We were very pleased to receive a letter from Rannie MacDonald, whose home address is in Sydney, N. S. but is now located at 13 Lind- say Ave., Toronto. Ritnnie has quite a stable of horses at Dufferin track and here is what he says about it. ”We are having wonderful weather here. One of the best race days I saw this year was yesterday. In all the ten dashes they were at it Iiammer and longs all "the way. With 48 horses competing 13 of them had records better than 2.10. That certainly is a classy lot to see fighting for the honors. I ulldrrstand Ilizit 750 eligibility papers have been deposited in the office here and 100 of those horses have records better than 2.10 and from what I can learn they have never had so niany horses or so many good ones in the long history of, Duifcrin truck. 'ri-iiiners find that by racing here during the winter' where the expenses are not tool high, their horses are well con-l rlitioned for the 'early meetings at'

Yonkers and clsextiiere. Five hiind- lfirst; four times second and four,

rcil new ii.iitcr sliblcs were built, on the grounds this year and there is nlher stabling available at Thornclific.

"My stable here consists of eight horses, five owned by Harry Hirschl of Syeiney. They are the trotter' Roll On 2.08 3 5, that I am veryl high on and believe he will nzakel a real race horse next year. He has manners and I saw him trot the last half at Blue Bonnets in, October and timed him in 1.03. I also have Globetrotter 2.10, Julie. Chief, that I gave .1 record of 2.107 at Blue Bonnets, Peggy Lee Frisco 2.09 and Super Hal 2.01 2,f5. Fori Munroe and Levatte I have June Bee, that took 11. new record of, 2.08 2.5 at Blue Bonnets, and Ohio: Hal 2.09 35, owned by the Sydneyl Sportsmen Club, also Shimar Dir-lv ect 2.18 2f5, owned by R. J. Logue! I hope in a couple of weeks that' I can get a share of the racing and after a couple of starts they should be sharp. They have to be, with the kind of horses that ixicc,

here now. I am not m f,1v()1- or a writer. The following have passed

racing two dashes at this seasoii,l '. think it takes too much out of 1 horse with the heavy footing andl zonditions which FXl.'- . mg one dash they will he in better condition for next summer. Every- thing here is rim very good-good m3h8E8mEM. 800d horsemen and

good horses--so what more can you N”m”3'5 Temremem WW mulih Ni RTE found him fl very fair man and; um” anxious at all times to see that;

Expect? The racing is so keen that you cannot pick a winner they hit the wire."

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Myron MacArthur. who trained and raced I stable in New Bruns- wick this season, has returned home to Kensington and brought back with him two good troll-erl. Derrick 2.ll W5. an 11-year-old chestnut gelding by Calumet Eric 2.035. and Clipper Dale, an eight- year-old black gelding by Playdale 2.00;-. We understand both these horses traced through the Maine circuit but we have no particulars as to their performances this year.

iDerrick was credited with 46 starts

in 1952 and was seven times first, six times second and five times third, winning 82,250. His all time winnings at the end of that sea- son were 510,590. We looked up his races and fornted the opinion that he is a good trotter, performing around 2.12. Clipper Dale raced at Truro in 1952 and was well thought of. In 35 starts he was ten times times third and ended the sea- son eligible to the 2.22 trot. His owner at that ,time was C. H. Wisener. Pictou. N. S. and his driver Herb Wisener. We welcome these trotters to the Maritime: be- cause we realize that race-goers are anxious to see more trotting classes and with more horses here managements can make this pos- sible.

We learn with regret of the re- tirement as a Director from Dis- trict S, Indiana and Michigan, of Leo C. McNamara, proprietor of Two Gaits Farm. Indianapolis, Indiana. Mr. McNamara was one of the 32 charter members of the United States Trotting Association at he meeting which authorized its incorporation in 1938. The only other charter members at present Directors of the Association are. Lawrence B. Shephard, Hanover, Pa., its President, Frank L. Wis- wall, Loudonville, N. Y., Charles W. Swoyer, Reading, Pa., W. H. Dickinson, Hatfield, Mass, and the

on, Dr. H. M. Parshall, Urbana, Ohio, 5. F. Pnliri, Indianapolis, Indiana, Henry Knauf, Lridd,

,..mi 1,5. 1.”. ,Illnois, B. C. Mayo, Tarboro, N. C.,' 'R. A. Jewell, Fail-field. Maine. andl ii). w. Griffiths, Fredericton, N. 13?

The writer regrets Mr. Mc-

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Donald came up with his first boner of the season when he re- verted lo the two-man referee system this week. This system never worked in the Maritimes and it isn't used in the N. H. L. and why it should be foisted .iipaii the Maritime Major Hockey ;Lsague is it question no one can 'satisiactorily answer. For the first time in years the officiating prob- lem had been working smoothly here with the one referee and two linesmen system. Now we are back to the days of Frank Elliott and -Jerry Mathieu when one official crossed the other up and the re- sult was hockey mayhem with Phil Vitale leading the attack. . - .

Under the system of two refer- ees it is our impression that you get neither good blueline calls or good decisions on rule infractions. Tne result is often disorder in the first period followed by an in- creasing tempo of bad feeling as the game progresses. We don't blame the officials nearly as much as the League officers. They never even corisulted the local club about their plans to change over to the two officials.

. . - Under the old system the Is- lcmders very probably would have won last night's game. The Island- ers were trailing 3-2 when Treen of the Miners drew a long over- time penalty in the third period. The Islanders forced t-he play with the man advantage but Glace Bay partially cleared the puck. Robert ,ll'aS the only Islander back and l he was held by Rochford, allow- ing Connolly to get a breakaway. Gray hooked Connolly from be- hllld and drew a penalty thus llcavlng both teams it man short. Obviously Rochford should have drawn 3 penalty for his interfer- ence thus leaving the Miners two men short and lithe Islanders at full strength. It is probable that the Islanders would have scored with the advantage and possibly gone on to win.

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'Min.ers Count T wic'e In Third Period To Defeat

Islanders 4-2

The Glace Bay Miners sparked by a vastly improved Cliff Hicks in goal and n Tommy Gun as deadly as an atomic weapon scor- ed twice in the third period last night to defeat the hard-luck Is- landers 4-2 in an M.M.H.L. game at the Forum.

The Miners Tommy Gun was Tommy Fyles, a vicious shooting left winger who returned to the

Glace Bay lineup to score two goals and set up another. Fyles accounted for both Glace Bay markers in the third period. Hicks, making his first appear- ance in Charlottetown in two years, t.urned in a polished per-

formance for the winners. He had 31 stops and came up with some big saves in the third period to change the complexion of the game.

Bullet Bob Gray scored the Islanders two goals on almost identical right wing shots. He put the Islanders ahead for the only time in the game with I goal in the first period and then scored again in the last frame.

Gray's second goal at 6:32 of the third period cut the Miners lend to one goal and set the stage for ii determined Islanders attack. The Glace Bay defences held however as hard luck rode with the Islanders and Hicks proved a regular rampart thwart- ing all marksman with veteran assurance.

Fyles proved himself a grim reaper in the dying minutes of play when he'took advantage of an Islanders defensive lapse to blast A 30 foot bullet past Bes- sette and insure victory for the Miners.

The Islanders outplayed the Miners in the wide-open contest but the Miners capitalized on de- fensivc lapses by the losers to shoot the important goals. Roger Bess:-ltc in nets for the Islanders turned in it good game and had little chance on the shots that

town won an eight round decision over Prank Norton of Detroit this week in his first fight of the sea- son in the U, S. A. Norton is I. colored middleweight who

he met Mocloskey. The Charlotte.

counts in the decision. Norton is n. southpaw. 0 O C

Gleason! stable and may crack at Doug Harper, the oanad. iim lighiheavyweiglit this winter. Such a. ficht would be for the Canadian title and would likely take place in Calgary, 1-1”. per won the title I. few weeks ago by outpoln-tine Yvon Durelle of New Brunswick. Mccloskey in training with Tom Portuguea and is down to 160 pounds, hi: lightest weight in years. a . . 999 Tmlnor. the popular and capable first basemcn for Marl- time Central Airways hot summer, has enlisted in the Air Force. Big DEB 1! now at St. John's Quebec Where he is taking his initial tlalhlng. Trainor played sparkling ball for M. C. A. last year and acted as playing coach While Jim- my Macbonald was ill in l'iosplte.l. In addition to playing ball ha ably assisted Ivan Doherty in prom”. ing boxing matches for the Boost. era Club. Des was very interested 1" boxlniz and was extremely well informed about all ranking ngm. DPS.

Forum Features

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.ConnolIy scored the Miners wasn't the Islanders night.

1"" KiaLhVLl' 5 15 mot 313!) I-lughle Campbell and Claude Robert drew majors in the first

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The goal loose play inside the biueline. Connolly whacked the puck through an Islanders legs and the disc was in the cordage before Bessette could move. Lumley, who in a cousin of Toronto's Harry Lumley, back- lianded a,.10 footer into the Is- lanclers net for the only goal of the second period to put the Min- ers ahead 2-1. He intercepted an Islanders pan-out to score.

The Lumley, Fyles, Brown lln! ran wild in the third period with the capable Fyles polishing off the plays. He went through the Islanders defense and poked the puck into the net as he and Be!- sette both made stabs It the loose disc. Fyles hit it first and Ben- rette managed to get his ltiek on it but couldn't deflect the puck enough. . Lumley set up Fyles for the last goal with a pass-out from be- hind the net. t

The Islanders were away fast in the opening period as Claude Robert hopped through the Glace Bay defense and fed Gray a short pass. Bob pulled the trigger about 20 feet from the net and whip- ped the puck past Hicks. MacLaugl'ilin set up Gray for the Islanders other goal. Gray took the pass, while skating at full steam over the blueline and fired another knee-high ahgle drive into the opposite corner of the net.

For the second time the two- man referee system was used here this season and it didn't work out. The busy officials missed on both off-side and pen- alty calls much to the wrath of the fans and the anger of the players.

Whitlock. Carver. Robert all had great scoring chances for the Islanders each time Hicks rose to the oc- casion. Once in the first period Trainer bounced a ten foot shot

followed some Islanders

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Ritchie and

period for fighting. Robert struck Campbell with his stick and both players dropped their gloves at centre ice. There were few blows thrown although Big Huglile dis- played fistlc composure worthy of Marciano.

Coach Bucko Trainor

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Turkey Bonspiel Gels Underway

The first game; in the Turkey

lei were played last evening

at 7 o'clock with the following re- sults:

F. Acorn 11, J. Burden 3

H. R. Carrutihers 6, A. Howatt 5

W. R. Mccrleill 2, Dr. W. Mac- Donald 9

G.G. Hughes 5, A. Likely 'l.

The draw for this afternoon fol- lows:-

2 P.M.:

Ice .1-Ed Tanton. N. Nicholson, H. J. Dobcon. Dori Seaman VI. .1. S. Maonona-id. mwon Bell. Henry Douglas. W. E. Mackay.

Ice 2-W. E. Mr.-Innis, C.' H. Kydd. J. E. Burnett. G. K. Mc- Knight. vs. W. R. Jenkins. Elmer MacDonald, Dawson Peterson. A H. Anderson.

Ice 3-Clifford MacDonald. '!'.M.

suffered

DECEMBER 12. 1953i

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The duck and goose uuoii for lD53 has faded into thmdiatant, shadowy realm from whence there is no return. I wwched it come to life as the -shore of an inland lake retreated to its proper per- spective an the night shadows drew back before the lightening out . . . I watched it die as the lengthen- ing shades of I fading December day blurred a long, black wind- row of geese riding the lwella of Pownal Bay and the spruce brow- ed ridge of crown Point uaured a menacing outline in tune with the falling night.

Thoimaornfng wall, full of hope and anticipation. was in line with other opening morning's. Cor light: probed the night sky . . (eerie mints o'er' hung the water . . . npldery nkeim of duck: against the fin! glow of dawn And-the pulu stirring distant rumble of an open- ing bun-nge . . . The hit mile It just what one might axpoct from A last mile . . . I. ' - IOIIGHIIBII Iettlos In ono'I breut. no the sand: run out . . . eyes loan the darken- lng horlipn for u tlrlet . . . the

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Prize Winners

Sheldon Jordan of Charlottetown won the 350.00 Boosters prize in the hockey game at the Forum last. night by irueming the correct time of the first goal in the second period. cudmore's Dry Cleaners rize was won by Tom Rogers of

Charlottetown.

Hockey Scores

Maritime Major- Glace Bay 4, Ch'town 2 Halifax 0 Sydney 6

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Trenton 5 Stellarton 6

Ontario Senior A-

Owen Souml 3, Chatanl

Ontario Junior A- Hamliton 4 Guelph 3 Barrie 1 Tor St. Michael's 5 Gait 3 Tor. Marlboro: 4 ortlicrn Ont. senior A- Pembroke 2 Sudbury 4

Intercollegillo Senior-

Laval 4 McGill 3 .

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Sport Briefs

NEW YORK. (AP) - Wallace (Budi Smith, 136, No. 1 ohallenlf-'F for Jimmy's Ca.rter's lightweight title, shook up Orlando zuluetl. 105, in seventh and eight-round flurries Friday night to win a un- anirnous l0-round decision over the click jab-and-clutch artist from Havana.

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