Hugh McCormick was born at McCormick House{{Cite web |url= http://mccormickhouse1838.com/history_2.html His career as a professional speed skater spanned the years 1883 through 1895 and he held numerous championship titles including
New Brunswick Professional Speed Skating Champion, Canadian Maritime Champion, North American Champion and World Champion. In 1890, he defeated reigning World Champion
Axel Paulsen of
Norway in a series of races held at
Minneapolis,
Minnesota to become the World Professional Speed Skating Champion. In 1892, McCormick travelled to
Oslo (then Christiania),
Norway to race the new Norwegian champion, Harold Hagen. Hagen defeated McCormick and was crowned the new World Professional Speed Skating Champion. McCormick raced Hagen a second time the following season in 1893 in a three-race meet at
Minneapolis and was again unsuccessful. McCormick retired from professional competition two years later at the end of the 1895 season. ==References==