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T rot And Pace In 2:10

F Closing out on the same sensational note that marke entire racing program, Old Home Week program cam

no end Saturday. afternoon when another large crowd of

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three-class card but only after they had oecn forced to thel 01d “mil by the horses they were competing against. 2:19 Trot 8i Pace, High Tide in the 2z2ll driven by Joey 0’Brien who Saturday evening resented with the Macdonald Tobacco Company Tro~ for the driver having the most points during the meeting, and Quakefs Boy, son of the old favorite Quaker

Kavola in the T101. 5°13‘ will P Illll’

Girl in the three year old futurity, and driven by Johnny

Conroy were ithat could chalk up a strigh

the winners but the latter was the only horse

t, heat victory and Georgi;

Turner's colt gave _an outstanding trotting performance, one that earmarks him as a future star of the racing ovals.

tlgthe show in the m“ Ham of those

mlnds of the maiority nmnnt was the performance stag- ‘n by that grand old veteran

Hanover. who was 2 2 1 in

on 1H9 Tro and Paoe. In the 1t heat he lead from the start

11m _ wire only to lose out by inches. He made a break In on second heat but nevertheless time on to again place second; but It was in thn third that the 13-year-old former piiceQ, now per- gnrnonn on the trot. gave a dLsplay oi heart and courage that wil.

never be forgotten. V

1n a trailing position going up

backsiretch the first time uound ‘riacevpulled up on even toms with Kavola at the quarter le. Around to the half. up the

Egckstretch a1: into the home-

he stuck right on the out- iiiie of the younger horse; Iew (liought he could live there but they did not count on the heart that has carried him through many i tough race. He not only lived. hit came on in the last few nrides of the mils to nlp.Kavola ind win the heat. He received a

n; ovniion as he came back be- oie the stands and one that a time horse truly deserved. The mile was in 2.10. hot/ting record.

' ‘Iiiere were many other excitinit moments during the afternoon such as Purple Valley's winning of the last heat of the 2.24 Trot. 59¢- mid division, paying over $32-09 lor a $2.03 ticket on the D011- mutuels and taking o new mark of 2.16 1-2. close exciting finishes lnmanv of thelsheats and H1121‘: Tide equalling h own race recor. M214 in the first heat of the 2.24 hot but craters nerrornwnw 111 that third heat ‘will long be re- membered by the racinil "m! Wh° Iltnessed it Saturday. "

. Saturday evening the presents- llon of prizes to owners, drivers and grooms took place. belnS DY?- ilded over by LL-Col. D. A. Muc- Klnnon, D.S.O.. with a. 500d CYOWd iii attendance. And so closed what we would say was the most sue- sesslul Old Home Week profllm in the 55.year history of the Pro- vincial Exhibition Association. In- creased attendances, spectacular fining and a great vaudeville pro- gramme all combined to make it outstanding from Monda to Bat- iirday and President acKinnon lllil Secrets Boulter, together with the offic als in charge of the events are to be con atulated on the smooth and efll nt manner iii which it was conducted.

2.19 Trot And Pace

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first Heat: Tracey Hanover‘ time within inches of pulling a. stunning upset when he led from the start after going away on the rill, only 1o be nipped by the fiiv- ored Kavola as both horses battled‘ on even terms all the way down the stretch. They got the‘ word the first trip down with Tracey_ leading tho field away. Up thei bicksti-cich it developed into n bat- l between 'I‘rncey, Uhl Abbe and’ Kavola. At the half it was Tracey, t Uhl Abbe Kavola, Queenie O'Nr l, 511F011. Walt N‘Sec. Going up the‘ bickstretch Joe O'Brien movedl 1'01: by Uhl Abbe as the latter started to drop back, and from llli-‘TE home it was ii twmhorse bat-i . Kavola pulled out at the top oi the stretch but had all he could 591° set a nose in front at, the {ire as the great old campaigner ‘lroittcd a wonderful mile. . U. Boo was third, Walt N‘See fourth, "011 fifth and Uhl Abbe drop- “msidilk if’ i“ ea: Kavola going n. “K 1"" 109 Hill made every post a “r1111! one, leading from wire to nrf- ThPy strung out lifter get. n- "19 Word and at the hall it 5 K111111111. Baron, 0. U. Volo, us"! Hanover, Uhl Abbe, Wait m? Gums up ilic backstretch hm-Igyatiisnover. alter making a flirted“ m’! first turn of tho mils, comm to move up and was third o Uiélflfig (E111: sltfllreichlbnt hrcaaded ‘ ' e wre. arm $2“. U111 Abbe nith. Walt N‘See

Third ‘k t. h B. The crowd lot its glllvgiignéhrill of the afternoon when me necfied old Tracey Hanover ‘rem "m and neck wth Knvola We and tum-tor pole right to the ‘m, smd H1 wln the heat in the may h° d1" an eyelash finish. only to is: m“ "111 swing away gum w l‘ it i0 the Baron at the yina o: "If" Rave over to mm, m the oacksti-etch. Then even tengwd "i1 on the outside to the stands with Kavola. Around on down s‘ 1m the backstretch non; m, "is homestretch they on! e ‘I teem with Tracey get-

hls hose In front at th ' wi h '11s (J O'Brien) --l 1 U V010 was third, Waite Nfigenlyurple Veslley (Jsbalce)

fourth, Uhl Abbe filth and Baron sixth.

2.24 Trot (2nd Division)

First Heat: Positions changed rapidly all during the mile with the favored High Tide taking the lead from Lusticla at the three- quarter pole and then withstand. ing drives in the stretch to win by half s length from Eva Worthy who came from qui

of nine trotters away only to lose it to Queenie O'Neil going up the backstretch. Queenie was still in front at the half with Lustlcla coming up to take over the lead at the half. All through the back- stretch positions changed rapidly as High Tide went into the lead to hold it to the wire, with Eva Worthy second, Lusticla. who wen‘.- a great mile third, Flo Direct. a former racer fourth, Johnny Eager fifth ater making a jump, with the remaining four horses a few lengths back.

Second Heat: High Tide had the rail going away and that's about all there was to the heat; a couple of horses had cracks at him trying for the lead but theycouldntmake the grade. Ilusticia, who had been tucked in at the rail all the way to the truce-quarters pulled out at the top of the stretch to go into second place as Eva Worthy made a break, but she could only get to within a length of the l-Pgh Tide horse. mo Direct was third, Whitty Guy fourth just a head behind, with the remaining three back a few lengths.

_ Third Heat: The biggest upset of the day was caused when Pur. le Valley. taking the lead at the

slf, outfooted the remainder of the field to take the heat by half a length from High Tide. Lustlcla had the rail going away and up the back side was racing neck and neck with Eva Worthy. Then Pur- ple Valley moved info the picture, going into the lead as the half was reached and then holding off chal- lenges by Eva Worthy and High Tide. the letter coming last in the stretch, to complete hs upset. Flo Direct was third followed bv Eva Worthy, Lustlcia, Johnny Eager and Whitty Guy. The mile in 2.15% was a new mark for Purple Valley.

_ LYear-Old Futurity

First. Heat: The youngsters show- ed plenty ability as they got the word for the first mile with Mar- garet Laurel at the rail. She went to a break at the tum, with Prince Budlong going to the front. Here Quakers Boy. son of Quaker Girl, started moving up and had the lead at the quarter. As they pass. ~ed the half. C. Harry Budlong was second. On the second turii both

umped it off. As they settled down. the Budlong horse was right behind Quakers Boy but couldn't head him in the race home. Prince Budlong was third with Bonnie Dale fourth and the rest scattered out quite a distance back.

Second lleat: The crowd were given plenty to shout about as Quakers Boy, showing world's of trotting ability after making a break at the first turn to drop very far back, got, back on his stride to move u to third at the half, with Prince udlong and C. Harry Bud- long like a team in the lead, and to the front ahead of Prince Budlong after C. Harry Budlong had made a break. to win comfortably. Bonnie Dale was third, C. Harry Budlong fourth, with the others strung out behind.

Third Heat: Prince Budlong had the rail as they, sot the word on the first scoge ut again Quakers Boy had too much speed. He made a break at the iii-st turn to drop back to last but came on again to take the lead just after the half from Prince Budlong, and then it was ust a arade. Bonnie Dale and lnce udlong had a stretch duel for second place with the lat- ter outfooting Bonnie. The remain. der of the field were well strung out.

The summary: 2.10 Trot it Pace. Purse $500

Kavola (J. O'Brien) . Tracey Hanover (Walker) .. O. U. Volo (Stead) Walt N'See (Kelly) Baron (Campbell) Uhl Abbe (Ringuette) Time: 2.00 2.11 3-4:

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5t. 2.24 Trot (2nd DlvJi Purse $500

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at Racing ltavola. High Tide

And Quakers Boy

RClZUTIICd Winners

QrQWd See 13 - year - old Tracey Quaker-s Boy '- Hanover ‘Go Great Mile In, ‘fihip off The Winning Final Heat Of 2:19 ‘QM Bhck’

gamer, Dartmouth, N.S., paced her (l top o1 the home stretch, she threw e her leg out of joint and for months all three favorites come through in the, h" 111C111: days weic over.

' Calumet Budlong. made a name

a distance. back. Johnny Eager led the flefd-

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1 Flo Direct (Walker)

Five year ago the pacing m , Quake: Glral. owned by Geoaifgee

st race here. Coming Into the

was 1n a stall. strapped up and tied up while she recovered. But But Saturday, her three-year. 601i. Qitv:ker's Boy, sired by for himself, winning the three- year-old futui-ity in straight heats. The Win as a P°lJular one and

the horse and driver. Johnny Con. roy. received a. big hand.

Island Golf Tournament 0n Wednesday

Gives Navy Victory Ove

m the best baseball game seen in a long. long~ while Navy rom HMCS "Queen Char- " y ’ v evened up their exhibition series with Summereide Air Force squad at a game apiece when they defeated’ the visitors 4-3 in s. lo-innlniz tussle.

to centre field from

soorin d . who had trip shot e running tally across the plate after Giardino had been

given a life previously when sfteri being trapped between third base- and home on pinch hitter Ent- wistlek infield grounder, he was

in on the play. dro ped the ball.

But for eight lnnBigs the visitors hung on grimly to a 3-2 lead they had forged in the first three in- nings, Both squads were Playing scoreless ball, and fielding sensa- tlonally at times. but in the ninth. after leaving three men stranded in the previous frame, Jerry Wil- liams started the Navy's winning comeback that. Giardino and Jub- enville completed. He tripled down the right field foul line with one out and scored as O’Shea banged out a ringing single between shcrt and second.

Navy pushed across s run in the last half of the first frame. veilin- oourt singling and racing to third on an out field error and then’ be-

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GUARDIAN

On Closing

Run In Tenth’ Inning

Team 4-3 r Airmen

BOXSCORE Summer-std . AB It H P0 A E Macmillan. 8b 4 o z 1 1 u DesOrmeaux, r1 3 o g 0 0 1 ‘Ihompsoitc 411710 Marriott, lb 5 o 3 14 o 1 Jackson. ss 5 0 1 4 3 3 Dickens. 2b 8 0 l 0 ~3 0 Winn. l1 4 l 0 1 0 0 M00318. d 3 l 0 0 0 0 Powell. D 1 0 0 0 4 0 ott. D 1 0 1 0 2 (I “Myers. rf a o o 0 o o tals 34 3 8327 14 5 ‘replaced Powell in 5th y "replaced DesOrmeaux in 5th a-One out when game ended and batter out bunting third strike. ; Navy AB R H P0 A E McLeod. c 5 I 1 5 3 0 JUHOD. 3b 4 0 0 5 2 0 Vallincourt. D 5 1 1 2 l 2 Glsrdlximti 4 1 z 2 3 il McDonald. 7 4 0 0 3 1 0, Jubenville. 9b 5 0 0 0 1 0 Williams, lb 4 l 2 l0 1 0 O'Shea. cf 3 0 1 2 0 U Eddy. rf 3 0 l 1 0 0 ‘Entwlstle l 0 0 0 0 0 Totals as 4 83012 1| SUMMARY ‘

Earned Runs: Navy 1, SILWIXDBI" side 2; three base hits, Williams. Giardlno; two base hits, Mac-

ing brought home on Glardinds single. Summerslde forged ahead with a two run blast in the top half of the second on two daubles. a hit batsman, a flelders' choice and a base on balls and then led 3-1 as they scored a single tally in the third on another double and an error. Navy got that one back

The Island amateur oll champ- 1011511111 open to residen s of Prince Edward Island. will be held at the links. Green Gables. Cavendsh on Wednesday afternoon next, it was learned last night. The titlist will be decided after 18 holes of play.

Last year was the first time that the tournament was played over this course, and so successful was it, that it was drcidsd to adopt tile same siic this year. To the winner will go o beautiful silver trophy to be held for one year The present holder ls Pete Kelly. ‘Fhsre will also be prizes for the best gross and b-sst net SCOTEQ in each of the three divisions

course 0n Wednesday and the tournament will begin at 2 P.M sharp A large entry list is expected with golfers from New Glasgow, P E 1'.. Summcrside loftetown clubs taking part

A small entry ice. CV01‘ cnd above green fEfS will be chcrgsd and a11- plied to the prize list

Boh Feller To Be Discharged From Il. S. Navy

By JERSEY LISKA

GREAT LAKES. Ill., Aug. l9 — (APi-Bob Ffllol‘ of Cleveland Tn- dians, who pitched for Uncle Sam —llterally and flgurairvely-since Pearl Harbor, will be whlzzln: his fast ball. past American League batters anv day iisav.

Commodore Robert 1t. M. Em- mer, of thg Great Lakes naval training station disclosed Satur- day that P‘ellcr was eligible for release under the Navy's point- discharge system and soon would be transferred to a demobilization centre.

Th.- 26-ycar-old right-banner. who led the American League in victories. strike-outs and innings pitched in the three seasons prior m his enlistment Dec. ll. 1941, is in tip-top shape from his mans)!- er-player activity on the Great Lakes baseball team.

BAsEBKfL BIG SIX

(By The Associated Pres!) Batting (Three leaders in each league‘. G AB R I-I Pct.

Holmes Braves 119 492 I08 182 .370 Cavai-retta,

Cubs 105 402 83 146 .803 Rosen, Dodgers 107 447 94 154 .345 Cucclnello,

White Sox 92 315 43 105 .333 Case, Senators 92 377 56 119 .316 Stephens

Browns 107 415 '10 128 308

Runs Halted In: National Lea- gue: Walker, Dodgers, 9B; Ameri- can League: Etten Yankees, ‘i3.

Heme Runs: National League: Holmes, Braves, 24: American Lea- gue: Stephens, Browns, 18. Lusticla (Kelly)

Eva Worthy (McIntyre).

Whitty Guy (Schuman) Johnny Eager (Seaman) _ Queenie O'Neil (lvioiriscn) Buddy Brown (Weir) , . Time: 2.14; 2.15: 2.15 1.2. Winning horse owned by Han-y O'Brien_ Alberton.

S-Year-Old Futurity, Purse $600

Quakers Boy (Conroy) . ._,1 Prince Budlong (Cudmoro) ..3 C. Harry Budlong (Collins) . 2 Bonnie Dale (Kelly) Professor Clegg (Sobeyl 5 June Morning (McDonald) . 6 Marlene Budlong (0‘Meara) B Margaret Laurel (McVeigh

6t Schuman) . .

Time: 2.20; 2.18; 2.17 1.4.

Winning horse owned by George S. Turner, Dartmouth.

Officials Starter: Otto S. Irvine. Judges: Walter Brown. Char-

lottetown; S. Thane Belyea. Fred. erlcton. N. B; Lorne Simpson, Up- per Stewiacke, N. B.

Timers: L. B. MacMllian_ Byron Brown, Dr. A. A. Lockhai-t.

Clerk of Course: W. J. Brown.

Assistant Clerk of Course: W H. Benton.

Numbers Clerk: Chas. Reardnn.

Assistant Numbers Clerk: James Herrell.

The draw vivill be held at the.

and Char- ;

on an error. a sacrifice hit and an infield out and from then cn the game wilds as ctlosg a ‘battle as anyone won wan w nsss. | Vallincoufit, on the mound for the winners was a little shaky in the first three frames but (got ISIQIOIIREI‘ th sse. e was ‘ifgundefgirlmeeiggiogsiffe blows, the lsame number as the visitors garn- |ered off the deliveries of Powell and Scott, their two moundsmefl-

Co., Racin

Chalking up the most points o1 ‘any other driver daring the meet- 'ing and giving outstanding ex- hibitions of frliilS-nlfl15hlf) all dur- ing the fivc days racing, Joey O- Brlen, former Alberton boy. bu: now residing in New Glasgow Nova Scotla was presented with the lvlacdionald Tobacco Company Ltd, Trophy Saturday night by Mr. H. C. Fortlev. Sales Manager Mac- donald Tobarco Co Ltd, Montreal, for his efforts. it was not the first time for the quiet-spoken Joey to win the trophy and the award was greeted by the large crowd with grrat acclaim.

Runners-up for the trophy were Johnny Conroy and A Rlnguette with the former vivlnriing the draw for the prize donated by the Ex- hibilion Association.

Mr. Fortier in a few brief re- marks stated that he was amazed at the crowds (hat attended and at the racing lie h-ad witnessed con- gratulating azi connected on the‘: efforts in staging such an outstand- ing show

Mr. Forller ‘also presented Joe O'Brien with the Mscdonald To- bacco Co, trophy warmly congra- tulating the pornilar driver on his efforts.

LL-Col. 11A MacKlnnon pre- sided at the presentation of prizes and at its conclusion extended hearty thanks to tlie people ‘for their attendance also to the visit- ing horsemen and horse fans. as did also Seiretary J.W. Boulter.

Starter Otto Irvine also spake briefly thanking the horsemen and drivers for their cooperation with him concludina by telling the people that "lt was they, not him. who had made the meet the success it was"

Previous to the presentation Don Messer and His Islanders with Art McDonald as Master of ceremonies were heani u; a half-hour program of old-time music. Concluding the performance was a. short vaude- ville program.

prlze winners:

The Macoonald Tobacco Co., Tru- phy to the Dr~ver scoring the most points during meet-won by Joe O'Brien.

$30.00 to the driver scoring the most points daring the meet-won by Joe O'Brien.

$10.00 to the drive: scoring the second most points during the meet-tie between A. Ringuette 3t Johnny Conroy. drawn by Johnny Conmy.

$110.00 to the Driver driving the fastest heat Trotting during the meet-won by Watchim, 2.07%. driver William Hood

$10.00, to the Driver driving the fastest heat Pacing during the meet-won by widow's Pride, driven by Charles Tfemble.

$10.00 to the caretaker of the horse winning the fastest hes‘. Trotting-won by (Waichim). Ru.- sell Miles.

$10.00 to the caretaker of the hogs: winning the fastest heat Pacing during the n1eet—won by ("widow's Pride). C. E. Wry. $50.00 to the owuei of the horse breaking the trim‘: record-won by Frand Adam: Halifax, owner of Watch-Im, 2.07%.

820.00 to the Driver of the horse Ilffgaglns the track record-William o .

Ribbons to the Owners of the "time winning the:

Four Year Old Futurity-won by Colonel Dan. owned by Jenkin's Bros... Chathani, N.B.

2:16 Trot 6: Pace—won by Muriel Hanover, owned by Charles Liv- ingstone, Winchesiee. Mass. Classified Trot-won by Christie Budlong. owned by Cleo. Brookins. Kensingwn

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Joey O’Brien I; Win-nor Of Macdanald Tobacco

Following is a list of the various‘

Muilnn, Dickens. Jackson, ivfarilot; sacrifice hit, UShca. Junop, Eazy: lhits: off Powell a in a 11111111251 loll Scott, 5 in 6 innings; off Vol-