learned to appreciate what the letters 
     
    

    
     after Ian Moore’s name meant when 
     
    

    
     I was permitted to watch him perform 
     
     his professional duties on two horses. A 
     
     20—year—old accomplished show horse 
     
     would get a chance to rehabilitate even 
     
     though it had a severe case of laminitis. 
     
     Dr. Moore gave his five veterinary stu— 
     
     dents a clinic in classroom teaching as 
     
     they progressed through an examination 
     
     of the history of the horse and an x—ray 
     
     diagnosis and a distraught owner’s deci— 
     
     sion to try to save his prized possession. 
     
     The second case involved a 10—year-old 
     
     standardbred mare also with a severe 
     
     case of laminitis. The owner decided that 
     
     she would be put down and I could tell 
     
     that it took its toll on the teacher and his 
     
     students after the act was performed. 
     
    
   
   
    
     Even though there were not enough 
     
     hours in the day for him, Ian Moore was 
     
     able to balance his professional career as 
     
     a teaching veterinarian with a hobby he 
     
     loved. His practice involved only the 
     
     equines so his hobby fitted and suited 
     
     him perfectly. He was a very know- 
     
     ledgeable and skilled veterinarian and an 
     
     astute and talented horseman. 
     
    
   
   
    
     At age 12, Ian‘s mother took him to enjoy 
     
     the renowned R.C.M.I’. Musical Ride at 
     
    
   
   
    
     Photo: Gail MacDonald 
     
    
   
   
    
     the Summerside Raceway. The perfor- 
     
     mance took place during a July lst, 
     
     Dominion Day race program and Ian 
     
     liked the Musical Ride and the horses. 
     
     The next day he spoke to the custodian 
     
     at his school about his positive experi— 
     
     ence at the Summerside Raceway. The 
     
     custodian was Lester Chappell who hap— 
     
     pened to be an avid and active horseman 
     
     who invited Ian to the track. Ian related, 
     
     “I started helping Lester and spending 
     
     quite a bit of time around the track with 
     
     Lester.” Ian was living in Summerside and 
     
     received valuable pointers at the track 
     
     from capable horsemen like Allison 
     
     “Hook" Walsh, Basil Whelan. Ron 
     
     MacArthur and George Sobey. The initi- 
     
     ation was successfully completed and the 
     
     equine industry had its newest recruit. 
     
    
   
   
    
     The first horse that Ian remembered 
     
     working around was Gold Direct. This 
     
     was an old horse that had been raced by 
     
     Walter Whelan and later owned by 
     
     Stanley Mayhew. Ian fondly remem— 
     
     bered, “I used to live at the far end of 
     
     Summerside where the malls were locat— 
     
     ed. I would throw a bridle on that horse 
     
     and drive him home for lunch from the 
     
     racetrack. I would turn him out in our 
     
     back yard. I used to swim him down at 
     
     the harbour. He was a great old horse 
     
    
   
   
    
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