Waytoof, son of Royal Napoleon 2.00 3-4 and Jane Azoff 1.59 1-2 has started the season with a win at Yonkers, New York Raceway Mon- day night. Last year as a three- year-old. he set up the track record of 2.03 3-5 at Foxboro. Mass. and Lt!) or better is freely predicted for him over a mile oval this season. Jane has two other good perform- crs on Prince Edward Island, Lucky Number 2.11 1-5 and Yankee Dale 2.18 2-5. Wayzoff is owned by the McGee and Snow Stables of Augusta, Me.

Francis W. Gleason of Cherry Valley paid us a visit a few days ago, bringing with him a. copy of he Charlottetown Examiner dated kpril 2, 1913. There was over half a page entitled "The Horsemcn's Page" with cuts of prominent horses, an excellent likeness of Fred Cameron. formerly a. trainer at the world-famous Hopper Stock Farm, Indiananola, Ind. Liberally advertised thereon were the stal- lions Mayor Todd, brought here the previous November by Ham- mond Kelly and destined to become the leading trotter of the Mari- times for several years,also Bottom 2.23 1-4, owned by the writer, Quite a number of harness horse notes make the page an interesting one. Mr. Gleason is a real harness horse enthusiast and has a collection of papers covering race events of 40 years.

George Woodside, owner of the good trotter Tyndal Semple that won the three-year-old futurlty trot at Charlottetown last September in 2.20 is now residing in Fredericton, N. B. and is giving early spring training to his four-year-old at the Fredericton track. He expects to race him under the lights at Wood- stock and later take him to Char- lottetown for Old Home Week and the Colt Stakes in September. Ev- eryone who saw Tyndal perform considers him the making of a very fast trotter, a. worthy son of his sire, Squire Hanover, co-holder with Watchim of the Suminerside track trotting record of 2.08. made in a memorable race at the Sum- merside oval in 1942. At a meeting of the directors of the Woodstock Driving Club it was decided to hold the opening night racing meet at Island Park Raceway at 8.30 p in. June 26. It will be known as "Lad- ies Night". with racing twice week- ly on Tuesday and Fridays. other outstanding features will be an- nounced later.

A letter from Philip F. Turnbull, Grindstone, Magdalen Islands brings the good news that he is now quite recovered from t e illness which had hospitalized him some months ago. He recently purchased a mare by Calumet Budlong called May Budlong and she has a lovely foal by Guy Britten,

Millie Worthy 2.08 3-4. one of the leading extreme speed producers of the present day and dam of Scot- tish Spence 1.57 4-5, fastest per- formers of 1950, died last week at Walnut Hall Stud Farm shortly after fooling to Axomite 2.02. Her death was due to a rupture in fooling. The foal. a bay filly. was somewhat larger than the average and is doing very nicely as a suit- able nurse more was secured for her. Millie Worthy was 22 years old and had been barren for six years prior to foaling last week. She was sired by Guy Axworthy (4) 2.08 3-4 and her dain was Millie Irwin 2.03 1-4 by Blngara. Her foals by ll)? trotting stallions Volomlte and Scotland turned out to be pace-rs. All of her seven foals have stand- ard records. Scotty Spence 1.57 4-5. Mllmite (4; 2.02, Anti-Aircraft (2) 2.03, Ben Lomand 2.06, Millie's Volo 2.08 and Millie Scott 2.13 1-4. HOW I brood mare. Many will remem- .j--m-r-w-?&--"'-'m'TT

Attention Horsemen!

'Get your horses ready for half mile dashes at Park- view Raceway, May 24. If not fine it will be held June 4. Good purses. Have elig- ibility papers ready- 11- S- T. A. rules to govern.

A. P. Gallant, President A. M. Gallant, Secretary

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bet the interest taken in the an- nouneement that Charles H. Bor- ton had purchased Anti-Aircraft, large good-natured fast pacing son of Millie and Volomite. It was an era of great pacers and Anti-Alr- craft was handicapped somewhat as he could not get away quite as well as the others and his style and manner of pacing was more suit- able to a mile oval. His sale by Mrs. Horton for a reputed price of s7,000 to a St. Stephen horseman was one of the highlights of a few years ago. Last year he started eight times and had winnings of sass. With his breeding he should be a good sire.

The Brockton, Mass. fair track is becoming crowded wth trainers getting their horses ready for the 1951 campaigns. Among those training there is Bob Ryan of Houlton. Me., who recently pur- chased Cecil 1VlcGinley's interest in that good pacer Colonel Dan 2.06. In addition to six head of his on ii. Mr. Ryan has three owned by Hugh O'Neill of Elizabeth. N.J. One of the most advanced stables in the northeast is owned by Chris 0'- Donnell. now at home quarters at Foxboro, Mass. The three-year-old pacer Bay State Tom (2) 2.09 3-5 has stepped the track three times in around 2.25. His tliree-year-old trotting filly Bay State Colleen (2) 2.16 is also working well and the other members of the stable like- wise. This will be good news to Dr. J.E. Corrigan, a great friend of Mr. OlDonncll, also other Island- ers who have met him at Foxboi-o and elscwhei-e.

During the past season Irene Scott 2.04 3-4 was represented at the races by Danny Stout 2.07 2-5, Flight Sergeziiit 2.08, ,Miss Irene Scott 208 3-4, and other perform- ers, one of them a grandson wltli a record of 205 4-5 and 8 Brand- daughter with a record of 2.05 3-5. Ernie McTiigue and the writer well remember Irene Scott, a Canadian pacing mare that Vic Fleming won with at Mt. Clements race meeting in 1924, giving her I believe a world's record for ice racing over a. half-mile track. 2.11 1-2. That year she went on to win quite a number of races over half-mile tracks and on the Grand Circuit.

Over 60 horses were stabled at Yonkers Raceway. New York, last Monday night when the gong rang for the opening event. Over 150 more are expected later on but Roosevelt Raceway, which had a capacity of handling over 1,000 horses last year have added more new stables. this season. Locally the Charlottetown track has just about completed new stables started last fall and will immediately com- mence construction of two or more in order to provide accommodation for the opening of night racing June 23. They are going to have an exceptionally fine layout with 9. large sqiiiire paddock from which the horses will move to the parade ground.

Dr. George 0. Bishop is kept very busy in his new field of endeavour with I-lagyurd and Hagyard, veter- inarians, Lexington, Ky. but finds time to write us and send magaz- ines of interest on the raising of standard bred horses and their dis- eases, xx transportation can be ar- ranged he wlll have Pearl Bumpiis, 2.10 1-2 sent to Kentucky where she has been booked to be bred to Goose Bay 2.00 in 1952. She is now in foal to Hero Mine 2.11 2-5. Pearl Bumpus made a good comeback last year with ,1-lrankie Daniels. winning 3874 in the night races at Tturo.

Carl Mscxenzie, race secretary Ti-iii-o Raceway Ltd. Truro. N.S., write that their track is in excell- ent shape and the horses stablcd there are going slow doubleheader.-z. At present 25 horses are on hand but within the next couple of weeks they will be coming in from var- ious places to put on the finishing touches prior to the opening racing date. May 24. It is planned to con- tinue through to Oct. 3. Last. year they held to racing sessions. wind- ing up on Oct. 6. This year they will race on Wednesday and Sai- iirday nights. starting June 16. If Wednesday nights are unfavorable they will race on Thursday night and if Saturday is unfavorable, on the following Monday. Improve-

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Classes for the above

nomour rnorrmo Assooiimoii

Announces Race Programme of season of 1951 owing to early spring conditions we will open JUNE 20-4 CLASSES-01800.00 IN PURSES

Free'For All-Purse.......................0600.00 ClassifiedTrot & Pace-Purse Classified Trot &Pace-Purse ...............4oo.oo 2.30 not a. Pace

3 seconds allowed Trotters-Entries close June 13 SECOND RACE WHJNEDAY JULY 1!. THIRD RACE MONDAY LABOUR DAY, SEPT 8

dates announced later GEO. MscIN'l'YBll. Manager.

The re-appointment of Leo Lamoureux as manager-coach of the Islanders hockey clufo for the 1951-52 season here on Thursday. and a farewell banquet and dance tendered to the team by citizens of Charlottetown were the high- light features that closed out a brilliant hockey season for the P. E. Islanders hockey club and the hockey-going public of this Pro- vince for the season i950-51.

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The news that Leo will be back again next year to handle the reins of the Big Four champions was received'with much enthus- iasm by the general siporiing pub- lic and the players and club ex- ecutive in particular. Leo, who took over from Murph Chamber- lain after the season was well underway, came through with a dhainpionshlp job as did his charges, and the very fact that he has been asked to return again next year bears muie testimony of the fine job he has done and is a fitting tribute to his efforts.

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Only those who travelled with the team during that long week on the road recently, that took them to Sydney, New Glasgow, Glace Bay and Halifax before the Maritime finals were declded,can know how Lamoureux really went to bat for his team in a 100 per cent manner. Even at the height of the battle of words between M.A.l-l.A., Sydney and Islanders officials that raged unchecked for nearly three days. the islanders mentor never at any time show- ed any regard for his own per- sonal posiiion and acted only as it concerned the interest and safety of his players. One partic- ular conversation can be recalled vividly, when Leo, on being in- formed by an official that he might be permanently suspended from hockey if he didn't comply with certain requests, replied: "I don't care what you do to me, but I am going to see. and demand, that the players under my care get a fair dealt"

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Coach Lamoiireux's regard for his players can best be summed up with his farewell remarks made at the banquet held at Old Spain on Thursday nrlghi. Said Leo: "I can say without any fear of contradiction that you are the best bunch of athletes I have ever been associated with-and I thank you and the people of this City and Province from the very bottom of my heart."

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At a dance held at the Roll- away later that evening. during which Mayor 8. Earle MacDonald presented each member of the team with suitably engraved cig- arette lighters on behalf of citiz- ons of this City as a token of appreciation, each one of the boys made a few brief remarks. There is no need to record their individual remarks, because they all said the same thing, only in slightly different words-those of defenccman Phil Vitale's summed it up for each and every player: "We had a great hockey club- but we had to be to play for I great 90.000 people; I have never seen anything like them, they were wonderful."

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Sydney Millionaires held high the hopes of the Maritimes in Alexander Trophy play there on Thursday night when they came back from defeat the previous night to down Valleyfield 3-2 in a driving battle that sends the best of seven series into a tight knot at one game each. In fact it has deadlocked the count no matter which way you look at it. Both have won and lost by the same scores to break even on goals scored for and against with ioials of five. Each game pro- duced the same number oi pen- alties, six. unusually low figures. but Sydney held the edge in that department by a 7-5 margin in the two contests. Sydney will have the advantage of home ice for the third contest slated for Saturday i-right, that could give them a one-game advantage be- fore the scene shifts to Quebec ice.

Kid Guvllun Wins I0-Round Decision

NEW YORK. April 20 -(AP) -

Kld Gevllsn carved out a unanim- over Aldo

ous 10-round decision Minelli, game Italian veteran. in- night in his first tuneup for his May 10 welterweight title bout with Johnny Bratton. The decision drew I chorus of boos.

Gavilan weighed 150 3-4, Minelli 152 1- .

1 HqclieL Scores

ul Suketoorn Quakers 3, Toronto at.

Illchulb 9. (St. Michael! wins but-of-seven series (-0).

Interscholastic Hoop Playoff Open Today

Playoff competitions intersoholastic basketball titles will get underway at the Prince of Wales College auditorium this afternoon and evening when four matches will be run off in both boys and girls divisions.

The opening contest will be held at 2.30 when the Prince Street and West Kent School girls hoop squads clash in the first of a two- game. total point series. The sec- ond game will be played this even- ing at six oiclock. the series win- ner to meet the Rochforcl Street School girls team the first of next week for the City title.

The second afternoon game will he played at 330 when the Queen Square and Prince Street School boys teams will meet in their first game of a two-game. total Doints series. The second game will not uderwny at seven o'clock this evening to decide the City

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Toronto Monarchs Win Way To Cup Finals

TORONTO. April 20-(GP)-The powerful Toronto St. Michael's Monarchs moved into the Alexan- der Cup finals tonight with I handy 9-3 victory over Saskatoon Quakers. Monarchs won the best- of-seven series in four straight games.

Monarchs, who won the first game 8-5, the second 4-1 and the third 4-2, will meet either Val- leyfield Braves or Sydney Mil- lionalree for the Canadian major hockey championship.

The sinooih-skating Toron-io squad made it look easy in the final period as they blasted in six unanswered goals. all of them beating netmlnder Jackie Gibson cleanly.

Quakers managed to keep up with Monarchs in the first two periods and then fell apart in the last. They maiiched Monarchs with I. 2-2 tie in the first session and a 3-3 deadlock by the end of the second.

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The City champions in both div- islons will later meet Summerside representative teams for the Is- lund interscholastic titles and Phy- sical Fitness irnpliies.

At Fort Gibbon cargo and pas- sengers had to be shifted to small- er boats and bargers for the trip up the Tampa to Fairbanks. The Tanana was quite shallow, only two feet on some of the bars. Our boat pushed two barges. one ahead of the other. It must have required considerable experience and steam- boat "savvy" to lash those barges tight enough that they wouldn't swerve to either side when struck by a cross current. They extend- ed at least one hundred feet from the bow of the boat. 0 I 0

When approaching a bar some of the crew of Lower River Indians would be sent to the foremost barge to "sound". The sounding poles were made of choice British Columbia fir about 10 or 12 feet long, each alternate foot was painted black and white. Gener- ally the first call back to the Cap- tain on the barge would be five feet. next half-four (they always put. the half ahead of the number of feet), and so on down to "Mark Twain-which they always pro- nounced "mark twine." (They had been taught by Mississippi River men where the famous humorist Mark Twain (Clements) got his pen name). Then the water would begin to deepen as we were getting over the bar. Next call would be "half Twine"-"three feet", "half four", "five feet"-six feet"-then-"No Bottom." The last call in a prolonged. sonorous bass voice (the Indians had good voices), which re-echoed from the wooded banks and high housing of the boat. The whole proceeding was interesting and amusing to the passengers, especially the Chee-

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We passed Neenana and Toler- ana (trading posts and road hous- es) enroute. It was at Tolorans that the late Edgar Milligan of Northam, P.E.I., got most of his bigger strain of Alaska foxes. Ed- gar had to do a lot of telegraphing in order to get them all together. He told me about one telegram which cost 833.00. The rates were high anyway. I sent one to Daw- son sfter the Dawson team beat Fairbanks-it cost 31.50. The late lamented Edgar was an "able" man (in all the term implies). He walk- ed ("mushed") from Chitna to Valdez in the Valdez trail (09 miles) in a continuous twenty-four hour stretch, including two hours rest at a road house. He had some experience in fast work at Juneau. Alaska, too. He paid the owner of a gasoline launch 0100.00 to ferry him to an island off the coast where Jim York kept his blue fox- es in a semi-wild state. This was in order to "lee how" some buyers from the East who were "hot" on the trail. Edgar got there first. took an option on the whole lot for 3150.00. paying ten per cent. 315.00. He never took up the option. The blue foxes hrhad taken home the year previous didn't produce lit- ters. Jim York fold me that the fault was caused by not feeding sufficiently. They had I produ- ious capacity foi; fish

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Ring Reminiscences

- Fights and Fighters - (By JAMES PENDERGAST)

and overlook the digression. I in- tended to tell of a humorous in- cident which occurred at the first encounter in Fairbanks, which was a reminder and a sequel to the sounding operations on the steamboat and barges. when I was trying to get over the one, two, three haymaker and had missed for the umpteenth time, the last one hitting a complete vac- uum, I heard a booming voice from the rear of the auditorium holler "No-o-o-o bottom-m-m"..It was the voice of the little Irish- man who had received his quietus from the big mote at Eagle. I couldn't resist a sort of sour frust- rated grin. I imagine the bit of a grin did my opponent no good. He seemed to lose heart after that. O U I

I often wondered since why he made me miss so many times. It may have been that he was very fast or I was very slow-or both. A case of "the spirit willing, but the flesh weak". I was successful with it afterwards on both the Boston Tar Baby issm Langford) and Jack (Twin) Sullivan. I didn't let it go "home" in either case. It was only in "training" with Sam and an exhibition with Jack. No need for sneak punches-could have put Jack into the orchestra at Old Howard. Sam smiled a sickly childish smile, and it perked him up a lot. His personal pride was lowered. I had to ward off a heavy barrage of gloves. I-fe man- aged to slip across A quick sharp right, not much weight to it. but I thought I heard a slight snap in my nose. There was no pain or discomfort. I took a look into a mirror that evening and couldn't see anything askew with the nose. and forgot about it. None of my close friends made any personal observation till I went back to Dawson again in 1900, and a Daw- son friend said to me, "You've been doing some boxing. I see, your nose has a little twist." More than a year had elapsed and it was too late then to try to readjust it. I don't think the irregularity in facial contour caused any repug- nancy. No use in repining any- way. I forgot about it.

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I would like to discount further on the Yukon scenery and the golden glitter of life in Dawson. but will return to it later and en- deavour to tell the story of the original discovery of gold in the Klondike by Robert Henderson, from Mr. Henderson's own mouth, also about the bard of the Yukon. Robert Service. My clientele will likely be more avid for rememb- rances of "ring" gladiators.

Jet-Engine Cars Not Yet Ready

LONDON. April 20 -(Reuters)- British inventors and engineers working on a jet-engine automo- bile think it will not start to take the place of the piston-engined car for mother four or five years, 8. B. Wllkl. manning director of the Rover Company said today niol consumption is still the out- standing problem. the official of the pioneering firm said.

The main seasonable event on the outdoorinan'a calendar, the opening of the trout fishing sea- son, has come and gone. It was I for from promising opening mom- ing with a cold westerly wind that