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7 in Peter Song i‘ lM 1-2. They have placed him

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7 annular! g1 m Osasdan imd peel

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forty-nine ‘ to

the roads or tracks and sp-

for eligibility certifi-

tu are being made by the dos--

bill. A; Hunter River owners Em-

Bernld. Roddie Ford. Cyril

iii. Roy Mills and others are

rapes-lag race material and will

ave some new speed out also the

old warriors that have shown up ee well in the past.

What is true of Hunter River Ian be said of Summerslde, Ken- Alberton, O'Hara-y, Mon- issue. Covehesd and dozens of other iowns and villages. The Phsrlottetown track, according to Jiggy" Arbing will have between I and 00 horses training over it

commencing next week and

e prospects are that a much

ter number will be stabled ere before July 1st. The track k drying up solmdidlv and by lie first of the week will be ready for slow workouts. The

fining night racing meet will held Saturday evening. June

th. With the earlier season arses mould be ready for the wwd. The first Provincial after-

noon race meet will be at Leo Praughfs Riverside irack Wed- nesday afternoon. June 29th, and Summerride races will as usual be held on Dcrninion Day.

New horses are coming into the Muitimas, some oi them we have no record of, but here are four- three of them good campaigners that will. liven things up quite a. bit. They were all purchased re- tentlyin Ontario. Lucky Han- sovF D. 2.11. is a bay gelding bv Peter Hancock. '1‘.'nis pacer made I starts in i940, won ten heats and 8791.90 making hi1 total win- pins! $4.3M. I-Ie is eligible to a I.1'1 class. Miss Woodland p, 1.12 8-6, is a chestnut more by Woodland Ax. She made 34 starts n 1948. won 14 heats- or dashes ind 01.056. Her total winnings are 0,904. and she i.s eligible to the W3) class. Both these horses rac- ed at Duffel-in Park. ‘Toronto, and are in the pink oi condition now.

Qenator- Brooke p. 2.12. is a mare by Miller Brooke. She has made 24 starts in 1940. won seven of them and was a consist- ent money winner in practically all her starts. Her money win- tings last season totalled $2.581 her total winnings are $3.406. e is eligible to the 2.18 class In! h well liked. A two-year-nld by the famous tro ng stallion W. Chips 2M. has also found a new home in the Mariticnes.

Volo Mae 2.04 1-2. owned by iAndrew C. Peterson of West Hart- ford. Conn. has a colt at her ‘side by His Excellency 1.50 1-2. Volo Mae's dam was Mae Watts

i by General Watts 2.00 3-4. also ,_'lllC chm of the stallion George _ Washington 209 2-4. brought here some 7B1‘! lso by the lste James Mbmmlaid

.. Black. Berryville, f Vi» Ilse moved from Florida in 1 Rioeemoft Raceway in Maryland. '- Earle has some real top material siding including the two- IOI-Old Sarah's Comet 2.13 8-6, fastest performer for her age in “lliewwldinlfifi... and

Percy ' Jury oray. who have followed m’

j their father's footsteps in buying

and selling horses and are consid- “_ (red about the. luckiest pair "of f‘ .5!'0ifllers in New England because

of their ownership of Knight

Dream s, 159, champion three.

year-old pacer of 1946. and other

8°04 WW. have an up and com-

fll "W-Wlr-Old in Frank's Song.

brother Jr, in the hands of Franklyn Safford

recalculation-good lob with ~ mun. Dream.

‘lhmmy Berry has Jumped into the iimeligfit because of the per- _ foemsnce of the two-year-old Rosa Dean, by the super-sire Volosnite 2m 1-2. This little lady stepped the last quarter of a 2.30 mile la enctly thirty seconds and her stock has Clmeup very fast. Hie has been mound the peat week togeiherwith the other members o! ‘lwinfl Berry's stable, to Lex- ington. Kentucky.

‘lhe Joe O'Brien stable, recent- t

4f!) es are there and accom- il provided for 3i!)

will be the liveliest spot

the United States map. Six of new additions to Joe's stable owned ‘by Ollie Weaver of . Pa. and they include

, stars,

C. Dtbertand Jay fier-

‘ a record of ‘vese-old-ovu a _ trsekjirymtsrio last end, it fwaq at the. time record for s time’;

points with operators and continu- ous photographs are made of the horses from scoring to finish. These can be developed and hand- ed to the Judges within a few minutes and nu! part of the 1H0! where o. foul was committed can be examined and the blame plac- ed correctly. ~

Rupert Godfrey of Marshiield, who has so successfully developed the photo-finish cameras in use in the Muritlmes, is having re- quests from tracks in New Bruns- wick, Nova Scotia. and oi course will as usual cater to our Island cinouit. He has developed s re- liable photo-finish for night rac- ing and it won't be surprising if it is in operation here this sca- son. If so it will be received with great favor by fans, horsemen and judges at finish, as no doubt it is more difficult to place horses at night than it is during the day.

Some trainers’ wives go right along with their husbands to the traclu and assist in keeping up their morale, and one of them. Mrs. Warren Dennis, is an expert judge oi form. She watches her husband's horses carefully and he is pretty sure to ask her advice if he ihlnis one of his charges is not good gaited. She says. "All I try to do is help from the side- lines. Different things come up all ihc time with a horse that some- one else can see that Che driv- ers cannot see. I have been around horses for thirty-five Yea-TS. 9V9? since I was a child. My father raced trotters and I like 1101368 and like to see how they are go- ing." Her husband spoke up and said, “She knows horses better than I do. She helped me train in 1946 and she can drive a horse rigwht good."

Wives oi several other trainers are also at Westbury. some of them living in trailers. One oi thmeisMrsI-indy Fraser, oi Ibr- est. Ontario. wife of owner- riv- er of the famous pacer Dr. Stan- ton l.50 1-2. She is the mother oi four grown children but she says. "I cannot get uway from it, I am a. confirmed rallbird. Any- how, my husband likes to have mo with him. it keeps him from getting lonesome." ,_

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W01" 818d to be able to state that our friend Harry Murphy of the Charlottetown Post Office is much improved. He has passed through a. very severe illness but has had the best wishes of hun- dreds oi horsemen friends and other; for his recovery.

Margaret Jean 2.10 1-4, that has been used as a brood mare for a few seasons, will be back on the track in the role of a. trotter this your. She is owned and will be laced by A. B. Cutclifie . . . The trotter Lee Brewer 2.06 3-4, that in Milton Bell's ownership equal- led the track trotting record oi 2.0’! 3-4 at Charlottetown some years ago, has been sold by him to nnmett A. Bernard oi Hunter River. P. E. I. Mir. Bernard is the owner of Reuben Lee. that performed so fleditably on the trot last year . . . Cyril Smith, Hunter Riven", has sold the up and coming pacer Bonnie Clegg to Roderick 11cm of Hunter River, and he will campaign her in the slow classes . . . The Harold Stead stable, Brackiey, is on the go get- ting thelr preliminary training over the roads in the farm's vi- cinity. They are 0. ‘U. Volo 2.10- l-4. Dxdy Budlong 2.13 3-6, Bud- dy Biglong 2.16 4-5 and the green pacer Calumet Onward. s full brother to Raymond Budlong 3, 2.13.

Firing as a remedy or lame- ness has boendiscussed ever since horses started to .ot or pace, in fact probably before that as it was used on the runners. Charles Marven in his story of his life and training at Palo Alto Farm, said he did not approve oi firing. having had very litte success with it. We. too, have known many cases where it was an absolute failure. But there are different methods of firing and there are some veterinaa-iea who have be- come so expert at it that they are brought hundreds oi miles and paid large fees to do a job. We remember when the late J. Stanley Wedlock, owned White Sour 2.00 1-2 he lrrcugflt an ex- pert here to fire her front legs-he made an csuellent Job of it and White sex raced sound ever af- ter. Locally the award for profic- iency goes to Dr. George Bhhon because of the results his method of firing has accomplished with Nell Kalmuck. Kelly's Nightmare and others. ‘Ilhoee who watched Nell Kalmuck last year and saw her astounding finishes could not detect the slightest trace o! lame- ness and she lowered her record to 2,10. Kelly's Nightmare was a

and it would not be surprising to see them lower their records. l

It was learned yesterday that representatives from this Province will leave for Amherst, N. S., this morning by car where they will attend the quarterly meeting oi

the "executive Q the Maritime Amateur Athletic Union at two o'- clock this afternoon. ‘Ihose mak- ing the trip will be Brigadier W. W. Reid, Messrs. Charles Hogan, Summerslde; George Francis, Ev MncNeill, and a representative of the Charlottetown Victoria Club, who had not been named at time’ of writing. Among other things, the meeting will deal with the forthcoming summer programmes oi track and field, boxing, etc. I I

Brigadier Reid stated yesterday, that following the regular meeting an informal get-together will be held by all interested parties to discuss. the possibilities of forming a Senior Central “B" Baseball League. The proposed league will probably be made up by tea-ms from such centres as Springhill, Am- herst, Sackville, Charlottetown and Summerslde.

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According to recent reports, the Charlottetown Playground Com- mission and other interested clubs 5nd Broups of local sport support- ér-i are planning a big athletic programme for Charlottetown on the 24th.oi May to launch the summer's sporting activities.

Mthlllllh the plans are not by any means fully completed as yet, reports have it that a baseball game will be scheduled for the afternoon, while a six-mile road- race and possibly a 10-mi1e bicycle race will be the main features of the early evenins. which will be followed up by a mammoth dance to bring the day's events to a. fit- ting climax.

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It sounds like a great way to launch off the sporting season on the right foot, and if all the events mfltflillm l! Planned. and there is no reason to believe they won't, sporting fans both young and old 2141511141 be in for s big time on the

“N00 318$ anybody cares a. hoot what we think about baseball" quotes Baz (Montreal Daily Star) O'Meara “but because it is an old established custom. we give you Brooklyn. Boston ma Box and Montreal Royals to finish on top of their respective leagues."

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"For a while now we have been P9551118 What the baseball experts have to say about prospects. Quite a few of them like Indians in the American. Our guess is that Joe Mini-filly will have his 5oz pulled "l! earlier this year. He should get better pitching. On that basis the team that was nosed out on the last day of the season could well win by five or‘ sis games.

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"Brooklyn is loaded. So loaded that when the time comes the Royals should be' beneficiaries of their bounty. Rickey will m to 1g m" they are well endowed with fiwryihlns necessary to retain their title. It won't be too easy, accord- "18 i0 the experts. but that will make for a better race.

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"Myth appear to Be a little

the other clubs will sea c 51”]; shadow each time they have m face Don Newcombc,

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"The latter has now become re- conciled to returning here. Big Don was a victim of misplaced vflbllvity larsely Imerated by Branch Rickey who recklessly pro- claimed that Newcombewas worth 500m‘) ¢° BPWUYII. at least as sales material. I

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"He neglected to say hqw much Newcombe was worth to New- 00ml!!- hence the lattws wonder- ment because be wasn't included in the Dodger lineup. In an efilaive moment last year we pm. c med Newcombe a $00,000 pm.

light on the mound even though '

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Single Man

(n; Frank Iranian)

TORONTO. April fl ‘-—- (CP) — After winning the Stanley Cup. for the third successive season-and picking up 82.150 extras from the National Hockey League alonl U)! route-Toronto Maple Leaf players couldn't get aboard the all-star gravy train. 1

Not a single Leaf was picked for the all-star team this year, announ» ced today in Montreal.

Last season, only Turk Bred:

picked up $1.000 for being picked on the mythical squad and the previous year no member of the cup winners made the team. Even worse, says Andy (Toronto Star) Lytle, “not a single Leaf. made the second all-star team, (this year) and voting shows that if a third team had been in the money running—whlch It wnsn't—l3rodn. Watson and Thompson only would be in that company."

“What we must conclude," adds Lytle, "is that the league closes its observing book at season end and

THE GUARDlAN, ‘caalzborrcrowu ‘g

"Leafs FailTo Place

On 1949 ,.

N; H. L. All-Star

H, Day Signs Asuplecf Coach

TORONTO. April 23 —- (C?) - Clarence (Happy) Day today i180- edhis 1049-50 contract as coach of the ‘Ibronto Maple Leafs hoc- key club, general "manic! C011!) Smythe announced. Day has coach- ed the club to five Stanley o“?! - more. than any other coach in "the league's history.

Committee To Investigate Local Baseball A Situation

At the annual meeting of the City Baseball League held at the Charlottetown Armourles last night the election of officers did not take

ignores the playoffs completely . ." "Obviously," he concludes, "the playoffs are of no moment, except. perhaps to shake the customers free of any loose dough they may still have in pocket."

l-iere are the first and second choices pf six NHL. coaches a: announced by tho league today. First choice goal, Durnan, Montreal; defence, Quackenbush, Detroit, Stewart, Detroit; for- wards, centre. Abel, Detroit; right wing, Richard, Montreal; wing, RuConacher, Chicago. Second choice — goal, Rayntl. New York; defence, Harmon. Mon- treal, Reardon, Montreal; for- wards, centre, D. Bentley, Chicago: right wing, Home, Detroit; left wing. Lindsay, Detroit. Maurice Richard's selection at right wing marks his fifth con- secutive year on the ‘All-Star squad." Another Montruler, Bill Durnan, also is a fifth year man although he failed to make the grade last year, giving way to Toronto's Turk Broda.

Boys Baseball Meeting, Today.

In the developmen‘ program for the younger baseball players in the City this summer under the De- partment of Physical Fitness, in which older ball players will under- take the job of handling different groups in various sections of the City, some of the boys are al dy starting .the formation of lr groups. Mr. Buck White, who has undertaken to organize the young- sters in the Western end, announ- ced last night that he would like to see all the boys of Bantam age turn out at the Jail Square at 1:30 this afternoon. For the boys who wish to turn ou_t today. the West- ern zone is that area west of Queen and south of Euston Streets.

_ Bowling

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CHABIDTTERUVN ALLEYS

A new record for s single string of five-pins for the Charlottetown Bowling Alleys was claimed last night by the Michael Bros. team when they rolled a total of 3,445 pins in the third game of _s match in the Commercial League against the Big Five team. The Michael Bros. team also took the match four points to one.

The following are the results:

Michael Bree: I. Callaghan

Total-IMO.

‘High Sirlgle-q-C. Gillis-MO. High Three-C. (Hills-We.

Points — Michael Bros. '4. Big five-l. '

left etc

place, but instead a committee of four, composed of Messrs. Fred Whelan (chairman), Harry Mclnnls, Buck White and Fred McQabe, was appointed by the meeting to look into the situation as to whether or not it will be ‘easibie to 000F100! the City League again this year.. The meeting was presided 0W1‘ by its president, Councillor W. H. Benton, and was enthusiastically attended by a larze 110M581‘ 9! 1°‘ cal players and team‘ manneri-

Although many proposals were brought up and discussed, it wal the feeling 6f the meeting that there were so many unknown fac- tors confronting them that will have a definite bearinl 0n "l! luc‘ cess of the league this year, that it would be necessary to have the above appointed committee to meet with other clubs, leagues and 0r- ganlzati in the City first and discuss their plans with them be- fore deciding on their own lum- rner activities. '

It was felt by many present that there were not sufficient senior players available to support three city clubs in the league wlthoutthe aid of Junior players, and that it would be wise to wait and see what the junior league policy was going to be this year. Another factor which they felt would have to be looked into was the proposal - of having e. Senior "B" team from the City entered in a Maritime loop this year.

A point which the committee will also look lntoconcerns the pro- posal of having two City League teams this year instead of three, and inviting Summerslde to enter a team as the third entry, and it was suggested that the committee explore this possibility with Sum- merslde baseball officials.

‘It was decided that on the com- pletion of the committeefi investi- gations s second meeting would be called and the future policy of the league will be based on their find- ingl.

Finals For Allan Cllpi Scheduled To Siari April, 2B

MIDLAND. Ont. April 2 — '(CP) — The belt-of-seven Allan Cup championship will start April 2d, Ceorgebudley of Midland. IuNHlfY-IHCDIIGT of‘ the Canad- ian Amateur Hockey ‘Association, said today. Venue will b, decided after the Eastern Canada series between ‘lbs-onto Msrlboros and Ottawa. Senatcrr.

Produce v

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MONTREAL, April h- (c?)- Produce prices quoted hers today. were reported by the Dominion De- partment of ‘Agriculture as follows:

Eggs: Free cases, A large 46~48 1-2; med 44-45; A pulleu 42-48; B 42-43; 85,

Butter: Quebec no 1 pasteurlaed fresh and storage 58-58 1-4. First trade creamery print fol; price 58 5-4-09 1-2; solids b8 ‘1-2. '

Cheese: ‘Current receipts" f‘ ‘o

¢

The opening day of the trout fishing season 1949 has come and gone and left a host of disappoint- ed anglers in its wake. It was a disappointius lily. cold "and rain- ing. with highways off the pave- ment next to impassable. Even the gravalled roads had to be traversed with extrune caution. Sunday, the follow up dunno from alfifl

spend five minutes fishing and five swinging their arms to restore cir- culation. ~

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Few good catches were made on opening day but there were acme. The best catch I looked over was taken frofn the Morell river ap- proximately _2 miles or better up stream from the main road bridge. The angler who was checked at 11.00 aim. had 18 nice trout stacked on a cake of ice behind him. They were splendid average trout run- ning the size of fresh herring fat and clean with s bluish silver col- ouring, They didn't have the bright silver sheen of fresh run sea. trout. While he was digging out his lic- eme he had a heavy strike and was caught napping. Result s big one got away. "You beggar" he remarr- eti. “you made me lose a fish" "You shouldn't worry" was my comment, “you have the rest of the day in which to catch two" He was crowd- ing his weight limit of 10 pounds pretty close with his 18 trout but since I didn't have my pocket scales with me I gave h-im the benefit of the doubt,