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Back Stretch
. Lasts. one of the great- ‘ .37: trottsrs of all time and :,v,- a famous sire.
. ton. the leading race §;1‘§n::.:;’§3mmng driver of 1953. “Id 3 mm night at Yonkers ha day, Up behind five horses mien four and finished third in he may defeat of the nisht H0 hvui-ned“ in one of the upsets of the Iitfk when he piloted David Caudle W mg featured 83500 AA Pace 3", ,, smart .ield...Sharp Note. the 1952 1-iambictonian-winner, is back at work again. following sev- .;.1 months’ sidellning after an "ccicent last Fall in California... $35501 Hanover 1.51 4/5. the Bill? nee.“-gged pacing mare raced by 3;-;‘\‘ Pownall. for the Arden Homestead Stable, needs but one more two-minute mile this season 10 MP Her Laclyship 1.56 3/5 as the many in fast miles for pacing mm-95 , . . .’I'attersall'ii Sales Pavil- 1 V Lexlngton, Ky., burned to the £‘.m_;.d Tuesday night. For years I .._= one of the great sales spots 3; ziie horse industry-
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Sm“, years ago there was a scarcity of good trottcrs in this L-:(\\lliCE but the last two seasons quge a number have shown up vex and have improved so much llifli our tracks can easily stage cI25.'£P.S for trotters that will pro- ..n« the very best competition. }1'r:r' are some rf them with their .(.....1 and eligibillties:—Drrrick ;; “ .;—~2.l4 class: Rajah Hanover 1 35-117 class; Jennie Kal- ‘.';‘k 2.10 3/5-119 class; Joandale . ;,_'2.19 class: Feather Duster /2.19 clasi; Milldale 2.14 1/5- class; Winruc'sLast 2.15-2.20 Arlonway 213-221 class; 2 Dale 2.15 1/5——2.21 class: \c...i Gratt-an 2.16-2.21 class; Rom‘ Scott Jr. 2.14 4/5-221 class; P0’ Hanover 2.13 2/5-222 class; 1'a ‘mi 215 2.5—2.22 class; Guy H» -mstcr 2.l3—2.22 class: Bud's 33') 2.15 3/5—2.23 class; Judy K'i.Ill’lll&I{ 2.16 3/b——2.23 class; Jim- mm A. 213 3/6-—-2.23 class; Chet Clever 2.l'.( 2/5-2.2-I class. 9 list could be extended with n‘. (ASL (1. dozen more that have _§Imi'.li miles in better than 2.20 cizii \\lII likely knock several sec- 3111.5 off that figure this season.
a Maritime Standardbred H Sale at Summersidc last .\iniiilay drew an attendance of hriiiccii 600 and 700 horsemen. "fro nriu-ingcmenis were as near perfect. as could be. Part oi the A:Fr.a was roped off for 1 sales .-;:ii: and the seals in the north end gave everyone an excellent 1;f‘il of what was going on. The -,.~incci', Ken MacDougaii, who 5 “AC0 manager of the Summer- uie Raceway, made his announce- mr.-iit;. through the loud speaker oi me Starting Gate and his excel- lent voice carried clearly to every- one in the building. some '10 'm:.<is ranging from yearilngs to . ncjcd brood mare were among 4-.» offering. There were a few . record horses but all but one of "use had protective bids and \\' E.‘ Bowncss, O\\'llEl‘ of Ann's Riw 211 1/5. thought so highly of rm mat the was was $3000. H15 ga last year were $1,717.25. Ml... makes that figure seem ~msoriable.
.\'rxt highest protective bid was on Janet Clegg 2.17 2/5, that made A l‘.f\\' 2-year-old pacing record In Maritime breds last season and “as x Limes first and six times re:1nd ——c-ertairly an excellent .x'r.n-ring. owner Sobey's price was $2700 Another well-liked pacer has L:na C. Scott and she would iznzo been knocked down at 5900 mi ilie protective bid was $1200 She is owned by J. W. Farmer. Kiiikora. For those who cared to dcnrlop well-bred young ones there in-re a number in the sale that we are confident will with good traili- ziiu ntiikc the hcadlincs. We refer to Sandy Reynolds. a 2-year-old rlicstnut colt by Pagliacci 2.09%. mm. Inez Reynolds by Dick Rey- rnlris 1.58%, grandsire_ Single G. 1351. He was sold afterwards at .".‘:ite sale to Ira Mccoubrey, (‘.1 ciidish. and was consigned by Wridon Crossman of Summerside.
ii:-re‘: another that certainly has W-cdinzv Itlarjorie Clegg. a 2-year- nfri :~a.V filly by Abner T. Clegg -‘M’ dam, Rose Marie 2nd.by Fli:l 1.. granddam. Mary sue by
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Page 7 Braden Direct. Rose Marie 2nd is a full sister to Happy L. 2.03%. Aaron L. 2.08% and several others and her great granddam was by Anderson Wilkes. the sire of sin- gle 0. 1.58. she was consigned by Alfred Caldwell. Nort-ham. P. E. I. There were many other weli.bred ones that could have been bought at bargain prices. Actually 12 horses were sold but after the sale a number of others were disposed oi’ and we have since heard of two that have changed hands as a re- sult of the vendue. one of them the pacer Arntico 2.14. by Abner '1'. Clegg 2.04‘/4, dam Jennie Hal by Sampson Hal 2.021/4. The new owner is Herbert Buchanan, Fred- ericton, P. E. I.
It was a treat to listen to auc- tioneer Ken MIcDougall. He was never at a loss for a word. has a pleasant voice, can give the basic particulars of an animal very quickly and it was certainly a rev- elation to the writer to see him in action in the capacity of auction- eer. We congratulate him and we also want to congratulate the management of the Summerside Raceway for having staged this auction, going to great expense and leaving nothing undone to make it a success. We hope that it will be an annual affair and it so we are quite sure that eventu- ally it will he the success they hoped for. We mentioned in our column last week about the Ohio sale and we remember quite clear- ly the difficulties the promoters had in the first couple of auctions but now it is in real big one. tak- ing its place with ’I‘attersall's and Harrisburg. Top price of the sale was 8800 paid for the 6-year-old trotter Pet Hanover 2.14 2/5. con- signed by Roy Bevan of Charlotte- town and purchased by the writer.
A pleasant feature was the ban-
quet held at the Summerside Lo-
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with bear tracks and pronounced them the ‘real McCoy.‘
There was a lot of excitement in the district for a. week or so until the practical joke; got tired of the game. In the end the joke was too good to keep other- wile residents of the district would still be convinced they had iiarboured a bear for part of I stlimer. The first raccoon I ever saw was about 46 years ago when my Dad purchased a pair in Nova Scotla. At the height of the_ black and silver fox boom a try was made at ranching most anything includ- ing skunk and raccoon. Coons eat more then pigs and have a low bracket pelt value so it wasn't long till the pen doors were open and the animals were given their free- dnm. Originally neither skunks or coons were native to this province. Quite a few coons were brought to the province by different r chars.
The raccoon is I foxy grandpa ...make no mistake about that. Exhaustive tests by scientists and biologists showed that next to the monkey the raccoon possesses the highest I.Q. in the animal king- dom.,0ne test was placing the different animals in a sort of maze where it took considerable mental arithmetic to figure a way out. It didn‘t take Bobby Ooon too long to figure the way out. He wasn't far behind Mr. Monk.
I remember a big. dark male rac-_ coon. a real old timer. we kept penned up in our granary for a few weeks, or until he ate us out
gion Hall in the evening after the sale, where some '10 racing fans enjoyed a delicious turkey dinner. Ken MacDougall was master of ceremonies and in his opening re-
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Chilcoot 2:05; 2nd dam
He is the sire of: Dr. J.A. Guy Harvester 2:13; 2:11;
2:10. Whirlaway 2:15;
SIMOOE HARVESTER 2.041/.
Class A—Reg. No. 79298 Sired by Lee Harvester, dam Lady Collins by
Todd; 3rd dam Madam Peters by Peter the Great. He is one of the Maritimes’ leading speed sires.
Seaforth 2:10 1/5; New Look May Harvester 2213 1/5; Chocolate Dip 2:11 4/5; Lindy H. 2:14; Freddy Scott Impatient Lady 2:14 1/.5; Whispering Hope 2:12 1/5.
Fee—$25.00 ALFRED WEBSTER.
Patricia K. by Kentucky
2:09; Quick Lick 2:10 3/5;
Dean Swift 2:15;
West Royalty.
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of house and home. My brother Dan (J. D.) used to take a big kick out of playing tricks on him. One day he took a piece of choice meat which he fastened to a. length of cord. He fastened the cord. to an overhead 2x4 and left the meat suspended midway between the ceiling and the floor. The coon _tried to reach me prize from the floor but despite some fancy sha- dow toxing it remained just out at reach.
Next move he climbed the wall and hung from the cross piece but his efforts were in vain. The meat was still out of reach. In case you don't know it the rac- coon is s. high ranking acrobat and top trapeeze performer. After the second failure he returned to the floor and sat himself down in a corner. For a full 10 minutes he never took his eyes off the meat. You could almost hear him think- ing and figuring the problem out. Finally he ambled to his feet. climbed the wall and a long the ceiling on the rafter. Then he took hold of the cord and drew the piece of meat up within reach. snipped the cord with his teeth, descended to the floor and enjoy- ed. a tasty tiii-bit. It was just as simple as that after he got his thinking cap on.
Ordinarily cooris are not difficult to trap but try to circumvent an old timer who is trap shy and it develops into a battle of wits. They'll steal the bait without springing the trap time after time.
Zipper and Buffon
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How they do it I can only guess. one would almost believe they use a length of wire with a hook on the end but that is carrying the imagination too far. A simple, un- expected angle will sometimes turn the trick if one doesn't become dis- couraged and quit trying.
Coons are destructive animals and will not most.’ anything they come across. They are very fond of corn in the cab, and who isn't. but will also eat ordinary oats like a horse. This spring I ex- amined : grain barrack on 1 vac- ant farm’ in Kings county. Rac- coons had shimmed up one of the posts and cnewed a hole in the barrac.k roof and lived the life of Riley all winter. The top I or 4 tiers of shelves were dug up and cut to ribbons and a pile of drop- pings consisting of dried oat husks
one would find in a pig pep. They love to dabble in the mud for hibernating frogs during the late fall and spring months. They‘li sleep during real winter weather but will awaken during mild spells and go for a ramble. When the smells are running spring and fail they have a regular field day or rather night. They'll meet the run of smelts at low tide in November and December far down the mud lists. A raccoon is as much at, home in the water as a seal it’ the occasion arises. They also‘ create havoc a-nong spawning trout, in shallow spring. However itsl their fondness for eggs and poultry that gets them in wrong withl farmers and their wives. All in all the raccoon is not a welcome addition to our wildlife. He is a cute rascal but the monicker of
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ANNIIAL MEETING
Queens County Branch Fish and Game Associa- lion, City Hall, Tuesday, May 11, 8 o'clock. Election of officers for 1954. Result of recent Pleblscite on
shooting, dates, etc.
Films will be shown following the meeting.
the Masked Highwayman suits
him to a '1'. The Department of Industry pod Natural Resources has placed I bounty of 83.00 on his mask. including the ear: for punch- ing. so the situation will be reliev- ed up to a point but Mr. Coon is here to stay although his num- bers may be whittled down to a
point m keeping wim me gunral !i scheme of things. The introdncthp ‘ of Non-native species, either tish, birds or animals, is now prohibited by the Department concerned. .4 permit may be secured to bring in non-native game birds if the pro- ject is proven feasible.
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