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mm Avery, well known Marl- ume rclnsman from Woodstock. N 5,, who has spent the past few ,3” racing in the United States. Imcuiarly at Roosevelt and Yan- Iit.-5 plans on having one of the mp ',wbm this year. He was for- m.” in making connection with the woolworth Bros. of Winthrop. Mame. who last week purchased me (our-year-old pacer Knight Star 302 2-5 from Gray BIN. of East Providence, R. 1., I0! E16.0W. A5 . m,.yegr-old he took a record 01 2.01 U5 over a half-mile track ml ",5 a winner of the opening hm m the Fox Stake at Indian- Ipom, Ind. Knight Star should me 3 record better than 2.00 this amen on , mile oval. Winthrop 5,0,, are building up a very pow- mui stable and their horses. with

mos, owned by C. T. Black of gem-ville, Pa., and others. should

place Earl well up in the money winning column of lime.

We had a phone call last even- ing from a horseman friend who wished to know if Jerry's ightp msre had paced the fsstee mile ever paced by s three-year-old in the Maritimes at Charlottetown Aug. 4th, I963-2.m. Looking through our Year Books we find

that on September 17. 1936. Vol-'

rida 3. by Volomite,won theThree Year old Price at Fredericton. N. B. in 2.009;. she was "driven by Henry Clukey and was owned by Sullivan at Mawhinney, Machias. Me. That same afternoon the Free For All Trot was won by 1-Ieatherboll in straight heats, owned and driven by the writer. Time. 2.09, 2.08y,. 2.00. Johnny Conroy won the 2.25 pace with Bsronetie with 3-l-1. Killarney. 1-4-3. Time: 2.08!-', 2.08y,, 2.10. He was owned by that very fine sportsman, the late 1-lcdley T. Fulton, Upper Siewiacke, N.S.

The following day the 2.14 pace was won by Signal Senator with l-l-2. Dolly Azoff. 3-9-1. Time:

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2.0834, 2.10, 2.0By,. He was owned and driven by H. M. Sweeney, Bridgcwater. N. S. The Free For All Pace was won by Calumet Budlong with l-1-2. Lochinvar 2- 2-1, zombro Hanover 5-5-3. Tune: 2.06i2. 2.06. 2.0'ly,. The driver was William Hood and the owner,Mra. Margaret Ballard. North Sydney. The 2.24 class trot was won by

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2.13y,. Harvest Melody was owned by Willis Reid, St. John's. Nfid.. and driven by the writer.

The extremely well-bred pacing mare Jean Henley 2.08lKz. whose sireoand dam both had records better than 2.03, has a filly foal sired by Josedale Hoosier 2.0654. The proud owner Lia Sam Ken- nedy, well known horseman and haberdasher of this city.

when spring rolls around and the horses start to work out we wire confident that there is a pac- er. owned by Hon. Dougald Mac- Kinnon, Minister of Public Works. that will receive a lot of attention from the fans. He is Colonel Budlong. The Colonel was on the trot last year and showed a lot of speed but would Jump. At his new gait we look to see him take a record better than 2.15 this year and that belief is shared by his trainer, Alfred Lowery of Montague.

our readers will notice that Harold P. Cudmore. Brackley, is placing his splendidly bred stal- lion, Americas Bud. in service at the farm of Roy MncMillan,West Point, P.E.I. Ho admired this horse very much and regretted that an accident prevented his racing as we are confident that he would have taken a very low record. His sire, Calumet Bud- long's performances are well knovm and he is the sire of one 2.00 pacer and also the sire of many of the best performers in the Maritimes and us. today. .Miss America's sire, Abbedale 2.0l'.a. has probably been the greatest sire of pacers that have been racing in the past ten years. and so there is every reason to expect that America's Bud will beget worthy performers.

Cmdr. George H. Buntsln, sec- retary-treasurer of the Charlotte- town Driving Park and Provincial Exhibition Association,writes from Fort Lauderdale, Florida. where he and lvlrs. Buntaln are vacationing ...”We are enjoying our visit to Florida and in conversation with people here I heard there was a trotting track nearby. Yesterday morning I started looking for it and out in the wilds I came across it and much to my surprise when I drove in, there were all the Castleton Farm horses. Thismorn- mg I drove out again early to see them work out and had a chat with Curly Smart, who is in charge. The owners. Mr. and Mrs. Van Lennep. arrived a bit later The site is an old running track discarded since 1922. It was taken over last fall by Castleion and in five weeks stables for 40 horses. and a beautiful building for sleep- ing quarters for the caretakers had been built. trees taken out of the mile track, the ground levelled off and now it is a going concern They have a lot of land and plan to build another five-eighth mile track with grand stand. etc. and have races in the early spring. 1 must say that Castleton when they start, do things in a big way. I enclose a list of their horses that are training here but they are not beating 3:00 to date....

The horses are: Insured 2.06, Thunderation 2.08 U5. DutchDan- dy 200 (V5. Earl's Song 2.00, Paul Braden 2.04 W5. Iosola'a Ensign 2.02 U5. Tulane Hanover 2.15, Earl's Ensign 2.05 US. The rest are two and three-year-oids: Wor- thy Choice, Fire Fighter. Rosa Knight (full sister to Knight's Dream). Lord Victory. Miss Glam- our. Judy Jewell. Queen's Adios. Smarts Choice, Sweet Folf. Fleet worthy, Word of Hanover. Thun- der On. Victory Flint. Viva Amer. ica, Abb-2's Ensign. Navy Com- mand. Cutty Sark, Tower Light. Mary Frost, Lady Janice. Scotland Worthy, Handsome Perk, sweet Talk, My Scotch Bell, Hoot Suite. and Mist of Scotland.

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led states Trotting Association was held at Orange Court Hotel. Orlando. Florih, Mlrch 1st and 2nd. All but two of the directors were present, including Messrs. F. C. Mccurdy, J. Henry Dewitt and the writer from the Maritimes. The statements for 1953 were read and showed the Association in its strongest position since its incep- tion. There were more horses raced. more money raced for and more tracks in operation than ever before. The president and other oilicera were re-elected. Pre- sident LJ3. Sheppard spoke briefly and in his remarks stated that he was pleased to see that in the re- cent Moreland investigation of race tracks in New York by Gov- ernor Dewey's Commission not one single instance of wrong-doing was found in connection with the her- ness horse racing. the drivers or owners.

The Commission has taken ef- fective steps so that in future no such occurrence will take place to bring scandal to the sport and all the tracks are preparing to open again with as large or larger pro- grams than in the past. It will be remembered that at the annual meeting of District 11 held in Monctcon February 2nd, a motion was made that 15-year-old horses would be permitted , to race on Maritime tracks in 1954. This was defeated by a small majority and since then a number of tracks and individuals had asked that per- mission be granted to have 15- year-olds race in the Maritlmes this season. This was brought be- fore the US.TA. meeting but sup- port could not be'obtained for it. It was pointed out that the rule had been passed the You previous- ly and that objections had been made by Maritimers then and it was carried over for one year. Now the ban on 15-year-oids is imposed not only on U. S. T. A. tracks but on tracks in Canada where parl-mutuel racing is in vogue, such as Dufferin. etc.

A few minor changes were made in the rules which will appear in the 1954 rule book that will be issued to members very soon. The writer, Mr. Mccurdy and Mr. De- Witt visited several of the stables and watched the training at the Ben White Speedway Wednesday morning. March 3rd. We saw the champion two-year old this season, Tryant, who worked in 2.19 U5. He" is a short, bulky little fellow, perfectly sound with great legs and feet, and we also saw a two- year-old pacer in the same stable that was in 221 V5. There are three tracks. a mile track and two half-mile tracks that cut into the mile track, and stables con- taining over 500 stalls. The city of Orlando takcs care of these and every morning hai-rows them over and workmen keep them in perfect order.

We had a chat with Clarence F. Gaines. proprietor of Gsinesway Farm, and Mrs. Gaines, and told them about buying a. car of their dog food for our foxes years ago. Mrs. Gaines said that they werr great lovers of dogs and bred some of the best and she made the original dog food in her kit- chen. They are a very friendly couple and the dog food, sold to General Foods. brought them a very large sum of money. Now they are raising some of the but trotters and pacers in the world. although their first start was made only eleven years ago. In eight years Gainesway yearlinga sold at auction have brought a grand total of 3811.600 for 176 youngsters. This is an 'average of 84.605. For five years Gainesway colts have led all other yearlings in price average and have twice been second and once third.

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chukkar was shot in mistake last fall in a district west of Summer- side. This bird was reported at the time but the information was kept confidential until recently. 0 O U

The covey of '1 or 5 birds at Or- well was practically wiped out . few days after the season on Hubs and pheasants opened on October 10th. They were standing in a tight cluster on a little knoll on the east side of the Bensee Road and an easy gunshot from the hiahway. A farmer pulling man- golds saw the performance. A prowling car stopped, opposite the birds and two tall men got out and ripped into them with shot- gun blasts, Two members of the covey escaped and flew into some shrub bush along the shore.

The men walked over and pick- ed up the kill. Both stood for a few seconds examining the birds they held in hand but when the farmer started to walk acrom the field they rushed to the car and pulled out in a cloud of dust. The pair of Chukkars that survived the blast wintered safely. The same farmer has 20 of the Sydney Chukkars in a building near the house and this pair have been hanging around the orchard and chit-chatting with their penned re- latlons.

Chukkars can easily be mistaken

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for 1-luns on the covey rise. Like the Hun: they are swift as bul- lets on wing and only split seconds are allowed for identifica- tion. The most conscientious sports man could make a mistake when the birds are airborne but in any case he wouldn't make a kill- Jngmmaybc one bird but more likely a clean miss. There was no justification for the infrac- tion just described. Shooting into coveys on the ground is not con- sidered good sporismanship. If a man has a large family and wants meat for the pot, that's a horse of another colour. I'm speaking now of Huns... not Chukkars.

A close-up shows that Hubs and Chukkar partridge are different as daylight from dark. They are considerably larger then Runs... between a Hun and a Rufied grouse...and are beautifully col- oured. They have bright red feet and beaks. red on head and sides with prominent black markings down the sides of the neck. when running on the ground they hold themselves perpendicular and weave in and out. They are na- tural Square Dancers. I'm afraid those two buckos would have their own trouble trying to persuade me that they mistook that covey for 1-luns if I happened along at the time. I'd have been just as liberal with them as they were with the Chukkars.

Chukkars show a preference for

scrub and it is quite probable there are a lot more of them on the

rounds than the covey: known to exist. Mr instance last fall far- mers living at Morell. Glaatone and Fortune reported coveys of strange birds on their land. They insisted they were neither Huns nor pheasants.A covey of phelssnis

that are only halt grown in lsie'

September could be mistaken for something else.

Local sportsmen are expending considerable time and energy in their efforts to improve our up- land game bird hunting and de- serve co-operation by all concern- ed to the fullest extent. Chukkar partridge are gsmey birds. swift of wing, and rank with the Hun- garian partridge when it comes to outwittirg hunters. Furthermore they pack more meat on their frames than do the Huns and it is also of a highly edible quality.

I am of the opinion that once they obtain a foothold they'll be able to look afior themselves. Any species of game bird that has to depend upon the hunter's for-

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bearanoe and generosity for aur- vivsl will never reach lst base. The sole reason that Hans and pheasants have withstood hoary hunting pressure and increased both in numbers and territory is because they can hang the 'Inaian sign' on the average hunter.

A hunting dog has to be above average lo cope with those elusive birds satisfactorily. There are very few A plus dogs on the rounds. The average are hard pressed .to Grade B. Adverse winter condi- tions and cold, wot breeding oas- sons are two factors that worry

the birds more then do the him-.I

ters. Hungarian partridge are be- ginning io pair off. The covey: wintered well and are more num- erous ihen was generally suppm- ed during the open season. I-tuna continue to astound both hunters and farmers when, after the hunt ing season closes, full stremth coveys emerge from seemingly no-

where. More power to them.

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