights. lie is a Canadian l)v liirth, being a son of Mr. Joseph 

 Muriav. a well-known l)usiness man in the Haldiniand town. From his early 

 i)oyhood. Mr. "Charles"" sliowed a fondness for the eross-eountry horses, and left 

 home at an early age to follow it up. He has never left the amateur ranks as rider, 

 although he won many events in the saddle in his younger days. Mr. Murray is loyal 

 to the old town and trains and winters his string in his boyhood home. 



He has alwavs |)aid more attention to the lej)i)ers than to any other elass of thor- 

 oughl)reds. sehooling and edueating them himself. When he sends a horse to the post, 

 its fitness and readiness are assured, for he is considered thorough and severe in his 

 mode of training. The first mount that l\Ir. Murray ever had was the mare Nora, 

 owned by J. R. Martin, with which he was eminently successful. From that time 

 he has won many of the big stakes at various tracks. 



Some of the horses owned by the subject of this sketch, which w ill be remembered 

 l)y Canadians, are Three Bars, the winner of several events and the sire of some winners; 

 Dulcian. who won the (irand National Steeplechase event at the Blue Bonnets track, 

 at Montreal; Merryinakci'. tiic largest winner of any lepper raced over the Kenilworth 

 track; J.CJ.C.. who was named after the well-known turfman, John G. Cavanagh, 

 of New ^ t)rk. Besides these Canadian winners, Mr. Murray has owned several good 

 ones that are known only on the tiacks of the I iiiti-d States. Mr. Murrav has won 

 not only .success, but pojiularity al>o. bv his pluck\ and s])ortsniaiilik(' iyearing. 



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