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The pacing mare June Morning, 2:09 3-5 has been sold by J. H. Dewitt, Woodstock, N.B., to Fred Simonson of Limestone, Maine. for a long price. June is seven years old, was sired by Calumet Budlong 202%. dam Miss Victoria 2:14 by Kalmuck.. Her granddam was Miss Possibility 2:12, by Pos- sibility 2:02‘¢_». the horse that first started Sep Palin on his road to fame. June had six winning brackets in 1946 and took a re- cord of 22131/2. In 1947 she won three races and lowered her mark to 2:10 4-5. She was sold by George MacDonald, Mermaid. in the spring of 194B to J.I-I. DeWitt, Woodstock, N. B. Last year she made 11 starts and won ll heats, retiring with a record of 2093-5 and winnings of $2.737. On July 6 she won at Houlton. Me., in 2:09 3-5.

Octogenarian John Carneronre- tired barber. still retains great in- tcrest in racing. His clear mem- ory recalls events of the long ago easily. In conversation a few days ago he said that half a century ago he raced the pacerNellie over Cymbria track. now named Park- view. lt ante-dated the Charlotte- town track by l0 or more years and was owned and managed by the popular Duncan MacMillan.

It is too bad Mr. Cameron couldi not have been present at Park-I view Wednesday to compare the, pictures with those of his racing days. A fast track. nicely situated. and a large crowd with great rac- ing made it a most enjoyable aft- ernoon. The horse that stole the show was the trotter Lee Brewer, owned by E, Bernard at nearby Hunter River. ln the first heat of the No. 2 Classified he made a break at the half and finished fifth, with Dale B. (C. O'Brien) the winner in 2:14 3-5. In the sec- ond. he was flat all the way, fin- ishing in 2:11 1-5, a new track re- cord, and in the third heat he lowered that to 2:11. The three other contenders, Prince Budlong, Eleanor G. and Eva Worthy made ‘he race a fine fixture. Other winners were: No. 1 Classified. )uddy Budlong, owned and driv- m by Harold Stead. 3-1-1; Bonnie

le (Kelly) 5-2-2: Beaverdale. ned by Don MacNeill, won the st and fastest heat, 2:16 1-5. but grettably pulled up lame. Three other starters. In the No. 3 Clas- sified, Bee Budlong, owned by Walter Hennessey and driven by

Joe Hennessey was a straight heat winner, with Abner Britton (Call- beck) 2-2-2. Five other starters. Best time 2:14 2-5. The No. 4 Classified was won by the aged pacing mare Nell Cochatodale. owned and driven by Sterling Willis. Covehead. Abegweit Milady (Smith) was 3-2-3. Nine other starters. Nell Cochatodale was sired by -I-Ial Dale 2:02l/i. a sire that has a stud fee of $1.000. She was bought at auction and brought _here some l0 years ago by Willard Kelly and raced to a record of 215%. On Wednesday afternoon she lowered her record to 2:15 1-5, never lifted her nose and out in front all three trips. She has to her credit one of the most reliable trotters

in Canada. Nell Kalmuck 2:10

that she foaled some seven years

ago. Her full brother, Victorious

Hal 21031/4 is in service at Two

Gaitcs Farm, Indiana. at a fee of

$500.

A well-liked driver at the Char- lottetown track is Roy Oland, son of George D. Oland, Sydney and Coxheaih. C. B., who from time to time supplies us with interesting horse news. Roy has been driving horses for several years. He raced over the ice at Toronto the win- ter of 1947 and in the spring of 1948 he was at Richelieu Park, Montreal. and later at Quebec City. He got along well with the French-Canadians there and won a fair share of the purse money. He gave the mare, Miss Alice Guy, that he received in a trade. a record of 2:13 and won seven dashes with her. Another paying horse for him was Bonnie Grat- tan. Two horses that he had more than usual success with were Dr. Wilson that he marked in 2:13 and won several times with. Bon- nie Spruce was well liked by him. her winning races totalling six, and he gave her a record of 2:14. He has Wilkin, Jerry Lee Volo and Miss Alice Guy at the track: the two former are owned by that good sportsman Richard Jabalee, Sydney, N. S.. who has always been a great patron of the Char- lottetown oval. Last Saturday evening Wilkin made his p.

iviniiing both dashes arid reward- ing his backers in the first with $25 for $2.

Moncton barber, Marshall Govang, writes: “Just a line to let you know that I was over to your beautiful Island to sec last Saturday night's racing, which I enjoyed very much, and while there l bought the colt Is- land Star. by Calumet Budlong, dam Easter Dawn, by Captain Aubrey for Mileage Wilbur of Moncton. l believe this colt is the only stallion in the direct line of the Captain Aubrey cross. He is standard bred and registered and when through racing should make a wonderful sire." We agree with Mr. Govang in his estimate of Island Star's potential siring cap- acity. His sire has already demon- strated his greatness and his grandsire, Captain Aubrey, 22071/2, by Peter the Great 21071/4. laid the foundations well and truly for other stallions in the Maritimcs. The writer remembers when Cap- tain Aubrey was put up for aiic- tion at the Old Glory sales in New York. November, 1913, at the dis- persal of a big stock farm. Henry Thomas, the noted stage driver of the 110's and afterwards noted race driver, made the prediction that if Captain Aubrey was cross-- ed with good mares he would be one of the great sires of the fut- ure. Well, look what he accomp- lished: Peter Pokcy Z0614. Gwen- dolyn Aubrey 2:08"¢. Helen Aiib- rey 21081/1, and others bred by Hedley T. Fulton, Upper Stewi- acke, N.S. We could go on to mention many more, but all breed- ers are pretty well familiar with the facts.

The popular

George B. Gay, president. and C. L. Clark, race secretary, Monc- ton, N. 13., are keeping the Monc- ton Raceway a going concern, fur- nishing great sport for the public and racing opportunities for the horsemen. On Wednesday after- noon, July 27, four events are programmed: No. 1, a junior free- for-all; No. 2, 2:27-2:28 mixed; No. 3, 2:21-2:23 mixed; No. 4. 2:16- 2:17 mixed, with over 1,300 in purses. On Thursday, July 2H,! there will be a free-for-all.a 2:29- 2:30 mixed. a 2:18-2:10 mixed and a 2:23-2:25 mixed. with total! purses of over $1.500.

Our congratulations to D. Stuart Campbell, secretary Tantramar Race Track, Sackville, N. B.. on the success of last Wednesdays races. Twenty-seven horses took the word. with Scott Spencer (G. Lewis) winning the free-for-all from Eddie Scott, Indiana Boy and McKlyo Cash. Best time 2:09, a new track record. The former record was 209%, made by Peter Brooke 2nd, Sept. 3, 1945. Other winners were: 2129 trot -and pace, Louise Protester (Harrisonl; 2:25 trot and pace, Rcdwoon Grattan 1G. Lewis); second division 2:25 trot and pace. Miss Donna Mae (Letcher); 2:18 trot and pace, Iola Henley (MacLeodl 1-1-4; Loch Hanover (Carr) 2-2-1. Time 2:10 4-5; 3:13: 2:14. Iola Henley‘s per- formance throws the spotlight on her again this year. She is one of the fastest free-legged pacing mares in Canada.

The Island Circuit swings to the popular ParlorTrack at Covehead next Wednesday afternoon where four races with a total of $1,300 in purses will provide a great af- ternoon's sport. The program will he varied and several new horses are expected to mix matters up a bit more. Covehead never dis- appoints.

A slight error was made on the entry form for the Old Home Week Races. Just above the gen- eral conditions was "Entries close July 27" with G. H. Buntain. sec- retary, Charlottetown, P. E. I. It should have read "Entries close July 30". which appeared on the top and bottom of the entry form, therefore horses must be eligible on July 30.

Dr. W.J. Lamond. Sydney Mines. writes: “I recently purchased Grace Abbey 2:11, by Guy Abbey 206%. This mare produced a foal this season to cover of Basil Han- over 2:045/4, which was unfortiin- ately injured and had to be de- stroyed. We have bred her back to my stallion. Basil Hanover. and I am hoping to have a real one for‘the future." Our comment is that the Doctor has a right to ex- pect great things. as the maternal sire of the offspring is the sire of the world's champion trotter.

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Maritime 19-13 is now history but the fans who followed the activities zit the Bclvcdcrc Club

The battle for the ladies’ golf title for

the past five days will not forget. the stirring battles staged by the pick of lady club wieldcrs from the seaside Provinces. - . o

In every flight payed competi- ion was vcry keen and mppiiig it all was the fiiic displays of spurt;- mansliip iiotcd by lmth viiirners and losers. The brand of golf play- ed, especially iii the last two day's was exceptionally good and the leaders iii every division choked up troll-merited victories.

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In winning the crown Mrs. Blair Gordon achieved leer mos". notable victory in her golfing ca.- rccr, Clianipioirof the club which she represents. St. AFJSITCWS Algon- quin, on a couple of occasions, the new champion was at' the peak of her foim ivlicn the chips were down and richly dcserxeii her victory. In the final analysis she was the better payer in the final 36-liole match and proves a worthy

successor to the champions who preceded hcr. o - o Iii defeat Mrs. W.E. Cotton

proved herself to be a real sports- man and a fine golfer. In a losing cause she gave as courageous a dis- play as could be witnessed in any branch of sport. With her 0p- poiient building up a big lead in the first eighteen it took lots of courage to keep firing away and especially when the “breaks" wen‘. against hcr in a couple of in- stances but she conceded mining and forced her steady stroking op- poneiit to the limit on every nah.- played. o - o

The final. while not as close as was generally expected was a fit- ting climax to what was a very successful tournament. Officials in charge are to be congratulated on the success of their efforts while the competitors themselves are also worthy of commcndation on the manner iii \\'111Cil they met either victory or dcifat.

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It's race night tonight at the Exhibition track and harness rac- ing followers are due for another three hours of racing thrills iii the ten events that are scheduled. Again a glance over the score card shows that. classifier Frank Acorn has ccme through M111 an‘ other fine job in matching the trottcrs and pacers and the result should he even closer racing than has been witnessed here ever slow rhe start of the season.

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Once again it looks like a loss-up when it comes to picking winners in any one class. It may be that Vellii 1a Vella will be favored in the two dashes she participates in but this is not cut and dried hy any means. There arc paCfif-s B110 a, couple of irottors in there that could very easily add to the largc iivitnber of upsets already witnessed this season and if the lilacDnnalri- owned mare docs come througn she will have to display all hcr

undoubted racing ability. l o o o

Anything can happen in the other nine events. Just the slight- est mistake could chansfi the ""1" come of every heat and who daily follow the pacers nirl troiters are expect-ins 1111111 111° photo finish camera will have to be called on to decide not a few or the winners. That is how close the racing should be.

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In baseball the junior leagu-crs. namely Vics and Kinsmen will hold forth in an encounter that should be bitterly fought. over the entire distance. Trailing the Vics by 0m ga-me for second place Kinsmen still smartlng from their Thurs- day night setback at the hands of the same club will be out to even up matters in a struggle that should be closely-waged as Vics 111' a victory can consolidate their second-place standing while Kins- men‘; objective will be a win that would put thorn back on eveii terms with the Mclnnis-MacFar- lane coached vies. _

The above are the three im- portant events taking place over the week-end but in addition ten- nis and golf matches will also be played and with the fine weather still predominating the sports- minded of the City shouldn't want for any lack of action.

N. I. Curlers For Tour of Scotland

SAINT JOHN, N. 8., July 22- iCPl-C. Allan Beatteny, president of the New Brunswick branch of the Royal Caledonlan Curling Club announced tonight that three New Brunswick°curlers had been chos- en for the SO-man Canadian team which will tour Scotland next win- ter.

Elected by a vote among 17 Pro- vincial club: from 18 applications were Walter Limerick of Freder- icton, J. E. Connolly of Baihurlt

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An extra dash \vitli resulting extra thrills is what tonight's harness racing program holds in store for the big crowd of fans expected to be in attendance at the Exhibition track when the first field of horses are sent away by Starter Russell Abbott at 8.30 sharp. In the interval between that time and midnight close fin- ishes. battles from wire to wire, and upsets are expected and de- spite the fact that nerve-tingling programs have already been run of’! this latest one promises to top all others. '

Horses who have won events in slower classes previously have been moved up to faster company and it is going to be interesting to see how they fare out when the field is moving a second or so faster. Take for instance Wait

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CHARLOTTETOWN

10 Dashes Scheduled F or Tonighfs Meet

N'See; tonight he goes against Vella La Vella and other fast

horse of Maritime tracks, already the winner of several dashes this season, fare ofi‘ among those bear- cats? The answer will be forth- coming tonight and it is our guess that he won't be back too far if any when the field heads down to the brilliantly lighted finill line.

Outcome of the other events is equally uncertain. In fact uncer- tainty has surrounded each and every race meet this season, both day and night, and tonight's pro- gram is expected to add more to that state of uncertainty.

Fans are again reminded that the first heat will be sent away at 8.30 sharp in order to get the big program over by midnight.

Scoring eight runs in the first fourinnings and adding two more in the last frame the Vic Juniors last night rode roughshod over the league leading Knights of Columbus squad, defeating them by the decisive score of 10-2. The game was played on the Memor- ial Field diamond before a good sized crowd of fans.

Led by the league's leading bat- ter, Eddie Lund, the Vics tallied a brace of runs in the opening frame to go into a lead they never relinquished. In the second they scored two more, added an- other in the third to run the count to 5-0. In the last half of the third frame the losers scored their first run of the game. In the fourth inning the Vics scored three more tallies while holding the losers to a single marker. In the sixth and last inning the win- ners tallied their final two count- ers, holding the K. of C. team scoreless in their last two trips to the plate.

Eddie Lund, whose booming bat walloped out. a triple. a homer and a single. driving in five runs. was the biggest thorn in the Knights’ side. Des Trainor had a two for three and Sonny Stuli had two for four. No one K. C. player had more_than one hit and all six of them were one-base blows. The winners outhit the losers by a margin of 11-6.

Junior MacLeod was the win- ning pitcher, with Merlin Mac- Kenzie being tagged with the loss. MacLcod allowed the leaders only six singles, walking three and sending three Knights back to the dug-out via the strikeout route. MacKcnzie went the route for the losers and was w lloped for a total of eleven hits. with three of them going for extra bases. He walked four and hit two others while striking out seven Vics.

Lund smashed the longest hit of the game, a tremendous blow into deep right field, and crossed the plate when the right fielder was just throwing the ball back into play. Eddie also smashed a triple into deep centre field but was held to three bases by some fast fielding on the part of the Knights. George Howatt of the Vics also smashed a triple. with

Hit C. Juniors Play Reium Game At Dieppe Sunday

The City Junior Baseball League leaders. the Knights of Columbus. will leave early Sunday morning for Dieppe to play a return game with the powerful Dieppe juniors, inst year's Maritime finalists. The team will leave by cars and the samesquad that is now playing in the Junior League will make the trip together with the coach Char- lie Ryan and manager Louis But- er.

Officials acted with the Dieppe team were anxious to have the locals play a doubleheader with the strong mainland team. In con- versation with Coach Ryan yester- day he slated that if the first game was finished in quick order, and he thought that the team would have a izood chance of making the trip back on the inst boat, the pos-

_sibiiity of the second game was ; very good. I In their first club the Dieppe ‘boys won the encounter by the score _of 9-6 with the Knights ' ibwk in the late innlngea to throw ‘a scare into the New Brunswick boys. The Dieppe team scored five runs in the first two Innings to take a big lead but from the second inning on the locals outscored the visitors 4-3 and earned themselves: good reputation among City fans.

Coach Ryan although confluent that hi: charges would again make a 300d showing against the Dteppe team was reluctant to lay whether his squad would walk off with one of the games.

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Vic Juniors Trounce League-Leading Knights 10-2 In Game Last Night

Vics And Kinsmen Juniors Sunday

.The Victoria and Kinsmen Jun- iors will clash again Sunday after. noon 1n a regular Junior League some at the Memorial Field dia- mond. Originally it was to be the Kinsmen and the Knights of Columbus juniors who were to play but the Knights are journey- ing to Dieppe.

Starting pitchers will likely be Cliff Ready for the Vics and Garth Crockett for the Kinsmen.

The game will he on the same bill as the Old Timers game. It is expected that the Juniors will play the first encounter.

his blow going into left centre. Wil1is_ Hennessey of the Vics made the most spectacular play of the game when he leaped high.in- to the air to rob Ralph Pineau of a sure base hit. Pincau, on the other hand, went far into foul territory back of third base to gather in Shepherd's ‘foul pop-up.

Vics AB R II P0 A E A. Hughes. rf 2 3 1 1 0 0 B. Hennesscy, 2b. 3 2 1 4 1 0 Trainor, ss . . ....3 2 2 1 2 1 Lund, lb . .. 3 2 3 4 0 0 Stuli. 1f 0 2 1 0 1 Shepherd, cf 0 1 3 0 0 McCallum, c 0 0 4 2 0 Howatt, 3b .. .. 1 1 0 0 1 MacLeod, p 0 0 0 0 0

Totals .............. .38 10 I1 18 5 3 Knights AB ll ll P0 A E L. riennessey, as. 2 0 1 0 2 U R. Hughes, c ..Z 0 1 8 1 i Ready. lb .. 3 0 1 5 0 0 McNeil, rf 3 1 0 0 0 0 MacLean, cf . 1 0 0 0 0 0 xFlynn, cf 2 0 O 0 0 0 Pryor, if 3 0 I 0 0 0 Pineau, 3b 3 0 0 2 1 0 MacDonald, 2b .. 3 1 1 2 2 0 MacKenzie, p 1 0 1 l, 0 0

Totals 2'1 2 d 18 6 1

x-Replaced MacLean in 3rd.

Summary

Earned runs: Vics 0, K. C. 0. Runs batted in: Lund 5, Trainor, Stuli. Triples: ‘Lund, Howatt; Home run: Lund. Base on balls: Off MacLeod 3, oil MacKenzie 4. l-lit by pitcher: By McKenzie 2. Shepherd, Lund. Struck out: By MacLeod 3, MacKenzie 7. Stolen bases: McNeil, Pr or, A. Hughes 3, Trainor, Stuli, hepherd. Left