My cousin Tannis told me a story about our Grandma Alice (Ripley) Mallory going to the horse races in Calgary once that I first found hard to believe. However, many details have fallen into place since which confirm the story that Robert Salter Ripley, our great grandfather, raised trotting horses in Amherst. I decided to write this up as a Grandma Goes to the Races page on the website today after another piece of the story fell into place. One of my favourite distant cousins, Art Ripley, is currently in hospital recovering nicely from a broken hip. Art loves to talk about the old days and I love to listen so I've been chatting with him regularly. Today I told him the "grandma goes to the race story" to see whether he'd ever heard that Robert Salter Ripley raised trotting horses in the area. Art confirmed that before his time, there was a very good horse named Darno (he hadn't seen the name written) stabled at Carl Ripley's place. So I've added that to the story and will continue to look into early harness racing in Nova Scotia. Who knew?
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AuthorHi there! My name is Mallory Burton and I started researching the Ripley family in 2011. I'd describe myself as a careful amateur who's more interested in story than names and dates. I hope you enjoy my website and blog. I also have a public Mallory/Ripley tree on Ancestry with over 4,000 names. To contact me, please comment on any one of my blog posts. Archives
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