BACK STRETCH

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l- 5“"°'.‘.°.t' "::::*=:::.:f t‘: the Iollowine Bl-llkes my, gcptember 4th. For All Trot and added money. 5 to 2.30 Trot and added money’.

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, unccd labor

i Stake Race — nlioafugllllllglllfit 2f entrance and ' Med money with no deduc- “lnmke tn... total amount ‘of . purse, t-he winnindgltzlgasbfl d -

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we rggrét, that we did not have ‘l’ "my formtlifiiitlgnllflm A dude in last So l y - utter lust received from Mr. i; as foii0ws:—- "I am ou an entry for Labor in“, This orm allows cc seconds for trotters which ror on the printers part. oi, out before I noticed This allowance would trotter ooulld start 2.28 trotters an pecers, pmvo/ould not be fair as the “m. dosing events from 2.14 to Lil and 2.18 to 2.24 cover all time allowances in themselves." _.O_. lad to hear again from Jhfélfa. . C. Creswell, V5,, p, Eleonora, as foliowsg- In my i“ which you so kindly pub- 9d 1p Down the Back Stretch. lmado a mistake. I said I drove in [he first futurity stakes in Bummerside. That was lnvurrelil- nu first race held there was a tvo-year-old futurlty in which the starters were Almont Wilkes. mp1 by me and driven by Robert Waite, Parkside, _owned by W. A Brennan and driven by Jimmie iioughton, Rose, owned and driven A. Sharpe. Almont Wil- h: won in 2.56. Wllkie Toni was Aimoiit Wilkes’ first colt and l iirovc him in both futurities. at a illf-slld-a half and as a two- iear-old. I was talking to differ- ent people since thosp items ap- peared and a man asked mc to- tiir if l remembered Kitty Clyde. tliat is the big grey Clyde owned by James A. Sharpe. Surnmersidc lie ivanlcd me to send the whole riorv to the Guardian. It certain- iy was interesting at that time but I doubt if lt would be now. ._o.._ ln speaking oi Robert Fitzsiui- mons. you were right about him bring a great breeder oi‘ horses and he was always ready to raco them as well. I remember one race in particular at McNeill! track. There were a lot of peo- ple thcrc that day and quite a ot oi excitement le Dean Swift llld his son Island Chief. both owned _by Robert Pitzsimmons, were starting. Mr. Fitrsimmons was anxious to have Chief win u he thought it would be a great leather in his cap as a. stock horse to beat his redoubtablc sire. Dean 5"". lo he told Ronnie Steele. who was driving Dean, to put on the brakes. Ronnie could not itsnd it and he let Dean in ahead one heat.

__o_ lwu over at the stable when hi’ Wile in with the horses and l!!! old gentleman, Mr. Fitz-sim- lmlll. lit on Steele for cominl lll thead. l can well remember lis- lfllllls to Ronnie who was quite Nliol to the occasion. I-le did not flv a word until Mr. lfitzsimmons m through talking. then said the over-draw broke and he could not ll Dean and anyhow the father should beat the son some.- lllllfifi- I wlsli you could have itch old Dean scoring. The other ills“ Wl-luld be coming to wire and when they got flue Ronnie would swing Dean "id he would spin ground on his lllnd lcvs. make two or three llllllllS and was on his stride. Ron- mll “"15 quite a. lad in those days "ld “lllllllly knew how to handle I horse.’ Thanks, friend Cres- "ll- llll‘ your interesting reminis- "lwll-i 0i the long ago. _()._ uGood irlloivs got together and tic hcrsc was king for a night l<'_11 thc St. Crolx Driving Club tiests. 150 strong. jammed the s‘ illltthali of fliFPark l-lotcl. vwlsmiliicn. for the second annual ‘lit and frolic. They were all the | Y from various points in Maine ‘lid the Marltimes and the past “ill-Yon was reviewed and the com- ull {Campaign discussed in opthnis- kl; ashion. George J. Byron, v9. ‘lg spurts follower from Fred- " n. was the principal speaker Mk B evening. Naturally his m was about horses but he Mlllgivd to sandwich in a few b!“ fslorics that no one can loll “c; than he and he spoke of a m: iorse breeding farm in ‘m;]""‘l'l l" be the biggest in the mdl- “vfvlflllzlna in the breeding B" illlclll! of Percherons and b lllllls- It was surprising news all. l“ n _q_. [mm “We! Graham was in fine m“ Bud said the Club hopes to bu, t?‘ Wlllllb of meets this year

{Eloy are p. edlcated

FOR SALE

ghpwed. Right hue in this pro-

on ‘the selection _ of dates that

wont interfere with other tracks

engagements. The difficulty of

getting outside horses, he said, can

always be overcome by the sim.

Dis ca, dient of offering good

gull-sit.‘ ‘fly; me the money and e orse"

he put it. ' w“ m‘ w” __Q_.

To show how far harness racing has come in the last fifty years he read a race card summarizing the events oi a day's sport in the latter part of the 19th century. A W°l¢°me guest was Fred ivniwhin- ney, partner in the celebrated Sul- livan d; Mawhlnncy stables of Machias, Maine. Those gentlemen have owned four world's cham- pions and raced horses in various parts of the United States and Canada. Due to the difficulties of transportation Mr. Mawhinney said they had to scll some of their horses and a few oi these had found their way to St. Step- hen and other parts of the Mari- timec. He assured owpgn that the animals would provide them with fun and profit.

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George Welpck, the industrious secretary oi last year, spoke briefly 0n the Club's activities and his pleasure at seeing sc many present at the function. Other speake included Bob Webber. well known starter, who has had to discontinue that avocation due to lll health. Bob told some good stories and funny incidents in his career o. starter in Maine and the Mar times.

-9-_ _Ai Lsngiile surprised and de- lighted everyone with his humor- ous monologue. Here are some of Al's wisecracks. "I get. a, kick out of such times as eee,

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um suAiu-Qfrrsrpyvu. QQARDIAN _

Troinhc NEWS

Oharlottolo - lflrge well setyill) mrts$lo$gviguite able for litter-service softball, bggg. bah and football. and with a oinr- ter-anile track for track and field evenfi acwrding F,

hODBd. Ma‘. Doyle said,

1y and that the grounds would be ill operation by June 1st. Rflvlbwlnk inter-service

six months, that prior to C A.F and

area during the pflgt W. Doyle pointed out inst fail the Army. R. R.A.F. largely confined thun- selves to inter-unit sports among each individual service.

Tbiiovring his appointment last beutember. a. program was drawn up and since than theru has been t continuous series of inter-service ..eagues in different sports. with St Dunstans and Prince of wan; col.

likes also ipating.

First of all was the sexilor 100i:- bB-ll lemme. with teams from the R. can, R..A.F.. and st.

W118 14111118 bait. Uufoztunatet-v, team was forced o F and S

champion l- whichwas won by St. Duns-fan's teiimediato football series

and Prin H m-rtlclbetinz. the latter team

wnninz the hampionship. In November the first track and field meet was held in the Forum, Navy. Array, RAIL, R.C.A.1=‘., st. Dunstans and Prince of Wales Col- ieae all being represented. A high- successful event, it was won by e R..A.F.. with Prln Collage placing second. Th was followed by ti“ for- mation of a basketball league with from Navy. Y.M C A St.

iAthletic Grounds Seen . Here In Near Future

xemmts would be completed short- tan

activities in the Charlottetown tamugh

co oflwales Col- h

co of Wales l

Executive Committee, e .

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tuiaiswill be held in the first WES‘ lll April _

Perhaps tne uiost successful lea- EH6 0L iLLl ITS-S DECK! U19 HOCKEY ICI- sunuAttrwctuig large nunmtrs of

hockey, with Army and St. " , ‘s ending up in the finals which wni be played oti next week. "io the Winners will go a nunosoine snieid donated by ‘lip “Pop Tailors l9. Wrun. Charlottetown ittpresentative oi tiie iirm.

Softbe baseusiii and track and fiend meets are being planned tor tne spring and summer along with a number oi other events. all ' which it is lwuut will pc ticid on the proposed new spurts iuoiuids.

Mi". Doyle gav. mucn oi tile cre- dit for the ietiewco uiuercst in ath- letic activities to Premier J, waiter Jonos. himself a former shot-put. and discus champion and a noted iootbaii player. ~

"The Premier and his Govern- ment have done a great deal i0 further the diiferent athletic act-

t our dream ut a Suitable utn- letic giouml will shortly coinc true. It is the desire of the Government,

members of thtc d

and Gilli-Wes throwlh athletic ect- ivitles.

Mr. Doyle, who has been directing athletic activities, also has an out.

Branch of the Amateur Union of Canada, and is a former member of the Canadian Olympic

especially wihen e

buyl the ticket and furnishes the cigaret They say it takes‘: lot of money to race horses. I started with a nickle-I ain't got one now-and I don't elm to liuic one when I get ugh, but I'm having o. million dollars worth of fun." A s lendid musical program with hill- illy band and vocalists and lots of other talent, with good fellowship and feeling brought one of the most enjoyable get-togethers of horsemen ever held in St. Stephen to a close.

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Dr. l-l. M. Parshali, who for many years was top driver of the Grand Circuit. last year, sold King's Counsel 2.00 to E. J. Baker for $20,000 and retired as a race driver. Some twenty years ago he graduated from the Indiana Veterinary College and after prac- tising for a short time took up training and racing horses as a profession. He has once again gone back to his old profession after passing the state board ex- aminations. so the turf has lost one of the greatest drivers. train-

011B 0f the bikini-st crowds in 1e- cent years, numbering in the vicin-i ity 0i 1,200 last night itnessed the annual West Kent School Ice“ Sports stoned at the Forum.

Aawasvthecase in st years last nights program ag llvcd up to all advance notices with each and every race from the youngest class up to the open events provid- ing the closest of competition and producing some ieaiiy fast skating by both 01d and young participants.

The featuoc event of the nighti

and Sumtmerside was a close-knit, keenly contested encounter thro h- out. For two periods they batted on_ cven teams with neither team being able to score. The final ses- sion had only slightly over three

crs and conditioners of all 'time. the man to whom Tommy Murphy. transferred his colors when he, forsook the Grand Circuit. {in i Twenty years ago this week. Guy Axivorthy was the premier, sire at Walnut Hall Farm and! from early in the season his book] was full. Now Volomite 2.!!! l- a son of his stable ccm anion. Peter Volo. 2.02. is the prem er sire at Walnut Hall Farm. iO-i Walnut Hall Farm has gone far afield for an outeross by purchase in California of stallion Black Pegasus 2.04, of the McKinney tribe. The pro- minent stallions of today, not only in Kentucky but elsewhere. are practically all descendents of Peter the Great and Axworthy and many good students of breed- ing believe, that an outcross is or will be necessary in the near fu- ture. John Hervey, s close stu- dent of breeding and a most en- tertaining writer. has o. splendid article on this sub,iect in The Harness Horse oi February 16th. 101 He traces the reasons for Lhe decade of the Biiigen and Mc- Kinney strains dug to prejudices fostered by noted trainers and . is no question that tin; Bingen strain had been givcn opportunity, would have been most valuabc to have kept. particularly because of the flash of early speed which that breed

the

vince we had a descendent o! Bin- gen in Commodore Lcdyard and those horsemen who can look back thirty or more years will remem- ber the terrific flight of speed which youngsters by Commodore Iledvard could show. qi flour Todd 2.1.5 i-I no an- other of the Bingen tribe that had tremendous speed magnificent stallion, but some- how for one reason or another tn.- Bimlens faded out of the blo- ture. They are being re resented less and less in the bed arses 0i inc great trotters and pacers. ‘to? . Margaret. Arion. although hav- ing no record, has been the F!!!“ est prodluiccg tltfhslllllvlln “Wall a‘: onev s n pon o a y m “Walnut. Hall Farm. Mllll loll- Ky. Thirteen of her foals ave brought $62,960 at auction as yeariings. She cost the farm 8!.- 000. Her most famous colts are Prootector a . 1,59 1-4 end Tl" Mlrchionels 3. 1.59 l-4~ -()_- -

1p Ohio a2 fairs will be in o - gflllqn thL; year, that is six more than in i043. What is true in Ohio is true for other purist o: tin. United States. As s mu o the increase in fairs belnl llflld~ entertainment features have illlllll‘ 40 to 00 per cent in price and are very scarce.

the m

one Sq

. have a strong team

and was a Rl

minutes left when McGregoW. W.K. S. forward donned the hero's man- tic as he accepted a pass from Clar- ver to butt the Summerside goalie from close in for the only more of tine night. Only two penalties were coming in the last period wit

itlng players being the offenders in each c a. I Dick Campbell handled the game

in a. capable manner. 1D

RELAY RACE

Stimmtrside High School in...”

i. S. Hyrid-

B years and under: l. J. iriggs, 2. D. I-luwheson, 3. T.

: l. B. Allen. 2. B.

. M. MoCor-kell. 9 years: l. Claudette. Mac- 2. Jane Giddi. . 3. N

Won by Girls 8 years and under:

Watson, 2. S. Vessey, 3. N an.

intermediate Opener At $’siiie March 7

The opening some, of the island Intermediate Championship series will be played in the Crystal Rink. Smnrnerslde, ' esdlly Jllghl’ March 7th when Bordon Nationals and Summersidc olymvlfls wlll meet in the first of a two game elimination, total goals to count. Neither oi the teams ulllllellls l'°_ have much of an advantage ovci the other ior the lads frcm Bold?" reinforced by

Crowd In Attendance Annual W. K. S. Sports

a game between West Kent tonscctt

thr: Old Vic- several blayflts fromme o,‘ i”

hil “mm w e in the be-

nning have developed into a fast skating good stick handling and. smooth combination agkrellflllun 0i i ' rgocond same of the RQTlKS will! be pipycd at Boa-den the followins ay and in order to insure the appearance of the teams they will travel by train and avoid the dan- ger 'oT"i1r-inrrhelcr"up by bad roads as has hapfrpcned in the past. Its gohiig to be a battle royul to the finish for both Learns have. dis- played icnty of aggressive fightinB spirit a.l thmlllflll 9 "Tl 1i... wlnnltrs of the total goal games will play off with winners from Nova Scotla. and New Bruns- wick-S

late George Hondrahsn. on stallion Harry T. 2.16 l-2 was rac- ed with greet success by Mr. Loomls through the Western States and Western Canada. _.0_.

"Phe ladies’ Auxiliary of the Canadian legion wish to thank those who helped in making their Tag Doy a success. They wish i0 extend t particularly to the Victoria Driving Club, the Enstem

Girls race i0 years: 1 C. MaoMlllsn 2. B. ltunxt, a. W. ivlaclsenzie, a ii years: i. u. Scantiepury. 2. t". Clarke. 3. J. Carver.

Girls i4 years i3 Laps): l. J. Mu- Eaciwm, 2. E. Bourke, 3- Yvonne Maoiiachern.

503's l0 years: 1, N. Joyce. 2. C. Kine. 3. R. Atkinson

Prince St- School Boys 12 and Over: i. P. o, 2. i) vali. d, 'i.' l-Iowatt.

Prince St. Boys l0 years: i. S. Mac- Ltire. 2- Junior Anderson. 3. Bren-

Prnice St, Boys ll Years: 1. Jun- ior Andzrson, 2. l... MacKuy, 3. M. Anderson.

Boys l2 Yeats: l. B. Z E- Watton. 3 D. Pierce.

Girls’ Te Race: 1. B. Bcurim

2. P. Cutoiilfe and

. , 3. D. Peake and J. Brycnton-

Boys 1;! Years: l. P. Jaixiine, 2, G. Soanuebtuy. ll. H Glover Boys I4 years: l. H. Sears, 2. u. Larva", 3. B. rn. Broom Race: l. l). Drw and B. Pierce. 2 is. Acorn and Bobby Bev- ans- 3. B. Ward and D. Hill. Boys 15 Years: l. G. Downe. 2. BIOWIT, Li. ls. Acorn. Boys Team ltace: i Henderson and Hill, 2. S. Cutcliffe and B. Car- er, 3. D. Jardlne and D. Mac-

Race 12 Ycais: 1. .1. Mac- 1 2. H. PICKBJU. 3~ C Whit- ocGii-ls Broom Race: 1. F. Clarke

and R. Outclifie. 2. E. Bourke and . sling, 3. P. Murray and P. Curri .

Acorn,

May Be Races This Afternoon

The Victoria Driving Club will hold races on Victoria. Harbor ice this afternoon if tlic weather mod- erates, it was announced bv officials of the club last night.

Following are the classes and en-

es.

Class A Pace-Graceful Lady. Jane Harvester. Singin’ Sam. Nl.-.ll Cochatodale. ,

Class A 'I‘1'ot—Lustv‘s First. Christie Budlong, Playdalc, Belle Aubrey.

Class B Pace-Dr. Budlong, Law-

less Peter. Princess Kalmuck, Mar- jorie Budlorul- _

In addition them will bc a class- ified rncc. The DYOZPBTIT Will get underway at 2 p.m. if the iveathcr pc

Saint John Burlors Play Local Rinks

Rinks from the Thistle Club at Saint John and from the Char- lottetown Curling Club shared honors equally hers last. night in exhibition matches. W. R. Cruik- shanks Charlottetown rink de- feated Dr. Malcolm's Thistle rink 11-7 in one match and Stevenson's Thlstlc rink defeated the Col. G. E. Pull Charlottetown four 9-8.

Additional games will be played this afternoon and night.

Charlottetown rinks went twp games up in late matches that finished early this morn lng when Dr. Heath Mclntyreu rink de- fesried Stevenson's ‘Thistle four 18- 10 and Dr. E. S. Gddd ‘s quar- tettc took e 0-4 victory m Dr. Malcolm's team.

ALL selzvices

OF A MODERN RINK

FOR YOUR COMFORT

AND CONVENIENCE SKATING — AFTERNOON AND NIGHT

TO-DAY

THE FORUM

Acorn Rink Wins Regal Flour Bun

A rink skipped by Frank Acorn from the Charlottetown Club won

o, the Regal Flour trophy at Surn-

mcrside last night. The Acorn rink scored a l2-l‘l victory over a Surnmersidc four in the finals for the oup.

Truro Evens ii-P-B Series-

TRURO, N. 5., March 3—-(CPl-_-— Truro Bearcats gained a 3-2 win over New Glasgow Bombers to- night. u; even their best-in-seveit A-P-C senior hockey leasue final series at two games apiece.

Deep Brook Team Takes Z-Gamo Lead

SYDNEY, N.S., March 3-—iCP) -.M.H.C.S. Cornwallis from Dew Brook gained a two-game lead in- the Maritime senior hockey semi- finals tonight by edging out Syd- ney Navy 5-4 in a hard-fought sec- ond game of their best-in-ilve

und.

Widely outplayed in las night's o ener, the Sydney tars tonight p ayed a close-checking game and displayed a tighter defence to take the edge off the smooth-work- ing Cornwallis attack.

FORECASTS “Ell . 2-81-19. -_

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iianuck Airmen iiati Active Week

a

SQDN. LDR. C. W. HIGGINS week of intense activity for the R. C. A. P‘. overseas, including

the probable destruction of another was indicated tonight in the R. C

operations

the

Augsburg and Schwcinfurt.

Sutttgart. home of engineering industries, felt weight of bombs from the R. C. A F. heavles Wednesday night.

ive rained down onto a

to convince the United Kingdom that Canada coulji place high qual- ity beef on the market there.

A Two - fold Opportunity

“Now that we have an opportun- ity during wartime of doing two things at one time namely, doing a patriotic act and supplying beef to Great Britain at a time when she needs it. I believe we should demonstrate to the British people that we can suply good meat-Aha very best of it." the Minister said.

“Because when the war is over, if we are producing as many cattle as We are producing tcday _ and all of us hope We will be_wc will be requiring sooner or later a mar- ket for about 300.000’head of cat-

tie "And if we are not able to find that market on this continent. there is only one place we can find a market and that is in Great Britain/r ........... _._ . _ . Hilly Leader (L-Portage In. Prfllriel said there should be no criticism that the Wheat Board Drice of $1.25 a bushel for wheat, basis No l northern at Fort Will- lam. Was too high when the United S9395 was $1 .70. He had not favored the wheat- "Teak reduction program. which is being dropped this year, since it was ‘wrong 1n conception and in. enuitable in administration" A “fair price" for wheat earlier would have been a better system