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The Back ‘Stretch a

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silier starters. In the Dani's}!

i; on one of the best fields

si-et two heats with Bill winning m, third hes/t in- 2.05%, seven

end

m mt stake. put-u 8.600. st pmudalflaia, Bill turned the tfl-

of

waters that raced on the Grand

circuit that season. Driven

b!

Mmsny he won in three straight

with Peter the Brewer

2-2-2;

Tguridfl 218%. 7-8-3; ‘Rte Great

Rose 2.04, 9-4-6;

Alta Evans,

zombro Dillon and Admiral Blar- 1115; best time over a slow track.

1941;, Al Readvllle, Mass" won the 2.13 Trot stake gtraight heats from a field

Bill in of

“h; other trotters and seemed

in have lots left. it O O O 1M1 ihrough the sesson he

i. bit crifnPY and at times d181-

cult to handle. Maritimers

be-

lieved that he missed the strict discipline of Peter Carroll and it

was many times said that if

tho

services of Peter Carroll had been secured by Murphy to look after rind train Bill Sharon with Mur- phy io got up on the sulkv when

word. that through

Lhe gone

ready for would have

he the

Grand Circuit unbeaten and have taken a record oi two minutes or

better.

Anyhow he finished lame

and did not reappear until years

later when he passed into possession oi J. J. Roberts Worcester, Mass.

the of

In his owner-

Jiip he won a number oi races

through the

ihr- Maritimes in 1926. where July he went into the hands

Bav State circuit and eventually drifted down to

in

of

Frrd Cameron of Charlottetown.

then traininrr atlired-rlcton. i O 4- 4-

Frcd quicklv got him into for!‘

and at Woodstock July 12th won

the 2.14 Trot. Blue Jav taking the

first heat in 2.14. Bill the next

two in 2.13% and 2.1514.

fie also

avron his next start at Moncton

with identically the same milrv. Blue Jav winning the heat. time. 2.1414. 2.14M.

sum- first 2.13%.

l-iis next start was at Charlotte-

town August 22nd in the

Trot.

2.15

‘Ilhere the ell-Ontario trot-

ier Fred Medium outstepped him. the following being the summary:

Bill Sharen (Cameron)

3-2- . Jack Dempsey 2-3-2; Battonette

4-4-5; Alliewood the Great 5-8-4; Peter Will Tell 6-6-6; time, 2.11%,

2.12. 2.13%.

‘I

O 0 0 The following week at Halifax

Bill Sharon won theiFren

For

All Trot in t-hree straight with Alliewood the Great 5-2-2; Fred

Medium 2-4-3. and Battonette

3-4;

best time 2.1215. Iie won

the 2.14 Trot later on in the week with a summary of 4-4-1-1; Fred

Medium 1-2-2-3; Battonette 1-5-2.

Battonette was driven a

wonderful race by Well Mcblelli:

Alliewood the Great ro.

was 2-3-4- Time, 2.10, 2.13. 2.13. 2.13%.

Bill made three other starts that

season but did not win any them. He was in hi! thlrtee year and showed signs that racing career was over.

look back on the era of

of nth his

As we‘

Bill

Sharon and other trotters that he raced against we can truth- fully say that those were great fills and although faster times have been made on many Marl- tirlie tracks it is doubtful if ever

zreater interest was created any horse than that which presence of Bill Sharon as entrant in n race caused.

b? the an Be

Isl known to have s bad temper

and warnings were posted to k "l? from his stall and these

99D of

course roused greater curiosity to see him. lie was s large horse. diesinut in color. with flowing mane and tail and in action .wsa mlsniflcent. He possessed extreme IBM and had his idiosyncrasies

been carefully no doubt have left an imperi able name. As it is there

controlled would

gh- ll’!

thousands of Maritimers who can

1°°i buck on the days

0i Bill

"Bren as among the most anec- mlyllar in our harness horse hil-

OOOO

We received with great pleas- "Ti e short letter from our horse-

man friend n. [plot Willis. whose

"tr four score years rest lightly

0n his dloulders. "11P is perfect and l eltnnlns entitled

P "For enmans-hip" [lxgn

from

Ilia penlrlan- he encloses a Better

the

“illusion Biar. Briefly it is: e start of a school year isa

‘m; ate. exact their toll the year ‘round.

Ourilng rinks from the three Maritime Provinces. Quebec, Ont- lrlo and Newfoundland are today converging on this Island capital 111 Pfwlfll-lfln for the opening of the First Confederation Bonspiel which gets underway Monday af- ternoon st 3.15 when opening matches of the Provincial British Consuls Trophy competition will be played.

Owning of the Confederation " ' P119901‘ will be ushered in at the Forum Monday evening at 0.45 when the L.0.A. Pipe Band will pipe the curlers to the "roar-in" game. Twp matches will be played. on‘: at ‘l o'clock and the other at

Some seventy rinks will partic- ipate in the five day ‘spiel which is expected to produce some of the best curling ever witnessed over local rinks.

Last night the stage was all set for the mammoth event which in- cludes several social functions. din- ner and dance, in addition to the competitive side of the program.

Compete For Seven Trophies

Seven tmPbies and 60 individual prizes will be competed foi- during the bonapiel. A number oi’ these handsome trophies are now on dis- play in the show window o; Prowse Bros. Ltd.

Indicative of the carefully laid plans made by the executive to as- sure the success of the program ls word that auxiliary power plants have been installed at the Curl- ing Cillb and/in the Forum in or- der that no dflay may be caused through power shortage.

Included the well-known rinks entered in the competition is the Campbell rink from the Thistle Curling Club of Hamilton. Ontario. The Jacques Cartier Club from Quebec will also be represented by a foursome. From nearer home will come representatives from Hali- fax, Saint John. Moncton. Sydney, ‘Truro. New Glasgow. Amherst. St. Stephen, River Hebert. Fredericton and other Maritime centres.

Twenty-two rinks from Charlotte- town. six from Summerside and three from Montague will also take

lllghlllhle Bonspiel Highlight of the competition from a provincial standpoint will be play for the‘ Brl ish Conacls Hrrophy. The winner wii represent ithe Province in the Macdonald Tankard play to be held in Saint

John, N.B., early in March. The trophies which will be com-

llunter’: Burner .

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gone forward which I trust will in- sure proper consideration in future cases. . . ."

s e ‘

The practice of sharing was strongly crieicilied by some of the members not or-‘y as being e. cruel method of taking animals but on account that thousands of snares are r-ever taken up at the end 0C the sensual. but are left to take rab- bits. Native partridge. foxes and even domestic stock like sheep and lambs sll through the spring and summer months '

Copper wire is cheap and youm men and boys often set out 50 or 78 gnsree. After the first heavy snow- fall many do not even sttemPt 1° dig the snare; out and in any case it would be an ahlcat impossible tssk to find them all. It's slmplertn buy s few more rolls of Wire Ind set out a second line on w? 01' ti" mow with succeeding “lines after each successive‘ heavy af-rawfaii. I‘): sessonon rahbts runs rom ov - ber 1st till February 15th and it was not Pflfliwid i° 1133"‘ “Y changes in the shooting season but a motion was passed to limit the snoring to the month of November.

Thousands of rid-do are taken gvsy season in snares mall! which are wasted as strsnllfli "5 bits are not considered fit for hum- an consllnption. Thousands an also shot every sea-sm- and the com- bined take is nuttlnx a cvnfldc able strain upon the T6315: i tion "especially when t e ne s ' the rabbit. owl-l. M"!

0

rbntn seal? mtsnt ' ' ‘ it "'1 M“ hm- So-Sslde a Grady (Murphy). 5° taught the art of penmanship m’ Mt ' “M “my 1° ldepyi. It was htlfd to nick a winner in Penalties: Acorn. “"118 people-end a great m‘ "M" wwlamn lfgnffi} “Y, the Class B Pace. Betty Dir t and Second Period Penile who are no longer un M" m. mam? 31:30; "wig Northern Prince each winning a Ii-Salde, Ieeky. l 4am o. be somewhat hallo-en! “mm oghtis-‘rttentlon to arouse heat and c0111! a dud hut with m""°" "°“'~ uteri in that mp,“ on], o" ° "t," u "u u Grace Symbol-also‘ very much in No Icorérlalrs ‘"9 occasions ensure averlll domestic with. Its the esaleat the victim- Penalties: elem. Elfin see a letter legillly writ- thing in the world to upset the bal- The 0111s 0 ‘PM! OM P!" V" Lineups: "- u,“ o; “up; WM l1! D09- Llwllll WM W0! 1110 Ctfltown: Goal, Ward; defence, " 1'." "m"; est". "or" 4 g n n wa . com, own, srns c- < I ‘ ' neentdythe ttitad host. Dosnsld. ‘lglllsotivballckilsen-uflfice-i 1 SPORTS» Ml-m-l .- ~ - -- ~- s i. 0- - - - m...'.:"i:.':::1. ‘tactical: ~ _ l - l ‘ King Spruce (lllsoDonaid) s 1 1 a o”, hum”, A‘ 5","; m“; ' MONTAGUI RINK oar-ins v (c. uua) I 8 I a; a.’ Grady ' ' ' . . a 8M 0m (lute) t dr- all: = o ‘hill e Dem-B. . 1 Flinn, IIIRUARY urn, AT mo m - . m“ ' "‘ ;; t. A l v I IIOO. .1 illlsstsl‘ Mes Constantly Welfare Lseglls 1 171"" ‘WWW '> 1 "*- Ioii” “cm” "1"" w under um iss of Department sf Physical "hi". 1' "'1" -—. 3 . , I m. assume) l1 s an. c. Juétslta 121$)- $q|||'“,,‘~,.:|:,:l'm”" ‘l "t: m "hruiigfigg; (w. Mallard) s 2’ a traits for, rnemoiosloei lemma. “HEM It'll‘ I'M madam-sen». naaoeenwareeelonu. tllelasvs. _ Dot llsiuney) 1 1 s loar of 010.6801!!! weather ~. l" ' I _ Doctor (Nolan) I J 1 hsresu. l-lis work on the Director- ‘. .-- " ' ofifl. Ill’ t! "withh- _ a ninon (w. mu) s a a ‘s: oghretectologalmficfi ear; . . M751“ "m" WW5" alleges-meted woe. r. uui- moo-m lsaldlnss in m Pacific - - 111.1. llluierlsnd. ineeu-s.

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70 Rinks To‘ Start Play In Confederation Bonspiel Dpening Here On Monday

Peted for are: Ind 8 individual prizes).

D11)’ divldual prizes)‘. and B individual prizes).

Prowse Bros ‘Ikophy.

Wholesale Grocers ‘Trophy.

Island Construction Co. (Road- makers’ Shield and individual prizes). -

Primes -- M.F. Schurlnan (l liili

palms).

prizes).

prizes).

dividual prizes). dlvidual prizes)

eral Ganong of St. Stephen. N.B.. will be a guest speaker at tha Ro- tary Club of this City.

Campbell of Hamilton. Ont, is ex- pected to speak at n curling dinner to be held on Thursday evening at the Charlottetown Hotel.

federation Bonspiel marks the Dia- mond Jubllee of curling in this province and recalls the first meet-

consider a lmlon. Attended also by lower Canada, the conference led of Canada.

mlttee chairmen handling the f e-

LB.

Leine. Entertainment-Frank Acorn, Reg- istratlon-Ccl. Montgomery. Banquet and Lunch-

Lord and CnW. Maelmod.

David Stewart. Dance-WK. Mac- Nelll, General Executive Commit- tee-Chief Justice Thane A. Camp- , bell. Secretary of the last named ' committee is Mr. JP‘. Maclpod.

ldent of the P.E.I. Curling Assoc- iation. Chaplain is the Rev. T E. Macbennan.

mittees sire the executives oi the P.E.I. Curling Association under the chairmanship of Lou Poole of Montague. "

Committee is headed, by Chief Jus-

Raees Postponed Because 0f Snow

0nd day's events i-n the inter-pro- vincial invitatlon meet scheduled for belle Banook in Dartmouth were postponed today because of a heavy snow-Aha region's in a month. The events will be run Sunday.

moves across the scheduled Saturday events will be presented on the Halifax Common.

ses from the district. Pugwash and Parrsboro, 115.. ‘and ward Island. was scheduled to ryet underway Wednesday postponed until Thundsy because of heavy rain. I

Ice Racing At Souris

on Snuris River Wednesday liter- of noon after having been esncalled Wide before. Demlte a stiff wind and watery ice. three good classes were run off.

King Spruce who captured the sec- lng the first hest but having to

withdraw after tn’ the second heat. marina V raced

British Console ‘rrophy (trophy

RT. Holman Trophy. Maritime Central Airways Tm-

Imperial oil (noohy and s in-

Brltish American Oil (‘Trophy

A Pickard and 00., (4 individual lLM. Silnpson (4 individual Curran and Briggs Ltd (8 in-

orrison and McRae Ltd (4 in- During the Bonspiel, Major Gen-

Brigadlci- General Colin A.

The holding of the First Con-

lng of delegates from the Maritime provinces and Newlfoundland to

representatives from Upper and to the formation of the Dominion Following are the different com- day bonspiel:

Finance, P.W. Turner. Trophy_ MacMillan. Ice—F.R. Mac- Games-WR. Cruicksliank, G.E. Full and J.C. eons-RR. Bell; Referees-J?! W.

Program and fvublici ly-Ool.

l spector N.J. Anderson is Pres-

Asaoclated with the shove com-

The Confederation Bonspiel

ice Thane A. Campbell.

HALIFAX, Feb. 7 —-(CP)~SP.<:-

first Meanwhile, tomorrow the meet harbor when North The meet, which includes lldr- Prinee Eld-

but was

Eastern Driving Club held races-

The class A. Pace was wool by nd and third heats. Bud Cope tek- hrmkins a Monk

A llovm The Alleys

OlAl-LOTTITOWN ALLEYI

i...

Customs "Atalanta":

15 1'11 1'18 131 150 1N H. Power .. 184 1M R. Sir. John ...__..-....10I 116 117 7N ‘I13 706 Total-HIS. D. V.A. "Iii-Jinx": L. l". MacDonald ".310 208 20 B. J. Mahar 10B 17'! 2S0 A. W. Rogers 200 213 M2 W. L. Jenkins . Nell MacLeod .. Total-IMO

High three: I... i". MacDonald. 61B. Points: Customs “Atomics" 0. D.V.A. "Hi-Jinx" 5. Iii-Y Grads: E. Diamond B. (rrockett J. Oudmore C. Mclnals Low Score . Total—ibfll. 140 189 146 215 195 18.2 254 111 A. Callbeck l“ 156 A16 8'70 B63

Total—-2667. High single: E. Diamond, 2'16. High three: E. Diamond, 690.

e fljgh single. I-I- Montsotnerv High Three. .1. K408011011 5°!

Skills Juveniles Win From P..l.’s Rovers 3-0

The Bummarside Kinsmen Juv- eniles, last year's Maritime chant‘- pigng, took g, hard f0 ht yhib- tlon hockey me from . J.s Rov- ers of Ohar ottetown at Bummer- li-d, i“; night by a score of I to o. The game was featured on the part of Delull and Ward. 0P W‘ in‘ goalies. Deioell gave the K nl- men their best net protection of m; ygar gnd workedIhard for hi! shut-out. Alan uekvl end t» and rush in the second to shoot the puck st Ward into the twllles was til): highlight of the juvenile ncountel.

SUMMAIY IlIIt PIIIMI 1—8side, McKay (Liecky).

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THE cnalulqlmllroww GUARDIAN“-

Louis Takes Easy Victory ytlver Golloy '

MEXICO CITY. Ieb. I- (AP)—IIeav.vw*ht champion Joe Inllls took an easy un- offlelal victory over Arturo Godoy of Chile in their l0- round, exhibition tight to- night Int drew scarcely l2.- . 000 fans to the huge 60,000- -seat Plus Mexico bull rlng.

Innis weighed 215 pounds. five shove his beet fighting weight, while Godoy scaled 199.

Unlike thdlr two previous meet- ings in 1940 when Innis‘ world title was at stake, tonight's bout was a "no decision" contcet with tile rounds of two minutes dura- tion instead of the regulation three and the fighters wearing ll-onnce gloves instcsd of the customs y eight.

According to the Associated Press scorecard, Louis took six rounds, Godoy two and two re- sulted in a draw.

Godoy‘: best rounds were the sixth and the eighth, when the champion appeared to let down as are effects of the nib ul s lllll slfltllda told on him.

$’side Kinsmen Midgets Defeat Knotty-Millers

The S-ilmimersicle Kinsmen Mid- gets hockey team kept their 194T string of victories intact last nigtht at the Crystal Rink in Summerside by downing the Knotty-Niners of Charlottetown by the score of 8 to 2. The vis- itors were laboring under the disadvantage of having only eight players in uniform. Though they battled gamely throughout and were-helped greatly in the early stages by redoubtable goal tend- ing by young Gurney between the pipes. they relinquished a one- goal lead rrlillway through the second period, and then the de-

A‘ Fmmd angle; home boys ahlwtti‘ seven

B’ Cameron ' 1?; 1 t hllllt iatllehunlltld We in

G‘ Macnougau _ “"9 33-; 13-7 e as a o e san ch ses-

h Gram J33 304 319 sion and iouruin the final frame.

w- a e n53’ ,..?l.‘.°l‘....°"i‘i2?§. ‘i? l:

a“ m gag Kinsmen victory, turning the hat

T°m1__m93_ lick and showing unmistakable

High single. G_ Mcbougaii, 337, silgrg: of being a chip or! the old High trim; i... orant. 506. ban-Emir _

Aftern Indies League Cirtovvn: Goal. Gurney; defence $11.1". m“ l 2 3 Stull, Hodgso-n; forwards. Mc- 1-; Montgomery 15d 16d 253 Nevin. McLean. Allen. Jardine, B. Howatt 151 144 139 Gallant. _ _

L ”°”"‘° ti‘? i3; i2.‘ ..?.‘.‘2‘“£°"§‘3f.'...%?§2"n°’%°§§.2‘§'°5' 11:. livdeacl-Kenzie 13'l 148 1B9 Morrison. J. Waite: forwards, 3.,

Tni 6'10 '7“ 329 Gay, R. Gallant, E. Dclghan. J. Pom“ u 1 I 8 gfulmtanl. Ilgichasdrgmijcndsherr}; '1' II ewar, . r , . . Jflggemon 1'70 207 217 _y_ wedgg Q Blgnan 114 142 129 Referees: Hogan and Beer. M.MacNe1ll m lza 190 Summary:- u Csllbeck a0 1oz 1st rim Period M. Brady 8B 144 11° 1-—Oharlottetown.,McNev1n

‘Ibtai O14 7P8 ‘N6 Penalties: B. Stewart. point; 30 Second Period Tum m 1 n: m: H: 2—Sllmmcusidrt-i 1.. Schurmav N. MacDonad (R. Ga an D. MacDonald 151 1M 153 a/CllflrltlllfitDwll, Jardine J. MacDonald 1:2 :2 1% (Grant) G. Barbour 4—Sununerside, R. Gallant a. new 13° 1'4 l“ (Deighan)

‘M11 W“ '1” m s-summerrlde. L. Schurman

Points 14 (Deighan) Team IV 1 E 3 6-—Summer5id0, R. Gallant E. Maodonald 134 19° l" (13, Gay) M. Mathieson 159 l“ m“ Penalties: None. a. sounder: 113 1°" 1'" Third Period 0. Mlcvml" i: 1g l: '1 “ufnmerslde. .1. sehunnan E- HI-"BN ((13. Stewart)

TM“! 701 a" 169 ik-Sunlmerside. B. Grady Point! o-summerside. n. Gallant

ltk-Summerside, C. Perry. Penalties; B. Grady.

(tailed By Rangers

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NEW YORK, Feb. '1 - (AP, Jean Paul (Johnnie) Denis, 22- year-old French-Canadian right wing of New Haven Ramblers of theAmerloln Hockey League has been called up to New York Ran;- erl, manager Frank "‘ ‘ in formed the Rangers’ office in a phone call from Detroit today.

Ice Racing Meet This Afternoon

Ibatured by a match race be- tween Peter McKinney and Alcyone that should give the fans plenty of’ thrills before it is decided the Victoria Driving Club will stage a four class card on the Speedway off Victoria Park this afternoon with the first scheduled to be call- ed at 2.15; sharp. 1n addition to the match race the other three classes on the card havc been classified so as to ensure close racing and the ‘scheduled Pmlhm should provide rsolng followers with one of the best afternoon's sport of the entire season.

libllowing are the entries:

Match Race: Peter McKinney, Alcvone.

Class A ‘hot d: Pace: Miss Bower. Captain Abbe. George Mac. llaudine Budlcnghuiwendolyn

‘ Hanover. Midnight Melody, Lynn

lite. Peggy Witt. _

Glass B Trot: Just Bill. Nils Ire- land. Northern Scott. Ethel Bud- long. King Grsttan, Mac Wstnn.

Cyclone. . Ollls 0 ‘not k Pace: Sampson ludloug, Nellie Watson. Qippy

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