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performer in that line never sat on a box. It was a pleas- 

 ant party, every one of the company being personal 

 friends of the kind able to enjoy themselves without go- 

 ing to extremes. Favored by splendid weather, the drive 

 down the Kingston Koad was thoroughly enjoyed and the 

 coach drove up to the Robson House with a splendid 

 Jacksonian rush that fairly startled the crowd of Whit- 

 byites assembled to welcome the visitors. Of the twenty 

 who made that trip, only five of us are alive. The balance 

 have weighed in. Green be their memory. 



Though advanced in years the Doctor is a hale and 

 hearty man. He still makes an annual journey to Eng- 

 land, and while there attends a few of its great race 

 meetings. No citizen of Toronto enjoys a more wide- 

 spread popularity, and to quote the words of one who 

 graduated from the Ontario Veterinary College more 

 than twenty years ago, ''He is a grand old man, whom 

 everyone who knows delights to honor." 



