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THE EIGHT HON. EAEL GREY, GOVERNOR- 

 GENERAL OF CANADA. 



*'It was one of Dunlop's best, but I could not with- 

 stand the temptation to throw it aloft, thus illustrating 

 my feelings at the sight I had just witnessed. I am an 

 American citizen and am proud of it, but I am sorry to 

 admit that no President of my country dare show such 

 liberality of thought and such freedom of action as the 

 representative of your King has shown by coming in 

 state to honor the opening day of the Ontario Jockey 

 Club meeting." 



Such was the language used by a citizen of New York 

 who was present at Woodbine Park on the opening day 

 of the May meeting, 1909, and it was caused by the arrival 

 in state of the Governor-General of Canada. Conspicu- 

 ous amongst the thousands who cheered the vice-regal 

 arrival were hundreds of Americans who made them- 

 selves particularly noticeable by their extraordinary 

 exhibition of enthusiasm. 



Many brilliant men have been numbered amongst our 

 past Governor-Generals, but I doubt if any previous 

 holder of the high office ever popularized himself to such 

 an extent with all classes of our people. Earl Grey is 

 eminently a man of action. Brimful of dash, energy and 

 enthusiasm, he has used these qualities unsparingly in the 

 discharge of his duties. Determined to obtain a know- 

 ledge of the great country over which he rules, he has 

 journeyed from ocean to ocean and by personal investi- 

 gation made himself familiar with the vast resources of 

 the Dominion. 



His speeches, delivered in the different provinces, 

 prove how thorough a knowledge he possesses of the 

 resources and future possibilities of the sections he 

 visited, while on those occasions when he spoke in the 



