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For the put week race (ans by lbs dozens have been watching the workouts at the Charlottetown oval and many complimentary remarks were made regarding the work-of he trainers and caretakers in binding out well fitted trotters and

. The grounds, too, came in their share of praise. The President and Directors have been tusy the past couple of months sking changes and doing things at will make it more comfort- able for spectators and provide letter racing. The new starting to with Chrysler engine and a-ssis, with the gate constructed specifications of Messrs. Mc- sine and Kelly, was tested out yesterday morning. Gordon Cham- ion was at the wheel with Ran-

n llloLaine and Dr. P. C. Deugan occupying the seats and testing lhe gated At first there was a bit If difficulty but in a short time iilat was ironed out and the gate got away nicely, folded its wings and tore around the track at 40 miles an hour. 'I'he wings take up most of the svidth of the home stretch but of course they are fold- ed before they hit the turn. There is no question but that it will add much to the enchantment of the evening's night racing.

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Tonight at 0.15 the first J ascr- Ies of night races will be on its way with the No. 1 Classified Pace at 0/10 mile, and seven other events, three more at 9/10 mile and four at me mile. An evenly matched array of trotters and pac- Irs have been classified and a won- derful evening's sport is sure to Iesult. Night racing has rejuven- ated the harness lDort in many centres, attracting as it does many

ls who would otherwise not interested in the regular type. _ l O O O O

Q Ikidsy some of the trainers gpsnsd up the throttle a bit and. flue Hal worked a comfortable llih in 2.1.050 with diriver Joe Hen.- pesssy sitting still. Kavola worked h 2.20. These were the two best efforts we saw that day. Comfort- ably situated st the entrance to 01m stables is Myron Bell's Lee beautifully condit- denod, and the flve-year-old New

140k by Bimcoe Harvester 2.04%. dam is the dam of Just Flicks. 2.1511111: is one of the most beau- tiful horses we have seen in a long and the tholght struck us, ‘t it pity that Simcoe Harves- "wae allowed to leave here. The ew leek may take some time to rrive but he has every appear- alco of a good one. Milton Bell is the proud owner of a yearling full. sister to Aubrey Budlong 2.15 2-5. lho has size, conformation and the 50st of feet and. legs. The Bell stable is looked after by Skippy Carver. who deserves great credit II their fine 111115957511"- l O 0- ~0- 0-

l The first of an influx of train and horses that are expected to arrive in the near future was An- gie Allan, well known trainer who 3d such a good season last year. Angie has Gay Law 2.07%.and lAubr-ey Budlong 2.15 2-5. ‘they were worked lightly yesterday and look good. No doubt Angie will be much in demand when‘ the racing

starts.

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~ The Quebecers are still buyim Maritime race horses; the latest to make the trek there is Queenie Mu from the stable of Carl Mac- Kenlis, Truro. A full brother of Quomlfs made good there and n lwbt she will too. . . sl- -l~ 0' 0- _

' As part of the entertainment for the meeting of District 192 Con- ference of Rotary Clubs which will be held in the City next week, ar- raiflcments have been made with the Directors of the Charlottetown

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in: Tuesday evening. A program equally as good as tonight's will give the visitors something to talk about when they go home to

their respective cities and towns. '

So far no other Maritime city has held night races and as our peo- ple know who have attended, they are really glamorous. We under- stand that over 500 Rotarians and wives are coming to the conven- tion.

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We were delighted and thous- ands throughout the Marltimes no doubt had the same feeling when they picked up the Guardian and saw that Indian Land, with Joe O'Brien driving, had been c. start- er in the $10,000 pacing derby at Fairmont Park. Illinois. It was on the same track that Joe met with severe injuries some time previous when Merry Way tripped in the hopples. Joe was fourth in the summary, being headed by Dr. stantpn, Dale McKlyo and Scot- tish Boy. The time was 2.00 3-5. one of the greatest miles ever pac- ed over a half-mile track in com- petition. Back oi Indian Land were such pacing giants as Guest Star, Goose Bay. Purdue Hal, April Star and Brother Harmony. April Star, it will be remembered. was the leading money winning pacer of 1947, largely because of his victor- ies at Roosevelt Raceway half-mile track. Indian Land has been raced almost exclusively on the mile tracks and is gaited more particu- larly for that type of track. The fact that Joe could place him as well as he drid is a tribute to his driving genius. The above sum- mary referred to the first part of the $10,000 stake. In the second division at 1% miles Dr. Stanton won, Dale McKlyo second and In- dian Land third, time, 2.17.

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Then is general regret among horsemen that the gallant little Quaker Girl passed away at West- phal. near Halifax. June 13th. Quaker Girl was one oi’ the best bred pacer: ever brought to the Maritimes. She raced free-legged and took a record of 2.08%. Dur- inng her racing career after she came to the Maritlmes she was owned by George Turner, Dart- mouth, and remained his property until her death. One of her best seasons was 1939 when she made twelve starts and had seven win- ning brackets. One of the keenest contested events ever stepped over the Charlottetown track was the 2.14 Trot and Pace, Exhibition Week. August 18th. It was a. ter- rific duel of ‘speed between a high- elaas ileld, every one of them with records better than 2.10. Quaker Girl. won the first heat by half a lenZbh from Walter Brown 2.05 in 2.08‘/s—'WhlOh was her fastest mark. Direct L. was third, Dudy Patch fourth. Buck Hanover fifth. Jpsie the Great sixth and Peter Hal sev- enth. The next two-heats were real battles but each ended 1n a victory for Walter Brown’ with Quaker Girl right on his pad. Direct. L. was thirdin the second heat and sixth in the final, Dudy Patch fourth in the second heat and third in the final. Who would have thought at that time time Dlidly Patch would. g0 on to take a record of 3.00 and that Walter Brown was at his zenith.

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that wonderful meeting we ma, that Hillside Scott won the 3 ‘Year O14 T!“ 6v Pwltand who will ever forget the at: Trot and Pace? The evening before Richard Jabalee hid 5018M ‘Tracey Hanover from Allison Langille. He was only giv- en an outside chance to win, but Ollie Rudderham. ‘Put up behind

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The Charlottetown Tennis Club will officially open its season this afternoon. All six clay courts are ready to accommodate the racquet-

wlelders. Taking-up vwhere they left off last season, club officials are looking (onward to an active year competitively.

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It has been a long hard road back from the resultant decline during the war years, but a small group of enthusiastic workers with n faith in the popularity of the sport are slowly but surely wit- nessing its revival to a Dre-war emi ce.

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Last year a start was made when courts 4, 5 and 0 were gone over and re-suriaced. This year they were again given treatment with the result they rank, so far as playing surface goes, with any of the other tlree courts. President of the Club this year is Morton Dew.

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Horse racing and baseball also figure largely 1n the weekend sports card, The summer night racing program-s over "Canada's Finest Race Trsc " will be launch- ed tonight when eight dashes will be run. Considerable improvement has been made to the track and keen followers of the racing game are eagerly awaiting the "lights to go on".

O O O , ‘Ilwo baseball games are sched- uled for Sunday afternoon. The first galzne lwill see the Sllsnmerside Juniors ln action against the Reece team from Charlottetown. The game is slated for 1 pm. at Mean- orlal field. A City League fixture between the Anchors and the Rov- ers will follow the Junior tilt. O O O

Gus nongaphle who is interested in boxing from a purely amateur standpoint, and has been voluntar- ily devoting much of/ his time to the training of youngsters under s program initiated by Physical Flt-

‘ness announces that he hopes to

arrange a series of bouts with a boxing team frccn Moncton. O O O

Gus’ string of youthful boxers includes two mlddieweights, three svelte-weights, and one each in the feather, bantam and flywelglht classes. The bouts, when arrange- ments are completed, will be stag- ed in the Armourles. It is expect- ed the Mcncton team will include several winners of the Inter-Mar- itime toumament recently held at Moncton.

Baseball Standings

AbEI-ICAN

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New York Giants went down to

defeat again yesterday (Friday), for the fifth straight time, as 5t. Ipuis Cardinals blasted a 12-0 vic- tory. Seven homers were hit and nine pitchers savw action. In the other afternoon 80ml. chlcago Cubs exploded six runs in the seventh and eighth innings to beat Brooklyn 6-4.

Two nigiht games were played.

In the game at the Polo Grounds, Joe Garagiola. Marty Marion, Ron Northey and Stan Musial homered (for the Cards while Bob Thomson socked two four-buggers and, willard Marshall one for the Giants.

The Cards tallied six times in the first inning after two were out with Garagiola clbnaxing the uprising with a blues-run circuit blast off Alex Konikotvski, second of six Giant pitchers. The Cards added single runs ln the third and fourth innings and tvwo in the fifth t0 take a 10-0 lead before the Giants started to stir.

Howie Pollet, stylish Cardinal

lefthsnder, held the Giants hitless until the fifth when they scored twice. He yielded another run in the sixth on Thomson's first hom- er. » Peanuts Lowrey singled home two runs in the seventh for Chi- cago against Brooklyn and clim- exed the Cubs’ four-run, eighth- lnning rally with a run-scoring single. Pinch-hitter Job Scheffing sing- led to opeh the Cubs‘ big eighth. Two walks~ loaded the bases and Hal Jeiifcoat followed with I. 0W0- run single off Erv Palica, third Brooklyn pitcher. Andy ysfko then flied out, Ed Waitkus scoring af- ter the catch with the run that put the Cubs ahead, 5-4. Bill Nich- olson was intentionally walked but the strategy backfired as Lowrey singled. Al Walker flied out to end the frame.

Tignish Athletes l‘ Discuss Program

Thursday evening a well-attend- ed meeting of sports enthusiasts was held in the Legion Hall at Tignish under the chairmanship of Mr. Walter Bernard. The meeting was called for a general discussion of athletics and was interesting from start to finish. “Keen en- thusiasm is being displayed in ev- ery branch of sport in Tignish," remarked the chairman.

Visitors who addressed the meet- ing and who expressed the desire to help the Tignish athleiks in any possible way were His Honour Lt.- Governor J. A. Bernard, Rev. Mr. Nowe of Alberton, and Lt. Col. Bill Reid, director of physical fitness. Other speakers at the meeting were: J. E. Cameron, Sgt. Ahealrn, and Paul Kinch. ,

At present Tlgnish has a team entered in the Prince County Base- ball Lesgue, which they won in 1047; they are also operatfig a Town Lelflle and the girls of the community are enthmlastically taking to softball. As a result of the meeting it is expected that the business men of the community will organize a volleyball loop.

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St. Louis Wins 3-1 From World Champs

The‘ New York Yankees must have been thinking of Bill Terry's memorable words last night after St. Louis Browns had dumped them in an American League con-

Terry who asked is still in the league when he was managing the New York Giants back in the 20s saw the Dodgers come from ‘behind to cop the Nat- ional League flag.

At the start of this season, the Yanlks protested that the Browns were selling their chamces when they peddled Junior Stevens, Jack Kramer and Nelson Potter, only to mention a few.

So what happened? The Browns went out last night and shellac):- ed the world champs 3-1 behind the masterful three-hit hurling of Cliff Fannln. Only Tommy Ilen- rich's homer spoiled Fannin‘: bid for a shutout.

In other night (MIMI-Jill!!!

were no day tilts-Chicago down- ed Washington 0-2 while Phila- delphia edged Cleveland 5-4. . Detroit and Boston were rained out. Frank (Spec) Shea went the route for the Yanks. being the victim of bunched hits. me game was twice halted by rain.

At Chicago, the pale hose could only collect three hits off_ Walt Mssterson but one of them was Tony Luplen's three-run homer that broke up a 2-2 tie.

Joe Haynes went the distance for Chicago.

Hurler Bob Lemon walked Sam Chapman and Rudy York with the bases loaded in the seventh inning to give the Athletics s close victory over the league-leading The game was delayed by rain and ended early this morning.

ll. 0. 00g Wins 00st 0i Shuyibt Kentvllle

KENTVIIII. NJ, Juno 10 — (OP) — Th0 Dream I0! of Obel- burn, s black cockfl spaniel osm- od by W-O. Burns of Jlifillield, Conn., was judged best-ln-sfiow here today at the sixth champion- ship all-breed dog show 0f the An- lupolis valley Kennel can. Reserve beat went to Mister

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This is flu season of’ the year when house cats nightly prowl the hedge rows and byways in quest of succulent young song and game birds. 1;! one happens to be motor- ing along a remote dirt road, and some of than not so remote, part- lculariy between midnight and damn, one often sees a pair .6! gleaming yellow eyes reflecting the glare of the head lights. Old Tabby or tom is on the prowl.

One has often heard the expres- sion: “Wind up the clock and put out the cat" Thats- just what hap- pens in th ecountry districts. Just before retiring the farmer winds up the clock, sets the alarm, and then ushers one or more cats out into the night. Many an old Tom that is content to sleep the day away curled up on a nice cushion, arousing himself once or twice dur- ing the day t0 lap a saucer of milk and whose sleepy benign expression belies his real nature, becomes a veritable four footed killer at night,

House cats are not the only m. arnies our wildlife have to contend with during the summer months. Hawks, owls, foxes, weasels, etc. are meat eaters and in addition 7- . "Y have large farmliies or broods to feed. Take young rabbits for instance: Few observers have the foggiest idea 30f the hundreds that are killed and eaten every day. Scores of hunting dogs are sl. lowed by their owners to roam the woods at will during the spring and summer gnonths and the a- mount of game destroyed every We!" from this source is simply ap- pulling.

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Marsh hawks are presumed to be beneficial on account of tlhe mkgg and rats they consume. They also kill. when the occasion offers, numbers of young rabbits, duck- lms! and Hungarian partridge and pheasant chicks. One evening late in May I was driving along a nar. row dirt road that wound through a dense spruce swamp. A name. strip of trees had been cut on either side of the road and the dead brush still to be seen lying in flattish piles.

A! I CIIGVG slowly along I ggw 5 marsh hawk arise from a nearby brush pile and hurriedly take its dBParture. My curlouslty was aroused and I stopped the car and had a look-see. I found two dead rabbits about 5 inches long. They were still warm, in fact one of them expired as I picked it up and held it in my hand. I also 531W where one had been eaten some time previously. Nothing was legs but a ‘mntity of fur. As I stepped on tabs brush I heard h plaintive flqueck from beneath my foot so I guess I unwittingly accounted for the remainder of the rabbit ism.- ily . . . they generally have four in a litter. I didn't have the heart to look under the brush for fear I vllolrld find, something not to my liking.‘ It was nearing dusk and the hawk had probably surprised the little rabbits when they had hopped out of. their shelter for some exercise — or maybe looking for some Iffien Ines. The mm: had evidently gotten the one it had eaten the evening before, as the scatter ’ fur indicated it had been elbow! to the weather for one night at least, therefore the pre- dator must have made a repeat visit. I always figured that mm“ and owls keep after a brood, or litter, of young once they have secured one meal from this source until they have accounted for them all, or the mother moves to some eflier section.