. Breeder and sportsman. Horses. 10 ©its gveeirev anti ^pxrcfcmtcm [December 21, 190 ' AT THE SHRINE Of ROBT. McGREGOR !| A few weeks ago I paid a visit to the city of Toledo, Ohio, which was occasioned by matters of business and pleasure. Accompanied by my "better ; whose former home it was. and it being- my first visit to the city, my first duty was to visit friends and familv acquaintances. Afterwards, be- ing- at full liberty. 1 sought scenes around that al- most ancient city that best suited my taste. Toledo is situated on the shore of Lake Erie, at the mouth of the Maumee
. Breeder and sportsman. Horses. 10 ©its gveeirev anti ^pxrcfcmtcm [December 21, 190 ' AT THE SHRINE Of ROBT. McGREGOR !| A few weeks ago I paid a visit to the city of Toledo, Ohio, which was occasioned by matters of business and pleasure. Accompanied by my "better ; whose former home it was. and it being- my first visit to the city, my first duty was to visit friends and familv acquaintances. Afterwards, be- ing- at full liberty. 1 sought scenes around that al- most ancient city that best suited my taste. Toledo is situated on the shore of Lake Erie, at the mouth of the Maumee River. The lake is re- markable for the summer scenery along its borders, and its health resorts are larg-ely patronized. Being domiciled at the St. Charles Hotel, about mv first introduction was to that affable gentleman, ite monument, as a tribute to that horse's immortal greatness:â ROBERT MCGREGOR Monarch of the Home Stretch Foaled 1871. Died 1898. A Sire of Great Race Horses. \s I stood on the spot that covers the hero, \nd thought of his greatness, of equmes the >ei(i Of all that is horse flesh, his name is most precious, He produced and he left us the champion Cresceus. Greater writers and worthier pens have written volumes on the character and becoming greatness of this wonderful horse. It would, therefore, be onlv superfluity on my part to attempt to enlarge upon his career as a race-horse and sire. The prog- env he has left behind are living monuments to his immortal fame, and. as for me, there is a warm place in my bosom for the dead hero, having owned and raced successfully for three seasons a lineal descend- ant, who. like the Scottish clans of old, carried The colors of the McGregor to CRESCEUS 2:02 1-4, Mr. Thacker, of the ''Toledo Blade," a paper made famous by its former owner, C. E. Locke, known to the world as Petroleum V. Nasby, whose humor- ous writings and quaint sayings procured for him a world-wide reputation. Mr. Thacker proved to
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