I Inc. r Em and have a hobby Med, he decided to start a breed- ing farm for trottcrs and peel?! . Kentucky. and bolllm ""35 B0041 5laIII0I1S as King's Counsel 1:58, a

11 arts of the Marl- IleIT19I:. dI'lv:IIlb'; the late Willard

Kelly.

ati of King's Counsel and JahenAr.oIIfxproduced Flalninl will that Joe O'Brien gave a record of 2:04 3-5 as a three-year old in 1955. He was consigned. with others. by snl Camp to the Standard Bred Sale Harrisbursh. Pa.. last fall an ;..as'knocked down to the bid of Lame Lctcher, Sprinshill. NS- and has been a good winner for him this season. Ourcardshows lumwith 12 firsts. and he shares uiih Convair 2:016, the honor of me pacing record of 2:07 1-5 for Sackville Downs. N-5-

Poplar Hill Farm completes the poster of yeariings in the catalogue. uuh some very Cl355l('b"3d 5'”””3' stars from fast-record sires and PP iiucing dams.

'l'u sum up. we Wulllfl 535' mat from No. 1 to No. 324 in the 9”” aloguc. the P8105 l'9Pl'95e"l ""3 9"” put of farms owned moslI.V DY Very ucauiiy people who get much 0'” juyment in studying pedigrees. Dur- chasing the best-bred mares and stallions. and endeavouring to have n fspring of handso appearance. suundngs. and pos sssing extra

.-pecd. any believe that this year eons-ignlnsllts have among them faster 9 and pacers than any of the' "There is rea- son to believe the perform- ance of Good Co jthe two-year

old pacer that ha ibattered the u()l'Id's records mentioned above. she comes from Castlelon Farm- being by the stallion Good Time 1:57 3-5. who is sr.'DI'9IEIII9d by a number of ycurlings in the catal- ogue.

Then there are several by Hal Dale, whose get have always brought high prices, and whose son. Adios. recently sold for half a mil- lion dollars because of the perfor- mares of his get these past two seasons. Just to mention one. Adios liarry 1:55, world's record pacer. Here are a low prices paid for Hal Dale's get: Diamond Hal. 325,000; Panama Hal 822,000; Far- bel, 815.000; Hal Senator. 814.500.

The top price for a yearling at auction last year was the 385,000 paid by Sol Camp for the yearling Rosalia Frost, from Frost Hill Farm. a full sister to Scott Frost. The Castleton Farm. Lexington. Kentucky. paid 333.000 for the yearling Robert Lee Frost. from the same farm. Neither of them made the headlines. No doubt our readers will be figuring how much the above yearlings will bring. Last year there were 2811 offered for sale

835.000 for any of them. the total figure may run in the vicinity of one million dollars.

IBLAND BRBI)

Our littls-province has been cal led the "Kentucky of Canada" rightly so. as with the exception certain parts of Ontario, there is nowhere in the Dinninlon where so much interest is tak in the breed- ingoftrotters nndpaoers.'I'hofirst horse whose get were talked about for speed and gninenous was the McGinnls pony, whose progeny were great roaders. possessing tre- mendous stamina. Then there was Administrator and Hernando. both owned in stunmerside. that prod- uced really good carriage horses. good roaders. and horses capable of trotting miles of 2:!) to high wheels. '

A son of Aliright. Black Pilot. made a name for himself by de feating Hernando in a match-race at the Summeraida track in me. It was said to be the largest gather- ing that ever'wns seen in Sum- mcrside, and was the talk of horse- men for many years after. To show the vision and enterprise of horse- men in the early mom. we cite the case of W.A. Brennan, proprie- tor of the Summerslde Journal and Agricuiturist, who sent to faraway Leland Stanford Farm. California, for two trotting stallions - Parkside and Ballston. The California Farm was the best in the world at that time. and its trainer. Charles Mar- vin broke all records for colt trot- tern with the get of its sires. Parkside trotted over our track in 21211.4 and in a few years his get were winning races all over the Maritimes. Among other sires im- ported were Cur modorg Ledyard; he WES 8 llrolific sire of pacers. and in 1913. lion. James Richards bought Captain Aubrey 2:07V4. by Peter The Great 2:07. His blood has influenced production of troit and pacers tremendously in all three provinces.

MARITIME RACING

From Race Secretary, D.l. Char- ters we have the results of Wed- nesday night's racing at Moncton Raceway. Race 1,-Macstout (ll. Cormier) 1. Miss Mite (R. Barri- eau), Time 2:17 3-5. Race 2.-Lady Clegg (E. Jay) 1, Miss Ellis (C. Killam) 2. Time 2:12 2-5- a new record. Lady Clegg is owned by J. E. Turner. Hunter River, P. E. 1. Race 3 - Guy Tucker (C. Killam) 1. Big Ed (H. Cormier) 2. Time 2:13 3-5. Races 4 and B - Peter Clegg (D. Constable) 1-2. Gahagan (E. Shaw) 4-I. Time 2:13. 2:12 1-5. Peter Clegg is owned by George Brookins. Kensington: Gahagan. by Dr. George Bishop. Race 5 - Josedale Scotland (E. Gougen) 1. .lollIty's King (A. Burblne) 2. time 2:13 1-5. Race 6 - Texas Hanov (R. Barrieau) 1. Frankie Budlong (Ed Gougen) 2, Time 2:12 2-5. Race 7 - Meredith R. (A. Burbincl 1, Miss Playfair (Ed Gougen) 2, Time 2:15 4-5,

Blair Andrews. New Glasgow. P.E.l. was much in the limelight at Saint John Raceway Wednesday night. winning 3 of the 8 dashes programmed. No.1 with Danny

BALTIMORE (AP) - Tommy Olll

cushion floating in the upper bar. The coast guard was find out whether it was The 3-year-old Massachusetts athlete. n three-letter man at Bos- ton College. signed with Baltimore Orioles in June. 1355. for a re- ported bonus of 040.01”. Six other major league clubs tried to sill! him on the basis of his .550 bat- ting average durinl III! I00? Y9!” REPORTED TROUBLE

Gastali took off at 4:50 D.ln. Thursday from Harbor Field. I small airport on the outskirts of the city. He landed at Easton. Md. about 40 miles to the southeast on the eastern shore across Chenn-

Tommy Gastali, Catcher Dies In Plane Crash

Promising

3110 Ihiort manager there. Stanley Nanette. said"-he talked briefly with Gastali. Be said that Gastali mentioned he was having trouble with the plane's canopy as the flight over.

He took off for Baltimnrs bo- twoen I and 6:15 p.m.

M 5111 Int. the control tower at Harbor Field heard this radio call: ". . . 75 hotel. I'm going into the water!"

That was the call sign of Gas- tall's plane. The message gave no indication where he was.

No one saw him go down. F'lD STUDENT LICENCE

Gastali had about I) hours of solo flight time and was flying on a student licence.

Orioles manager Paul Richards said he was unaware Gastali was flying and "would have stopped It” if he had known.

Gastali played with Liverpool Larrupers of the Halifax and Dis- trict Senior Baseball League.

Commission To

MONCTON CP) - The Mone- ton Boxing and Wrestling Com- mission meets Monday night to decide whether Gary Garsfoln of Jersey City. N.J.. gave his best before being knocked out in the first round of a Thursday night bout by Canadian light heavy- weight champion Yvon Durelle of Bale Ste. Anne. N.B.

Commission chairman Sam Er- man announced immediately after the brief scrap. which ended at 2:01 of the first when Durelle dropped Garafola with two short lefls to the head. that the Ameri- lcan fighter's 8500 pure will be held up pending an investigation.

"All parties concerned will be on hand" for the Monday inquiry.

Barcena Hanover. Our congratula- tions to Blair, who has made a great name and many friends am- 'ong the thousands who attend the races at Saint John.

A trotter that was bred and rais- ed in this province and practically given away about a year ago was the hero of the feature two-mile Trot event at Sackville Downs Raceway Wednesday night. Big Boy. owned by Don McAulay of Pugwnsh. N.S.. went right to the front and stayed there to the fin- ish. Watchim's Lassie (0'Meara) 2. Fortune's Pride (1.. Kelly) 3. time 4:45. in races 1 and 4 the same night, Royal Bank (Nelson) was 1-4.. Connally (Jones) 2-1, time 2:14 1-5 and 2:16. In races 3 and 7. Then A. Nick (L. 0iBrien) was 1-1, Super Hal (Nelson) 2-2. time 2:10 3-5 and 2:12 1-5. in dash 8. Perfect Hal (0'Meara) was 1. Avalon Gal (D. Seaman) 1 time 1:17 3-5. The winner is owned by

by Tattersalls, and the average price was 83,315, making a grand

Dale Boy. No. 8 with Hi-Lo Earl Forbes of Hi-Lo, and No. 5 with

W.G. Barbour and George Gregory of this city.

Decide If

Garafolo Faking Knockduf

Mr. Ennan said. overriding pro- tests of Garafol' manager. Lew Meyer.

"If they are going to hold a hearing, why wait until Monday?" Meyer asked. He said the knock- out wns "just one of those things."

FIRST KNOCKOUT

Meyer worked over his 185- pound boxer for five minutes after Garafola crumped to the canvas on his face. He tried to get up at eight, but slumped back on the ring floor.

The 2,700 fans booed Garafola and his manager a they walked to the dresing room.

Both Garafola and Durelle said the left hooks that ended the light were ' ' ' y " .

it was GarafoIa's first loss bys knockout in 25 pfufessional bouts.

Commissioner Bernie Kantor, who examined Garafola. was quoted as saying "his eyes were not glassy like they should be after one gets knocked out."

O'Connor Victor Of British Golf Toumey By Stroke

PRESTWICK. Scotland (AP) - Christy O'Connor, British Ryder Cup player. toured the 6.571-yard Prestwick course Thursday in a record-equalling final round of 67 to win the British Masiers' golf tournament by one stroke.

O'Connor had a four-round ag- gregate of 71417-7267-277. He de- feated Eric Brown of Scotland,

another Ryder Cup player. by one stroke. e

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Huntsrd Corner

tbogpuwineo from in GOP?”- callfss-nia. hrsvodthnehlll out uiusaeunnsiouslinnlnrll hituwtththotroutlllllll NI dud" mm theprovineo.

A cold moon rode the spruce and found us sun twins our lock- My shoulders achod with the cold and I pltisnti! Willi! 30' Bill to call 'Uncis'. Cominl I'I'0llI sunny California I expected him to qult haloro ho had got started. it an s nmassd mo how come some t our sun can absorb more punishment then an elephant and still crack a smile. I was us- mg g spinner and bucktail. As dusk deepened several sizable trout rolled at my. oiterins but I had no takers. It was Bill with the time honoured Gsrden,Hack- is who broke the 'goose ess'-I "guppy half pounder. He was roa- dy to go home then. I didn't argue the point. My last impressions of the close of the 1956 trout season will linger with me until the next mils around-an east wind that penetrated my jacket like It were cheese cloth-n muskrat that mov- ed out of the flags as dusk faded Into night, stopped at a stump and decided it was too much'troub1e to clamber up, swam past the boat with his tall as rythmic as a Scots- mnn's hilt and vanished in the reeds-the whisper of wings in the canopy of night and a bright moon climbing into the heaven's above a dark ridge of spruce. I'm kind of looking forward to the day when I'll have plenty leisure time to hunt or fish at will. Mavbe. as the old saving goes. 'Its nearer then you thlnk'.

WILD RICE RUN

Maybe it was the good harvest weather that kept the pre-season duck hunters partially under wraps. With the break in the wea- ther-loweringl clouds and gusty rain squails-the poaching rash has broken out with a engenn c. Thousands of ducks making the 'wild rice run' into Pi.-iquid Pond each evening and night see the orange mushrooms of flame blos- soming in the earth shadows and hear the sibilant whine of chilled sixes and fours. Poachers In West Prince and in the Summerside area are back in old time fonn after a Iemnorarv lnvoff. Ducks have re-chart Moore-'s Sanctuary at Milltuwn Cross in Kings county In ii crinnied state. Some have shown feathers and broken loss.

There are a lot of ducks moving and a poacher has no trouble find- ing a target on which to line his gunsights. In the Peakes area for instance a hunter can stand in any field. fence corner or tree clump within a half mile of the Pond and have ducks pass within a stonu throw every few minutes. A ward- en was at Pisquid Pond. or on its outlying border, three nights ina row but happened to guess wrong. some evening a poacher will drop a duck on the warden's head and

I! THE CANADIAN runs

The Bus Four football union lumbern to the half-way mark in its 1950 schedule today and arpair of upset victories could clog the rircuit like a highway on a boil. day weekend.

Ottawa. Rough Riders meet Ar. It-illlull in Toronto and Hamilton Tiger-Cats stalk the Alouettes in Montreal. in each case the op will meet for the out time (Ii: yoar.

-Montreal Iopl mg Iundinn with four wins and two losses. To- ronto and Hamilton are locked at three wins and three lossesapicce and Ottawa trails on a two-fou'r record.

Montreal and Toronto are In- Vmfed In today": action but vic- I-0”9l by Hamilton and Ottawa Could throw a neat knot in the skein. That would move the Ticats into a first-place tie with Montreal and Ottawa would Join Toronto in the next slot.

ONE GAME IN ORFU

Meanwhile, in the usually busy Ontario Rugby Football Union. a single scuffle is scheduled. Kitch. ener-Waterloo I) t b . second in the five-team league, tackle the Lords in London.

OIUWI Joins battle in Toronto bolstered by a proud Bl-9 victory over the Aloueites last week.

Halfbacka Bobby Kuntz. 0. K. Ferguson and Dick Shatto. injured last week when Argus downed Hamilton 41-19. will be in action for Toronto and the game shapes as Ottawa running pitted against Toronto passing.

Big Four Football Union Af Half Way Mark In Schedule

veil its newest acquisition. Re i Jack Bighcad. a 215-poundlndlal end-the Big Four's first-up from

Los Angeles Rams.

Ralph Goidston. a versatile back Ill! line- up for the first time. Cookie Gil- cbriat will return to action aftu

patching a charlie horse and a quarrel with coach Jim Trimbla.

from Green Bay Packers, also appeal-'in the Tiger-Cat

WIFU ACTION

Tonight Calgary Stampeders are at Edmonton against the Eskimos and Saskatchewan Roughriders at ', - against the Blue Bomb on. This marks the midway poid in the WIFU schedules; still team

".

personnel in being changed.

The last-place Siampedern, with two wins in eight starts, are wi - out a head coach, having this week fired Jack Hennemler after IV. years in the post. No successor

has yet been named.

Stampeders. too, will introduce a new quarterback tonight with former Washington Redskins, moving In to aid regu-

Don Bailey.

lar Don Klosterman.

The fourth-place British Colum- who don't see action until Monday night when Eskimos are at Vancouver in the only game their

bin Lions.

scheduled, may introduce fifth quarterback of the season.

Conch Clem Crowe has choice of using Paul

the Cameron. UCLA all-around halfback. to call the signals, or bringing Primo Vil- llanueva off the reserve list to In Montreal, Hamilton will un- quarterback.

SYDNEY. Australia (Reuters)

slon and newsreel said Thursday they will boycott the 1956 Olympics because the Australian Olympic Commit- tee has demanded cash payment for the right to film the games.

he'll be picked up Instead. It could be just as simple as that.

A friend of mine stopped me on the street on Friday of this week and enquired if any Quail had been released in Queens County recent- ly. I informed him that Quail were planted this spring in the general area of X district. "In that case the farmer was correct" was his reply. He told me that three birds about half as big as Huns with a funny whistle and dark eye patch walked into his yard the other day. They tame as kittens and he

meal. Farmers have reported to me picking up pheasants a week after they were released that were tamer then domestic " ' . Oth- ers from the same planting how- ever. were wild as hawks. Thats about the way it runs with pen reared game birds transplanted

when he goes to retrieve his kill

In the wild.

was afraid the cats would have a.

TV-Newsreel Organizations To Boycott 1956 Olympics

The games organizing commit- British. American, European. tee countered with a statement Canadian and Australian televi- stating that the TV and newsreel organizations igroups' original proposal for three. minutes daily film coverage was granted without charge. But they nine minutes, so a charge was asked for the extra

now ant

time, the statement said.

Ken Hall, managing director of Australian Cine Sound. said TV re- fused to pay for the right to cover a news event when newspape- and radio do not have to pay for the privilege. He added that the Olympic committee's a t ti t u d s meant 50(?),f)00.000 persons will not

and newsreel organizations

see films of the games.

The committee's counter-state ment said that if they accede to "unreasonable demands," it will create a precedent which will ad- versely affect all sports. It added com- pleted movie coverage for world

that the commttee plans distribution.

The joint statement of the TV organisations said the decision to ignor the games was made by seven British and and newsreel groups. two Australian newsreel companies, ulna Europ- and the Canadian Broadcasting Cori-

and newsreel

nine American television

can television organizations

poration.

Aloustfss Buy Bill Shipp From Toronto Argos

UONTRIAI. (CF) - Montreal Aiouettu announced Thursday they have purchased giant tackle Billy Bhipp from Tomato Argo nauts. The price was not dis- closed.

The Ala management said Shipp has "cleared himself with me New York Giants." and will re- port to Alouettes immediately.

It is expected the 275-pound tackle. who had indicated Wadnep day in Toronto he would go to the Gilntl. will let into Saturday's Big Four league game here when Hamilton Tiger-Cats meet the Al- ouettea.

ships formerly played for the Giants of the National Football League and went to Argos last season, becoming all-Canadian tackle. He was lllJlll'Pd early this season.

St. JosepI:Protosf By N. S. Amateur

Baseball Ass'n.

HALIFA X VCP) The Nova Scotia Amateur Baseball Associa- tion has upheld a protest by Re- serve St. Joseph's and the final game of the Nova Scotia junior baseball championship will be re- played. '

Halifax Marine Workers claimed the title last Sunday when the fi- nal game was called in the sixth inning following a dispute. Hali- fax, leading 9-7 at the time. was awarded the contest.

Reserve protested the decision and the association ruled Thurs-

)has been called to an

day that the game will he re- played Saturday at Antigonish.

Miss Emerald 0-5; Miss Lillian 7-5; Nellie Blighty 9-0.

RACE! 1,

Kitamat Kitty 2-6-1: Donald 01

will Tell 7-5-1; George Spirit 6-1-I;

RACES 3.

Pari-Mutual Betting

Abner the Great H-3; Meg 2.3-1: Allie 1-2-2; Mr. Scarlett &4-4; Frank Cavaliers

miilli or (lyinpic OIIII

LOUSANNI (AP) - The col- trovcsy over the Olympic oath. requiring athletes to vow they have no intention of turning pro. flared anew Thursday in Rome. Paris and Lausanne.

In Paris. France named I seven-man Olympic boxing team and announced the fighters will refuse to pledge they do not pill to turn professional.

In Lausanne. Otto Mayer. chu- cellor of the International Olympic Committee. announced I t s1 1 'n world champion bicycle rsa". Ir- coie Baldini. had been R1 the Olympics for indicatim in plans to turn yrofeuional after the Melbourne games. .

In Rome, Italian bicycling CH5 cles said they were "llllldf C the move. 7

in I also. lays! .s& the executive commission of. the international Olympic COIIIIIISOI

emergney

meeting Oct. 4 to review the new amateur code. .

The Lannnnne meeting. Mayer said, was called by Aver! Brill!- dage, IOC president, who has staunchly defended the regulation as hearing out the Olympic spirit.

The new code. drawn up this year. stipulated that each competi- tor must sign a statement guar- anteeing not only that he to an amateur but that he intends in remain one. The rule has been broadly criticized. particularly in the United States and Australia.

GREAT BIRDS

The agle, largest of aerial pra- dainrs. may live for 100 years.

HORSE RACING SUMMERSIDE RACEWAY

SATURDAY. SEPT. 22nd. 1956-2.00 P.M. nacns rimnn aam six

1

Ann I-4: Barry uegg 1-1:Oo1and

Henry 4-1: Joliity Grey 2-1; Pop-A-hang 5-O; Dunlap 3 5.6; Kg, 3”

(AND?

egg I-I-4: Maple Bud 8-1-I: Thad

Mannintar Dina 3.8-I; in Bad-

long 44-1; Yankee Joan 1-4-6: Monarch Hanover 9-O-I

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