This has probably been the best season the Wathan Stable of Fort Fairfield. M31118. whose trainer and driver is Wendell Wsthan. has enjoyed for many years. Top mem- ber of the stable is the three-year- old Chuck Volo, a beautifully gait- ed pacing son of Volomite, dam, Abedna by Abbedale. Week after week we have been noticing his string of victories and last week ic set up a new world: record for three-year-old pacers over a half- nile track by winning the Reading Futurity. purse 312.063, in straight beats. His first heat was in 2.04 325 and his second in 2.03 -H5. This made a total of 6.14. The previous record for three-year-old pacers over a half-mile track was 6.14": riade by Supreme Hal in 1942 and equalled by Valdo Abbe in 1045 Both these horses are still racing.

At the end of last week the lead- ing heat winner on the Grand Cir- suit this season was the two-year- cld trotter. Duke of Lullwater with 14 firsts. In second place was the four-year-old trotter Star's Pride with 13 wins and in third place was the undefeated four-year-old pacer, Sampson Hanover with 12 wins.

Age does not seem to affect the ability of brood mares to produce winning trotters or pacers with in- tense speed. The four-year-old pac- ing mare Connie H. by Congres- sional. recently set a new track record for pacers at Springfield. Ohio. of 2.05 US. Her dam. Hazel t! by Nervolo p. 2.0-1'2. was 25 gears old when she foaled Connie

Harness racing returned to the 'owa State Fair. Des Moines. Iowa. fhe latt.er part. of August after an Absence of a. year. It was very pop- ular with the large attendance and will next year be back for keeps. Most. regrettable. however. was a tragic accident which happened in the 2.24 pace when the four-year- old chestnut pacer Chief Reynolds. driven by 73-year-old Oliver Dog- gett. was killed in a pile up on the three-quarter turn. Several horses went down in the mixup with some drivers badly bruised but none ser- iously injured.

At Windsor. Maine, Aug. 20th. Mary S. Budlong was 3-2 in a class- ified pace. purse s500.; Free Spirit was 3-2 in a classified pace. purse N500 and George Callbeck's former good pacer. Abner Britton. was 2-4 (11 the same event. The time was I12 45. 2.11 U5 - the latter the fastest time of the meet. At Bat- avia. N.Y. in the Class B pace. purse 3800.. Early Dawn by Play- dale. was second in 2.011 H5. At Foxboro last week Upton Clegg by Abner T. Clegg. won the 2.16 pace in 2.1414 and Clara Clcgg was sec- end in th.r2.l8 pace won in 2.1614. and here is something that will make you sit up and take notice- !.i4 pace. Peter Budlong by Cal- umet Budloniz (Fey) 1. time. 2.20 SIS for a mile and one-sixteenth. Peter was thought to be all through four years ago and was sold for 3200 to a party in Maine for ice racing. He delivered the goods that winter and the next and was then out in training and has reduced nis record from 2.10 to 2.09 U5. '..ost year he won eight dashes and l total of 31.525. which was just. ibout one-third of his total life-

i iime earnings.

At Roosevelt Raceway Bob Ryan yon the Class C pace with Stella- vay. time 2.11. and was third with Colonel Dan in the Class 13 Face. purse s2.000. time 208. Henry Clu- key won the Junior Free For All Pace. purse 83.000 with Rena Grat- tan in 2.05 US and Mary Mark was fifth in the Class C plus trot. purse 62.000. won by Edward Sont! (Thomas) in 2.00. The Free For All Pace. purse 55.000. same niizht. was won by the four-year-old Fer- man Hanover. driven by Johnny Simpson. with Ankaway (Hough- ton) 2. Indian Land (O'Brien) 3. four other starters. time. 2.02. a new world's record for a four-year- old gelding pacer over a half-mile track.

A recent "Harness Horse” has the followlnc . . . . ”Henry Myott end- ed up the top reinsman at Yonk- ers Raceway this season with an average of .424 under the Univer- sal Drivers Racing system. Earle Avery scored the most wins.

We have been asked to give a list of the records made by Mari- time bred two-year-old. three-year- old and four-year-old ti-otters and pacers. Here they are - Two Year old Trotter - Guy Kaimuck by Kalmuck 2.1516. owned by George B. Lewis. Charlottetown. and driv-

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en by Willard Kelly, Sept. '1. 1936 at Charlottetown 2.22V.; Two Year Old Pacer - Royal Bank by Fed- eral 2.01'.l. owned by EA. Ryder of Moncton. N. B. and driven by Harley Harrison. Sept. 13, 1951 at Charlottetown - 2.19 U5; Three Year Old Trotter - Millie Kal- muck by Kalmuck 2.1639. owned and driven by Willard Kelly, Sept. 7. 1936, at Charlottetown - 2.1454; Three Year Old Pacer - Dr. J. A. by Simcoe Harvester 2.0455. own- ed by Dr. J. A. Donahue, Truro. and driven by Ray OlBrien. Sept. 12. 1951. at Charlottetown - 2.12 25; Four Year Old Trotter Millie Kalmuck by Kalmuck 2.15l&. owned and driven by Willard Kelly. Sept. 22. 1937. at Woodstock. N B. - 2.12; Four Year Old Pac- er - Billy Mcvey by Calumet Bud- long. owned by Dr. W. T. Hooper. Charlottetown. and driven by Wai-

ter Craig. Sept. 8. 1948. at Char-4

lottetown - 2.09 3X5. l

One of the oldest race drivers in New England is Joe Bolduc of New Bedford. Mass.. who has had his 77th birthday and is still going strong. He was a recent arrival at the Foxboro. Mass. track after -1 successful campaign over the New York rziceways. Two of the top members of his stable are Irvin 2.09 and Hi Bert 2.07 225.

Harry Coleman. who is well known in this Province having made several trips here with Ar- thur B. McGee. is laid up with in- juries received recently in Maine. He has two broken elbows. a bro- ken shoulder and a broken collar bone received in a. very bad spill in a race last month. Friends of Harry - and they are numerous - regret this very much.

One of the biggest surprises on the Cape Breton race circuit this season was the comeback of the trotter Purple Valley. owned joint- ly by Mrs. Rita Young of Sydney and Rod Andrew of Port Morien. In the words of Ed Smith. Post Record sports writer . .. "Purple valley had been verbally condemn- ed to pasture and glue factory. af- ter a severe leg injury that cur- tailed his racing career. He was Cape Breton'a most popular horse then and now goes down in the records as probably the greatest comeback horse in the Maritime: harness racing history." Purple Valley's bid to fame came in the first dash on the evening of Sept. 11th at the Sydney Sports Centre. He got away on a. break and was away back of the bunch at the Gate starting out. but once on the trot he streaked up the back stretch and took the lead at the half after rounding the seven oth- er trotters. and finished an easy three lengths in front of Jack Clyde in number one spot.

The writer has a. vivid recollec- tion of Purple Valley when he made his first appearance here in the 2.24 trot. which was the sec- ond last race on the Old Home Week program of 19-15. It was a big field and High Tide had won the first and second heats. Lust- icia 3-2-5. Eva Worthy 2-5-4. Flora Direct 4-3-3. five other starters including Purple Valley that had been 6-6. I was standing watching the race as the horses came out for the final heat and a lady said. "I think I'll buy a. ticket on Pur- pic Valley. he can trot fast if he will only stay put." I strongly ad- vised her not to do so. that he hadn't a ghost of a chance. but to my great surprise Purple Valley was a real trottcr and won in 2.15!-',-. He paid 392 for a :2, ticket. I have been dodging that lady ever since!

Among the other winners at Sydney that night we notice Plucky Budlong (Klinger) won the second dash in 2.17 U5 and was second in the sixth dash to Adam's Orphan (McDonald) won in 2.10. P.J. Cadegsn's good irotter Cobblestone (W. Lewis) was 1-1 in the 3rd and 7th clashes with Donna Dillon (Geo. Lewis) 2-4. Jacob Withrow (Fraser) 4-2. time. 2.13 U5. 2.14 U5. The former Maine - owned trotter Rajah Hanover, owned and driven by Archie Shore. Glace Bay. won the 5th and 8th dashes in 2.15 U5 and 2.16. Coronation Mc- Killop (McDonald) 2-2. Mack Stout (Jabalee) 3-7. A party in Maine wrote us recently that he was very pleased to see how well Rajah Hanover was getting along in Cape Breton and that the present own- er is doing very much better with him than other drivers who pre- ceded him.

Looking over the Sydney sum- (Continued on Page 7)

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FREE-FOE-ALL

Ann's Boy, Allan Mac. Abner The Great. Billy Conn.

, . CLASS A 1 Jimmy A, Yankee Dale, Buddy Scott, Guy Harvester,

Lil Frisco. and others.

CLASS Bertha Gmttan. Noreen others.

toll, Simcoo Peter, and

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verdsle Squi OCH Lucky G A!- . rel l'. lllf. others. I

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whip Boston 5-1 becoming the

first Yank pitcher to go the Two meetings. of great. interest route at Fenway Park in 20 to hockey fans in the Maritimes. games since Sept. 24. 1949. will be held in Halifax today. While Reynolds was taming Representatives of the six clubs the Red Sex with a masterful in the Maritime Major Hockey clutch job, Detroit Tigers came League will meet this morning from behind and nipped Cleve-

after which the executive of the M.A.H.A. will convene. One of the big items on the list will be the discussion and probably the settling of the status of Connie Bonhomme and Bib Gray. former Glace Bay Miners' players. An- other major matter will be the final decision on the hockey sche- dule. The lslandens will be re- presented by their coach and President. Leo Lamoureux and Dr. F. C. Dougan who left yes- terday for the Nova Scotia cap- ital.

- inning when Joe DiMaggio hexgfdiggt figgrywlgragfs slgad er: rammed a line single to centre pected to arrive here over the scoring Yogi Berra the Yanks

week-end in preparation for the opening of the Islanders training camp. In his two years in Man- time hockey Travis has been selected on two all-star teams. first in the Cape Breton League and last year in the Big Four loop. With Mcl..agan, Vitale and Dutchak signed to contracts, the arrival of Travis makes it possi- ble for the Maritimes best dc- fense in 1050 to be inoporation again this year as a unit.

Word from Western Canada has it that Johnny Black's injured knee is as good as ever. Black spent the summer driving a trac- tor and the work cured his knee just as Chicago Black Hawks dofenceman Ja-ck Stewart his back working on his wheat farm several months after an operation. Black is expected to arrive here shortly for the open- ing of the hockey camp. Although he was only here for a short tlrre

land 7-6. It was a costly loss for

Boston this .ripped into lefty Leo Ellis Kinder for a vital victory. The

Sox five games back in third place with only 10 to go. Three times Reynolds pitched

himself out of tight jams in the fourth. sixth and eight as sturdy 33-year-old Indian backed up lust Sunday's win over Cleve- land with another brilliant effort.

held the lead. Boston never had it when Reynolds turned on the old pressure.

scored on four . in the second. on their big threat in the fourth. Singles by Ted Williams. followed by Clyde Vollmer's double field wall produced one run but Williams was cut plate by Hank Bauer's throw as he tried to score from first with the tying run.

Mr-Dougald's Coleman's the agp to 3-1. Kiely departed soon run when he walked Joe cured lins.

candidate player

Mickey Mantle's double, is pass to Joe Dougald's

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THE GUARDIAN. CHARLOTTETOWN

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Yankees Lengthen. Lead To Game And Half Over Cleveland Indians

(By the Canadian Press) Allie Reynolds helped boost New York Yankees” American League lead to 1 N2 games Fri- day with a gritty six-hitter to

the second-place Indians.

After losing all eight starts at season. the Yanks Kiely and

loss left the whipped Red

the

From the moment in the first

After another Yankee run was straight singles the Red Sox put

Johnny Pesky and

off the left

down at the

Two walks. one intentional. Gil

single and Gerry outfield fly 'widened in the sixth. after the Col-

the Sox' 1951 most valuable didn't escape. free

Even Kinder. for honors.

past Dom DiMaggio in centre added two more runs.

They were the first scored off Kinder in 29 innings since Aug. 17. Bill Wight worked the hit- less ninth after Kinder faded for

a pinch hitter. Good Relief Job

Bobby Feller blew a 5-0 lead and Detroit Tigers got a magni- ficent relief job from Freddie Hutchinson in their win over the Tribe.

Cleveland was almost complete-

ly handcuffed by Hutchinson. who took over in the second when Indians made all five of

their runs off Detroit starter Ted Gray. The deciding marker came on Frank House's first major league homer in the sixth. Hutchinson allowed only 'two lhlss in the 7 2l3 innings he hur- e . Although Feller gave the Ben- gals five of their sevn-run total in the 2 U3 innings he toiled. blazing Bob escaped his first dc- feat of the season against four victories opposing the Tigers. The loss. instead. went to Steve Gromek. second of three Indian tossers.

After Tigers finished off Feller with a three-run attack in the third lying the score at 5-5. the game was Hutchinson's to win or lose. Tigers saw to it he won with a lone tally in the fifth on singles by George Kell and Vic Wertz plus an infield-out. and House's circuit clout leading off the sixth.

The Tribe made only one men- acing gesture after the second which featured a three-run hom- er by Ray Boone. That came in the seventh. when pinch-hitter Dale Mitchell doubled. moved in second on an infield out and scampered home on Boone's long fly to right.

Lou Brissle finished on the mound for Indians as Gromek was lifted for pinch-ihtter Mit- chell in the seventh.

The Tribe now has five games

Diliiaggio and Mc- triple that bounced

left to play, against eight for Yankees.

last season he showed that he had plenty of puck savvy and should make quite a battle of it for a wliiemian's position.

Although the Island intermedi- ate baseball series has not been completed the men at the Forum will be starting to lay ice on Sun- day. The booths and deconations of the Chariot-tetown Hospital Bazaar will be dismantled Sun- day morning and the first steps on making ice wii-.l commence on Sundlay afternoon. The officials hope to start practices during the week. pibly on Thuisd-ay.

The best local baseball news yesterday was that the Junior Aabbies will be competing for the Maritime junior baseball title next week. For a time it appear- ed as though the boys would have to hang up their gloves after winning the Island title. on ac- count of a lack of funds. But City League President Danny Maocormack and officials of the club have given the boys the green light to enter the play- downs. although the fund situa- tion very probably has not im- proved.

The biggest question on Freddy Whalen's mind last night was

"Who will I start on the pitch- v

",5 mound against Hollmang Ir" gig-ss(6()d).VVight (9) and Robinson. "”""9dl?”5 5""d5'Y7" " F5 q""” Cleveland .'oso ooo 100-6 7 2 a question too with Charlie Ryan. Dem," p M, on (mg, 3 1

"Spy" Ready and "Red" Mac- Kcnzie suffering from sore arms. Freddy stated that he might be turning to the juniors but what- ever the answer he has to come up with it before two oclock Sun- day afternoon.

Strikeouts donlt win ball games. must have been the sad conclus- sion that big Max Emibre-tt of the Sumrmevrsidle Curran and Briggs Juniors came to on Wed- nesday afternoon. Embrett struck out 16 Aibbie batters but lost the panic 10-0. 1 rather unusual

rribinatlon. Max. however. can take some consolation from the fact that the major league strike- out king. Bobby Feller was beat- en 4-! when he set the all time big league strikeout record for one game. Feller struck out 18 men that afternoon. No one will deny that it's a gresst asset to be able to strike out a lot of bat- ters and that pitchers have won a lot of games by this method but Christy Matheuorrs method of letting the batters hit it to 'tho fielder! has ,show-n greater re- suite in the won and lost column.

DONDON. Sept. 21- (Wednes- London Daily Mirror. I pro-Government newspaper. today reported flatly in s front-page story that Bri- tain would have an election Thursday. Oct. 25.

This lllllilt um sppssn in

Philadelphia Brooklyn

Podbielan (2) Branca (5) schmitz

Collum and D. Rice.

and I-Iegan; Grey. Hutchinson (2)

Montreal Syracuse

Eiaenmann Costello (3). Hartley (8)

series (-1).

Another Thrill - Packed Racing Card Here Tonight

Racing fans should see another thrill packed race card at the Ex- hibition Association race track to- night where trotters and pacers will lineup for eight dashes.

All eight races promise more

Baseball Results

By The Canadian Press NATIONAL LEAGUE 480 00! 00lm9 I2 I

.. 001 200 300-6 8 2 Roberts and Wllber: Lsbine.

(8) King (9) and Walker.

Chicago . 000 000 000-0 2 3

st. Louis . 180 001 012-6 '1 0 Hiller. Dublel (B) and Chlti;

AMERICAN LEAGUE

New York 110 001 200-5 ll 0 Boston ......O00l00000-100 Reynolds and Berra; Kiely. Kin-

Feller, Gromek (3), Brissie (7)

and House. INTERNATIONAL PLAYOFIP

.. 040 050 090-13 1-: 1 .. 200 001 051- 0 111 Coleman and Atwell; Griffore. (2) Robinson (6) Lesords (8) Meltgnand (9) and Baker. (Montreal wins best-of-seven

than their share of close battles. The fourth and eighth races bring together Josedale Clipper. Man- nister Direct. Prince Budlong. Time Table. Dale B.. Miss Donna Mae and Filbert.

Among the starters in the sec- ond and sixth races are Carl Aubrey, Miss Commando. Rosalie Hooper. Jenny Kalmuck. Chocolate Di-p, Babe Britten. New Look.

Billy McVey and Lucky Number. The first race of the night will see Miilduie. Winnie's Last,

Jimmie A.. Pet Hanover. Baron. Dan McElwyn. Tracey Direct. Tyndall Semple. Judy Kai-muck and Bonnie Dale battle it out.

Starting time is 8.30. The sweep stake is worth 3100 for the person who can correctly select the win- ners of the last seven heats.

Larry Travis On Way Here

Larry Travis, all-star defence- man with the Charlottetown Is- landers last season may arrive here over the week-end. it was learned yesterday. Travis, it was reported, is on his way here to prepare for the training camp which opens next week.

One of the cleanest playing defencemen in the Maritimes. Travis was also one of the best.

He played a heady game at all

times and when the occasion

(Rose he could dish out body check: with the best of them.

Racing Tonight ENTRIES

N0. 1 CLAIIIPIID Jossdsio Clipper, Mannlster Direct. Prince lsdioug. Time Table,

Dale 3, Miss Donna Mae. Flllmf.

no. a cmssmsn

Carl Aubrey, Lucky Number.

Min Commando. Rosella Hooper.

Jenny lulsnllcl. Chocolate Dip lobe Britten. New look. Billy Mevsy. I0. I CLASSIFIED

Alon Mae. Just Lucky. leiio lndlong. Aanols Boy. Yankee Dale. Deon Swift. Billy Conn, Quiet Hal. July llllong. Feather Dieter.

N0 0 OIAIIIIIID

Iildalo. lento Dole. Winnie's lluiovor. Dan hollwya. Tracey

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nu. Joly Kai-oak. Jim-is A. Pet DInel.Ions.'i'yIIsllIo-plo.

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AD&IIl0fl JIM

SEPTEMBER 22.

1951

The little beavers, Topsy and Samkin, have been taken home. They didn't receive the same wel- come ”MacDonald" got on his re- turn to Glencoe but I imagine af- ter the storm blew over they felt

right at home. I picked them up at the Forum on Sunday right af- ter dinner. Topsy was having her "beauty sleep" in their little wood- en house and getting her back in- to the cage presented no problem.

Samkin was having a swim in the tank and refused to leave this natural sanctuary. Whenever I tried to shoo him out over to the ramp he proceeded to give me the water treatment. 1 finally had to resort to unceremoniously lifting him out by the tail. He resented this very much and refused to eat any apple until he and his sister watched the two muskrats taking pieces of apple from my two chil- dren. Ronnie and Dianne. who accompanied me on the liberation tour. After this they were quite ready to do whatever the musk- rats did.