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Back Stretch

continued from pug "”” inc? peered down at us. solrlila fvige in action. others hold-

proud poses like sentlnels '"g,m5t, the skies. Cups. plates. fgo mg were everywhere. remind- Jrspol ,, giuwlng past. promises of a fine future.

"Guess I was all of five years am when my dad put me in back 0, . pacer." grinned the white- wred sportsman. "My father and E1, two brothers owned and oper- and 600 acres outside of Ford city, Pa. where there was a. half- mtle track and scores of horses. It y-.15 called the Key Stone stock 1mm, I recall those wooden- wheeled sulkies," he mused. seats were high above the ground. When 1 was in or 12. someone introduced hicycle wheels with rubber tires They've been used ever since. prov- pd much faster. safer and more practical. At the are or in. young Bowser drove in his first race. an exciting event for .an eager lad. "oh, I felt nervous. he admitted. ..3.,t, the horse wasn't -- luckily mr me! He was a pacer named Hot stuff. Had plenty of stuff and gpecd. too. Well. we won the first two heats. then another entry took the next two. However. we won the mm - or rubber - heat.

um-I nowser participated in many races on ovals in Ohio and western New York. his steeds more than earning their hay and oats. '-Moved to Medford." he continued. ”Raced at old Combination Park around 1910-12. Track was finallv sbandoned and out up so I search- pri elsewhere for a likely site and found it in Lexington ..." For the past two decades. his inviting Fair Oaks Farm has been a water- color come to life. The narrow half-mile track was widened, the nmbiing barns renovated. grounds given a face-lifting. And from the stables have prsnced four-legged champions. Remember Tara? Now retired to green pastures and clear waters. the great trotter was pur- chased by Paul as a two-year-old 1:; years ago. sire was Voiomitc.

"Tarn was a pacer when I bought him." explained the relnsman "We soon discovered that trotting was his natural gait. He beat all the top harness racers of that day. In- cluding Lord Jim. Hambletonlan winner." At the same time. Do- minion Cvrattan was obtained. This pacer was a hurricane on the roar- lng Grand Circuit. sweeping ahead oi the very wind. ahead of his op- position. His sleek. slim legs. churning like windmills. he estab- lished a world mark fo fastest fourth heat ever paced. a mile in ma niinuics at Goshen. N. Y. On 'ihe kite-shaped oval at Old Or- riiard. life. the horse stopped the watches with s 1.59 mile Tom Berry drove Dominion Cirattan to above records. still drives today al- though in- his 70's.

"Yes, I drove both Tara and Do- ntiiiion in many starts," said Paul. "Y'imow. I bought the latter from William Herbert in Canada. Offer- ed him 32500 for the colt. He took it, then added that he would ex- pect siiother 82500 when the racer made a mile mark of two minutes. And he did Just that at Lexington. Ky. He was a real bargain at any price!" One of Bowser's biggest thrills hit him when Tara trotted a mile in two minutes. in addition lo turning in the three fastest

heats at Goshen. That fest occur- red ln s free-for-all trot. where the competition was so sharp that each of the it starters finished within yards of one another we viewed the photo of that finish and it looks like a cavalry charge. In some 250 races. Paul has tasted many, many thrills. but he barely missed that one he had sought for season after season. Placed sec- ond with De Bota in the fabulous 1-iambletonian 15 years ago. "Al- ways wanted to win'that classic." he confessed. "Well. I can still own the winner. anyway - I hope." Henry Feindel. breeder of Royal chiefp. 2.01 and Forbes Chief 3. 2.01 U5. died Sunday. Nov. istii at -Fort Wayne, Indiana. He was 73 years old and had been with horses all his life. He was a well known student of breeding and had owned several horses during his lifetime. surviving are two broth- ers. Daniel of Berlin. N.l-I. and Sanford of Moncton, N.B.. also two sisters.

A handsome four-year-old gray filly. that has been racing over the Ontario tracks has reminded many horseme of the feats per- formed by her great-grandslre. The Eeel 2.0214. The Eel and Dali Macmwen. his driver. were known throughout the length and bresdtl: of. the United states and Canada and The Eel in addition to other great feats on the Grand Circuit and elsewhere set up a world's pacing record of 2.1114 on the ice at Ottawa River races in one of the greatest winter meets ever held. The four-year-old filly is named Ginnie Lee and is by Car- poral Lee 2.04'A. dam Larkie Grat- tan. Corporal Lee won the 1930 Fox stake and is today the sire of 100 in the Standard list and a not- ed brood mare sire. One of his daughters. Betty Mahone 2.03'.4. is the dam of H. D. Hanover 1.50 U5. Cilnnie Lee's second dam was the granddaughter of The Eel" 2.02'A. she is a sweet gaited pacer. doesn't use a boot of any kind. races in a loose set of hopples and was br d by A.P. Denning. Kernwood. O t. In her campaign this season over the twice-arounds in Ontario she won 31 firsts. was 10 times second. three times third. twice fourth. once fifth and twice sixth in 49 starts. Her owner, George M. Sherman. is an amateur relnaman of Rodney. Ont. and he broke. shod, trained and drove this hand- some pacer.

dnver. Ohio. recently at the age of 83. He was a typical country doctor and a neat lover of horses. being prominently identified with the sport for over half a century. He took a lgreat interest in the late Dr. H. M. Parshall and bought horses and placed them in his hands. One of the best of these was Peter Astra. leading two-year- old trotter of his campaign and undefeated as a three-year-old. winning all the largest stakes such as the Hsmble ' n. the Kentucky Futurity. etc. Later Peter Astra 2.011;, was sold to Clarence Gaines of Gsineswsy Farm. Other great horses owned by the Doctor includ- ed Fcarlnss Peter 8. 2.00. Burling- brooke 2.01119. Sam 2. 2.0594,. Calumet Devine 3. 2.04l,5. etc. He was adored by his patients being particularly good to the poor. Just prior to the racing of the Hubble- tonlan stake in 1039 he was offer- ed s25.000 for Peter Astra, and he

Dr. L.M. Guilinger died at an-'

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viously entered in evidence.

As a result of his examination he would say that the bullet which caused the death of Mrs. MacKin- non was fired from a rifle of the specifications the same as the one in evidence. frIt was very probably fired from this rlfle".

when the Crown attempted to introduce photographs of the bul- lets. a "broad objection" was taken by: Mr. McPhee and they were not accepted as evidence at the in- quiry. .

Under cross examination by Mr. Johnston the witness said the rifle in evidence was a 'cheap type' and there were at least two other makes. German and Belgian, known to him with similar rifllng. Staff Sgt. Sutherland said that the nose of the bullet had "mushroomecl" on contact. and it had been scored. The original weight was approx- imately 29 grains according to the weight of similar bullets. while this one now weighed 25 grains. The weight introduced the possibility. said the defense. that the bullet might be of a smaller calibre. The witness agreed. but said that other things indicated it was a .22.

Police Dog Used

Constable Thomas Hogarth. of the Moncton. N.B.. detachment. took the stand to tell of the trallinir efforts of the police dog "King" which he had brought here. It was it three-year-old pure-bred Ger- man shepherd and had been spec- iallyltraincd in tracking. He had also been used in over 50 cases and received daily practice in trailing a live quarry. The "Dog Master" said the human quarry was chang- ed and was not the same every day. The trailing training was held outside the city of Moncton.

There was an objection entered by Mr. McPhee who claimed that what the dog did or did not do was irrevelant and was not evidence in any court.

Mr. Campbell held that the Supreme Court of Nova Sootia had maintained that evidence relevent to dogs was admissable.

Mr. McPhee asked if the court were to accept the opinion of a dog.

'Ilhe reply from Mr. Campbell was that "A dog forms his opinion independent of what he hears."

Constable Hogarth stated he had given the dog a scent from a piece of clothing received from Cpl. Lionel Strong of the Souris Detachment. The dog had sniffed around but would not follow a scent from the original starting

him to use his own Judgment say- ing, "I feel positive your colt is the best. Furthermore, you have often said you would like to be the first poor man to win the great feature." Fortunately, Peter Astra won it handily. Now the great combination of Dr. Guilinger and Doc Parshall have left this vale of tears for a better world.

Willard Kelly. Southport. has sold his good pacer Lucky Num- ber 2.11 125, to Walter Hennesse, of this city. Lucky was the win- ner of seven dashes the past sea- son and other good placings. He is by Knimuck 2.15 U2 and his dam is Jane Azoff 1.59 1l2. We congratulate Mr. Hennessey on his purchase and may say that we

asked Dr. Parshail his opinion of

the proposition and the "Doc" told

tried to geg this horse for our- selves last season.

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point. He was taken to the other side of the MacKinnon house and from there followed a scent for approximately a quarter of a mile and the witness had there seen some footprints. They were ' be- tween the MacKinnon house and the home of the accused. Plaster casts of the prints had been made by another member of the R. C. M.

Saw Tracks Along Share

With the dog leading the wit- ness went in" the direction of the prints and about half way be- tween the houses involved the dog picked up another scent and went towards the river bank. The wit- ness saw tracks along the shore. Under cross examination he stated that even though the dog might be idle for a couple of weeks he would "still do a job." '

Dr. Edward Kassner. physician of Souris. testified that he had been called to the home of Mrs. MaoKinnon. He received the call at 10:28 and could place the time exactly as he had been llsteningto I radio program. He found the de- ceased lying dead in a pool of blood. When he first received the rali for help and was told a wom- an had been shot he asked for more detail and inquired if the R. C.M.P. had been notified. Learning they had not he telephoned them and went to the scene with the Police.

During the afternoon court ses- sion Sheriff Edwin Reid of King's County said he had seen Mrs. MacKlnnon the night she was killed. They had gone to Kings- boro in his car to make a couple of calls and then returned to her home.

Describes Tragedy

Michael Francis MacDonald. Little Harbour. said he worked at Macxinnons frequently. Although not working there at the time he. had gone to the house that night to see about some pulpwood. It was after dark and some of the children were in bed and some were up. He described the layout of the kitchen for Mr. Campbell and told how Mrs. MacKinnon had come home about 9 o'clock and came into the house alone. She sat at the table facing the stove while all were listening to the radio. but later moved around to the west side of the room when her back was to the stove.

Her daughter Alice and two sons. Alban and Danny, were also in the kitchen. The radio was not operating satisfactorily and wit- ness checked the batteries. They were not of the'best and Alice said she knew where there was a good one. she went out of the house to get it but returned empty-handed.

When prayers were begun the witness was on his knees by his chair and Danny was by his chair. Alice and Alban wei-erkneeling by the couch on which Alban had been resting earlier. suddenly he heard a report which sounded like the breaking of a lamp shade. He thought that is what it was. Then Mrs. MacKliiiioii fell backwards. Alban picked her up and moved her through the door by the stove to the hallway where he laid her on the floor, The witness took a weak turn at the sight of the blood and went upstairs to lie down for a few minutes.

He saw a hole in the window and also one in the outside screen It was just a small hole. Alice and Dan went out to get help. The witness could not say if Mrs. Muc- Kiqnon were alive or dead. but he never heard her speak after the sound of the report. She was saying her Rosary when he heard the report.

-Knew Accused

Mr. Mac-Donald said he knew the accused and had seen him shortly before in Mac.Lean's shed

in Sourls. The accused had asked .-

if the had heard of "the racket" he had got into and the witness stated he had made threats against the dead woman. The other "racket" was referred to by the witness as a rape case.

Under cross examination by Mr. McPhee the witness said he had come home from Nova scotia about the end of August and he did not know the accused very well. How- ever. he admitted having worked for a time on a job with him and had borrowed money which he later repaid. Mr. McPhee quest- ioned him as to the difference in testimony given at the coroner's inquest and at this inquiry. 1-ie re- plied that at the inquest he had not cared to come out with oaths in front of women. He did not reply w-hen reminded there were women in the courtmom yester- day.

Daughter's Evidence

Alice Macxirinon. young daught- er of the slain womiln. torrobor- ated the previous witness' descrip- tion of the kitchen. she said she was kneeling by the couch when she heard a noise which she also said was like the breaking of a lamp shade. she heard some sound of glass. Previously she had gone out to look in the dairy for a. hat- tery for the radio. but she heard noises like 'scraping and rubbing' against the back of the dairy and returned to the house without the battary. She had. not said any- thing to the rest inside as she thought they would make fun of her for being afraid.

Alban Mackinnon. 17. son of the deceased. said he had one older sister. Mary Estelle. and five

younger ones. His father had been dead for two years. Mary had left Hospital

for Charlottetown to

uses reliant ".22:

Supply of Reefer Cars On increase

A steady increase in the num- ber of reefer cars being brought to the Island continues to keep the supply ahead of the demand. it was reported by railway of- ficials yesterday. Sixty cars ar- rived in the twenty four hour per- iod ending 5 p. in. Thursday.

Figures of total shipments be- tween August 1st and December tith were 851 cars of potatoes and :34 cars of turnips. The corres- ponding totaLs for the same period last year were 1200 cars of pota- ioes and 313 cars of turnips.

study nursing. but had returned home on her mother's death to look after the house. ; in a new line of questioning by Mr. Campbell he said he had seen no strange horses around the property at the time. He had taken their own horse out and noticed strange prints in the field to the south east of the house. When asked by Mr. Mc- Pliee he stated it was several days after the tragedy that he took the horse out. There had been many people around the place the day of the funeral and he did not know if they came by horse and wagon or by car.

Danny Macxinnon. 13. another son. agreed with previous wit- nesses. and Mrs. Peter Massey. a neighbour. told of the two child- ren. Alice and Danny. coming to her house for help. They were crying, and stayed until their brother Alban came for them.

Mary Estelle MacKinnon. the eldest daughter. said she had known accused all her life. Much of her testimony was ruled out by ilie presiding magistrate.

Other Witnesses

Other witnesses heard yester- day includcd R.C.M.P. Constable Ralph Sandberg. Scurls. who told of various searches made and the finding of the gun previously in- troduced in evidence. It had been found behind the door of the garage at the home of the ac- cused. He had seen footprints be- hind the dairy at MacKinnon's and between there and the home of the accused. He noted where a horse had been tied in the brush about 60 yards from Mac- Kinnon's and introduced as evi- dence a handkerchief and a sec- tion of tarred rope. Their signi- ficance was not explained. He told of the geographical situation of the property and how it sloped sharply downwards ' towards the north. A rifle fired from any reasonable distance would not cause damage to anyone as the bullet would go into the ceiling. The highway. the only level point from which a gun would carry on a straight line to the kitchen. was a mile away..In his experi- ence .he had never known a .22 to travel that far.

He had seen the holes in the window gand screen and lining them up from Inside they lined

on a tree near the corner of the dairy. He later secured some horsehairs from the spot where at horse was believed to have been tethered and some from a barn on the property of Aeneas Mac- Donald. father of the accused. They were being sent away for analysis.

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Hunters Corner

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On the opening morning I watched a flock of 90-odd geese swing to a 'rig' set out on the op- posite side of the stubble. Four hunters occupied the blind. Seven geese were slightly in advance of the main flock which was slightly higher and on the outside of the decoys. They intended to come in but made a slight mis-calculation on the first run and began to tack off for a second try. In the mean- time the first seven geese were h0VerlniI over the 'rig' only a few feet off the ground. I waited ex- pecting to hear the guns open up any second but dead silence pre- vailed.

This flock of seven changed their minds when the main hody veered off and followed suit. Two hunters on the opposite side of the stubble fired at this seven as they swung over. Those geese were a bare 30 yards away but they miss- ed clean and the whole flight headed back to the haven of the National Park. It appears the four hunters, on the advice of one of the party. refrained from firing at the seven in the hope that the big flock would alight with their de- coys on the second tack. They got just what they deserved...itary I

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The goose season with its joy: and its sorrows, its well planned strategy and mistakes. is behind us. We have next year to look for- ward to. At present thousands of the big birds are riding at anchor in our bays. rivers and off-shore floats. when winter lays its icy hand upon the countryside in real

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