By GERRY MARTIN Canadian Press Staff Writer MONCTON (CP)-Manitoba. the

almost perennial winner of the Canadian curling championships since their inception in 1927. Fri- day night won the title for the 15th time with a thrilling extra-end 8-7 playoff victory over Ontario.

It was the second Canadian crown fo skip Billy Walsh of the Winnipeg Fort Rouge Club in his second challenge in four years for the Mac-donald's Brier trophy. He won the title in 1952 in 10 straight but this time he finished the 11- round championship with eight victories and two defeats.

' Ontario. skipped by Alfie Phil- ' 1 lips of Toronto. one-time Canada 11 - diving champion. also finished with an 8-2 record after an uphill 15-9 victory over Nova Scotia in the final round. It was a typical fin- ish for the 46-year-old Granite I Flnb curler who scored eight in 1 the last two ends to force a play- off.

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BACK STRETCH

From far away Merced. Calif-

ornia. we have a letter from our

y - . friend Walter S. Found, formerly I. , of New London. Older residents of that vicinity will 1eHlCmbCf that

' back in the 1920s Walter was the . ' most active man in that district I . promoting ice racing and other "- I arness racing contests. When he - I made a stake in Califoniia he started breeding horses on a small scale but picked his brood mares very carefully with the result that he has bred two-minute pacers and is looked on as a man who is well

Informed in harness horse lore.

him giving particulars of the happenings in his country.

heading around 2.10.

prospects. EARLY EVENTS

Prince Boat. "1 am quite sure my heirs

th

Walsh Scores On Last Shot

Manitoba hades Ontario To Win Curling Ch'ship

PLAYED MIXED S1'Yl.E

That set the stage hout .llanilolia- led time in the 27-year hhoui 3,000 sci'eaiiiiii;: to its

"5 1"” h” ”" 0" came over the Truro. NS. rink 1.si-.ippcu by RCMP Sgt. Gerry

" Milton-Albany -llesume Finals

nc on the uliile circle The two skips it HI knockout and draw style 01 :8 End after end the f both rinks played lsuovk the skips turned to the tnntilinii;

Only once were there iiiorc limit

completion of an end. on Ontario made one in a

Manitoba won scvrn ends. 1)"

tario five. and the first end no: lhiiiy SI. Pats Swing back into act.

'coiite.-ti-tl finals series for the is-

'7-3 at Bcdeque and even up the

S lvictory to wrap up the title while Dan te:'o in your column and you note Dan had Sister Patch in the FFA pace that day. and a real two in 3 WW tough mare she was. I have had ' pleasant visits with Dan at Fox- boro. Mass. the past three years. He's doing a good job of growing old gracefully. is razor sharp. but tonight. a little plump. Queen Catherine T with Gavin Harding up was scr- ond. Gavin has answered roll call. Moth Miller with Ham Kelly steer- If I recall. he was ulrl fall down uillii gentleman: Hammond was and helpful to the. junior horsemen. On Wilkes uas scratched so Tyndall Semple just I saw him two years ago and he looks like a paid-iip ember in the 'Club of men that Time forgot.' I am sure you are well acquainted with all the names. both horses and men. on the pro-

lshort end of the score will be faced

We are glad to have a letter from

"in the Down the Back Stretch of February 4 you mentioned that live racing news was scarce and you had to dig into the archives and memory for copy. Northern California's wettest winter in sev- eral decades put winter training out of action for the soil at Stock- ton. where we have trained for 25 years. is known as 'dobem a heavy. clinging brown, which anchors lo- comotion. Since February the weather is fine. bright and mild. in the 60's. but our stable will only be half ready for Santa Anita opening on March 13. As usual, Del Mar was fine except a few days the last of January. and the aged stock there has been double

operations and or in sports that are highlights. 1 h8VE been 3139- 0' for instance: ”Was it real or im- thereabouts, in races for decent purses in relatively fast time. but I think the day's racing at Alberton (I think it was the first held on Harry O'Brien's track) stands out over all. Vesta Boy second with Dan Steele. Mayor Todd the winner H. Kelly, 0'Flauagin. J.W. Brad- ley third. Vesta winning the second

heat in 2.21. Mayor Todd wrapping it up in 2.20lA (FFA Trot). The 2.30 Pace at to mile heats was won more.

"1 have Hawk 2.01 1-5. Patrick Primrose 2.02 2-5. Mistatement's Missy 2.06 1-5. V.I.P. 2.011 and Wish Again. a 3-year-old. If they are sound at the close of Santa Anita, will ship East from there. Two of the above are out of my broodmare Waruma1F. 2.01 1-5. the fastest descendant of Electioneer. according to the stsndsrdbred Horse Review. She produced Prud- ent Found 2.06 16, trotter. before she went to the races (World War II period). I think only one other, Lady Maud 2.0011: has a like record.

"Incidentally. Warurna's dam. Jovlta Logan by Jim Logan. dam Kitty Baliairs by Monbells. produc- ad for me Trulo F. 2.05 1-5. (photo- ed in 2.02) in 1930. Waruma F. 1940. and Swindle Sheet 2.02 2-5. 1941. all trained and raced to their records by my friend the Mormon Bishop. Clarence Hansen. My other foundation broodmore was Junie T. by Pete.”'s Express, dam Clement's Maid by Dexter Express. and to the cover of Truabbe by Truax, she produced Ruth F. 2.05 3-5. the dam of Hawk and imprudent 2.02 2-5. her only offspring raced. We have a full brother to Imp. a 3-yearold and a full sister 2, just started ed-

ucation wise. and a yearling full brother to Hawk. These are future

by Quecnsborough (Bradley), Der- by (Conroy) second. Queen Cath- third. best time 1.07172 by Derby. The 2.40 Trot.

2.29172. Brazilian .lr. -. Jellicoe (Kelly) 4-2-3-4. Queen Alto (Conroy 2-4-4-:1.

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other than on the ice and he didn't y y know Gee from Haw oh the twice. fate via the wire necklace route

I place it in the 'him' category .

by descriptions furnished. Male

my the third heat. Scoring on this trout have a prominent under slung jaw and are not built along

such symctrical lines as the fe-

around turf. especially on the turns. We locked wheels with Con-

heat Mam said '11 you can win this one. i think I can get second money; but Jilmmy Milman turned on an as .10 nny and T lost con- - . - siderable distance getting clear. PARTKLLARN and while Kellie quarter in :35 we couldn't land on

trotted a last

"The morning of the couldn't find my driving cup so went to town to the general store and made a purchase. Trying it on when I got back. I noticed it had: a green satin lining. turned it in- 1, ' . g

side out and asked the bystanders ( pull.” me culprm 0” the if it would do. Johnny said 'Willi wearing of the green you'll have good luck.' I did. and also contri- buted to his bad luck. although he hadn't enough horse to have won.' Sorry to clutter your time with these mcanderings. Been working ed at the little two-bit ranch all after- noon and had t) discard jacket. Going to Stockton in the morning " to find how things progress. Calif- ornia. even with El few floods and earthquakes. has some advantag-

"But this is not what 1 had in mind when I thought of writing - it was to browse on the old days and while I am fully aware of the 'old niI'n' label. and lllvlng in the past' brand. the old times and old friends mean much to me and it is a relief in these hectic today: of atoms. reactors and crazy dollars. cal" to view the tranquil days of 40 years ago. We must have been very young then. for in cleaning out some cubby holes I found clippings

ice Racing Club. New London. Pi-;.l. Officers: E. Houatt. Fiesitienl. .7. A. Marks. Vice-Pres. W.S. Found. Sec'y-Trcas. Speed Committee. W. A. Toombs. G.R. Hardind. W. .4. gr Found. Wednesday. Feb. 16. 1910.

"Class I - Free For All Pace: Sister Patch (Steele) 1-1-1. Queen Moth Miller (Kelly 3-3-3. Owna (Urch) 4-44. Best time 1.05IA. Winner own-

assigns would find nothing of value and little of interest in these re- : also, one of the surest

Trot: I-i-3-2-i. Cap Cresceuit (F. Cnmcron 3-2-1- ppy George (Found) 4-3-2- 2-5-5-5-5.

"Class 2. Free For All 9 warn there. on..."

upset round on Thursday.

Nova Scotia's downfall cziiiiei

about when Glinz. a four-tune campaigner in the cliiimpionsliips. miseued on both his stones in the 11th. Ontario had three in the house when his shot struck a guard and rolled off. Phillips put No. 4 in the house and Glinz was heavy on his last rock. The On- tario skip placed No. 5--mid that

The last-ditch Ontario victory was the game.

Series Tonight

The Hilton Hornets and the Al- iun in their bard-fought. closely-

lilll(l liitermediate "B" title tonight .11 xii River rink.

The Si. Pats went one game up ezirln-r this week by taking the nit-zisui-e of the Hornets 6-4 in a last game played at North River. B.it the llornets buzzed back Thur- sday night to flatten the St. Pats

series at one-all. This is a big game tonight for the winner will need only one more

the learn that comes out on the with the prospect of having to win

The biggest crowd of the year lurned up at North River to watch

the opener and it is expected that even a larger crowd will be on hand

So many questions have been y tit to me recently by fishermen ;about the Seal River Monster...

aginary"...that I might as well answer it. it had its lair every season under Seal River Bridge

four years furnished anglers with

mplcs.

tKings County) and for three or

some brief sport and a thrill that lasted indefinitely. it was a very accomodating fish. It almost seem- ed as if he made a game of play- ing 'tag' with hopeful Isaac Wal- ton's. . .held always come back for

It is the consensus of opinion that the trout was a Steelhead. .. a Rainbow trout that had gone to sea. . .and weighed in the vicinity Kellie (Found) was 1-1-2-1 in 2.32. of 15 lbs An anslcr of repute. who has landed more than one trout in the four and one-half and five lb. class. had a good look at Flnhlnll R011 C0mDBml0lll-

this trout on several occasions and estimated it would weigh 15 lbs. minimum. lie eventually met his

1 managed to learn the partic- ulars a year after the mon.-ttcr's demise. it seems the two culprits had no luck in trying to slip the noose over his head and worked

SASKATCHEWAN Tllllll)

Saskatchewan's victory gave the

Jimmy Hill rink from Dclisle lliird position with seven wins and three losses. Nova Scotia finished fourth with a 6-4 record.

Alberta. victorious 14-8 over

New Brunswick. and Quebec. win- ner 9-7 over northern Ontario. ended in a fifth-place tic uilh an even split-five wins and live losses.

Northern Ontario. Biiii.-h Colum- bia and Prince lltluzird Island fol- lowed with 4-6 i'ccortls. The Char- lottetown rink. skipped by Dr- Wendell MacDonald. ctlgcd B.C. 10-9 in the final round This was Dr. MacDonald's third successive challenge for the tropliy.

New Brunswick ended in 10th position and Newfniiiitllninl. VtTTlCTl drew a last-round bye. occupied the cellar position with only one win in its 10 starts.

Linescore

lll0N(."l'0N (CF)-Result of a suddenocath final for the Cana-

dian curling title:

Manitoba 020 010 110 110 1- 8 Ontario 002 101 001 002 0e- 7

Culling Draw For

CD This Aflemoon

2 p in. Edison Electric Round

Robin.

Ice 1. - - L. Turner. Hal Spillelt. J.A. Simmonds. M. Reeves vs. R.

Spillett. Harper lllacNeill. H. Willis. J.S. Taylor.

ice 2. - Dr. Maclniyre S. Beat- ' on. L. Wellener. L. Bagnall vs. Jos E. Burden. A.H. Roper. L. John-

ston. V.G. Howatt.

Ice 3. -- R. Carrulhers. W. Mcllisli. A. Tait. G. Henderson vs. Ed Wood. Ron. Parker. Judge Mc-

Guigan. -B. Burden.

Ice 4. m E. Maclnnls. E. Mac- Nutt. Emmett MacDonald. S. John tract. ston vs. F. Hobbs. G.R. Greenough The writ of summons was REFUSED To PLAY The action for damages follows e heels of the refusal of the ers to play in Saint John night and has claimed Scott. Daniel Murphy E. Bolton and repre of the Fredericton clu The club. a mem st Senior Hockey League players lolntly and

W. Whitlock. Cliff Campbell.

Leod. S. Crosby.

ern. A. Wellener. G. Burden.

Johnston. A.H. Anderson.

I ai'lcr the trout was disturbed it clothes and cooking utensils.

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usually followed a certain course

and it swam! Inga the nolose rot his h M

own in: wi l. was to d t at in in of e t n s. s orlsm n ' .

0 iianonsliee howrto casi withpAunal:c 1" 13 T "'m B""de"- 5' M3” mm”

Crusey or Sydneyy Ohio. bmed .. Millan. Dr. Maclieozie. Barb Cam- ' cron vii. Doug Cameron. P. Burden from their 3-1 win over Montague ii

Primrose Sisters. take on the

Eastern girls in the second ggme

the first wild lunge he came close

bridge into the water. if he weigh- ed 15 lbs. it could have happened. There's a powerful drive in the trout: she can cast a plug so tail of a fish that size. To this coliimni.-ts way of thinking it was between his legs and up again just too had it didn't happen. . .a hit the middle of a target.

good ducking was what they need-

'l'hcro are some hcfly Sleclhcads

Tuesday to Saturday.

A Queens County Ice Sports Excitement of the five-day com- Glinz aagosigtliziclizgrnplailitgieei'nt;1lmEHeld

f . Pldmvppetition reached its peak Friday 1” 1 - afternoon when a Manitoba loss. coupled with an Ontario win. was pm"! Vrequired to force a playoff. And I 0 ' ' H" ithat's exactly what happened.

1" mt 1-”l I" 1”" "I Manitoba was upset 12-0 by Sask- latchewan and an hour later On- tario came up with its come-from- I y H I M behind triumph. The Ontario rink l” ”"i”rgl1seored a whopping ilth-end five ltlfliand finished with a three to force

ivthc playoff

'l'hs0harlotiis0oivIGuardiaaI.8s.ti:rtlay,nIar. 10,1956

Last evening at the Sports Maclfay. Parkdale Arena school boys and girls from at-in ximatetv 30 Queens County PSS schools and Souris competed in the second Annual Queens Coun- ty Interscholastic Meet with s Golcs. Q. Royalty; fast sheet of ice. Upwards of 250 young contest Glr ants tbok part and every 'nt PSS. Anne Cameron: produced close finishes. The in tYeo, was under direction of the Phys- ical Fitness Division of the De- partment of Education with the following officials in charge: Starter. Geo. A. Walters: .ludg- ley, QC es at finish. Dr. L. W. Shaw. K. ' A. Parker and G. M. Rice; scor- Parkdale. er. W. E. scantlebury: patrol Boys 12 years: 1- 3 judges. G.W. Wellner. E.F. Nich- lan. QCHS; 2. F olson and Merrill Pineau; direct- 3. Ronnie Rice. or. Bill Reid: assistant scorer. Boys 1 Mile topenli D. Arsenault. Coles. Central Royalty: Following are the results:- Thompson. Winsloe: 3. Girls 7 years and under: 1. net. Souris. Mabel Taylor. PSS, 2. Joanne Girls 13 years: Leightlzer. RSS: 3. Christine Mc- QCHS; . . Carville, C. Royalty. Winsloe; 3. Eilee Boys 7 years and under: 1. Boys 13 year: Thane Burke, PSS; 2. Jimmy ier. WKS: -- Dowling. Q58: 3. Alan Flood, E. Royalty: Spring Park. Central Royalty Girls 8 years: 1. Cheryl Mac- Girls 14 years Quarrie. PSS; 2. Sandra Jen- C. Roy nings. Sourls; 3. Linda Duffy. is;

Boys 14 years: Boys 11 years: 1. Ellis Boud- land. QCHS; renult, Sp. Park; 2. Douglas Mac- Pkdle.; 3. Alan B

ey.

Parkdnle.

Lean. Model: 3. Joe Brown. Pdle.

North River.

3. Joanne Lord. WKS. Boys 8 yrs.: 1. Ronny Boyies.

Russel Burgoyne. Model.

I'kdle.: Ci. Connie Whitlock. PSS.

Geo. MacMillan. PSS.

ice 2. - Ralph Jenkins. H. vs. L.D. MacKay. Dr. A. MacEach-

Ice 3. -- F. Curtis. W. Storey. G. Milligan. G. Wellener, vs. W.R.

- , 03 Jenkins. llouard Douglas. F. H. damages in the ' court for breac

ice. 4. -J.J. Morris F. Mac- servicesy

Millan. F. Connor. Ivan Trainor. rh' vs. Wm. Hayward. J.E. Burnett. . t Dr. H.MacKenzie. Dave Walker. ' 0 the defendants

A" ms "eve gam" ”' in the The following is the mixed ciirl- contrary to contract. "The irresponsible

TORONTO iCPlTTh'3 Cadiadlw Prowse. D. George. Eileen Ander- National Sportsmen a Show opened son; vs, wen M,,cLean' Ma,-go Imdaiy lwuh fa record 300 exhlblu Bealon. G. Anderson. D. LeClair. 9" dsp 33' "T "”w'”' "I me” ice 3: - Harry Farmer. Dorothy ca" and Camdian ""ld””" (""3 Stewart J. Frank Johnston Luc- Sponsomd by '3": Tummo A"? ille Turiibull vs. E. Maclnnvis M. lers' and Hunters Association. the Dockcrdomf Dr. Hooper. I'M": :l'.21i...?.2'.:'1"...?.'”'.;'.3.'.'l;'”..'?.: :1: w-,------;-. H M S M M 5.... V . ' ' c : - I. . . cross sic out another angle. They observed fishing rods. cabins and tents. A Xndersony (;,.”nc” M::Mm::' third game of the h .. L. T m :. M M L , astic playoffs. Allt re A one'ho"r stage Ind Wm” re. Till. Hogaii. lgiiith I dersiiii. enmm teams have been playing bangup 030 hockey to date and it is a certainty hl's game will be no exception Abbie Sisters fresh

we is presented twice daily. Here.

world champion easier. and in- struclor. Miss Crusey is so dex-

will go over a man's head. down More than 1.400 Canadian and Ice. 3: m Storey. M. Jones. 0-

between 500 to 600 U.S. dogs are Matheson. Nita Howatl: vs. Frank to take part in a dog show from Cox. H. Taylor, Vern Howatt. M.

the Fredericton Capital Hockey

Club for alleged bfeach of con- Roy Whitlock. Joseph Bernie McDonald.

served here Thursday on three

3.30 p.m. Michaels. Round Robin players as they were about 10 Ice 1. - W.R. Burnett. A.A. Mac- 0" "1

board a taxi to take them to the

ing draw for tonight at the Char-

Kay. Vie Williams. Anita Cudmore Ice -2: - 11. Dobson. Bessy

A. T;.it. Mickey Cannon.

ice 2: - Jim Cameron. Helen MacKcnzie. L. Blakeney. M. Tall. to vs. Fred Cannon S. Storey. J. Taylor. M. Stewart.

it

Blakeney.

Peters, Souris; 3. aiiys 1-2 Mile (open) Thompson.

is 11 years: 1. Gail Herman, -I dy

Boys 11 yI's- I QCHS: Gordon

1. Johnny Davig,

MacKay. Parkdale. . 1. Margaret Brad-

Fergie Robertson. 3. Stephen Dowling.

I; 1. Brenda Coles. alty; 2. Eva Jarvis. Sour-