HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1973-06-28, Page 105Section 1, Page 17 THE EXETER TIMES-ADVOCATE JUNE 28, 1973
PEE-WEES TAKE CROWN On April 15, 1973 the Exeter Legion
Ladies Auxiliary Pee Wees won the Ontario Minor Hockey Association's
"B" crown in Huntsville, The new champs are: back left, Danny Bell,
Derek Regier, Paul Gaiser, Steve Skinner, Preston Dearing; centre,
manager Bev Skinner, Perry Pooley, Randy Fisher, Dennis Preszcator,
Darrell Preszcator, Ron Bilcke, Paul Van Gerwen, Dorothy Pfaff, of the
LegiOn auxiliary and coach Lloyd Moore. Front, left, David Bogart, Paul
Pooley, Ted Triebner, Brad Taylor, Jim Veri, Brian Mercer and Randy
Parsons.
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of Service
. . and
every
one of
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enjoyable
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YOU . . . OUR
CUSTOMERS
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TINSMITHING
Exeter
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horse trading
JOTTINGS BY J.M.S.
Nox. 11, 1954
Few men in Huron County have
handled as many horses as has
Mr. J. G. Dow, of Exeter. Mr.
Dow was in the office one day and
I suggested that I doubted if more
horses had been shipped from
any place, in Ontario than had
gone out from Exeter and
district. He agreed with me.
No man is more familiar with
the horse situation than is Mr.
Dow. He ought to know because
he has been buying and trading
horses all his life. His first deal
was made while he was still at-
tending school.
His father, the late Alex Dow,
was a horseman before him and
made different trips to Great
Britain and brought back some of
the finest entire horses to come
into this community.
Eighty Carloads to Winnipeg
When the West was opening up
some fifty years ago many
carloads of horses were shipped
from Exeter to Winnipeg. J.G.
alone escorted some eighty
carloads to Winnipeg where in
most cases they went _kinder the
hammer on the auction block.
Last week Mr. Dow shipped
eighteen horses to the Montreal
market. Scarcely a week passes
but a shipment is made to
Montreal, Kitchener or some
other point.
Mr. Dow is possibly the best
known horse buyer in Huron
County but his activities are not
confined to Huron as he makes
frequent shipments from London
and Stratford.
Because of limited train
facilities from Exeter much time
is saved when shipped from
London, Not only does Mr. Dow
cover a large territory- himself
but he has buyers throughout the
district.
Before the days of the motor
truck the raising of fine heavy
draught or general purpose
horses was a profitable business
and there was always a good
demand for fine animals.
I remember one morning in
Toronto going down to the barns
of the T. Eaton Company to
watch the horses and rigs of that
company starting out for the
day's work. It was a sight to
behold as there must have been
hundreds of the finest teams in
the parade.
$800 Team
Then there were the breweries
who prided themselves in the
excellence of their teams. One of
the highest priced teams to go out
of Exeter was a matched team of
Belgians purchased by Mr. Dow
from Mr. Chris Wein, of Stephen,
for $800. That was in 1924.
During the South African War
from 1899 to 1902 Thomas Hand-
ford bought up hundreds of
horses for the government
destined for the war area.
During the First World War,
Mr. Dow bought up many horses
for overseas. Following the war
he was sent to Buffalo to dispose
of some 1200 horses that were
rejects for military purposes.
This took him about three
months.
One of the principal markets
for good horses has been the
lumber camps but these to-day
are being largely mechanized
although in the Quebec luth-
bering villages horses still
predominate.
Gypsy Horse-Traders
Few will remember the days
when gypsy horse-traders would
invade the district. They usually
came in families with a string of
horses and a caravan and it was a
good horse trader who could
outwit them in a deal.
All the tricks imaginable were
used to camouflage ring-bones,
spavins and the heaves. The
farmer who could put it over a
gypsy was usually proud of the
fact.
Besides horse-trading fortune-
telling was a profitable side-line
for the woman gypsies and oc-
casionally a wallet would
disappear.
In the not too distant past only
the old and decrepit horses found
their way to a glue factory, but to-
day many a fine animal has been
shipped either to the glue factory
or for processing for pet stock,
such as dog or mink food. Mr.
Dow shipped 7 horses for this
purpose last week.
(J. G. Dow died February 7,
1960.)
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