Identifier: loversofhorsebri00roseuoft (find matches)
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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t and in first-class order. There is excellent jjasture for the horses, the farm-house is large and comfortable, the walls of the rooms being adorned with pictures of famous race-horses. There is also a training track of five furlongs on the farm. The soil is dry and sandy, enal)ling the trainers to work the horses early in the spring. Shortly after the death of Strathspey, Mr. Hendrie bought the importe(l stallion Derwentwater, by Doncaster-Thorwater, who was most successful in the stud, Butter Scotch and Lyddite, the Plate winners, both being sired by him. He was also the sire of the fast mare Springwells, The Provost, Ayrshire Lad, Denham, Ayrwater and other good horses. After being at the farm for a number of years, Derwentwater was shipped to Nashville, Tenn., where he died as the result of an accident on the cars. While the late Mr. Hendrie won many races with horses of his own breeding,his greatest success was with American thoroughbreds. Pee Weep won the Iroquois Stakes
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Martimas. The winner of the Futurity, 1898:The Rancho del Paso Stake; Niagara Stake; Canadian Derby; Nautilus Stake; Toronto Cup; Spencer Handicap. Total Winnings $52,000. - Lovers of the Horse - at Saratoga some years ago: the mare is still at the farm, being the dam of the good race mares Laverock and Kelpie. He also owned Versatile, Coquette, Dumbarton, Cardinal. Harvey, Plum Tart, Looram and Gold Car, who won a number of important events. But Mr. Hendries greatest triumph came in 1S!)S, when he won the Futurity, the richest event for two-year-olds in the world, with his grand horseMartimas, by imported Candlemas. Mr. Hendrie had the proud distinction of being the first and only Canadian to win this event. It was a matter of some pride to him,that he bought the colt himself at the yearling sales in New York, paying $750.00 for him. As a yearling Martimas showed lots of speed, and in the spring of 1898 Trainer Eddie Whyte was very patient, re

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