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Title: Lovers of the horse : brief sketches of men and women of the Dominion of Canada devoted to the noblest of animals. --
Year: 1909 (1900s)
Authors: Rose, Geo. Maclean (George Maclean), 1829-1898
Subjects: Fox hunting Horsemanship Horse racing Horses
Publisher: Toronto : Hunter, Rose Company
Contributing Library: Toronto Public Library: Research and Reference Libraries
Digitizing Sponsor: University of Toronto

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success from every standpoint, and fora new track it was surprising the time that was made in the ditferent trials of speetl.The attendance was much larger than was anticipated by the most sanguine of thedirectors or shareholders. The j)urses were most attractive in size for an openincmeeting, and brought horses to Canada whose owners had never raced here before. It was decided to hold another meeting in the fall, which was even more success-ful from a racing standpoint, in this first year of its existence the Club paid out instakes and purses to owners $7G.27.5. A word must be said about the officials and directors. They spared nothiu tomake the first year a successful one, and their work will long live as a monumentin the racing world. Each and every horseman left Montreal loud in praise of thecourse and the trcalnicnt r(>ceivid. .\ reniarkalile feature was that Montreal paidfinancially the first year, which was never known in the history of racins before. 82 Lovers of the Horse
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Montreal Polo Team P MONTREAL POLO CLUB ()!,() is ,1 fjrnnd o;aiiH ior \\\v (Itvelopiiient of dash, vioor and daring-. It isalso an intriTsling f^ainc to watcli. V\\v Montreal Iolo ( Muh is the ohlest in (^nc- bec Province, and one of the in the Dominion of Canachi, havino i)ee first oriinnized ni snninier of i,S!>!). with uronnds at Si. Lanihert. These oTonnds are as ijood as anv on the Iontinent of America, and are hcantifnlly sitnatcd witliin asliort distance of the centre of the Island of Montreal. They can be easily reaehed.and members are most regular in attendance during the ))olo season. The MontrealPolo Club is largely responsible for the game being played in both Ontario and (Quebec,for it was the first to show any travelling enterprise. Formed from niend)ers of theCanadian Hunt Club, the mcnd)ershi)) list for the first couple of seasons was a smallone; each year, however, the roll has increased until the Club is now a flourishingorfi^anization known not onK to Canadians,

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