Lovers of the horse : brief sketches of men and women of the Dominion of Canada devoted to the noblest of animals. -- by Rose Geo. Maclean (George Maclean) 1829-1898

Author:Rose, Geo. Maclean (George Maclean), 1829-1898
Language: eng
Format: epub, pdf
Tags: Fox hunting, Horsemanship, Horse racing, Horses
Publisher: Toronto : Hunter, Rose Company
Published: 1909-03-25T05:00:00+00:00

Lovers of the Horse

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Club-housk, Montreal Hunt Club

MONTREAL HUNT CLUB

WHEN the Montreal Hunt Club was organized in the year 1S^2(>, there were very few organizations of its kind in America. Its object was tlie encouragement of outdoor sport of every (lescrii)tion, and though many of the original members of the Club have long since departed this muntlane sphere, those who remain have always adhered to their jilans, as laid out in the first charter.

Their Clul)-house. wliich is situated on one of the most beautiful s]K)ts on the Island of Montreal, has been retniilt and added to, until it is one of the most comfortable and up-to-date houses in the comitry.

Since its organization, tiie Club has been ])articularly hapi)y in its selection of Masters, every individual one of whom has done his share towards making the Ciul) a success, both from a material point of view and from the point of view of the (piality of sport provided.

It was in the sununer of lS'-20 that iNIr. William Forsyth founded the Montreal Hunt. In IS'il), he had the pack and the kennels removed from Three Rivers to Logan's Farm. 'Hie majority of the runs in those days were in the region of I>a Prairie and Chambly, where there were enough foxes to give the meml)ers all the sport they could possibly desire.

Indeed, it was said that killings were too luimerous, but, as one of the older members said, "the hounds like it, the liorses like it, and we like it," which decisive statement seemed to close tiie discirssion.

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