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week's the BIG WEEK — nféflla,’ August ioth to Friday list 13th will see stabled on the “flmcisi Exhibition grounds the P-rgatest number of horses in its ,4 years history. A careful check “ "(st records snows that no year gnflpsecii so many individual horses i 5o many entries made. Actually. o this is beiiig written there are fwd, o; loo stabled, with train- ti... coming tonight and Monday. .—-Q-— t

the number the gran -

Eotgugnltylig quality of the horses ‘i’ judged by past performances is is, superior. This is due nerhans {a seine extent to the importations in," lust fail and this spring 1n Trigiis centres of the Maritimes. Run Cliatuam in the north to ‘dnev Mines they arc all makinE r Charlottetown, and thousands mic will follow the horses or e tliem and it is aImO-St ll Bllle this city will house more e coming week than ever

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Cllll l- ‘ Th Great G. 2.02 1-3- gerrltlliltlcllllilllliesotra in the f0!‘ W05‘?

_ 3,1 <<1 _v nd was in his stall lZyCRIlllYIKllKiflEiOWH on Wednesday evenmg none the worse for the it'll and “rnrlnf! i0 80-" H9 l5 5 baiiutltui brawn horsc by Belly l“? Great. therefore a Kfdlldsfm ° Peter the Great 2.07 1-4. In the Year Book he looks good. Last year m. madp 13 starts and had win-| 11in" brackets in 12 of them. H¢i took his record in a hi5! “Diet F000‘ [,'\"'nqf0ll, Kentucky. the 185l- mason. driven bv B3 vear old

l. 1'1’ rn " an. The Great G. $5,?fspldlgdzhitlctories over half- mile tracks in the mid-west in from 30S 1-2 lo 2.12 but hi5 lief/e!‘ no.1 as fast on the small ovals of llil‘ stars he will meet tirtown. _ inc-i Incidentally. although it does not rtffjlfl to. harness racing. a record (v.11 urcllter than The Great 13-5 trill kc made when the Victoria ‘Iriilliic of EYVZllSh blcyollsls that 1,1 m; ti. packed audiences at Salt iii? 311C511? ‘will arrive at Charlotte- town cii Mandel“ “l9? Wm 1m" (1'a'.'Cl'.=:‘d upwards 0f 4.000 mll05 - longest trek in vaude- Timy are booked for iuous weeks after Char-

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MOM and tomorrow will be visit- ‘ at the track and many

as will be given as our . meet their horsemen and greet them afldlll- ‘Ii ‘s iio lllzre uiierc people itr." inal-c friendly than on our own i-,t.j.. iu- and this fact has made i‘. iiautilir (‘\'C‘.".'\V'll€l‘E. Given a de- ak by the weatherman the cc iiirct should be one of , , perhaps one i so: exfisting trotting llnd ilflCll’! l~..ords lowered even though ill..‘\‘ (la stand at figures that seem uiibeatzlble. qnux‘)cin

Following Charlottetown race mrr’ ivill be a two and DOElblII ll~>~~~ (lav: meet at Si. $800001.

B, advertisement for which all-I - v (T1 this page. Secretary Geofllfil \l~‘..~ck writing llnder date 0i -- ili-d. says that it is possible ~11 Mid three days racln8~ will arrive at Chlllllll-ltmw“ 11*" to take in the races and lllf‘ llorsrrrien.

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We have had a letter from our old fr Tllfl E. Le Roi Willis. West- Lt-itl. N.S., whose Special Blend " 2 licld the track record at lmivtswn in the earlies 90s. ‘t: ll!‘ is arming orel‘. It w0llld 1 be 01d Home Week or Prov- i lzwlilbltlon if we did not see 2d friend sitting about the " (~ of ti“ grand stand wearing a lrppj‘ smile.

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Tile following is the proifdlll 01

rlicrs for the week:

TUESDAY. AUGUST 10TH 7'1" ~ war Old Futurity 216 Trot. and Pace 2.22 Trot

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 11TH TWU Year Old Futurity 214 Thiot and Pace Prcn for All Trot 2.22 Pace

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SHAY. AUGUST 12TH i 11- Qld Futurity Trot 2.13 Ti~ct alld Pace

Flee for All Trot and Paoe

FRIDAY. auoosr 13TH wTvstu- Old Futurity Pace F0

St. Stephen, ILB. A

2.24 Trot and Pace Purse $300

2.17 Trot and. Pace Purse $300.

FREE-FOR-ALL TROT

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2.13 Trot, Purcell”)-

GRAND CARNIVAL WEEK Opening MONDAY. AUGUST l6 Both Events on St. Stephen Fair GIOI-Illdl sponsored by sr. CROIX DRIVING cum

C- W. HANLEY, President F. D. J. GRAHAM, Cllajrman Race Committee

Horses ill llcd . . and raceswwillbestgt at ‘Ad. ‘(Smilax lllllfb- There will be no distance lllll 089d elwnpt at the discretion of the judges.

—Q_ The following has been received from Roger Duncan, Secretary of the United States Trotting Assocla_ ion in reference to doing gwgy With the distance flag, "Reference to rule 23 it. means that no flag Will be used except at the discre- tion of the Judges and if it is used the distance flagman will be ep- pointed by the member. It has been a number of years since I have seen a flag used at races here ln the States. It was felt when the rules were amended in 1939 that the matter of using a distance flag should be discretionary with the judges and membe. You will note under Rule 31, which is the dis- tanoe rplc that it states ‘no flag ,5 _ .-

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Races scheduled for New Glas- gow last Wednesday had to be cancelled on account of rain. The fact that the horses were shipping to Charlottetown on Thursday pre- vented the holding of the races on the following Saturday as would likely have occurred. It is regrett- able that the weather was unfavor- able as a splendid line up of horses was present which made good racing a sure thing.

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Somewhat overcast skies but no rain and good conditions-for rac- ing prevalled at Summersi-le on Wednesday afternoon. All three races were well contested and good time was made. The Free for All was won by Dale H. 2.06 with a summary of 2.11. Hal McKinney 2.06 l-4 won the first heat and was a close vcond in the second heat and fourth in the third heat. Real Money was 6-4- ihe first two lieats, made a strong bid to win the third heat and finished very close. Jean Henley 2.03 1-2 had a summary of 4—3—-3, Uscita. Britten 5-5—5. Bonnie's .Boy 2.06 1-2 re- cently imported by C. M. Alexand- er and making his first start here was a close third the first heat but became distressed and very ill after it. Time. 2.10 1-2. 2.09 1-4. 2.12. The winner is owned by Walter Hennessey and was driven by his son Joe.

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2.16 Trot and Pace. . This was won by the former Wathan stable candidate, Pagliacci 2.09 1-2. Fitted with a head straightener he was a different horse and the first 0W0 heats none of the others could act- ually look him in the cyfi- He "00 the first heat by half a length from Millie Kalmuck. the second by d neeie, In the third Millie put on o terrific brush 1n_ the last fifty yards and won oy half a length- Basil Hanover 2.04 1-4 made l break just as the word Go was given in the first heat but finish- ed third and was a 01050 l-lllYd l" both the second and third heats. Johnny Eager 2.11 l-4 went a grand race although the summary b10005 him 4—4-—4. He was a contender in every heat. The time was 2.10 1-2. 2.11 1-2, 2.12. The winner is owned and was driven by Walter Hen- nessey, Charlottetown.

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Classified ‘Trot and Pace — This was won by the four year old trot- ler June I-‘rench 3. 212- 1" h“ first heat there was a mix up be- tween June and Jack clyrle (""1 they were placed B and ‘l respecdt- ively, the heat being won by 110 Y Hal 2.12 1-4. owned and driven by Wellington McNelll. Emily Grattfln 2.13 was a very close second. Winnie Scott 3.13 1-2 third, Silent Joe four-. th, Royal Jim fifth. Kelly's Night-l more sixth. June French won the second heat by lldll 0 length 7mm Royal Jim with Emily Gretta“ a very close third, Jack Clyde 100ml- Ladv Hal fifth, Winnie Scott sixth. Silent Joe seventh. Kelly's Nlslll- may; was drawn on account of lameness. The third heat and T1100 was won by June French in a cfise finish with Jack Clyde, Rdyfll m third. Winnie Scott lllllllll- Lad)’ Hal fifth. Silent Joe sixth. Grattan seventh. Time. 2.14. . 1-2. 2.1a. The winner is owned lllld was driven by J. P000 mild"-

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0n Wednesday afternoon at

Charlottetown track I-lavlly 1-57-93 1-2 served notice that he is B00111. ready to take on the best of .he ti-ee-for-sllers. f-le was timed by four watches a mile lll 3-925 lge with the lost. half in 1.02 l-d. nd, was sound and 800d 801" “b. seemed very cheerful and aplllmll l 1y not, all out. The track was in. perfect shape with the exception of the footing which was a bl heavy at the iwle-

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2.20 Trot and Pace Purse 2.14 Trot and Pace Purse $300

and PACE, Puree $400-

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THE CHARLOTTETOWN GUARDIAN

SPORTING

Tennis Tournament Opens Here Today

The Charlottetown Tennis Club will begin its annual toumament today at Victoria Park, It is rlop. ed t at as many of the players as Possible will be on hand so as to Bet sway at. a good start. All many lust-round matches as possible will be played today lncludin all evellts. The draw sheets wll oe Posted at the tennis club-

Tlie following entries have been received and all the players are asked to be present as early as possible this afternoon.

Men’! Single:

Wm. Moreside, Jas. Palmer. D. G. Armour, John Squarebriggs, Ned Wran, A.J. Scriver, Art Cant- weil, J.l-l. Greenhalgh, Frank Hansen RsG. Barrie, KL. Braid- wood, G.F. Hutclleson, M. H. Fer- T81‘. Ahn Hughes, Harry Avery, Jack Morris.

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Fly Casting Tournament Draws Crowd

Last evening the Fly Casting Competition arranged by the RE. I. Fish and Game Association at- tracted a. crowd of between three and four hundlld peopw. Ccm- petition was very keen and up to the time the rain started ten com- petitors had completed their trials. Owing to the rain stopping proceed- ing the competition will be con- tillued next Monday evening when other entries will have their chance and also some who did not enter last night have stated they will enter for Monday night which they can do even at the last minute. Those taking part last night were W. Harry Tidmarsh, Phil Dakin. A. Stewart Jones, PO. s. H. Scott of the R.A.F., Bruce MacLaren, W.A. Gaudet. Gordon Hutcheson, Bill Morley. Chief of Police Birtwhisilc, Bruce Wonnacaught.

Those at present leading in the contest are as follows. Ln the ac- curacy competition. lst Stewart Jones, 2nd. Bill Murley, in the Obstacle contest. 1st. W. A. Galldet 2nd. Gordon Hutclieson, in the dis-

"nlaced ten feet apart beginning at

lance contest Stewart Jones and

Men's Double! Bill Moreside and Art Cantwell, Jim Palmer and l-l. Sim son. KL. Braidwood and A an Hugh-

es- Hnrry Avery and D.G. Armour. Frank Hansen and Ned Wren. Morten Dew and Ron Barrie. John Squarebrlggs and J. H. Greenhalgh. GI‘. Hutchesou and F-S. Hutch- eson.

Ladle: Doubles Miss E. Bourke and Miss B. Dc- Blols

Miss M. Martin and Miss N. Simpson. .

Miss O. Johnston and Mrs. G. Barbour.

Mrs. Edwards and Mrs. Steven-

son. Mrs. E. Wran and Mrs. D. Mac- Donald.

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[Golfers Bast 50 llave 011m Rules

AMARIIJO ‘mm. A . G-ACP) -Think about a golf ornament

Where you can quail ust es- l-lllwtlna your so . ‘y by J If the weather isn't suitable ctan ‘ u“ u o w a you wo h ve t. an that's that. “ ‘m’ d Its th ‘lad-State Senior Toumu-nlent which Amarillo has been hold for nine vears now, Ifaman atleastw, d who has to be at the hal - mark to h

ive the offictals a rough ildou

The gel ers just went out End shot a litte and then came in and re- Dorbcd" or ‘estimated their scores and. the various flights were con- structed on those facts and figures.

Take H.E. Winter of Marshall- tcwn, Iowa. He's ‘ID years old. He came so far for the tournament they told him not to go out in the bad ‘ to qualify. 'I‘iiey just estimated he shot 85. There was no one who could prove he couldn't have done it. ‘they're just a bunch

forty feet.

Just before the rain started Col. H. S. Hadden of South Carolina gave an expert demonstration of flv casting sending the fly over 90 feet. Cal. Hadden also assisted in judg- ing and was of gleat assistance in making this first section of the! Tournament such a splendid suc-l cess. The judges last night were" B. Graham Roger of the P. E. I. Travel Bureau and A. H. Mould manager of the Charlottetown Hotel and they had a busy time. Col. K. S. Rogers kcnt the record sheets as made up from the re- cords handed in by the two judges. The some two judges will act again on Monday night. A large number of really fine prizes are in store

for the lllckv winners and we have 3

already published a list of these.

Dodgers- Take It 0n Chin For 8th Time

NEW YORK, Aug. 6—(A.Pl—The crumbling dodgers. who fell from second to four h place in the Nat- ional League on their most dis- astrcus western trip in vcars. re-

Phil Dakin are tied at 74 feet. Up|turned to Ebbets Field for a twi- to now Stewart Jones leads in the flight Slime l-Oddy 8nd $00k ll? 0n flight Aggregate 5Com Arts,- Mogntmechln for the eigth straight tiny night these of course may e. - v changed. lf (he weather is fine w-grlg-xglziialfalfihglalger glgfirifil: Monday it is honed a large numbennmg gave Boston Bgages E944 over (‘f new entries Wm m“ 93"" Bruce time victory Workman also helped MBCLQTE" had ‘Mher l‘ ‘W511 snuff out aProoklvn rally in the break last. night because Just as he l“, o; ‘he 10m. ms throw ho,“ StllYV-‘d the Wllld changed fmd on Dixie Walker's single catching seemed to come from every dliec- Frenchy Bord“ ma‘, at the 1M9 , . . . g D tlon ivlllch made his Job l1 dllll for the final out. clllt mic.

A large platform has been erect- ed whit-ii jut: out into the pond and,

from this the contestants do For Junior Girls

tricks. Art. Campbell of the Dept. o! Public Works arranged this alid many complimentary re- marks were heard about the fine job he made of it. A very splendid row boat was “tied at the deck and when contestants flies got caught in the floats scrnecne went

KEI-OWNA. 3.0.. Aug. o-(cm- Ilene 511mm. Crescent Beach, es-

day established anew an- out to clear the flies. The obstacle t" _ contest was arranged bv having a izdeifzrtwigcgggfgai‘migg ggllg “gwgl:

bunch of spruce boughs overhanz- ing‘ the embankment and inside this was a circular rubber float and the contestant had to Se! his fly under the boll8ll< Rlld 105109 the float to score. The accuracy

the 50 yards breast stroke in 34.4. The former record was held by Maragaret Thompson of Ham- ilton who swam it in 35.6.

Remember When

l that Kin Abbe 2.11 1-2 and

test was made by three large circul- ar rubber floats 35. 45 and 55 lee! from the platform and the con- testant was allowed fl“! "'10s Bl each float the objeot belnk l0 Rel the fly inside each float. as many times as possible. Then for the dl

for pacers. The large entry 115i made this possible and it will cer- tainly be more satisfactory than racing a big field of mixed 110F505- The futurity stakes have the lam- est entry list and number of start- ers that we can remember of. Practically all of these that have paid up will face the starter. m0 only ones not dnin! 50 will b" “ few that met with misfortune ln the last ten days. It ls herd l0 Pa?‘ winners in any 0f m?" shlkest ' “use no one has had an oppor gn- ity of viewing them all. as t ey r-ome from widely separated tracks. This will cause more interest to be Show“ in these battles of youthful ‘sters. *1 d in e en. cs th ‘ri thlatt Ilrxllelrebeargoseotferal horses from Maine. Some of these may 110i 500W u but it is confidently exbetéekd l7 Abbe 2.15 1-2 will. The owner is anxious t0 90¢ ‘h! Gama]: game Gulf. of which he ht" ‘l’ h, great deal. and last word from m was that his two pacers would be on the way-

ee day we noticed sril/rerrllllgtiiyyeiiofio. Peter conniv- Jog O'Brien. Joe Hood. l-larlely Harrison. Allison LanglllqJ glare Semple, Tyndall Bempie. Quill“; Conroy and there are many 0 a‘ who will be here before these no s appear in print.

Among the largest stables will be that of Tyndall ‘semnle [mtg mme 10 or l2, Joe OBrien W 1 or il, Harley Harrison with . Willard Kelly with B. and the" I" plenty of twos. time! In

d fourlss.

tn British Oonsu 3.36% 112211111; driver lllllllld b;

an exciting one as we have fir!" the three and possibly four that will he well up in the running- lnce 1081

For the first time l

when the fire occuned the haven- im; of the lli-st. days raolns. 0m! will be stabled in what is known

G. N. WELOCK, Sec.

tables. These stalls are well built. gomfortuble and practically as 6011a- ""'°"'..“'..i'.‘§3f..?é§: tiltéilffifi. enclosu . m. m," mo

3.123 are provided ln what is known

as the Charlottetown hiding Club _,

(By The Canadian Press)

Bob Fritz, young Toronto track star, broke the Scottish all-comers record when he ran the quarter- mile in 48 seconds in an athletic meet at Glasgow five years ago to- dav. He defeated Johnny Inaring of Windsor. Ont. and lowered the old record by four-tenths of a second.

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FOR SALE

Clcgg, 2.04% and due to foal August 16th, 1943.

Both mares at Myron Mc- Arth'ur’s farm, Kensington, P.E.I. For price and further particulars see Myron Mc- Arthur or write the owner Frank Adams, P.0. Box 21, Halifax, N.S.

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$2200 in Purses. Classes to

TIIE ST. CROIX

CLIFFOR GEORG

F. D. J. GRAHAM.

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X-dead heat. i Maine Pacing Derby. Three Bu". Purlc IZ- cui-ty rmle (T. Berry) l 1 l ~ Supreme Hal (Safford) I I I

ST. STEPHEN, N. B.

Chairman of Race Committee.

of quiet-loving guys who want to play olf with opponents of their own s . More than anything they don't want any young squirts beat- ing them around the course.

ilaegg Cut To Beat ilwn Record

CINCINNATI, Aug 6 __ Grinder Haegg. Swedish runner of the mea- sured mile makes his second-to- final ap earance on American cin- der trac at Withrow Stadium to- morrow evening. his si lits set t.o ciigpéng his own two- le mark of

Kjelt Peterson, l-Iaeggs inter- preter coach. telephoned AAU- fo- icials from Jamestown N.Y.that his charge preferred a try at the lone ger distance-me originally was scheduled to compete against his own American mile record of 4205.- 3 and that he would not reach Cincinnati until Saturday. a few hour's before his track appearance.

BASEBALL

AMERICAN

Washington 4; Boston 2. Chicago 0; Detroit G.

NATIONAL

Boston 4: Brooklyn 3. Cincinnati B; Chicago ‘l. Philadelphia. 3; New York 4. Philadelphia ‘l; New York 4. Syracuse 6: Buffalo 3. Montreal 0; Jersey City 3. “ochester 6; Newark ‘I.

Craml Circuit Results

om ORCHARD, Me., Aug. s - (AP)—- Carty Nagie, a. long shot; in llle Wll-Sflflllfliowned and driven by Tom Berry, today won the $2,500 Maine pacing derby, feature of the Grand Circuit program at Kite track. .

Supreme Hal was.a heavy favor- ite, but. Carty Nagle came from behind to head him, pacing in 2:01 1-2, equalling the fastest time of tilemeeting here.

The first dead heat of the season on the Grand Circuit came in the first heat of the ll bal- trot when the finish between Frances Guy and Baden Hanover was so close that the photo showed a tie for first honors.