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SIE H. MONTAGU ALLAN, PEESIDENT, MONT- 

 EEAL JOCKEY CLUB. 



The Montreal Jockey Club were fortunate in being able 

 to induce Sir H. Montagu Allan to accept the Presidency 

 of their Club. His social standing, added to his personal 

 popularity, had a great deal to do in establishing the 

 Club in public favor. Although never prominent as an 

 owner of race horses, he has occasionally owned a few 

 good thoroughbreds and won races on the provincial turf. 

 He also has to his credit several good cross country 

 events, including the Hunt Cup in 1893. He lately pur- 

 chased several fashionably-bred brood mares in foal to 

 noted sires, thus setting a good example that other men 

 of wealth in Quebec might follow with much advantage to 

 the Province. He was Master of the Montreal Hunt 

 Club for three years. He is a bold, fearless rider, though 

 not a reckless one, and is to-day, when he can spare the 

 time to indulge in the sport, a rider invariably in the 

 first flight. He is Vice-President of the Allan Line of 

 ocean steamers, President of the Merchants' Bank of 

 Canada, and also of several extensive industrial institu- 

 tions. He is also Honorary President of the Montreal 

 Amateur Athletic Association, which is the most influ- 

 ential organization of its kind in the Dominion. He is 

 a staunch supporter of every branch of legitimate sport. 

 His name is familiar to every business man in Canada 

 as that of one who has wielded a powerful influence in 

 developing the trade and commerce of the Dominion. 



At Eavenscraig, his splendid estate in Montreal, he dis- 

 penses a generous hospitality. 



