The tragedy of Jack Ross

About a century ago Jack Ross inherited well over $10 million (yes, $10 million in that era was seriously nice cash) and managed to go broke spending it all on extravagant parties in the golden square mile, philanthropic donations and his hobby. I bet his parties were about the best this city ever held. He complained that after he went broke his former friends would cross the street rather than talk to him.
 John Kenneth Leveson Ross, aka JKL Ross, aka Jack Ross. Of the $10 million he inerited from his father, the railway baron James Ross, he gave one million to the Royal Victoria Hospital, half a million to the Navy and the same amount for a fund for fallen soldier. He had a very big house on Peel which is now part of McGill University and he'd hold splendid parties there.
 JKL Ross poured a ton of money into his horse racing hobby and was President of Blue Bonnets here in Montreal. He lost his fortune in 1927 and left town soon after and retired to Jamaica where he died in 1951. His son wrote a book about him which I'd love to read but it's a bit hot for me on abebooks, if somebody has a copy to lend, let me know.