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Abraham "Abe" Michael Orpen (February 9, 1854 – September 22, 1937) was a Canadian businessman, best known for his ownership of several horse-racing tracks in Ontario, Canada. Born in Toronto, Orpen first worked as a carpenter, became a hotel keeper, owned several construction-related businesses, then branched into horse-racing. He owned the Dufferin Park Racetrack, Hillcrest Racetrack and Long Branch Racetrack, and was a partner in the Kenilworth Park Racetrack at Windsor, Ontario, and the Thorncliffe Park Raceway in Leaside, Ontario. Orpen was well known as a facilitator of gambling, first at his hotel, and eventually at a casino in Mimico, Ontario. After his death, his family continued the horse-racing businesses until the 1950s, when they sold their tracks during a time of consolidatio

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rdfs:comment	Abraham "Abe" Michael Orpen (February 9, 1854 – September 22, 1937) was a Canadian businessman, best known for his ownership of several horse-racing tracks in Ontario, Canada. Born in Toronto, Orpen first worked as a carpenter, became a hotel keeper, owned several construction-related businesses, then branched into horse-racing. He owned the Dufferin Park Racetrack, Hillcrest Racetrack and Long Branch Racetrack, and was a partner in the Kenilworth Park Racetrack at Windsor, Ontario, and the Thorncliffe Park Raceway in Leaside, Ontario. Orpen was well known as a facilitator of gambling, first at his hotel, and eventually at a casino in Mimico, Ontario. After his death, his family continued the horse-racing businesses until the 1950s, when they sold their tracks during a time of consolidatio (en)
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name	Abe Orpen (en)
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birth place	Toronto Ontario
death place	Toronto Ontario
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birth place	Toronto, Ontario, Canada (en)
birth date	1854-02-09 (xsd:date)
dct:subject	1854 births 1937 deaths Burials at St. James Cemetery, Toronto Sportspeople from Toronto
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Link from a Wikipage to another Wikipage	Canadian International Stakes Canadians Premier of Ontario Prime Minister of Canada Sammy Luftspring Saratoga Race Course Ontario Jockey Club Government of Ontario Thorncliffe Park Raceway Man o' War Mayor of Toronto 1854 births 1937 deaths Cathedral Church of St. James (Toronto) Tiffany & Co. Toronto Toronto Transit Commission Travers Stakes W. A. Hewitt Wilfrid Laurier William Orpen Windsor, Ontario Long Branch Racetrack Cup and Saucer Stakes Dufferin Grove Park Dufferin Park Racetrack Hillcrest Complex Burials at St. James Cemetery, Toronto Sportspeople from Toronto Charles Vance Millar Kenilworth Park Racetrack Sir Barton St. James Cemetery (Toronto) St. Martin's Press Mimico Ontario Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame World War I Man o' War Cup Leaside, Toronto
Link from a Wikipage to an external page	https://www.canadianhorseracinghalloffame.com/1980/01/04/a-m-abe-orpen/ https://www.toronto.com/news-story/5259347-etobicoke-history-corner-mysterious-abe-orpen-opened-long-branch-race-track-in-1924/ https://archive.org/details/manowar00doro
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has abstract	Abraham "Abe" Michael Orpen (February 9, 1854 – September 22, 1937) was a Canadian businessman, best known for his ownership of several horse-racing tracks in Ontario, Canada. Born in Toronto, Orpen first worked as a carpenter, became a hotel keeper, owned several construction-related businesses, then branched into horse-racing. He owned the Dufferin Park Racetrack, Hillcrest Racetrack and Long Branch Racetrack, and was a partner in the Kenilworth Park Racetrack at Windsor, Ontario, and the Thorncliffe Park Raceway in Leaside, Ontario. Orpen was well known as a facilitator of gambling, first at his hotel, and eventually at a casino in Mimico, Ontario. After his death, his family continued the horse-racing businesses until the 1950s, when they sold their tracks during a time of consolidation of racetracks in Ontario. (en)
honours	Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame
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