born in England; as young child came to New York with family (father was trainer of polo ponies; father died when he was 10yrs old, mother when he was 11 yrs old; worked with horses in Argewntina, South Africa, India, England and Egypt; after contracting malaria in Egypt he came to Canada; worked in B.C. and Ontario; enlisted and fought in WW I; member of Lundy's Lane Church;