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Ann Clegg

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entries in all three heats. The

ysvorites took a licking yester- My afternoon at ltiverside track m a four-card harness race pro- gram as Scotty Budlong. June Morning. Ann Olegg and Mickey Budlflflg came through with vic- tories in sn afternoon of great racing that sew ‘close driving fin- ishes develop in the stretch of practically every heat on the card Mm ciegg was the only favorite to come through with flying col- 01s. chalking up a straight heat victory in the first division of the victoria Driving Club" Stlike for Q30 pacers. but at that being ex- tended right to the wire. Scottv pndlong threw the first upset at the crowd when he paced of! with the Ho. l Classified under the' skillful guidance of Teddy weir: June Morning was again right at the top of her form when she headed the summary in No. 2 Classified. the George McDonald owned and driven horse having too much pace for the field in the first two heats; and to make mat- ters complete Mickey Biidlong came through in the second div- ision oi the Victoria Driving Club stake as Teddy Weir. getting up for the third heat piloted the fast pacer to the front early and kept him there and then paced or! with the race-of! against Tludv Budlong and Lyrinmite to round out his uplfii victory-

And for the fourth straight Wednesday afternoon a crowd es- tzmated at close to 2.000 fans saw zhe horses battle it out from wire to wire in each and every heat and were brought to their feet times without number by the thrilling stretch duels that were unfolded before their eves. A heavy shower of rain that lasted for twenty minutes threatened to upset matters before the first two hcats had been run ofi but with the aid of trucks and the scraper the track was put back in shape and the remainder oi the pro- gram was run off without a hitch once the classes had gotten un- dcrway with starter Dr. l" C. nnugan again settins 111! fields may in a remarkably fine man- rer.

a farmers‘ race with eight ent- ries attracted the interest of the crowd. the majority of them re- maining to see the three heats Butcher's Boy put on a drivinB stretch anish to cor» the first heat in a three horse battle with Dorothy Abelle and Barbara Ann: Brendan's Boy came back to win the second heat and P!" $40-09 for a 83.00 ticket but: Butchers Boy won the third heat and race by again heading the field to the wire.

The crowd were treat-d to an extra thrill in the second ~heat of the N0. 1 classified. (icing to a break at the second turn of the second tri . Romeo. driven by Well Merle.‘ had his sulkv hook- ed by Billy Kalmuck. Driver Me- Neill was thrown heavily but the veteran reinsman. showifli? 01m“ ei courage and calmness held on- tc the reins to brink Romeo to l standstill. escaping with a shak- _ir.g-up and was back up behind

Romeo for ‘he third and "M1 mile. ' No. I. Classified Isch and every heat of the

"class provided the closest kind of battling. 1n the first mile Scotty .Blldl0l1g went to the front- as they reached the first turn the second trip around to W1!) the heat by s nose as O. U. Volo came fast to Just miss out. in the sec- ond mile Scctty won a battle for the rail from Bright Spot in the ‘first quarter to make every post a winning one: slain outflilill"! the field in the stretchxand in the third it appeared as if tho Weir-driven horse was going to .makc it a straight heat victory but halfway down the stretch he jumped it off and Bright Spoi who was coming vcrv fest raced to the front a head ahead of 0.11 Volo with Lorraine Abbe third. Bonnie's bov fourth and the race winner fifth. No. 2 Classified a neiritor seven starters came to the wire for the No. 2 Classi- fied and it proved to be a ding- dvhl battle in sll three heats. to gthe first mile June Mornins. af- ter taking the rail at the first’ ‘turn headed the filed right to the yire as Romeo came very fast in the stretch from far back to lose 010-by a head in an exciting fin- Fish. 1n the second heat featured 1).)’ the spill received by Well Mc- Nnill mentioned previously. June Morning made every post a win- iliihs one. Marion L. tried to snap ttiie lead early in the heat but had rio take back. As they hit into ‘the baokstrctch Romeo raids his ‘move but went to s break with Zdrivsi- McNeill being thrown as fhls sulky was hooked by another rfrcm behind and from there to 011a wire June Morning had things "ii-i? much her own way.

l. Marion L. finally caught up with June Morning in the third heat. 1h the first half mile she stayed 911 Marion Lfsiooening brush only 10 have Just Flicks nae- into thr Q8111 and lead at the half. As thi-i lilies rriaterialissd in tbs second

his the heat with em; irsinnisii giiiins very mt to DID second.

- "l"! on; third. Just "I (ma. all finishing in a i“! With name. Jay Volo and v seaming wiiidinl w in that

"IIDlfllfll-IQVPI “Q had teenage“-

Winners

Callback driven mare went to the front early in the first heat ‘and paced away from the fast moving Quick Lick .11 the stretch to cop the opening mile after a break had proved disastrous to Janet Dale wno looked as if she might cop matters. Ann Clegg made sure of me victory when she' led from wire to wire in the remaining two heats to chalk up the only siraisht heat win of the after- noon.

Second Division 2.30 Pace Looking to be entirely out of the running after finishing sev- enth and eighth in the first two heats won by Dudy Budlong and Lynnmite respectively. Mickey Bud- long with driver Teddy weir- mg. ing over in the third heat. pro- vided the most startling upset of the day as he raced oil’ with the third mile and the extra heat to give him his first win of the sea-

THE CHARLOTTETOWN GUARDIAN

PAGE SEVEN

It will be Rovers versus Anch- ors in an important City League baseball game tonight with each team's chances for second section honors hinging ori the outcome

son.

In the first heat Dudy Budlong and C. Albert Budlong got oii by themselves for the first-half to open up a big gip on the others but Lynnmite stepped into the picture 1n the second half to make it a three horse race with Dudy outfooting them in the stretch. In the second mile Dudy went away winging to lead the field around the first turn and up the backstretch. Mickey Budlong. show- ing an amazing burst of speed paced into the lead at the quar- ter to open up a big gap. Mickey looked on the way to an upset victory at the seven-eighths pole but a break ruined his chances with Lynnmitc coming very fast the last few yards to cop the heat from C. Albert Bucllong and Lady worthy 2nd in a neck and neck finish.

Driver WeLr made the difference in Mickey Eudlong in the third and fourth heats. His two length victory in the third mile set the stage for an extra heat. Mickey opened up a big lead iri the first quarter of the final mile. The other two horses. Lynnmite and Dudy Budloiig ate into it. consid- erably by the time they reached the stands but the son of Calumet Budlong. after recovering from a short break just at the halfway mark. came on again to hold his advantage and trot under the wire first in a closely-packed fin- lsh.

Summary: No. l Classified

Scotty Budlsng. (Weir) ...1 1 5 Bright Spot (Semplc) .. 3 3 1 O. U. Volo (Stead) . -3 2 3 Lorraine Abbe (Kelly) .. 5 5 3 Bonnie's B01‘ (O'Brien) 4 4 4

Time: 3.15 3-5; 2.15; 2.16,,

Winning horse owned by C E. English. Pictou. N. S.

No. 2 Classified

June Mornir-z (McDonald) . 1 l7 Marion L. (T Semple) ...4 2 1 Billy Kalmuck (Kelly) 5 4 2 Romeo (McNeill) .. 2 7 5 C (Harry Budlong (Weir) _ 7 3 3 Just Fllcka (Cudmore) 3 6 4 Jay Volo (Swad) .. 8 5 ii

Time: 2.15 2-5: 3.14 1-5: 2.15 2-5.

Winning horse owned by Geo.

McDonald. ‘Mermaid. First Division 2.30 Pace Victoria Driving Club Stake Ann Clegg (Calibeck) . Quick Lick (O'Brien) .. Janet Dale (Kelly) -- - shy Ann (Phillips) . Helen Budions (McKenna) Lillie Bell (O'Brien) Simon Budlong (Dull?) Nellie Watson (Cudmore) Tlme: 2.1a: 21s e-s; 2.1a s-s. Winning horse owned by Cieo A, Callbeck. Summerside. Second Division 2.30 Pace Mickey Budiong (Jay s: r) ~~

Wei '1 6 1 1 Lynnmite (Kelly) .. . 3 1 I 2 Dudv Budlohs (Stead) l 4 3 3 f". Albert Budlong (l...

Kelly) . - 3 2 4 Lady Worthy 3nd (Buch-

anan) .. .. 53 6 British our lrsi (i-ienry) “i:

Money Musk ( Ofirltn)

AQUNAMM

the game should bring out the lbest performance in the two bit- r ter diamond rivals.

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More or less kicked around by the northend crew and still with- out a victory against them Anch- crs. with the chips down tonight. are expected to_be a far tougher team to beat than they have been to date. Thev more or less proved

won that neck and neck tussle against the Legion. incidentally giving their finest defensive per- formance of the season.

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The thoughts now in .the minds of Anchors followers. and they are gninq to prove plenty hard to dislodge. is that the westend- ers have now reached the peak of their ability and are going to be heard from plenty in the fut- ure. That remains to be seen and tonight's tussle should go a long way to proving whether the Anchor followers’ faith is _iustl- fled.

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Although not participating Leg- ion. the other club in the league wzll be following the result of the game intensely. section prarriczilly clinched pre- vious to Tuesday's grime. now are in the unhappy position of still losing out ziroviding either Rov- ers or Anchors sweep the two games. Tonight's winner doesn't mean too much but it's a safe bct that in the following game Legion will be looking for tonight's los- ers to do a" about face and by doing lust that would create _a three way ti-e for the sectioniead.

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'That's how close the second section race has turned into and the two postponed games between Anchors and Rovers should pro- duce a sample of playoff ball. Rovers would like nothing ‘better than to send the Anchors back to ,the bottom of the heap while on the other hand Anchors are gz-t- ting just the wee bit tired ' oi having the Rovers set them back.

the keen rivalry between the pair of them should be very much to the forefront in tonight's en-

CGUBCEI‘.

use

Members of the Charlottetown Tennis Club are patiently mark- lug time those days awaiting the firing of tho Island open gun on Monday next when tennis stars from all over the Maritimes will pit their speed and skill in at- tempts to capture the island

CTOWD,

The tournament will mark the first major program since pre-war days and fans and players inter- est has been ‘whetted to a consid- erable \ degree. Appearance of

Laird Watt and Don Bauld last weekend in their exhibition en- counter went a long way in mak- iviETwE(tFnT._-aTF

Time: 2.16 3-5; 217 3-5; 2.16; 3.17.

Winning horse owned by. Arthur Jay, Borden

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MONCGDN. N.B.. July 33 —(OP) -Scott Spencer, owned by H. Hirsch of Sydney. 11.5.. won the second division of the junior f-reo-for-sll in a harness racing cslki at the raceway here today marking the opening c4 a three- day meet which will be climaxsd

21nd Division Junior Error-filled Free-For-All Won By Scott Spencer

Game Won By Vets’ Squad

In s game replete with errors, 7 5 the Kinsmen Juniors out-hobbled 5 3 2 the Legioriaircs at Summerslde Top Hat (Jones) 0 0 I last night and the Vets won their Queenie Dewey (EM) 1010 l. fifth straight by the score of 1O 14°11)’ K513111011 13°55“ 11"‘ to 7. Fifteen mlscues were com- Times 3314 3-5- 2115 7-51 3117- mitted in all, the Juniors getting

2124 Piii-‘R — 7'1"‘! 9499- the major share. Allan Stewart

(MacDohaldl) a a :0 ‘

Kerwin Hanover J (Burbank)

Ruth Direct (Batty)

liirlda b itho first runrun of the $590011 Mincumran g Graham Hanover (Woodcockl was coasting along with a 4' to 1 m. much no,“ m, MM h, a Woodcock and Bflki-r- lead when his infield fell apart in forth heat by Gay Law, owned by _ 51- smith?!) 1 1 3 the fourth inning and the Vets w. Moriarity b; Halifax. and an- M155 K0“ “Riiiiiii-iiili 9 9 E scored six runs. none or them other r-rallfax horse. C. Craig‘: M" 130111041: (10118) 3 3 i’ earned. Then the Legion boys Wilkln, in carrying off tip money Beifis 8111 (Con) 3 4 1i started to do a little booting on 1n the seeonri division fxee-for-all.‘ m" 111311110319 ‘their own account. but the Kins- Joe O'Brien. veteran ivisritirns l ‘ “faiieiii i‘ 2 l men were never able to cat-eh 0a- mmm“ dr°v° wiw.°a§51..¥§k‘1 Shrley H. Tegizzmf) 4 s r pox scour: ‘hfSt-wén xlneihe first glvwlon firec- 1°13 Heme)’ ‘Smtmrcb 5 6d‘ S‘ Bernard‘ as 3 1 0 o 3 0 f“ n H ,5‘ an“, ,he"s,,ckv,.le‘ 1-1,... v01, (Wood) ‘ldrdr. Underwood. lb 4 o 11o o 1 “M ' e “D3,, 1 H. d mfm Times 2:11. 2:10 2-5. 2:12 a-s. (Gallant. lfdsp . a 1 o o 2 o "B" *‘°"°'R f’ ° ,y".’."c,;,, m Junior Freo-For-All, First Division B. alien. ab . 4 2 1 o o s “d Py tn" ,:","“{;, .,‘?2.,',,.o.y,,,,d pa", 5525, E. Phillips, 2b. 4 i~ 2 2 2 o “night rhea en t eclrive of the Wildcat Vo‘o (O'Brien) H‘ Phmlpi- °- - ‘ 1 2 2 2 ° PFC? 0- H0111. op x Balkham‘St Ste hi3‘) 1 1 1 Mmem- “l ' 3 ° ‘7’ ° ° ° “f; ha“ rBl-(Iangbver owned by Jean I-lerile (Smltl?) ‘ 4 2 2 Shams‘ '1 4 1 o o 1 1 Woozlcilk‘ and Baker sfst. Ste- McKylo Cssyn (Clarke) 2 s sr“'“““““- PM‘ ~ 3 2 1 1 2 ° phen won the ZIZ-ihpace evgnt 138i Igulvolo (Blg/trrlgttlk g g a J‘ Grady """"""" B _0 _° was: nosed out 1n t e final eat y ac H ( or coc ) o. Buntain’.s Miss Knox of char Doe B. Gratton ~ Kfhiii“ glglggolgg iottetowh. (Harrison) 'I 5 S “amen 3 1 o z 3 1 A crowd estimated at 1.000 at- Surmymede (Mehan) s 4 a gmgwzfbmg- -8 2 o 2 4 2 tended the opening day's laces. Walnut Abbe MK“ y’ ' 4 0 o 1 1 1 mrses totalled $1.850. (MacLeod) s '1 1 ca“, “Y- i; a 1 1 9 1 4 SUMMARY Times 2:09 2-5. 2:10. 2:011. . w": ~ , 1 o 2:21 Trot and Pace - Purses $100- Seeond Division -- Purse $525. Stewart’ pa“! " i’ g o g 1 o puke of rivlsna (O'Brien) - Scott Spence-r S“ “M” " ' 3 1 2 .7 o 1 11-1. Hominy. Sackvllc 1 1 1 (Campbell) s 2 1 t M”? “1- i, 2 o 0 0 o 0 Aubrey Blldlc-ng (such) s 2 z Wilkln (Bailey) a 1 2 z fitaiafiii- 1.0 o o 0 0 Miltan, Bil-lien; (Mensa) 2 '1 a Gay Law (Allen) “ii S-l ~ - 2 o o o Cigwendolyn Hanover a ‘ 4 Mcgiartv Halifax i g g 3 Cmesi rt ______ __ (Harrison) me ourit (evils) _ _Prlncess Kalniuck ‘ Alcyone (Hiennessey) 4 5 5 Tma“ D0331 7 svatlngomsg ' iMundle) 4 8 3 Rhea Mae (O'Brien) 5dr.dr summary‘ u e5’ ' J H 1e, , Tim‘? 2.09 L5 2.10 2.09 2.1a Stewart. Coles. Stolen bases. u“ e“ 5 ’ ' ' ' ‘ ' ' ' Williams. Oatway 3. 13.61am:-

Sytars 23-12

111. the Knights of Columbus ivlidget Softball League yesterday ‘morning. the Cardinals. putting cn a ninth inning rally, beat the Stns 23 to l2

The Cardinals’ hurler had much trhebettcr of the pitching and r.’- ceived good support while the hurl-

on numerous occasions. However. {as one of the young players mi‘, "llsjiot this one but the nsx‘ "

morning.

Tlhey Zined up as follows:-

Cardlnals —- W. Wright B. Mc Kilnnon, W. Hynes. D LeClair n. frtirhsrd. a. Lund. a 120:1", R. Kiggins, Cv Smith,

Stars —- L ‘ Good. W.. Hughes. E NicholsonnS. Giddings, W Ear, R. Hughes. R. Mullins. 1-‘. Doile. Score by lnningss. ..

Clrflaalls 423021311 —- 2i Stars 821220011-12

The next game. this irorning st 1030 will be between theflloblics and Tigers.

log fans tennis conscious, and large galleries are expected to be on hand from the opening to the final match. I I

The hold that harness racing has on fans was well in evidence yesterday when the large crowd of fans present at Riverside stay- ed through what at. times re- sembled a miniature cloudburst to witness completion of the fine card drawn up by secretary bee Praught.

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There wasn't a kick coming from the goodnatured crowd as they waited for an hour and a half for the track to dry out and their patience was rewarded when the remtiader of the program pro- vided stirring track duels from wire to wire with the upsets again adding the uncertainty that is part arid parcel oi the game.

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Pans breathed a sigh oi relief also when driver Well McNeill was seen crossing the centrefield after being thrown from the sulky of Romeo in the second heat of ‘he No. 2 Classified. The spill certainly had all the earmarks of a nasty one but the veteran driver emerged with only a shaking-up 1t takes’ plenty of courage fol’ l driver to hsi-(g onto a horse when he is thrown but McNelll had it

injury to himself by holding onto the reins in order to WW9“ m"

faring possible disastrous conse- qiiences.

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Items

Cardinals Take l Anchors and

er for the Stars was in difficulty‘,

They will meet again rm Jiriday,

yesterday afternoon as he risked -

All I0“ TUMURROW finTiI-Tfddffiretta "w. lime: lit-Sat. ‘l-l’!

Earned runs. Legion 1. Kinsmen l. Left on bases. Beglon 11. Kinsmen 5. Runs batted in. Underwood. Gal- lant. Stewart ZJStruck out. by ' Stewart 3. by Gay 3. by Williams 7. Bases on balls, off Gay 1. off Williams 2. Hit by pitcher. by Gallant l. by Stewart l. Hits. oil! Stewart s in 4 innings: off Gav 1

Rovers Clash This Evening

Anchors and Rovers meet in a postponed gamed of the second section of the City Baseball Lea- giie at the Park diamond this ev- eiilng and with both teams still retaining a chance " of cupping section honors. fans should wit- iiess one of the hottest games of the season.

The game is scheduled to get underway a‘ 5.45 sharp.

innings, of! Gallant 4 in 4 inninsa- Winning pitcher. Gallant; _ pitcher, Stewart. Umpires: Plate.

and Ploude.

Race Results At Sydney

SYDNEY. N. 8.. July 23 —(CP) 2:28. Purse $250 Bac Stout (Vickers) Dr. Budlong (G. Lewis) Anne K. Dewey (Mitchell) Bumper Joe (Barrows) Gertie Raemore (Chaisson) Lady Avon (Dakin) .. Violet Ra (Hastings) Helen Signal (Oland) (Winning horse owned by Abe Jabalee, North Sydney. NB.) Time: 3:17. 2:21. 2:19 3-4. 2:25. Purse ‘$250 Togo Bars (G. Lewis) . Purple Valley (Andrews) Dr. Wilson (Oland) .. Corporal Owen (Kelly) Rilla Bars (Cadegan) . Royal Tell (Kendall) ' (Winning horse owned by Doyle. Sydney). ' Times: 2:11 441.2116 1-5. 2:13 3-0.‘ 2:20. Purse I360 Grace Abbe (G. Lewis) i l l 3

Ticonderoga Is Awarded Trophy

HALIFAX. July 33 - (GP) — Miami Yacht Club's 72-foot ketch Ticonderoga today ~was awarded the trophy for the best corrected time in the Marblehcad-Halifax international yacht race and two other trophies for winning the first post-war sailing of the ocean classic.

Only prize-winner among the three Canadian participants in the race was D. R. '1'urnbull's M-loot schooner Wanderer of Halifax which sailed the course in an elapsed time of 66:44:46 and a cor- rected time of 60:37:33. Wanderer was sixth in the race and fourth in class A.