186 CANADIAN TURF RECOLLECTIONS 



CANADIAN OWNEES AND THEIR COLORS. 



The following is a record of the principal owners of 

 Canadian racing stables. The list is not a long one, but 

 it includes the names of owners whose colors have won 

 many important stake events at American as well as 

 Canadian race meetings. Not only at the principal east- 

 ern meetings, but also in the west and as far south as 

 New Orleans, Canadian-bred horses have scored notable 

 victories. 



Joseph E. Seagram, President of the Ontario Jockey 

 Club, owns more thoroughbreds than any other man in 

 this country, and his victories during the past twenty 

 years, both at home and abroad, would take many pages 

 of this book to chronicle. 



The late Mr. William Hendrie was also a notable fig- 

 ure on the turf, both here and south of the border line. 

 Two of his sons, Lieut.-Col. Hon. J. S. Hendrie, a mem- 

 ber of the Ontario Government, and Mr. George M. 

 Hendrie, of Windsor, with a large string of horses, are 

 worthily upholding the reputation of the Valley Farm 

 stable. 



Robert Davies, Squire of Thorncliffe, a magnificent 

 estate of about one thousand acres, just outside the city 

 limits, is also another prominent figure as a breeder of 

 thoroughbreds. His colors are often to the front and 

 none are more popular with the racing public, who know 

 that the stable is always striving to win. Mr. Davies 

 has imported many thoroughbreds from England, and 

 his premier sire to-day at Thorncliffe is Orme Shore, by 

 the great Orme (sire of Flying Fox, which was sold for 

 $187,500, the highest price on record for any horse). 

 Three of the get of Orme Shore made their first appear- 

 ance on the turf at the spring meeting in 1909, and the 

 fact that all three of them proved winners is substantial 



