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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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-day. No association in Canada has done more topromote and encourage the breeding of the right kind of horses than the Toronto,or, as it is generally termed, the Canadian Horse Show, which has an enviable nameall over the continent and which increases in popularity every year. The Driving Section of the Toronto Hunt Club is a most enthusiastic body. TheToronto Riding and Driving Clul) was organized many years ago. The first Presidentwas iNIr. J. K. Kerr, K.C., and the first Vice-President, Brigatlier-General Otter,K.C.B. Hie Club at this time was comj)osed of thirty or forty members, who meton every Saturday afternoon during the sleighing season, and after driving aroundQueens Park and through the city, would proceed to Earlscourt, some four or fivemiles from town, where they would all dine, have an informal dance and drive homein the evening;. The house which the Club had leased at Earlscourt was laro-e andbeautifullv situated, and the stable accommodation was commodious. Hie member-
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TiiE Toronto Hunt Kknnels 46 Lovers of the Horse slii;) i;ni(lually increased to sixty-five. lu those days many tandems used to turn outwith these meets, as well as one or two four-in-hands and unicorns, and a number ofpairs. When the Toronto Hunt Club erected its beautiful club-house at ScarboroughHeights, the Riding and Driving Club joined the Hunt Club and became what wasknown as the Driving Section of the Clul). The drives arc contimied in the same way asIjcforc. only that they proceed to Scarborough Heights instead of to Earlscourt, aspreviously. Some of the jjrominent early members of the Chit) were: Col. G. A.Sweney, the late Major Hay, Major Sears, the late Mr. DWltou McCarthy, Capt.C. N. Shanly and )\Ir. Edwin Heward. Driving Clubs in Canada were institutedsome fortv years ago. when the F^nglish regular troops were in the country. The officerstook a keen interest in sleighing and enjoyed the splendid sport of tlriving a four-in-hand, unicorn, or tandem. Lovers of the Horse 47

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