ANNUAL MEETING

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on the evening of August 17th in the Paton Pavilion. Addresses were delivered by Hi5 HOROHI‘. Lieut- Govemor G. D. DeBlois. Premier the Hon Thane A. Campbell, MA, Hon. C. D. Howe, Minister of Rail- ways and Marine, Mayor P. W. Turner, Hon. W. H. Dennis. Min- ister of Agriculture, and your president. The speakers stressed me worth-while value of the Ex- hibition, the improvements that have been made from year to year and the splendid co-operition which everyone i.s giving towards it, A very pleasant musical pro- gram was rendered.

The Exhibition got. away to an excellent start on Tuesday, Aug- ust 18th, with judging in the mom- ing, races and vaudeville in the afternoon and a very fine night program. Large attendances were present every day and evening, the total 0! Wednesday morning, af- mmcon and evening being the greatest of any day since the Fair was instituted. The attendance for the week was also the largest that we have record of. Fine weather prevailed which of course helped cimsiderably.

The evening programs were very largely atronized. These featur- ed the rse show put on by the Charlottetown and Halifax Riding Clubs in the brilliantly lighted arena, the iiest vaudeville program we have ever given, singing. and last but not least, fireworks ef- fects which were an improvement on other years.

The Main Building was very at- tractive with its new scheme of decorations, and booths and ex- hibits were viewed by greatly in- creased numbers over previous years.

Our grounds and buildings were thoroughly cleaned up and every particle of woodwork was white- washed or painted. Hundreds of loads of ashes were used to make roads and paths around bams and buildings. This with a mixture of salt made an almost permanent walk.

to the Exhibition pro-

per, it is gratifying to know that Oil’ exhibits reached the highest total in years. From an educa- tional standpoint we believe that our Fhlr may be classed as quite successful. Every feature was giv- eu careful attention, from the lniollost exhibit to the highest class (I lin stock. The interest of the ‘mils h the exhibits was gratify- ng. Iic Main Building being c afternoons. particularly hon the races were over. The 1s siioit, horses and cattle, were flawed by great numbers of peo- flso took he keenest interest

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roads and paths and good thy, viewed the stock

' booth which called out and gave the results of m immediately after were made.

Glanclng over the list of entries we find these were 4m in the hoirse

605 in ivhe cattle sections. 109 sheep, 119 swine, 569 poultry, for which $5.924.61 was paid out in pydse money and freight to equalize the cost of shipping as between distant and near points.

Dairy product-I. grains and seeds. field roots, garden veeewlwles fruit, plants and flowers. woolen and cotton goods, hooked rues. photography. domestic department. birds, insects. manufactures and miscellaneous manufacturer. 80W’- a wiiai of 4.22s entries. about 50° mom than the pervious year and an all time record.

The total amount offered for all eiciioiis was nearly 010.000 and special prizes bronchi the 3mm! total up to over that amount.

The saddle horse section W111!!!‘ was mainly composed of chi/Ii“ made by the Charlottetown Mid Halifax Riding Clubs, was widely admired. The animals were in excellent condition and the rid- ers costumed neatly and ‘Wm’

pi-intely. THE RACE YTYOGRAM Wlfli involve events and alx ciflssiiifll

dashes, had a very levee 9""? us‘ of horses and almost every race proved a wood contest. Track rc- cords, both pacirw and trotting. were broken and fest time was B. feature of the meeting.

Our Vaudeville Protlfflm ‘"5 good. with two high-liners. nume- ly, The (310136 0f Div-tn, featiirinil the Australian Nixes on "1"" motorcycles. and Jack Div" in i115 iio foot ("vc into a irrk c‘ f"'"- "ill wiitcr. Both these ac“. if“ drawn imicmse n‘t~~."nn~~s s‘ In other part5. A (Wrvvh "m" Bucnos Aivr-s last wcck siritcs that Jack Diver's act has becn viewed by over two million racial" Wi i‘ one of the rrrvt ro‘\“""' "Y" "m" in the Ar¢.\.~-‘~~¢~_ W» first mrn- “on ‘we t" pa...“ that Hm gets brought here are Th" lwt """‘"\" able. The svrnorifn" W“ 9"“ i" Th9 1FHv-1lw1 T-wvwr 01v» r“"“it'l act and the b'~vr'~ act 1"" P"‘0 rcod, are n". gin-vr-f with b“ fine voice fillcri in viwv r""""i"l‘“'-

In ciitcrhw to the iiwiter side of U"! Exhibition we have made an effort mm, h imcrove our litractinn; an»! p“"""'"'ll, cut"'"! out. Halo": y» r\'"‘""°. We bow-v» m ewe r-~~~t we ac- ffiYf"~""~"‘ r n l~" "‘"-‘ l‘

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BOWLING HOCKEY WRESTLING

mounted on horses belongln 8 to tecewed gelllizilggso! tale crowd and edipplame. Em well-merit- usual we went to 1 expense in putting on ,,°°,',‘,5,,§,°’,T§§ fireworks program’ and n’ was a M8 drawme cud every 1118M. For ‘M15815! our night shows we found ii necessary to go to dansiderable 631161180 in providing better elec- ilicfli equipment. and increased the finale WW?!‘ t0 set more brllliancy. was woith while, howeveh

“main! "'5 l-mllfllvements to Grounds

For years we had patched up the roof of the Main Building as the 9x931“ °1 Icplacement seemed beyond our means. The Grand Stand roof and seats were also at the stage where repairs were im- Peratlve. In our extremity we lPDealed to Premier ‘Thane Camp- bell and his Government to have a fii-‘Yiain portion of the relief "WHEY Silent on the Exhibition Grounds. We were received very kindly. and the Premier took the matter up with Ottawa. The re- sult W851 $2.500 appropriation from that source. This had to be BXDEnded purely on labor, with an equal or greater amount to be used in the purchase of materials.

We tore off the roof of the Main Building and re-shingled it with the best shingles tihut will‘! be Wllfihi». l-nd coated with a special paint. We also carried out considerable repairs to the building and other parts, and we are glad to state that it. is now bet- ter than it was when first built, because it has s concrete founda- tion.

We turned out attention to the grand stand and tore up old seats, re-roofed underneath and put in new seats and ahingled roof on grand stand, built new stables for race horses, repaired all buildings and stables thoroughly and repaint- ed and whitewashed the entire plant. The total amount spent in repairs and new buildings was $8,843.48. There was also a total $5.534 paid out for other labor, watchmen. eto. In this account was included the cost of clearing additional parking space for ex- hibitors at the east end of the Exhibitlongrcund. This season it is hoped that arrangements will be made so that all exhibitors’ cars will be parked there to ob- viate fire haszard and also the in- convenience caused by their park- ing around the Maui Building and stock barns.

Other Uses Made of Grounds

We are pleased to report that in addition to our Exhibition, our grounds were used for one day's

Day. September ‘l —at the Prince Edward 1s- land Oolt miturity stakes were competed for. The entries were numerous and good weather con- tributed to a. pleasant afternoon. In std-sing these events we made some loss. but we do not regret it as we realise that we should en- courage colt racing. The Central School Pair. which brought to- gether the best of the school fair admits, was held on two days of the third week in oeptember. and we believe can be classed as sne- cesmtl.

Annual Silver Fox Chow

The Silver Fox Exhibitors As- sociation oif Prince Edward Island held its annual show in the Paton Pavilion the week of November 10th. They had one of the largest entry lists in several years. A1- though the weather was some- what disacreeable the attendance of spectators and the interest de- veloped show that silver fox ex- hibitions are Dflptilar. In i-hifl connection it may be noted that our chief competito. for the sil- ver fox furs-Norway - has realiz- ed the value of exhibitions as a means of instruction and dis- semination of fox knowledge and improvement.

In making this report on our

Exhibition it is difficult to in- elude all the matters we would like to touch on, but we trust we have brought out the salient few- tunes. Our hearty thanks are due in the Hon. J. G. Gardiner. Minister of Agriculture, for the generous as- wtonce of his branch and grant rpm the Dominion Government. mid to our Premier. Hon. Thane A. Campbell, MJL. and his Pro- vincial Government, for assist- ance in every possible way. and the ageiment and support 8W8" us at all times; to our City Council for their grant and helpful co- cocration; to the Charlottfltown Guardian and Charlottetown Pn- ttiot for most amorous press piib- licity; to the Siimmerside Journal nnd Aszrlculturist. and the Pioneer and Island Farmer for their press support: to our bankers, the Can- r-ilicn 1'31"‘: of Commerce. who cw riilod crcdit and also as- s‘ d in handling cash during Whihiuon “Y-"ir. and to each and every person who in any way helped us.

Our shareholders report will =how that aftcr all expenses have lrten paid we have a deficit of $3.- 26001. an increase of about 81.000 over last year. While it may seem that. 1n reporting a d"iicit we have been a non-success from u. busi- ness standpoint. yet it must be rs- memlvr-d that we cannot suc- cflllfiqfuny cori/“ict an exhibition wrmut a prcysi‘ plant. and ap- »~ .'"""a mi"? n! o he corn-‘i-lercd. 0b w.- fffl jnrhc‘ ‘ar-uy by th-m. The menu ccmplim-ritary re- vricrks thrt were made about our

¢~-~r- p-‘rons fr"n home and

rftroad were kesn'y sizing up these

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problem of keeping 11> nlant is becoming a pressing one with all exhibitions. Binoo our

Halifax Team Leads Bowling To u rn a m ent

(C_P. By Guardian's Special Wire)

SAINT JOHN, N. B., May 4 -_ Conn and Martel of Halifax were out in front in the-Mantimes-East- em Maine bowling tournament here tonight. They slipped into first place after they defeated Dart- mouth 1536-1517. The Halifax squad had four wins and no losses to their credit. '

A second Halifax team did not fare so well. Sussex defeated Im- perials from the Nova Scctia capi- tal 1433-1417. '

The Five Roses squad of Stellar- ton dropped their winning form this morning. Saint John Centrals defeated them 1493-1485.

Four other games were scheduled tonight, and it. was expected play would continue well into the morn-

ing.

High single of the day was scored by steeves of Moncton, with 140 pins. Kitchen of the Fredericton squad had the high three strings with 382. His team also captured the high team total wth an aggre- gate of 1569. Saint John Y. M. C I. had high team single with 558. __

fair was first started in i880, ov- er 0150000 has been spent on building} and grounds. These could not. be duplicated today for that amount of money. To keep the various buildings in repair, maintain electrical connections, etc, etc., is one that taxes our resources, having in mind at the same time providing an outstand- ing program of entertainment as well as an attractive prim list.

It may be asked by the share- holders whether the money spent on the buildings and grounds is really an esset to them or not. Practically speaking it is not, un- less fdr the purpose of conducting exhibitions, as the buildings would not be of much value for any other purpose. Tlzs shareholders, how- ever, have in their thirty odd acres of land, a very valuable piece of real estate, which no doubt could be realized on for an amount greatly in excess of the capitaliz- ation, but I am sure no share- holder would wish tc see the Ex- hibition done away with and will feel that in encouraging and sup- porting it even though no divi- dends are available, he or she is doing something for the good of this Province. r

On the mainland our Exhibition is considered in an especially fav- orable light and the advertising we received through broadcasting our races and vaudeville program -which by the way was an in- novation in Canada-will not doubt bring us new visitors from the Maritimas and Maine this year.

Criticism of the Prise List can best be met with the statement that our entry lists of live stock exieeed any Exhibition in the Mari- tlmes. and the amount paid out by us for live stock prizes also exceeds rthat given byanymlubitionmthe Maritime Provinces. I can assure you that we need have no in- feriority complex regarding the show we stage, and make the as- sertion in all confidence, that we put on the best Exhibition and give the best program of harness races, vaudeville and fireworks of any Exhibition east of Toronto.

I WIN’! f0 1111113188136 my thlflfi for the generous amount of time and services given and hearty sup- port accorded rne by our Directors. Our Secretary, Mr. J. W. Boulter, who last year was honored with the Presidency of the Canadian Exhibitions Association, served without salary as in the past. and gave unstintingly of himself to make a success of our show. No words cf mine can adequately ex- press my appreciation of the loyal support he has given me through- out the year.

Your President concludes this report, which is concurred in by the Directors, with the hope that it will meet with the approval of

lHE CHARLOTTETOWN GUARDliN

GumbcrPs Relief Hurling Newark Bears

Saves Game For Hubbell; , Tfiml-eafsFvr Pirates Keep Winning

NEW YORK, May 4-—Carl Owen Hubbeli, peerless southpaw of New York Giants, was credited today with his third consecutive victory of the current season, his 19th in succession over a two-year stretch, after a game in which the Giants defeated Cincinnati Reds here ‘l-O.

The Giants staked their ace pit- cher to s seven-run lead in three frames. ‘Thanks lamely in a brace of homers by shortstop Dick Bar- bell and HubbelYs own prowess in hitting safely twice in a big third inning rally but it was barely enough.

The screwball master lost. all but one run of this advantage after pit- ching hltless ball for four innings and finally was knocked out of the bar in the seventh. He was touched for nine hits, but fanned l0 Red- legs.

Harry Gumbert retired the last seven Red batsmen in succession to save the game for Hubbell and the Giants advanced to a second-place tie with St. Louis Cardinals.

Paced by Johny Dickshot, fresh- man outfielder, the league-leading Pittsburgh Pirates collecte‘ eight hits off four Brooklyn pitchers to

Whip the Dodgers 10-3 in Brooklyn.

Dickshot hit a triple and- a home run and batted in five runs, while A1 Tfldd. Woody Jensen and Arkie Vaughan contributed triples to the winning attacfi. Ed Brandt. a for- m" 13011891‘, got credit for the

game.

1n Philadelphia Chicago nicked four Philadelphia pitchers for 19 hits and a 14-’! victory.

'I‘railing by the- score of 4-3 at the start of the seventh the Cubs knocked Mulcahy out of the box and scored six rims to clinch the victory. In the next inning they amassed five more runs on three home runs by Collins, Marty and Bottarinl combined with three singles and- s two-bagger.

Lou Fette, St. Paul rookie right- hander. boosted Boston Bees into the first division by holding St. Innis Cardinals to three hits while his mates battered four of the Gas House hurlers for 16 safeties and an 8-1 victory in Boston ‘

The Bees belted Lon Wameke. who started for the Cards, for ll of their l6 hits and all of their runs before he was relieved by Nate An- drews with nons outdo the fifth‘.

Yankees Move Into First Place Tie By Walloping

The Detroit

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NEW YORK. May 4—Thc World i

Champion Yankees got off to an auspicious start on their first West- ern trip today when Lefty Gomez, their stydsh left-hander, held De- $143111. Tigers to four hits for a. 10-1

The Yanks went into a first-place American Baseball League tie with Mickey Cochranes crow when they clinched the game in the first three innings.

They scored seven runs at the expense of Jake Wade, the Tigers’ in-and-out southpaw. and, although

»kie George Gill pitched with \ tr effectiveness the rest of the

y. the damage already had been done.

The Champions‘ Italian strong- arm squad-Joe Dilimaggio, Frank Crosettl and Tony Lazzerl—were the leaders in the victory.

Crosetrti hit a. home run in the ninth, besides two singles. Lazzeri had two doubles and DiMaggio a triple and a single.

In St. Louis Boston Red Box slugged out a. 11-6 victory over the Browns.

The Browns used three piichers in a vain attempt to stop the ram- PBKinS R/ed 80x.

Boston called on two pitchers, Wes Ferrell being driven to the shoivers in the fourth after Beau Bell hit a home rim, driving in Joe Vosmik. Jack Wilson went to the mound and held the Browns to three hits in the remaining 5 2-3 ifuiings,

With the bases loaded in the 11th 111111118. Washington Senators staged

5-5 tie and go on to a 12-5 victory over the Indians in Cleveland.

Ben Chapman. Senator outfielder, stole home and his teammates, John Lewis and Al Simmons, dart- ed safely to third and second.

Washington followed the spectac- 11181‘ Plfly with four singles and a. double-the latter by Chapman on his second time up in the inning- tc corral seven runs in the inning.

Eibition " to flourish. Yours very respectfully,

D. A. MMKINNON, lit-Col.

President, J. W. BOULTER, Secretary,

Hon. T. W. L. Proiwse, H. J. Kennedy, Willard Kelly, V, c, Smallwood, W. C. S. McLure, James F. Roper, Gordon. Hughes, John B. Andrew. Directors.

'Ilhs President's report was a- dopted on motion o! Hon. T. W. L. Prowse, who spoke appreclatively oi’ the work done by the President and Secretary. It was seconded by W. Chester s. McLure.

Secretary Boulter submitted the financial statement which was a- dopted on motion of W. Chester S. Mot/uric, seconded by Willa/rd Kei-

1y.

Considerable discussion took plaice regarding the expenditures to plant last season and possible ex- pcnditurcs for 1937. The Presl- dent reported that an excellent series of acts had been selected by Sewetairy Bouli/er and himself, which would arrive here on Mon- day evening August 16th, and re- main during the four days of the libchibitlon.

Remarks were made by Mrs. Roland Melkle, who was present as a shareholder representing the Ladies Aid of the Prince Edward maria Hospital. Others taking

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City Softball League Opens On May I7

A five-team City Softball Lea- gue gets underway May 17th. Such was the decision arrived at last night at s. meeting of team rep- resentatives held in the North American Hotel. Teams compris- ing the league are 8th Battery, superiors, Esquires, Rovers and Holy Redeemer.

Appointment of officers and oth- er routine matters were left over until a further meeting. The main idea of last night's meeting was to get the league started and those in attendance made certain of that matter-it is by far the earliest start ever recorded in lo- cal sofifoali circles.

The league promises to be the most closely contested yet staged. All teams are measurably stronger than last season and the players are also showing far more inter- est. They showed that plainly last night by setting an early date for the start and here's hoping they

a sensational triple steal to break 5, .

League Lead

(A. P. by Guardian's Special Wire)

MONTREAL, N. J., May Newark Bears took possession of the International League leader- 5ND ioday by whipping Toronto Leafs 8-1 in Newark.

A five-Tun rally 1n the seventh inning, featured by a hoime run by Bob Seeds with George McQuinn 0T1 bflffi. sewed up the contest. Bots Nekola, losing pitcher, was nicked for a total of l3 blows, in. "ludinr; a trio of two-buggers.

Behind Fred FusselPs three-hit Pitching. the Chiefs closed their first home stand of the season ivith an 8-0 win over- Montreal Royals. giving them a 3-1 edge in the series.

A big first inning, in which flgq sent l0 men in the plate and Fulfilled with five runs, left little doubt of the outcome, Arnold Moscr. rookie left fielder, led the Chiefs at bat with three hits in 1°31‘ mils to the plate and drove in three runs.

Down The Alleys

HOLY NAME BOWLING Semi-finals Kelly and Mclnnis Trophy

Last night on the Holy Name Alleys tlio Vagabonds eliminated the Freeze Outs from further com- petition for the right to enter the finals against the Tip Tops for the Ladies Bowling Championship of the Holy Name Alleys. The finals will start tonight at 8 o'clock. both teams rolled‘ up a great. game and it “'35 hard to pick the winners un- til tiie last frame was rolled out, the Freeze Outs went down after putting up a wonderful fight in the last stages or‘ the game,