User:John Dyment/sandbox

John Dyment was born in 1877 at Lynden, Ontario, Canada and as a boy trained horses in his fathers stables in the Orkney hills. He came to barrie Ontario in 1889 to work for his uncle Nathaniel Dyment owner of Brookdale stables. John took an active interest in healthy sport and was for several years president of the Barrie Jockey Club and served as an Excutive of the O.H.A. He brought the O.H.A charter to Barrie, naming the team after his passion of horses, the Barrie Colts. John Jr. trained both Thessalon and Sapper. He also bred and trained Heresy until his sudden death prior to Heresy’s victory in 1912. His death at age 35 was mourned not only by horsemen but by hockey people as well as Dyment had been president of Barrie’s OHA team.