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Eleven-year-old Alma Sheppard must have been a proud girl as she thousands of people on the Grand Stands at Lexington. Ken- tucky. a week ago yesterday, rose and cheered en masse when it

was announced that she had drlv-.

en Dean Hanover to a world's re-- :ord for thrce-yPnr-oid trotters aver a mile track. 1t was an ex-. hihiiion race at the opening of the 55th annual Grand Circuit meet in the 01d southern state. The time D158 1~2—-is three-quarters of a second better ‘than the former world's record held jointly by els- ter and brother. The Marchioness and Protector. both of whom were trained and driven in all their en- gagements by W. F‘. Caton. form- erly employed by the late Czar of the Russians. '

The story of Dean Hanover is one o’ the most interesting th re- :ent turf annals. Sired by Dillon Axworihy (3) 2.10 1-4. a horse that was selected by the lath‘ A. a. Cox as combining the blood lines fhat would most nearly accom- plish the two minute goal in spc*d which he had in view, but proved far from being top notch sire —- tiis prestige almost faded out until Ihree years ago when he was 21 years of age. Then to the aston- ishment of horsemen his progeny oegan to attract attention by their rapacity to win on half-mile tracks. However. at the fall sale of 1935 the yearling Mr. Watt. sired by nim. one of the crop of the Han- over Shoe- Farins. only brought i410. although he had exhibited an excellent way of going and quite t flash oi’ speed.

H. Stacey Smith. who is a bank-

rr but’ owns horses and drives them as a hobby. was the pur- chaser. He was placed in the

hands of’ Mr. Smith's trainer that lnll and trained during the wiri- ter at Pinehurst. N.C. It was not long before they commenced to speak of Mr. Watt and his way o.‘ going. Hotvevcr, he did not hit the headlines until well into niid- summer 1936. when he astounded the world by trotting a mile in 205 over a half-mile track -- a new world's record for two-year-old trotters over a twice-around.

Unfortunately hc ‘was not knot eligible to the rich futuritles and therefore his‘ money winnings were

not great." his season he showed up sensatlonally in early racing and established a‘ world's record

for three-year-old trotters over l1 half-mile track before the season was hall’ over. This led to his sale tn Hanover Shoe Farms his birthplace _ for $20000. Hi8 name was changed back to Dcflll Hanover. the one he bore when hi! was sold at the Old Glory twofallfi ago. Ho was continued in traininll with the object of setting‘ up a new world's record for three-year- old trottcrs. He had already raced in 2.00 l-4 over a half-mile track before his sale. but the task that he was set to do was to lower ‘J19 existing records of the brother and sister by Peter Volo 2.02. whose mark was 1.50 1-4. Hats off to Dnnh Hanover‘ and to the plucky and talented Miss Alma Sheppard who drove him in his marvelous teat.

The get of Hanover Shoe Farms stallions. Dillon Axwrfhy. Bunter. Sandy Flash. areshowing up rc- marknbly this season. "At the same Grand Circuit meeting that Dean Hanover established the world's record for three-year-old trottcrs of 15R 1-2. Clever Han- over won the. 2.10 Trot. best time 2.02. Lee Hanover won the 2-12 Pace. best time 1.59 1-2. Other yrinners the same clay were Peter song by Peter Volo. who took 11 record of 202 3-4. and Single Stcln by the old war horse Single G.. W00 the three-year-old pace. best time 2.03 1-2.

Greyhound will he immortalized even though he never does any- thing spectacular attain. His (‘"0" it Lexington. xv. September 22m when he equalled the fifteen veal‘ old trotting record of Peter Man- ning-lnti 3-4. places him for-vet in the Hall of Fame. He “"‘l1b Y0 the quarter in 20 3-4. the half ln I8 1-2. the three-quarters in 1271-3 ind the mile as above-AM 3-4~ He was accompanied all the way 011 the record jaunt against time by two thoroughbred prompters. As our readers are aware he also holds it“. wx-“hvi trotting record over \ half-mile track made this 86080" -1.58 3-4.

Monte Gerow is back in the slllkY

mbggvinwgsrnwyentl0te where he drove

Joan Scott in “ the“ cliissirieartrot" and price at Farmington, Maine. last week. The summary “S344 best time 2.12 l-2.

John Hervey has an interesting article tn The Hllmflfi HOPE on team driving. which was revived this season at one or two of the Grand Circuit tracks. The trot- ting record for a double hitch is held by Uhlan 1.5a and Louis Forest. They trotted in 2.03 1-4 in Lexington in 1912. with Charles ‘Doc? Tanner driving. The pac- tng record was made l" 1993 l9 Memphis. the double hitch being Direct Hal 204 1-4, who had just ‘inished his m'mernhle cnmlwl?" durlmz which he won ell hi! r80" (thirteen in succession) and his

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1 brother Prince Direct.

the greatest driver of paccrs

uwner. C. J Hamlin. decided to at fonce retire‘ him to the stud. He =was hooked to pole with his half- 2.07. and Geers drove them to a team re- cord o' 2.05 1-2. which lowered the former pacing record of 2.08 made by the “little brown horse from Tennessee" John R. Gentry 2.00 1-2 and Robert J. 2.01 1-2 in the year 1897.

Speaking about Charles "Doc" Tanner. Hervey says: — "During his years of activity as trainer and manager of Mr. Billings’ horses he did many unusual feats includ- ing the pole record referred to above with Uhlan and Louis Forest. It was his custom to avoid driving both horses together ex- cept when giving them a record They were warmed up separately and not hooked to pole until they came out for the word. He had previously intended to use Charlie Mitchell 2.04 1-4 to team up with the mighty Uhlan. and he was con- fident that the pair would step close to the two minute mark as Charlie had worked in 2.01 1-4‘ without being fully extended. but when Charlie was led out he was lame so Louis Forest. who had also been warmed up. was substituted for him.

Previously during that season of 1912 the Billings Horses had made

their second exhibition tour of Europe. They arrived at Mos- cow. Russia. in early May. and

one of the objectives was to estab- lish a Russian trotting record with Uiilan during the week of the great annual meeting at Moscow. when the trotting Derby was con- tested. The black gelding trained beautifully and shortly before the date when he was to appear work- ed the Moscow track in 2.04--to the half in one minute flat and being taken back to a slow jog before he finished. 1t seemed cer- tain that he would trot in two minutes or better on the appoint- ed date. but Just before it came around he was taken very sick and almost died.

1r. was then necessary to provide the Moscow trotting public with some new sensation from the stable of American champions. and Tan- n , the resourceful. rose to the sion. Harness racing was the n tiona-l-sport of the Czarist Em- piie and had been for over a cen- tury. yet team trotting was prac-_ tioally unknown there. so about mid-afternoon on Russia's Derby day Tanner drove out on to the Moscow track with Charlie Mitchell 2.04.1-2 and Louis Forest 2.06 l-4 hooked double. Their mere ap- pearance caused the vast assemb- lage of spectators t0 bubble with excitement. and when he turned them around and drove them a mile in 212 1-2 there was rriore| enthusiasm than the Derby itself had created and the day was sav- ed for America.

The merit of the performance

may be better appreciated when it is stated that at that date no trot.- ter (other than Ulilan) had ever beaten 2.08 to single harness over the Moscow track. and only two or three had beaten 2.10. The writer was among those who wit- nessed that brilliant feat of horsemansliip and other events of the clay. which closed with a mar- velous banquet at a restaurant n1- most opposite the 1110a track. At this the American visitors were the guests of honor and two Americans who were employed by Russians as reinsmen and are now leading American drivers. were also guests -1=‘rank Caton and his son Will Caton. Will Caton had won the Russian Derby for the sponsors of the banquet that day." Vic Fleming. considered by many in the world today. who hails from Dundas. Ontario, but is now a- resident of Syracuse. N.Y.. has three sons training and driving horses. the youngest nineteen years of age.

John Hervey. writing of the dif- ference in gaits of modern horses saysr-"The old time pacing gait has today almost wholly disap- peared from harness race tracks. The modern pacer. barring only his straps. ls difficult to discern from the modern trotter a little way off. and thus one can get a very unobstructed view of hLs leg movements. I well recollect the first sleek. smooth. oily pacer I ever saw. It was a three-year-old colt back in the 1880's who had never before been trained but was placed in th_e_hands of the late Joe Rhea. who was a master hand with the pacing tribe. A; 1 watched Joe train him. so smoothly did he more it seemed as if he was being pro- pelled by some invisible force. When he rounded into the home stretch he was flying and still In smoothly it was impossible to tell at what gait hp was going. whe- ther paclna. ti-munz or rnnnlnw- Later on this colt was shinned tn Illinois to race and won his first. start without an effort. One of his heats he paced in 2.20 3-4. wtvch believe it or not, was the world's record at that date for a three- ygnv-old over a half-mile track. Of (‘Ollrse It was the days of high wheeled sulkles.

the 1936 series.

[colt was one of the advance guard

Sydney Wins’ First Game Of Title Series

SYDNEY, N. 5., Oct. 1—Danny Gallivan pitched Sydney St. Ther- esa's w a 4-2 victory over St. Thomas’, St. Joseph's. N.B. squad. New Brunswick-Prince Edward Is- | land title-holders, 1n the first, game of the Maritime intermediate baseball championship series here- today.

The Nova Scotia. intermediate,‘ champions were able to get only five hits from Eugene Beiliveau.. New Brunswick hurler. He was‘ unsteady and walked five bats-l men. however. while the Sydney team stole nine bases. l

Gallivan set back the visitors with 17 strike-outs and allowed_ only three scattered hits. The t-woi visitors‘ runs resulted from errors‘ by his team-mates. The St. Joe-l. 99h hurler struck out five batters. |

Joker LeBlanc. Sydney second‘ baseman. who led the players in stolen bases, brought in the fourth l run. He reached first on a field-f er's choice. stole second and third I on successive pitches and scored on O'Deil‘s single over the infield.

Two hits. two walks. an error, a hit batter and five stolen bases in the first inning won the game for the home team when they scored three times.

The city team entered the Mar- itime finals after winning the Cape Breton title and defeating Pugwash in the provincial series. The St. Joseph's team. alter tak. "l8 the title in their own prov- ince. won easily in Prince Edward i Island.

St. Thomas’ two runs came in; the fourth inning. An error by Cusack on John Gaudevs ground-i er started the rally. Gaudet was Sflfeat first andystole second while Gallivan was striking out comm"; . Joe Gaudet singled through the infield to score John and t.1ie bat- ter continued on to second when Topshee fumbled the relay to the infield. Joe scored when Powell JUESWU P. Gaudets grounder- hnq threw wildly to first,

The second match of the best, two-of-three series will be playgq at St. Joseph's Friday.

Yanks Vote To Split World

(By The Canadian Press) l

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pitcher who deserted the club in the middle of July. today was "m"! $1000 Rs New York Yankees agreed to split their end of the ivorldseries money into g3 h," and five fractional shares,

Mrs. Broaca announced yeah"- d-"Iy she was bringing suit rm- divorce from the right-handed him" fl" the grounds of cruelty. They were married shortly arthr-

Full shares were voted for man_ flfzer Joe McCarthy, coaches Ar- thur Fletcher. Earle Combs and Johnny Schulte, name, Em Painter. and 22 player-g

Baseball Results

NATIONAL LEAGUE

Cincinnati 002 000010 3 s z

Pittsburgh 031 002 00x s r4 2 Holllng=worth and Lombardi;

Tobin and Todd.

New York 100 002 010 4 12 0

Brooklyn oao 010 30x 7 10 o

Vendcnberg and Mancuso; Ham-

lln. Butcher and Phelps; Cher- vinko.

St._ Louis 300 000 010 4 10 0 Chicago >000 000100 1 8 1

Johnson and Bremer; Lee. Rout, and 0'Dea.

AMERICAN LEAGUE

Boston 301 000 0 4 New York 010 001 0 2 (Oalked account darkness). Newsom and Desautels; Gcmez and Dickey. Glenn.

82 51

Detroit 010 200 131 l4 st. Louis 000 002 020 4 i0 21> “Ker and York; Kimberlln.

Kenn-essay. Walkup. Bildllli and Giuliani.

Washington at Philadelphia will be played as Dart of a double- header Saturday.

Home Run Standing

(By The Associated Press)

Ylllfifdly’! Homers: Greenberg.

Tigers. 2; Yorlifbwen, Tigers, 0'- Dea. Cubs. one each.

The Lenders: DiMaggio, Yank- ees. 46: Greenberg, Tigers, 40; FbXX. Red Sox. 36; Gehrig. Yank eea. 36; York, Tigers, 34; ott, Giants. 3i; Medwlelccardinals. 31.

League Totals: American 789, National 618. Total 1,407.

of trotting bred pacers that were then Just. coming along and that were dwtined to revolutionize harness racing. It was several sea- sons later that the most wonder- ful one of them all appeared in‘ Direct. who reversed all precedents by being n pacer converted to a trotter. a trotter first raced to a record of 2.18 1-4 and then con- verted to a pacer at which salt 11F became the fastest harness horse

Bis name was Sir Thornton. ‘This

NEWS “at $PQRT

Edge In

- . (Note: This is the fourth of l. series of stories analyzing the Yan- kees and Giants, and their world series chances). NEW YORK. Och. l—-(AP)-—- (By Alan Gould) Mrs. John Broaca. wife of the» iAssociated Press Sports Editor)

NEW YORK, Oct. 1—One first- rale wutlipaw pitcher is a pre- requisite for any pciinant Wllllllllg bail club. Two top-notcr portsiders comes under the head of luxury.

That's one of the big reasons why New York Giants. with a 2-1 mar- g.ii over the Yankees in the left handed flingings“ department, have a real chaiicc to upset the world champions next week iii a series more completely dominated by southpaws than any since 1924.

Tlint was the year the Giants lost a seven-game thriller to Washing- ton Senators. In six games south- paws either were the winning or losing pitchers. or both. That's a record the lefties may take a shot at this year.

There's no doubt the three best. souliipaws currently operating in the major league w.1l carry ihe maiu pitching responsibility 1h the second consecutive all-New York worlc series.

Vernon Gomez. shy. good-natur- edly goofy ace of the Yankee staff, has had one of his greatest years and is the no. 1 mun of Joe Nic- Carlhys otherwise right-handed niouncl staff. Lean, impcriuibable Carl Hiibbell. master of the screw ball and hitherto the loiic porlside starter for ilic Giants. has not only a running mate but an aciual rival for southpaw honors in towenng, big-cared Cliff Mellon.

Each of the trio is in ilic charm- ed plltlling circic this year. Hilb- bcll's 22nd victory yesterday cliiich- ed the pennant. Gomez has ‘pod-id 21 triuiiipiis. including six shutouts. and Melton has collected 20 wins, the last niX in a row witlrii a three weeks’ periods.

"If Hubbell wins the opener." rea- sons a member of the Giants’ board

London Seeks A Baer-Farr Bout

SACRAMENTO. Ca1if., Oct. 1- (CP)—Ancil H\fnian, manager of Max Baer. received a cablegram today from Brig. Gen. A. C. Critchley, London promoter and former resident of Calsflfb’. M10118 if Hoffman and Mike Jacobs. fight pro-motor would care to stiiac the Boer-Tommy Farr contest in London in December or January.

WORL

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BOXING BASKETBALL OTHER SPORT

ADermat Wins Dodgers End I4 - game Free - for - a" Losing Streak Defeating

Al ' HflfifaflMake -shift Giant

lation that will be for Melton. If l-lub is beaten. there is evc-iigreater incentive for the rookie. On the other hand if Melton started and lost, it might destroy hlS entire con- fclcnce. As I see it ltfeltoii is the ace in the hole."

Hal Scliuinaciici", siiiker-bitll right bender, is due for ilie no. 3 pitch- lllg spot ior tlie Giants. i-lairy Gumbert is a possible iourili starter.

‘Red Ruifing and Monte Pearson round out ihe Yankees ‘Big Tiiree" for tlic seriis. Ruffing ivas beaten once last year but Pearson out- polntecl Hubbt-ll m the iouri-li Qlillle, 130th appear to be "right." The "darl; horse“ of the Yankee stall is Ivy Paul Andrews, Cleveland cast-

Ii Joe MCCtlftlly poked a loiiilli starter" iuirlicws may get the ca.i over Bump Hartley. a 10:16 winner.

l-liibbell. who broke even in tum Slfirlm agaiuisl. ihe Yankees last Oc- tober, and Melton. one-lime Yankee cast-oil. figure to U.\]li()lL this year's obvious weakness oi the Bronx Bombers against p0l'l.\’1f1t:l'5. 'I'iic American League cuiiiiiiiioiis. tcr- rors lflol, year against all kinds of pitching, barely have broken even against southpaw slinging this sea- sozi.

Perhaps the Gaul pair will puy the pciiaty for all this les inaleste. But on furm they look to have uliat it takes to liaiideuil ilie big Yan- kee hitters w'lio S'i\lll).1 ll‘0ill the

Gehrig, Bill Dickey and Licorge Selkirk.

Hubbcil figures to be Miiiiiigcr Biil Terry's choice to start the sci‘- ies next Wediiestiay. at the stadium, with Gomez as his opponent.

Johnny Murphy and Pat Malone will do the rel cf pllFllllllJ, ior the Yankees. ltigliL-liiriitictl 1710K £5011- inuii and ieft-liaiitlcd Al Siiiiili are the bullpen irxperis 0i ihe Giants, although Tf'l'l'_\‘ “ill not hesitate to use either Melon or Hubbcll in re-

of strategy "think what a stimu- lief roles, ii circumstances warrant.

How They Stand

AMERICAN LEAGUE

(By The Canadian Press)‘ I‘ HALIFAX. Oct. 1—_-Syd Phasénb Dermai headed MarJorie NL. 0W"- ed by R. Jabalee 0f North Sydney- N.S., to the line in two heal-S H110 was hard pressed in the third by Plucky Scott of North River. P-E- 1., to win the Free-Ior-All in ha?’ ricss racing at the Nova Scotia Exhibition today.

The Glace Bali’. N-i. WW5? “'35 caught at 2.10 in the ‘first hell and won the other two in 21214 and 211.

Calumet Duke. owned b)‘ Gwrfle Kuhn of Dartmouth. N.S.. W011 311 three heats in the 2.16 TYOI and Pace, while the Three-vcar-Old Trot and Pace for Maritime bred horses went to a Prince Edward Island stable when Mtg Volo. e11" iered by George Barber of Alber- ton. won two heats and finished third in the other.

The summary:

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2.16 Trot and Pace

Calumet Duke. George Kuhn.

Dartmouth, N. S. - — —- l 1 ll Quaker Girl, C. W. Burgess, l-laliiax--— — —-—-- 22 Sully, William Cummings. Halifax — — — — - ~ 2 3 5 Mont ClicsneyGcorge lsnor. I-laliiax——~————35

Josie the Great. Simpson dz Bickerton. Amherst, N. S. 6 6 3

Peter Reaper. Lt. Col. D. A. MacKinnon, Chtown. — 5 44 Time: 2.10 3-4; 2101-2; 2111-2.

Free For All

Dermal. Syd Phalen, Glace Bay.N.S.—--—-——lll

' Marjorie M.. a. JabaleeNth.

Southpdws Give Ulallto‘ Firing .Corps

off who suddenly came to liic af-i ter donning a New York 11111101111.‘

poiisiclc, including Red No.10. Lou.

The fight has been scheduled tentatively for Oct. 28 in New York.

Hoffman said he was willini V? go along on the proposal and said . he thought thcre was a possibility _ it would go throutlh- FR" ‘"851 represented as being nnXlcllfi '-°f return to England as soon as pos- l sible. '

BASEBALL PLAYER mes

PHILADELPHIA. Oct. 14am- George Q. shoch. ‘I8. who was one . of the players, including Connief Mach shirt by the Hart ord. Conn ..

in the world. taking a mark of 2.06 in 189i to high wheels.

1888, died yesterday.

club to Washington Nationals ln.County, third

New york 100 52 ass Detroit 88 64 .579 Chicano 83 68 .050 Clevcand 92 79 {>39 Boston 80 ‘l0 -s33 Washington 72 78 .480 Philadelphia 52 96 . i st. Louis 4c 105 .305 NATIONAL LEAGUE I New York 93 5'1 .620. Chicago 91 01 .590 Pittsburgh 83 53 ~55‘) st. Liouis at 71 .533 Boston 1'1 13 .513 Brooklyn 62 89 .411 Philadelphia 3T 90 .404 , Cincinnati 56 95 .371

SOCCAER MANAGER OUT NEWPORT. _(CPi-- Differ- ences of opinion concerning team selection have led to the suspen- sion of Louis Page. for thp last two years manager of Newport division English football league club.