About the Author

MICHAEL SINCLAIR-SMITH was brought up in the English countryside where he developed a passion for horses. He left England in 1965 and moved to Canada, where for a year, he was a huntsman to a pack of hounds in Ontario. From there he moved to Montreal and set up his own recruiting firm, became an amateur whipper-in and later field master. In the early 80s after taking up polo in Saratoga, he re-introduced polo to Montreal at his horse farm west of the city. He has hunted throughout America, England, and Scotland and for fifteen seasons he organized and led hunting groups on trips to Ire-land. He played polo in Jamaica, The Dominican Republic, Argentina and the USA. He has five children and still lives on his horse farm in St. Polycarpe, Quebec, where he indulges his passion for writing historical novels about the history of Canada, British and United States history, sea adventures and the thrills of horse riding and foxhunting. He has been involved with horses for 50 years and writes about all things equestrian: polo, horse racing and fox hunting and the wonderful relationship between man and horse in all situations as evidenced in his first book "Don't Trample the Dog.