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evidence of their sire's quality. The names of the trio 

 are Shore Lark, three years ; French Shore, three years, 

 and St. Cecilia, two years. The manager of the stable is 

 Mr. E. W. Davies, a son of the proprietor. He is one of 

 the managers of the big Copland Brewing Company of 

 Toronto, a young business man of the hustling stamp. 



Sir H. Montagu Allan, Sir Thos. G. Shaughnessy, Mr. 

 Bartlett McLennan and Mr. Ogilvie are late additions to 

 the list of Canadian owners, though some years ago the 

 first named gentleman won the Province of Quebec 

 Queen's Plate at the Bel Air meeting. Eecent purchases 

 by them have been made for the purpose of encouraging 

 the sport in the Province of Quebec and to mark their 

 appreciation of the efforts of the Montreal Jockey Club, 

 whose splendid new track at Blue Bonnets is likely to 

 become one of the best patronized and most popular in 

 the Dominion. 



The Hon. Adam Beck has for several years owned a 

 few good thoroughbreds, and though his stable rarely 

 contained more than three or four horses he has been a 

 decidedly successful owner. The same shrewdness that 

 characterized his purchases for horse show competition 

 and which gained for him many notable successes both 

 in Canada, the United States and England, also guided 

 his turf selections, and many times he has upset the cal- 

 culations of the talent by the brilliant performances of his 

 horses, both at Woodbine and elsewhere. Unhappily 

 four of his horses were recently burned in a railway car 

 on their return from Woodbine. That rattling good horse 

 Photographer was one and the others were Moorshot, a 

 half-brother to Photographer, and a couple of two-year- 

 olds that would have figured as entries for the King's 

 Plate of 1910. 



Charles Boyle does not race many horses now, but he 

 has owned a host of good ones during his career as 

 trainer and owner. The racing firm of Boyle & Little- 

 field was for years one of the most important in the 

 United States, while the name of Mr. Boyle has been for 

 nearly forty years familiar to race goers in this country. 



