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We were greatly pleased on on- eniizg our mail to find a l?tteri from Cc:-il H. .Vl:Ginley of Hou!- tnn. Maine, wiio every once in a. while gives us the harness horse news of Arostook County, Maine: -"The border towns of Woodstock. N B. anti H.'illil"ll. Mr. are buti Ii'llll'l(”ll inzlrs .ip.i:i and A con- strlrirablc colony of l.ll'P liorses and units are b"'ll'.' WllliP20f'I at the tracks at each place. I believe Colonel Calkin keeps you posted on Woodstock hrirsc gossip so I will rlevotc this lci .' to the Houlton. stables. Howcim, I ineittloii the loss

1 IXLHIIII of several good

race horscs hy cleatli. The old I (:l'.I1l?ClZ3f'lPl' Tab Hanover 2.02',;.'. winner of sl5.8B4.3-1, would not

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IVE 1”” m.Mi-. McGee, owned by 151.0. Wel-

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DOWN THE BACK STRETCH

'UWn!uF-PJ'-'u'Jn'u'i-FuFu'.'-l'-

horses owned in l-loulton and vic- . iiiity:- l ”Boniiie Volo, Bay State Joe.” Bay State Jim and Bay Statei Larry. owned by Chris O'Donnell and trained by Hilery 0'Rieley,l asszstcd by his bc-auiiful and tal-l cnted daughter Molly, a student: at Rickcr College, who jogs thcl horses between classes and is very capable. A. Brewers IS training Mr. MwGec 2.08 15, Reynolds Hanoi-er 2.19 1,"5 and Prince Ed- rd, in two-year-old brother tot

llington: Ben Loniand 206. owned by A. McGee. Augusta, Me.; But-i ierizut. Jake. a t.liree-year-old own- I led by McGee and Harry Bass, and I

stand t:::i.i:iti': and was liuiiianelyHvm,H.,L.,' mrse years om, Owned

rut in dtaith liv nwiir-rs Sini- nnmii Bins. B:':.'ic tcr, Mo E(ll'l (ii-aitiii 3.11 lo. llllli I i-ziisrtl.

was put. in sicrp to bc n1)r:'ri'.ed on for a lame iv: and did not wake up He was ow iicrl byElwood Stairs

' Hill. . i , niid was only ' lost

the that look :i i-vcuitl of Zl-1 l .3 last rt:-.soii and was fl gcotl lllllll(l' and ii! cmirsc you kiiziw about, HCITIQVA the nutslanzliiig

.' IT. '10? In the race It ll.s r"-'vrti ihc photo 3ll'l'.1f(i him no?! :n limit of his 1 " 1lr um: and

d:tlii't wear any boots.

"Bob Ryan who suffered a crack-

' C..ilso

by Earl Cnllihan. Siruonson Bros., :ll1Il'9 Piiyatc Gcozzo, Regent Han- ,oi'er, Hunts liriiioyer. Arnold ll3l, Tab Dll'9Ct 12!, Norris Han- lovcr and June Morning. that are ;traiiicd by Ray Sibley with hclpei I"2”.lllk Ginhaiii. E.C. Giant has Marion Budloiig. Gail Bud-loii; and Bay 2.15 115. Daigle and Davis own Marcia Clegg and Lee Erviii, Lady Faultless 2.09 IX5. Bob Ryan has ten: Colonel Dan 2,06 3,5, Jollity Girl 2.07 3 5', King Jes- ter, Mel Diamond (3l. Kerry Frisco 1 43!. Champion Frisco 12-, Pctci Frisco 12v. Mizhiy Sweetheart I'll, lL.u3ly's Gaiety Girl wit and Lusty iDirect MI.”

1 Through the courtesy of Dorothy

1”. 3, mm, aC::dm,", MlHarley, Tlioiiismi Ccnipziiiy of

mmm' MS T15”) 1:! Canatia, Ltd., we have recrlred a

” - NI Xnwk msi AMEN" 1 write-up of a new type of c'imerri H9 "M :”'m”"”' your nqmssakc the inventor of which 1:; Bill

tznloncl D:iii 2.00 3.5 to a sleigh Dmms 3 son OI me late H6" W . - - ,

with his crut;-hrs beside him.whcn

the sleigh buck an obstruction and orrrin d tlirowing him out mi the i:y ick. He was taken to li.:izi::t;il fn: X . "s but apparciitly

was not so oiisly hurt aside from lit-u:s-es. His siabln is the largest at the track. numbering ten head. He rrtciiily sold Lloyd Hanover 205 4 5 nitd Siisaiiiiali 53.17. a nice !i"T'" that tuiriicd 56.785 last sum- nirr.

"lrlarnld Biii'iiiiig:liaiii is winter- iii: rw-er 50 head of brood mares. colts and azrri horsrs at his farm iinrtli of Houltcn. H9 is IJl'Cf1klll1Z

and j()1"ll1'1 16 cnlls at the farm t:'a'-k and iii adzlilioii has Pru-

driicc Hy 205 and Gilda Ecll 2.13 with Ed Kclly at Mount Holly. N. J. Srycn hcad from the form will win them soon. At Piiichurst, N. ('. hr oiirs Mudzri Hi" 2.011 3 5 and Highland. For 207 2'5 in iH'.'liivi'sh.p ii ll ii the W.itlien Stable. Fort Fall'Il0ifI, Mo. Madge rarncd storm in 1953 and High. Kind Boy 34.800. He has recrrntly sold Early Boy. .1 brotlirr to High- lilfl-'l PW. and his (inni Jrisetlnle llizlilaity Miss to thc Wathenis, and has also sold Mr. McBclwyn till 36 to race on the ice. He has 20 brood mares. all of which are believed to be in foal, six tlirec-ycar nlds, nine, two-year-old; and 11 yr:i':liiir:s. One mare. Miss Clinimei: 210, has a 1954 foal. Bell 303' 201 colts showctl vrry well last. )'EaI'.SlX or eight getting cred- itable records. ,

"Ire races are being held at. Mars Hill and Fort Fairfield. Bonnie Vnlo 104': and Delaware Chief 2.06 4 5 sccm to be tops. I have retired Sudden Mary 2.11 U5 and plan to breed her in the spring :5 her dam has three in the 2.05 list and six in 2.12 and her gmndda-m seven in 2.10. She should be a good producer ofspccd. I would like to breed her to Jol- lity 2.0614 or Time Table 2.03. I Just learned that Bob Ryan reports It new foal by Lusty Frisco 2.0'l',l, dam. Min Westcott, dam of Mer- rie Feet 2.07 IX5. I havr-n't. started jogging my two mares yet. Linda Bell got. I record of 2.16 2.5 on the pace and Federal Girl trotted in 2.20 last year. I turned them out in August as I had two others to race. Expect to ivtart training them soon. Here in a, list of other

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IH. Dennis. former Minister of Ag- riculture for this Province. This Nis dated London, Er.gliiiid:-”Brit- lisli dog and horse raciiig tracks ,mayshortly install srctionnl plioio- ltiming equipment. Bill Dennis. Canauiian-borii director of Insta- -print Camera Company, Ltd..whlch controls half the photo-finish bus- ,incss l'l Eiizlaiid, says that this type of photo-timing is now in the date experinicntal stages. The new ltcchniquc which is hailed as of lgreal. interest to race track stew- lards and to students of form, en- Lablcs photograplis on which arel irecorded accurate running times ,to be taken at iiitervals around lthe track rather than just at the finish line. Racing authoritiesl here say that only lighting prob- ylenis on indoor tracks and for night racing have now to be over- COITIE. '

l l l. "Mr. Dennis declared that some American tracks are already put- ting the new technique into op-i ea-ation. Mr. Dennis who comes originally from Ottawa and en- ;tercd the English photo-finish bus- t-iness shortly after the war says that nearly all British horse and dog tracks now make use of photo- timing at the finish line. This proce.-.5, a post-war development which involves intricate cameras and electronic timing devices. au-

tion with the photograph of the race finish the running times for the horses or dogs involved. Mr. Dennis says as far as he know: no such equipment has yet been in- stalled on Canadian racing tracks.

"The new process. he says. is not dependent on the human ele- ment for operation of the stop

toniatically produces in combinn-g

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player with a slick when that plnyor has no stick in his hands with which to defend himself has been called the

Striking a hockey

cardinal sin of hockey. Stgikiiig A player over the head with a hoc- key stick at any time is oils of the deadly htickty sing in out" book. As sin-h there have been quite a '.:w' deadly sinners in the M.M.H.. L. during recent games as some of the players have been getiini: into the butchering business. Three Sydiicy players took it on tho licad 'l'uesday night in I game against the Glace Bay Min-I era. Defenseman Ted O'Connor was skating Johnny Luniley out of the play when he was cracked across the head for six stitches. Pliysiclniis reported that O'Connor was hit on a vital spot and that, the player was having recurring

1 blackouts. This isn't the first time Bay fonvard out of the play. EM”

Lumley has swung his stick. He tried to carve Lfirrv Blackburn at tho Forum one night. I . . . i In the saint game Specs Chorley. was struck on the month by nl Glace Bay player and lost several' teeth. He was taken to the hospital in Sydney and put on a liquid diet. Still not content somebody went, after Dunc Maclntyre and loosen- ed three of his teeth with a stlck., In Halifax on Wednesday nlghtl Maclntyre broke Watson's nose and several weeks ago Dan Mac- Laughlin was clipped for 14 stitches by Johnny Morrow. 0 o . . Some of these injuries may have- been accidentnl. However they are' the results of a very noticeable trend among the players to use their sticks like baseball batsm And as long as the referees shut their eyes to this evil the players will continue. It sometimes ap-

ipears as though the officials take

high sticking as part of the game. 9 o

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Last night's game while it talned a lot of fine hockey. contained far too much highstick- i

on- also '

ing. A number of the players are 1 becoming worried lest they incur some serious injuries from these liicrmsingly numemiis ”incidents." Coaches Bucko Train-or and Don Penniston are putting the onus directly on the referees. They claim the officials aren't clamp- ing down during the early min- utes and are letting the gamcs get out of hand. Officials and players, alike. should start getting on the: ball.

watch and provides a highly ac- curate record of running times. He said that the equipment used by his firm has been granted A certificate from the National Phy- sical Laboratory, at government re- search station. certifying that its timing is correct within a 100th of a second in five minutes. Two and it half races out of every eight are photo-finishes. said Mr. Dennis. In A photo-finish 1 horse never wim by I length but by a. nose or I held. since in racing I yard equals about 600th of in second.

Continued on page IT

The Team ,2000

AND CLUB OFFICIALS.

vs. ISLANDERS ,

FORUM

on.

The deal between the Islanders and the Ottawa Senators for Tod Campenu is still pending. The Ia- landers are trying to work out an agreement with Tommy Gormnn for the highly rater player. Cam- iprau has been playing on I. line lwith Zelllo Toppazzlni and Paul

Gladu in Providence. Last week

in It game against Hrrsvhey he

picked up two a.-ssists. Since then .Gladu has been sold to the Syra- tcuse Warriors. Thu Reds have

brought Doc Couture from the

Chicago Black Hawks in 1 move

to get. out of t-he A.H.L. cellar. . 0 .

The Saint Dunst.an'a University , hockey team will leave this morn- ling for Sackville to play Mount ; Allison in the opening game of ,the N. B.-P.E. I. intercollegiate lK("l”IOS. This is the first of it two lgamc home and home series with itotnl goal: to count. The Saints .:ire rntcd II. stronger squad than jthey were last year and will be ; carrying the beat wichea of

.followers in their play against 3 the mainland college.

i R351 Rink

., Following in the Minor League ilvfnckey schedule for today pro- ; vided thut the ice at the Rotary rink is fit for play: llonluna

. 4:00 pm. - WKS. Whlrlvwlnds 5 vs. P.S.S. Bloom.

l 5:00 pm. - Pnrkdnle auu-s vs. i W.K.S. Rangers. I 7:00 pm. - Special practice for , Abbiui Sisters,

T. FORUM DATES

FEB. 2 TO I

SATURDAY-

THE GUARDIAN. CHARLOTTETOWN

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Islanders Return To

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Form With 7-3 Victory 0ver Glace Bay Miners

Tho Charlottetown Islanders. led by the newly formed fonwari line of Whitlock. Robert and Pal-

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iwound and although he returned

. bert after

ladlno, walloped the third place Glace Bay Miners 7-3 at the Iorum last night in a game char- acterized by the high sticking an- tzcs of the Miners.

There were no more Ted 0'- Cannor incidents but the Inland- crs lost their playing coach Wes Buclio Traliior early in the first period after Trainer had been rut on the left cheek bane by Johnny Lumlc-y's stick. '1'rai::or had five stitches inserted in the

to the bcnch he did not take any fu:'tlu-r part. in the play. The in- jury appeared accidental

There could have been more ."CCldt':I1L'1 and they might have. been more serious f the Miners used their sticks freely, Even at that the Islanders players claimed it, was like a tea party oompared to tlze game. down in the Bay lastl VVedl1esday night. 1

Jim Farclll clipped Guy Glgiizix over the head in the second por'.otl after Gignac had taken the Glace

in the third period Needham took a Joe Dimzigs.-lo cut. at Claude Ro- thn Islanders forward skated through the Miners .19.- femc. It was aviclous slash but as usual the referee failed to no- tice any irregularities

Ltimlcy. Farelli and Lryte ap- uearcd most adept at high stick- ing. The Miners defense slim-:cd uniform chop-ping ability. F011-')VIi like Bobby Brown. Non-nan Con- nolly. Bert Myles and Gordie Mil- ler stuck strictly to hockey.

The Islanders flashed plenty of power when they had a man ad- vantage. The Wliltlock. Robert; and Palladina line were a going coli- cern all evening and while they were on the Ice five of the II- landera goals were scored"

Whitlock led t.he marksmen with A pair of goals and a pair of as- sists to move back into second place

P.W.C. Rink

. Without Defeat In Schoolboy Curling Finals .

The Prince of Wales rink skip- ped by Barrie MacDonald emerged without defeat from the double knockout play of the provincial schoolboy curling championships at. the Summorsidc Curling Club yesterday iifterncoii and evening. defeating the Summerside rink skipped by David Silliphant 16-7 in the nftemoon. and taking their fellow tovmsrnen led by George Dillon, '1-4 in the evening. Geo. Dll-lon'a rink edged Tommy M::cKenzlc'a foursome 11-10 in the afternoon after an exciting strug- gle. and Macxenzie went down to defeat in another alpine-tingling contest to David Silllpthont. in the evening ltz-9, Silliphann last rock deciding the game.

The four teams were the supper gucyslta- of the Summeraide Curling

four Points

Ccntreman Roy "Buck" Whit- 1 lock (above) scored twice Andi picked up two assists last nlghtl in the Islanders '1-3 win over? Glace Bay. 1

in the scoring racc. R)bei't scored once and added two assists while Pallodino got a goal and an assist

Bucko Trainor opened the scor-, ing for the local players. Defense-1 man Don MacLaughlin and for- ward Orin Carver were the other, Islanders scorers.

Copper Lcyte shot. two of the: Miners goals and right winger Bobby Brown. the Miners lead- ing scorer got the other.

The Islanders dnfcnsc led by Gustav:-son. turn:-d in a sound gamrx Gustave-son gave an almost flawless performance with his smart blocking and rushing. His set-up of Wliltlock for the Ts-. lanrlers second goal was a fine.

Only bn.e

stone; Dilly Iriley. lead. Afternoon Games

Barrie McDonald 332 OM OM I-I6 David Sllllphont 000 200 401 0- '1

230 100 030 2-11

George Dillon 004 011 103 0-10

Tom Ma cxenzic Evening Game:

Tom MaoKenzie .000 301 113 0- 0 David Silllphant. 302 040 000 3-12

George Dillon 011 000 100 l-4y Barrie MacDonald 100 010 031 04-7

The David Silliphant and George Dillon rinks will play this morn- ing. the winner to advance against the Barrie MacDonald rink for the provincial championship. and the right to compete in the Canadian finals in Hamilton, Ontario, latcr

, muskrat along the creek back of

- and I would go alone particularly

l the greylng dawn...bullrushes, stiff

' -(CT-onun'ued ;,,Tp'”;8,-T T threw the gun to my shoulder

Club at 5.30. and veteran Char- lottetown curler. Rankin Mchaine. addressed the bays, giving them some sound advice on department .on and off the ice. Freddie Fol- lland, coach of the Summersidc schoolboy curlers, also apoke brief-

. Lee Linklctter presided.

Personnel of competf rlnk5:-

P.W.C. Funk: Barrie MacDon- ald, skip; Rogert Partridge, mote; Brcwcr Auld. second atone; Alan Moclcod. lend.

Charlottetown No. 2 tum: Geo. Dillon. skip; Art. Burke. mute; Jimmie Lee. second item: Harold Sc.-ntner. lead.

Bummer-aide No. I rink: David

in the winter.

Hoop”-nGames This Evening

kc.-tball game scheduled for to- night in Sumimersldc with the No- mads meeting the R.C.A.F. in I game at the Airport.

Jack was too young to be of muc

Millionaires Come From Behind For 4-2 Win

Over Atlantics At Sydney

SYDNEY, (OP) -A three -goal three penalties, all minors we to

utburat. in the third period gave

Sydney Millionaires I 4-2 victory h over the league-leading Halifax At- lantlu

Maritime

in 3. Miilorl

use in the hunting field the first d fall we had him. Brother Art and Hockey I-GMWE Same he" F” 3” ' I had traps set for mink and Hlllhto , l

2-1 lead in ihcl

our farm in what is now known as The Company Land. We had to tend them before School and that meant starting off at day- break as it was A two mile walk to the seat of learning. Jack came with us although he was little more then a. pup. Sometimes Jack

later in the season when fur was scarcer and harder to trap Art would stay home and do the chores. we split on the take... co-operation was our motto.

My first inrkling of the stuff that my hunting dog was made of came on a late November morn- ing. Hoar frost gleaming on seer swalc grass and flags lightened

and brittle. rattled against my sliln5...in sheltered creek backwa- ters and along the edge of the dam it fringe of ice had formed during the night. Something whis- pered to me mat the season's trapping was about over. I always carried my shotgun. Sometimes a rabbit would hop out of the buahea or a. Great Horned owl would be surprised robbing my traps. . - .

In those days the duck season opened on August 20 and black duck were an extreme rarety an inland fresh water in November Thus it was I got. the aurpriae of my young life when a big black duck hurtled skyward from A fringe of alders bordering the dam. It took me seconds to re- cover from the tn-.n.nce into which the duck's sudden appear- ance thrcw me and when I did the bird was crossing the opposite side of the water. I gueu I just

and pulled the trigger. what a thrill I got when the duck crump- led in midalr and dropped in aome

Continued on page 1

Racing Here This Afternoon

There will be ice raoeii on the east side of Hlllsboro Bridge this afternoon provided that the weath- er la cold enough to form good ice. it was announced here last. night.

If the wcatlici-inan fails to co- operate the races will be held It the Charlottetown Driving Park. commencing at two o'clock.

Following is the list of atarterl:

I-It-lcn Harvester. Bonnie's Girl. Roma Budlong. Miss Palli. Sonny B., Dan McElwyn.

Bonnie's Money. Maudine Bud- long. Prodigal Vic, Sharlcne R.. Brlttnn'a Lassie, Laura Budlong, Golden A., Tip Abbe, Bob Dale, Last. Dollar. Money Adds. Lilly Marlcnc, Lcc June. I

Hoiikey Scores

l (fllniullan I'l'I'll) V i l

Mnritlma )lnjor--

Halifax 2 Sydney 4

Glace Bay 3 Ch'town T New Brunswick Sailor- Frederlcton 3 Amherst 10 1

There is one Island League bu-l om,"-1., senio.-..

St. Catharine: 6 Barrie 4 Ontario-Quebec Junior- Jonqulere. It Guelph 10 Quebec 0 Kitchener 2 Royal: 0 Hamilton 5 Intercolleglnto- Laval 2 Toronto 2

Sillflmmnt. skip; Leo Lefurgey. mute; Garland Hurts, nccorid stone; Crcelmsn ,MlocA.i-thur, lead.

Summenidc No. 3 rink: Tommy Mackenzie. tip; Vunoo Hurts. mute: Paul Sohurmun. second

Atlantics Fined 3500 for Iliissing Game Hereg