Walker, who took over Doc’s Town & Country small animal practice in 1990, is quoted as say- ing, “I’ve worked with a lot of veterinarians over the years and he was one of the best general practitioners I’ve ever seen.” Rory Carolan and Will Engle assumed his large animal practice, and Rory is quoted in the same article as saying, “He’d tackle any project, and if it involved research, he was always inge- nious in trying to fi nd a solution. He was loved by his clients, because he was always there when he was needed, night or day.” Raised in College Park, the young Holbrook could walk from his house to any barn on the University of Maryland campus, which, as the fi rst land grant agricultural university in the United States, had a large agricultural science program, and naturally he went on to study dairy husbandry. However, his brother, a medi- cal doctor, persuaded him to take that animal husbandry one step farther to become a veteri- narian. Holbrook graduated from the University of Georgia vet school in 1953, opening his Rock- ville practice one week later, naming it Town
& Country because in 1953 Rockville was the edge of the suburban/rural population. “T e plan was to deal mostly in dairy cattle,” recalled Doc in the 2001 article. “But the second call I got was to treat a pair of ponies owned by Han- sen Watkins (Ex-MFH of Goshen Hunt).” Eventually he worked for all the major farms in Montgomery County, treating beef cattle for Gordon Keys, dairy cows for Lawson King and horses for Harold Herman’s Red Oak Farm, then one of the state’s largest T oroughbred breeding farms. He handled large horse opera- tions such as Pegasus Stables, Meadowbrook Stables, Avenel Farms, Al-Marah Arabians, Marshwood Farm, the Potomac Horse Center, and Susan Hansen’s Potomac Riding School. He had so many customers that were geograph- ically contiguous that he would often just walk from one farm to the next. “I could write a book and it could be called ‘T e Backyards of Poto- mac,’” Doc quipped to Ross back in 2001. During the Potomac Fever crisis in the early
1980s, Doc Holbrook would load his truck daily with bags of fl uids, running up and down River Road “all night long, trying to save horses’ lives.
Carrollton Hounds Fall Hunter Pace
Sunday, November 27, 2011, 10 A.M. (Rain Date Sunday, December 4, 2011)
Berry Patch Farm
Fabulous and inviting course for all levels! 2 Mile Course for Multiple Classes including:
Wendy Lyons Memorial Event and Phil Martin Memorial Family Event Ribbons Awarded for 1st
Optimum and Fast Time over fl at, low hurdles and high fences - 6th
in all Classes
Medals Awarded for Phil Martin Memorial Family Event Cash Prize For Taylorsville Hunt Club Challenge $150 1st
Place, $100 2nd Place, $50 3rd Place
**Traditional hunt attire encouraged** Directions:
From Rte. 140 turn onto Rte 91 North, go 4.6 miles, Left into Berry Patch Farm From Rte. 30 turn onto Rte. 91 South, go .1 miles, Right into Berry Patch Farm (5500 Emory Rd, Upperco, MD 21155)
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At fi rst, we didn’t know what we were dealing with. T at was probably the roughest time of my career,” he said. Critical to his career and a full active partner in the practice was his wife, Joanne (known as Jody), who died in January 2010 from compli- cations related to cancer. In 2000, Doc Hol- brook was paralyzed from the waist down in a boating accident. Doc Holbrook is survived by his brother Dr.
William (Bill) Holbrook, three children, nine grandchildren, and three great-grandchildren.
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