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LIEUT.-G0VERN0R FAVORED RACING Toronto, Out., August 22. The late Sir William Mortinier Clark, who served as lieutenant-governor of Ontario from 1903 to 1908, was one of Torontos landmarks, and for reasons different from those which are attached to the average "public man" of today. He was a fine example of the grand old type. The gentleman before everything else. The scholar in business. A layman, par excellence, of his church. And a patriot. He was a great figure in the Presbyterian Church, and made Knox College his hobby. No one was more surprised than himself when he was invited to become the first gentleman of the province, but he accepted it as a serious duty, and filled the post with all the grace and hlghmindedness that characterized his private life. Sir Mortimer was a regular visitor to Woodbine race course during his term of office, and afterwards. He had never been there before, though he had lived in Toronto dating back to long before the founding of the Ontario Jockey Club. To friends lie said on mora than one occasion: "I went to Woodbine after my appointment as lieutenant-gov- , ernor, for the reason that I considered I should 1 know something of What interested so many of . , my people. What I saw there I enjoyed so greatly that I .felt no hesitation in saying I honed I should1 1 still be . invited to go after I had passed out of office and become, a private citizen again." He was invited and never failed to accept the invitation.
