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aln- sire of I eed of all time:-"Prob-

one :'dir?5e,?o: xpl0o?):le.vrel:randinbly thep most talked about and :1" lim- Raceway i: Dick Wil-imost admired colt that ever rac- u:ii..mii-no is also well known to ed and it was because ht did un- manyiof our local horsemen. Du.-k1heard of things. When you race is as an excellent conditionerwagainset he best aged horses with

By THE CANADIAN PRESS ule with the major item: of busi-

There'll be some bench clearing ness g . .today in Winnipeg and Regina as and the individual scoring champ-

thc Western lnterprovincial F0ot- iunship. ball Union end: its regular sched-

SECOND PLACE TO BE DECIDED Bench Clearing In West As W.l.F.U. Ends Schedule

”einent of :econd place

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careful trainer and his career as-Ila 3-year old for Sl0.000 and vgii: a driver has been featuredgby his YOU Inuit NV! 8 EFEBIHW Ud reliability and the -reputation forithat is not alldhevdid. Iebral: taming and retaining the confi-lall the year an was on 3 e I dence of the owners who entrust 1 by one colt. and that perhaps uas hulwh 1,, him, lie IS 39 years old due to racing luck.

and uns born at Richmond, lnde-' H i "P best headed games, S” His residence E319" gm rag:-lnfl safeeshstoughest and the best race 15 Orlad 0' . hon aid lkgaicoit 1 ever drove. if ever a colt tiletseamn 'lt.'i(tii9a5 fifsimiag f,m,,s should go on and be a worlds 5 ar 5, uas - lies . g

Iecoud and 19 times third and illrj, "ables earned s83'283' quite a mo ii: ensible netcr breaks can go amount considering that he didn't Fks H th und have many mg stake wgaiemenis siolind rausnniii-iya horseeviiiiiiatanlhvesi and still eligible to a class he can

Dick ascribes considerable of his. auccesss to the fact that he keepsi what may be called "old care.

.. . . - t ii I i taijers ' at presenli iiiehiiguilxcsgi hoereseis ;ili(eal:t('tl:(i'?'li1lng else he "H" 0" is pay") ' 3 g ' has done--o ' oi the ordinary.

Harry Rirdsey is sixty years old and the oldest. Bob Bates. had

And what a stud he will make.

his ninetieth birthday October the best bi-eedmg in the boaglthe wiser. They'll 10th. These Er00m5100k after only The sire and dam both the best deep dusk and return at crackgof one horse with the excevlion 0! 0' me No famnles. where could dauii. At least the smart one: will.

Harry Birdsey, who takes care of two. Dick says it works out better that way. The oidar fellow: are more reliable and they become

you find one like him? When he grows out he will be the right size and a grand looking horse. I only hope one of the great

wry attached to the horses in breeding farms will buy h1m,; U!E'll' 3789. 50m9iim95 if the train him for a world's recordi work 9 8 bit HGBVY i0l' "lei" next year and then have the

Dick gives a hand or his second trainer. Fr nkte C'ff.

It would interesting to have a master of he horse: that these six grooms have taken care of and i, to hear them tell tales of the way they ,ot them ready for some big betting coups on the Grand Cir- cuit in the old days. The parl- mutueis were not in existence then and it was at the "pools" where the bettors made the big money with a successful winner. Bob Bates. the oldest of the group. was in the army. served his time and while there was in charge of horses. After he served his time he started in with race horses and has been with them ever since. He never ma led. Two weeks be- fore he was to have done so his Iwesthe died. Hi: war record lnclud the Spanish American War and action in China and the -Phlllipine: during the Boxer Re- bcllion.

GREAT PACER

One of the greatest pacer: of the last few year: 1: Philip Scott 1:59 2-5. owned by Georg: W.

greatest young horse in ilmerica.

FIRE

Tattersalls corporation barn and arena in which the sales have been held at Lexington for years was destroyed by fire last Sat- urday. only a month before the Novermber horse sales. The build- ing was completed in 1914 and has necently been remodeled in preparation for the sales. Hun- dreds of the best trotters and pac- ers, also show horses, have been auctioned at that barn over the past forty years. The building was owned by the Lexington Trots Breeders Association headed by Frederick Van Lennep of Castle- ton Farm.

The 18th annual auction known at the Harrisburg Sale will be held at Harrisburg, Pa. November 11 to 16. Quite a number of Mari- timers are planning to attend this sale and will probably return with a trotter or pacer to make things livelier for 1957. Several of those bought there last year have made good.

The 15-ycarold Time Table was

amazing to discover how many fhamlmn "U5 W9 Sm"-'id Thereispecles of wildlife have changed its no limit to his capabilities. Hel their habits and adpned them, selves they did not they failed to sur- vive - it was just as simple as . , that. Take '.Iimmie' skunk for ex- have to ('0Il:lgli a horse like thisp ample. Before we bounty was '0 3 Sale H5 ” W” F”?! E c9"'placed on his head he: step a- Seumg mm round a farmer's owned the place. Now a family of skunks could be under a build- ing for a year and the owner none

Reid of Fort Falrfield, Maine and the Gray brothers, Jere and Percy of East Providence. R.I. About two weeks ago he scored a bril-

the winner of the sixth dash of an eight dash program at Exhibi- tion Park, Saint John. NB. Wed. nesday night. It was his 99th win

liant victory at Yonkora Raceway In the 37.0w Brookland Free For All, heading such atar pacer: as the world”: champion and record holder, ,Adioa Harry 1:55, Sol Camp's Diamond Hal 1:57 2-5, Hiliso? 1:59 and others. Torrid act th pace to the quarter in so ucon r. an then took f.,';',:"f,,K,””d,,,'": 3;;:'s'hK"'iP",” over with the nut quarter in .i.ici, mu received mm '-:11 n :2 2-5, tho half being in 1:02 2-5. ie, The ,,,,C,dem D F f, "lhu" Then Philip Scott came rushing the leading horge geurggh :19" up In high only a neck back of RM. driven by I',h'zen ilgrk Her Diamond Hal and Franklyn Saf- Mi E”, ,.,,,,m 0, H, Lo” ” - fad huafled him the int half in i,,l3,,,,. And," "I; 0-"':";:'; 3.3””? 'r?.'.'i-."'...i.;2i....”a.l.'ill3..i'.:2 ""' 3"" "WV -1” so into the mixup. Panama Chief driven b :18 by three part: of a length the ,,,m.M A1 L I . 3' TOI'1'idyWIl a like margin back pm the (at t Slilmiiv 5l'-- fien- for third. and the favorite Adios 2.14 4.5 3” m 9 "I the "Wm" Harry Icemcd completely dull and ' ' never figured at all. Philip Scotti luminaries: Dub 1 - Top Roy. al (A. wood) 1. I-Ii-Lo': 13......

Mid 823.50 for a ti. bill. fW.H. Klr . Now the new: In that he has 4-5. Winniflkg.(t)rtli:lkei',if11(':'l":'nfr2tei5B been retired to his birthplace, St. Stephen. Dish '2 .' Jr... Le; Walnut Hall Fanu. Lexington, Ky. Direct (E. Langillel i Gav Muqjc where he will enter Itud duty (M. Govang) 2. Tune 2-17 as next spring. ma brooding 1: may trig owner 2:. Langille. Cold- nperb. hi: alro being Scoland brook. Dashe: 3 and 7 - Toiri Day !159 14. lire of 21 two-minute (3. Andrew) 1-4, Frankie Budlong Ipeedchampiona. and his dam was (W. Carr) 2.1 peso” Gm (E the renowned brood mare IIolly- Llngllie) 7-2. Time 2:16 2-15 (1.3 Nod Phyllis 2:00 i-2. Her dam Tom Day is owned by Chlef'Si.a- wu the eat brood mare Peri. blea, Sllnf John, Frankie Budlong Ieopo 1: 1-1. Philip Scott said by A.J. Ailain, Moncton Dash 4- " I V0011!!! for 86.800. He was Billy Lee C. (H. Jones) 1', Windsor not raced at two but was given Volo (M. Coughlan) 2 Tim 2.1 a few start: as a 3-year-old, lak- 2-5. Winning owner ' H iii ' 9 his I mark of 2:07 1-4. At four Lower Kars. Dashes 5 'sndmiies' he red ed hi: record to 2:01 and Panama Chief (E. Langille) 1-2.- in 19 lowered it to 1:59 2-5. He Vanguard (M. Coughianl 3.1 E"; lg: met the very win In pacen Forbes of Hi-Lo (R. Andrew ) out three years. 2-dnf. Time. 2:14 4-5. 2:16. Pan-

Chief is owned b A L . wiiuoba NAMED "iii. y ' '" And here's new: for Maritlmers. g 9' Sr” Cmdbmok vanguard

173' M. Coughlan. Dash 6 . Time The Lexington Trot: Breeders As- Table (.1. Lang) 1, Thelmg Lou

' (M. Downey) 2. Time. 2:16 4-5. ' Winning owner. T.P. Downe , gjgee C ' in hams"! rncina. Saint John. y it named general manager

of the Lexington Trota. He will replace Colonel F. Alden Grey. who '5 "Wind I new position as director of racing at Roosevelt Raceway. Walter Gibbon: will still continue as genctll manager of Bay State Raceway, Foxboro. Man. He brings a life time of EXT”-'flelIf.'e in the sport to his new- i

since he started racing, his total winning: at the end of 1955 being 832.934. According to the rules his racing carreer will he ended this season. There was a regrettable accident in the eighth race which resulted in drivers Blair Andrew,

not post. do started In training and rac- and

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HUNTERS' CORNER

The Raven is

Looking back over the years it is In Dr. Taverner's comment: on its economic status the following line is worthy of note, "Avoiding civilization as it does it has little direct economic status." Some 1!) or -to year: ago when Dr. Tacer-

to modern civilization.

yard as if he

creep but at

There are dumb member: in the wildlife family tree.

Our Brant in another example. Before the eel grass failure in 1933-34 brant were very loath to fly over land. If a hummoclt bird. outside the rig of decoy: a flock would swing around the hurnmock. When the eel grass went and they either had to change their feeding habits or go out' they a- dapted themselves to changed con ditions. I have watched flocks of several hundred brant aiiilht in clover fields in the spring and feed there like a flock of domesticated birds.

THE RAVEN

The Ravens are I classic ex- ample. In 1926 a book- ”bli'ds of Western Canada.” written b)' the late Dr. PA. Taverner. one of Canada's foremost ornitholo- gists at the time, was published. In his book Dr. Taverner wrote the following commentary on the Haven: "The Raven is traditional- ly a bird of ill-omen. Sombre of colour. dismal in voice. solitary and wild of habit it fills in the far the south. The Raven holds aloof from the haunts of men. As civil- ization had advanced into the pri- meval vastnessea the Raven. un- like its close relative the crow. has retired and la still today what it was in the beginning. a bird of the wildernes.

"Knowing only the physical rc- quiremcnts and food habits of the two species, one would naturally think that the raven could survive as well under civilization as the crow. It is omnivorous and can adjust itself to almost any food gupply. It in hardy and can live in climates and under severer con- ditions than its conilener. Yet 101'

A Scavenger

ner conducted his studies of the Raven his foregoing comment: on its habits and scarcity in numbe B was perfectly accurate. I well re- member over 60 years ago, when just a mere lad. hearing father lament on missing a shot at a raven on the Klondyke Road and his remark: ”I may never have a chance at a raven again". He never did see one again. Inciden- tally the spot viiiere he fired at the raven. and missed, is approxi- mately a mile and a half from the old homestead. The area is still under woodland and the ravens are back at the old stand.

POETIC JUSTICE

I saw my first Ravens in the spring of 1937 when I was farm- ing at Mount Albion. A pair built a nest in I clump of ancient hem- locks at the east end of Moss Lake and made periodic early morning raids on the bronzed grackle nest: in the spruce hedge west of the orchard. These sama grack- les continually raided the robin nests around the farm premise: and I felt the ravens depredations in their ranks as a case of 'Po- etic justice' and for this reason al- lowed the raiders a free hand. Be- tween the ravens and the B5. A. 22 cal. rifle the gracklea found it was too hot for comfort and mov- ed out.

At the time I knew of only two other raven nests - one in the high ledge cliff at Halliday's Wharf and the other at East Point-also built in a high bank. The follow- ing year a raven nest was located at Dl.ll'Pii Point not far from Howe Bay. Today ravens are almost as plentiful as crows in wine districts. Nine years ago a farmer at Mount Albion killed a number of horses to be canned as dog food and haul- ed the offal to his back woodlet. On a January evening at sunset I counted 54 ravens circling and cutting didoes over the old Hoop- er swamp. It was quite a sight. The air was frost laden and clear a: crystal and the birds resembled. miniature black fighter planes.

Ravens will congregate wher-

some unexplained reason. the

They had another good program

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crow increase: and the Raven dis- appear: when nttlcment advanc-

at Sackville Down: on Wednesday night with a big attendance pre- sent. Race: 1 and 4. 3- W01 '00 Pace - Sea Plant (C. Smith) 1-2. All spice (Haley) 2-1. Time, 2:17 3-5. 2:18 2-5. Sea Plant is owned by Ray Stewart, Murray Harbor. P.E.I. and All spice by H.L. Pal- mer, Moncton. Race: 3 and 7 - Perfect Hal (O'Meara) 1-8. Abbe Brewer (Etter) 4-1. Mighty Deb (Moreside) 2-5, Jo-Jo Spencer (Me Gregor) 5-2. Globetrotter (Mau- ger) 34. Time, 2:16 2-5, 2:171-5 Perfect Hal is owned by Harbour and Gregory, Charlottetown and Abba Brewer by George E. Irvine Rexton. N.B. Race 5 - Counter: Blondell (Campbell) 1, Ramsay's Brown G. (H. Walsh) 2, Signal Bill (R. O'Brien) 3. Time. 2:23. Winning owner, Thomas L. Cham- hers, Halifax. Race 8 . Jollcy Lad (O'Msara) 1, Bell banks (Kenny) 2. Just Barbara (Mac- Alduff) 3. Time, 2:15 4-5. Winning owner. Mrs. Keith Thomas, Hali- fax. Race ll - Texas Hal (Haley) 1, Jingle Gale (H. Walsh) 2. Jim- mie Flood (Cnxlkshank) 8, Penny Royal (Smith) 4. Time, 2:23 2-5. Winning owner, Don MacAuIay. Pugwnsh.

Ague Allen, formerly of Halifax was the second busiest driver at Springs, N.Y. this year with 304 drive: and he was third in the seasonal averages. Last year An- gie finlah :' firat in acaaonal aver- ages.

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ever food is there for the picking up but their nest: are scattered from one end of the province to the other. A brood of three was

weekend of their fourth-straight first-plaec nnlah. have atated they will not draa five of their first- string regulars against Winnipeg Blue llotnbc ..

'!'hat': good new: for Bombers. who. with a victory over Eskimos. still have a chance to take second place and thus the right to choose the opening venue of the two-game total-point league semi-final.

The news was not good to Sask- atchewan Roughrldcrs, who meet the resurgent Calgary stampeders

BY CANADIAN PRESS New Brunswick become: a foot- hall province this weekend with two of the season's biggest Can- adian grid contests on tap at Sackville, Mount Allison Univer- sity and Chathams St. Thoma:

It Regina and need a victory to University. 1 i : Mount A. Mounties. playing in preserve mu. mo-pom mam"! their first season of the Can-.

over the third-place Bombers.

IWONG RESTED

With little at ltakc in the Win- nipeg contest. coach Frank (Pop) Ivy of E '4 intend: to ahoot his reserve Canadians into the lineup. He's leaving at home full- back Normie Kwong, the league's leading ground gainer, and four

adian game, entertain University of New Brunswick Red Bombers in a NB Union game that could decide which team will represent the Province against the winner: of the Nova Scotia League. The game at Sackviiie starts at 2:30 o'clock Saturday afternoon.

The N.B champions will meet

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New Brunswick In Football, Spotlight Saturday, Sunday

Nova Scott: in the Maritime 4 d , at Moncfon November 8. At Chatham. St. Mary) Uni.

versity Tommie: tangle for an

Maritime Junior championship Sun

day afternoon. It will be the flrat

time I llmlor bampion ha: been declared in the Maritlmu.

other football in the province has Moncton Hub: and Saint

John Wanderer: meeting Saturday

afternoon in a scheduled N.Il 3”-URDAY dren system will be avguabie Union contest that will have no no that an announcer will be able bearing on the championship. in Bocoonat Montreal to give a commentary on the the fixture at Mount Allison. UNB CMPN0 It T070010 game and ullghtan Ilnrvica fang needs I win. by at least a margin gummy an to what in taking place on the of nine points, to stay in the uanmd u Dem” mid.

running for the right to represent the Province.

United states players, all of them two-way men.

..Boinber: can be expected to re- lax a little, too. despite the fact coach Al Sherman says he'll dress his best team available.

MONTREAL (CP)-The injury- rlddled Montreal Canadleus plan to call up two players from the minors for tonight's National Hockey League game here against Boston Bruins.

A club spokesman said a call ha: gone out for Andra Prono- vost, a leftwinger with Shawlnigan Falls Cataracts of the professional Quebec Hockey League. Canadlens are also trying to obtain Gene Aehtymlchuk, a centre. on loan to Quebec Ace: of the QHL

N.H.L. SCORING

By THE CANADIAN PRESS

Veteran Ted Lindsay of Detroit picked up two assists Thursday night to remain a point ahead in the race for National Hockey League scoring honors Lindsay boosted his points total to eight. one more than teammate Norm Ullman and Joan Beiiveau of Montreal. Ullman and Beliveau each had a goal and an assist

Thursday. C, R ( M t.

rue lemon: 6 A rt-. edit wli33:e3i' &..w3"c2'.'3ai'.'.'Ii u'"illY- 93'0" 2 5 3 were returned to their respective Bellve-u. Montreal 4 3 7 QHL clubs Friday following a two- Uumllh D9U'0"- 5 4 7 game stint with Canadiena. Sloan. Toronto 4 2 6 It will not be decided until after Howe. Detroit 2 4 5 tonight's game whether Pronovoat Harvey. Montreal 0 I 6 and Achtymichuit will accompany M. Richard. Montreal 1 4 .5 Canadienl to Detroit for Sunday olmslead, Montreal 1 4 5 game. M"'""- 395m" 0 5 5 The club spokesman said there Standing: Detroit, won L lost 0, "i ' '””'bu"V B'"”' m””'"'

Boom) Geoffrion will return to ac- tion tonight. His injured elbow has shown improvement. Centre Henri (Pocket Rocket) Richard is still

tied 2; points, 10.

Point: Lindsay, Detroit, 8.

Goals: Sloan, Toronto; Bellvcau, Montreal, 4.

shutouts: Worslcy, New York; Plante. Montreal. 2.

Penalties: Belivaau, Montreal. 24 minutes.

new in to HEIVY concentration: of raven: are to be found in the Anderson Road area. Indian River. Minni- rnigaaii; also in Prince County and It Dlsces too numerous to man- tion in Kings.

One cannot stroll through a win- ter woodlet or awlmp or my ex. tent in January without hearing tlieir harsh croaking. There la no doubt but what they have contri- buted in no small degree to the losses suffered last winter by our

Huna. Thei economic atatua, an 057. (NEW!-

rearcd at Lantzley, across the riv- er from the city this summer and another of four at Avonrlale.

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