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ogwms, Armdale, Halifax aw ‘p15, writes 1131191‘ N- ste: a‘; am penning a few to o“ dunking perhppa you Interested to hear about our it's races at Dartmouth Halifax the past wsscn. Tihc horses showed it wM I°°

real Rood and baduths meet between them and the Island speedfilgs hadtobooalledoffbecauseo t e wndmm o! the ice. I think they would have given the Island boys wme anxious moments, as des its mush Qofliseg and windy weal er they mowed considerable speed snd will bear watching the oom- -i Ffgg for ll class which - claw D011 Fina 11° 34- G“ Brit/ion 2.04 1-4, Oliver Grattaéi no 1.3 and Miss America 2.04 1- . were the most evenly matched horses I have seen in n. long time. Wm Dauphinees Oliver Grattan was the best, winning the majority of the races and sttppms two 01 me quarter mile dashes in 29 sec- onds. He was driven in all his Win-l by Olsude O'Brien, formerly of A1- bCYIDII. PEI. This should he 8°04 new, w s followers in the Garden of the G111!-

um me slower classes I-Isl Bars ‘vvn u. honors. He was first every m; wih the exception of a few ‘camel-ed heats whch were won M‘ m“, Ridge sandy. Hui" Bans w? here two yeLS 180 y H, M, sweency of olgridgeé W312i‘. and lock; to be 1 bl-ult und. He is a son of the cee 1a,- z‘; Gmtgan Bars _l.59 1-2, worlds eatcst money wing?! 13$;

E eligible l0 the 2~ hi“? d should provide “m” - g *5‘ m tltion the coming season. gmepemdge sandy, brought here last [all from Out-uric. i5 Owned. b7 Fred Lahcy oi Dartmouth. He is a mupywr. 1d grid shows well and b; handled the coming season

p, Johnny Conroy-

i i Bill Oruick- mllnfiissfalai agid lie 5W5 till?» Duke Abbe is on the price HOW and 5g better than ever. The veteran Tom Holmes wintcrcd him and did . y, fob," The above news from our Hal fax friend is very wel- come and mews that there is some might... good material getting ready in that Vicinity for the season's fray. There is one th ng they can be assured of and that ls a warm vielccmc from our race fans when they hit the soil of gocd old PEI.

s, piano Bclyea sends us the latest Ncw Brunswick horse news frcm Gris town, NB. as _ follows: "l nus in stunt John Frzday and had a talk uiith Cccil Alexander. He tells me that Lee D. Jones of WlCKllillfl has bought a horse call- ed Oliver Piiilps from parties in Ontario. I understand that he started once lust yerr. He is sired by oiivcr Evans and Cecil says he locks like a seed horze. Cecil is a bit lonesome since he sold All Gratigin 2.06 1-4 and it would not surprse me if hs has a horse be- fore loug, Henry H:y<=s of St. John says that Bc-b Ryan of Perth, N.B., is now the owner of Lone Ace 1.59 1-2. This former great, free- for-aller disappeared frcm sight sometime ago and now we find him browsing in New Brunswick. Perhaps Bob will have another All- OWBY 2.04 1-4 in this foimer Grand Circuit star.

“I was talking to Earle Avery the other night, on the telephone and he told me that Frank Noble is lenvin Peter McKinney 2.0a 1-4 with lm and that he has staked him in the trots throuvh Vermont and New York state. He is sound- cr this s ring than he has ever been. I-lacPa nice letter from Ollie Rudderliam yesterday which con- fa the good news that he is im- prov and is beginning i0 mink about the spring training, but says

it will be a while et- before he will see all the s. ...'I anks again Thane.

Joe O'Brien]: who u rte bee that second party 1 a. very oppy v6 in the near future which will in- volve a trip to Charlottetown. writes a very fine lsttzr from New Glasgow, NS. where he has been located all winter. - -“1 just thought I would drop you a line. It is rs today and I am 110i- busy‘- Bill MoManus is with ma. and ducking in and out between show- ers. It is the first day since I came here that I, have no. jogged the horses mysclf. Bill took the turn today arid is gcttrg used to them and I am leaving him in charge Vihllg I am away for two weeks.

“My horses are in very good lIiape and I do rict think Major Bowes 2.10 1-4 ever looked or felt as good in his llfe..I lilid a visit from Dr. Ciougti list week. He says Peter Reamore 2.13 has n on a lot. of flesh snd he is sendin him to me right away so as to him gully for racing. 1 also h a vfl-

from Tom McKinley oi’ Sydney. who owns Gail Herve-tier 2.18 and Coronation Mc-Klllip 2.21 1-2. Both are sound and right and looking Rood prospects, Tcm said.

‘Ins Bickerton washere some timc M0 and he said that lknlly Grat- tan 2.15 1-2 is in fine shape and I understand Amherst people are I01!!! lo purchase a frse-for-aller They have built a number of new Italics at the track and expect to mrt ills racing season there Jul lkt. George Fraser of Dartmou PM me s visit on Sunday and m’! the horses around there Ind in Halifax are all looking fit and ready to race after their winter tilfllbaiazis on the ice. They were vorwisapwintcd not to t a trip to l-rlot wwn. Persona y. f like Oliver Gl-attsn 2.10 1-2. owned O. L. Duuphinee of Halifax an Was sled to hour he is looking good even though he will be an oppon- ent the coming season. My brother Olaude had the pfcasure of drivin him on the ice in Dartmouth an liked hhn very much.

"lb-ed Lahcy has purchased Pine Ridge sandy and will put him in the best hands 1 kncw of-thosc of Johnny Conroy. who has San Tbn ‘~09. Pflllnide Scott 2.11 3-4. an s colt that is a full brother of ill- slde Scott's. They are in grea £151» and Johnny is feeling fine

impeif, Mr. M-cKiniw said that he liktd the looks of Wily Hordiisiab. it. but of co rse Bilflws hcrsdv al- Wiays look wel “John A McDon- zll . New Glasgow. has bouglLt. a

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Matias-roll, who runs the in New G w, was up to Newark, NJ, on honey- moon last month and was all lhwllflh the Hanover Shoe Farms. He met Mr. Henry Thomas, who is ‘Manager, and he describes him as a very fine gontlentan. Eddie says Mr. Thomas was in the act of breaking colts from 10 to l2 months old for gait before turning them out to pasture. They all had shoes cm and before being turned out would be branded on the hoof so that he would know when they came in whether they were trot- s or pacers. Ho came in with one little fellow and said, "Here's one you dream about but seldom see, and if nothing happens you will be reading about him." H asked about Jam Amf! and ‘Tracey Hanover and spoke very highly of Lone Ace 1.59 1-2 now owned by nos Ryan of Perth, ma,

Dean Hanover 1.58 1-2. who holds so man world's records. has on 250 bs. since retirement an is a. really magnificent looking an- imal. Other stallions shown Mr, McCarron were the world's cham-

on pacer over both mile and

lf-milc track, Billy Direct 1.55, Calumet Chuck 2.04 1-4, Rad Ace 2.04 1-2, Mr. McElwyn 1.59 1-4. Lawrencc Hanover 2.00 and Spencer Scott 1.57 1-4, world's champion trotting stallion. All were clipped and were without rugs. ‘There were 21 new arrivals, with 72 more mares to foal. ‘Ihe mares are turned out loose every day and t lots of mud on them. I guess e are the only ones that are not cl pced. In One barn there were l8 colts bv Red Ace 2M 1-4. Mr. ‘Thomas showed Eddie s colt called Caval- cade Hanover, which he said was l. full brother t0 .55. Eddie spoke very highly Mr. ‘Thomas and all the help. They were very courteous and nothing seemed a trouble to them. When Eddie was leaving he was given a halter and brush foir souvenirs.

‘Mr. Thomas is one of the world's greatest colt trainers and has the knack of training and breaking them so as not to injure their manners. but to have them as near perfect in dsporlment as possible. He has never been known to hit a horse...Well, Colonel, time is up and I hope I have not written too much and that you may be able to pick out some little bits here and there that will in- terest your readers. I hope to see you in a few days. as I am going to Charlottetown for a short but very important visit"

Walnut Hall Farm. Lexington, Kentucky, held a brocd mare sale on March 3rd. Thcse mTEs which ranged in age from 3 to 20 years of age were great siresand all in foal, but probably did not fit into the Walnut Hall breeding program for some reason or other. The top price realised was $275. for Merry Maid. l4 years old, by Kernel. dam Eunice Belle.

The fastest mile recorded by a two-year-old trott/sr at Longwood, Florida. this season was 2.19, by Volo Song, by Vo‘omite 2.03 1-4, dam Even Song 2, 208 The last half was in 1.05 and the last quarter in 31 seconds. A two-year- old pacer, Blsbee, that accompan- ied Volo Song. was caught the last quarter in 80 1-2 seconds. Curious- ly. enough none of the aged horses either at Longwood, Aksn. 8.0.. or Pinehurst. have‘ shown speed comparable to these two-year-olds. That is the way they train the youngsters. Some of them can stand it, others break down and arc thrown into tho discard.

The oldest new 2.10 trotter last season was M lins 2.09 1-2. sired by Pete;- Pote p-kin 2.15 1-4, and

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foaled in 1 , therefore l5 ears old. Quito a numbe of oi sters were racing ' year, among them

may be menvoned Sylvestre Todd 2.16 1-4, age 9, Clate Direct 2,08, aged 18 Tiger Belle 2.05 1-4, aged l8, Jo ny C. Frisco 2.05, aged 17, Peter Paul 2.08 3-4. aged l7, Zzm McKinney 2.11 1-4, aged 1'7.

Nearly half a century i180. 0r to be exact, in the year 1894, harness horse racing was at its peak and purses for. four-year-oids ranged from $24000 at Tcrre Haul, Indi- M18. to figures like $15,000 at Hart- ford. Cotnfh. $11000 at. DTgetwitHimi: geverll M $10,000. The TIC B“ purse was won by the stallion Sili- con 2.13 1- driven by the famous Orrin Hick and the one st Hart- ford, Oonn, carrying a purse $15000 was won by Mary Best 2.13 1-4, driven by John Godsnith.

Red Guerillas

"IOontinued from m. n

The Russian communique spoke of attacks by "infantry freshly

arrived from Germany" and said N5

there was "no essential change" in front line positions. Although it seemed from this that the thousands of fresh .,unlts drained from every corner of Ger- many and her satellites had begun scattered attacks, observers in London regarded esc as only reliminary activity to consolidate umping oft places for the big ss-

sault.

The B. ' appeared to be oentring their efforts on harassing these preparations as much as possible by raids to blow up sm- munition dumps and knock out artillery batteries.

Much of this work, n well as disruptim cornmuni ' and rsiding. supply lines. is the job of guerillls who have operated for months deep in territory which the Germans otherwise could re- gard as conquered land.

A s lemcnt to the Soviet commun quo. telling of the activi- ties of one such band. sold it had killed 540 officers and men in single month and had broken dir- ect contact between the German headquarters and front line for- ces several times duri March.

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THE CHARLOTTETOWN GUARDIAN

Horse parade Redd Wings And Leafs Prepare For Stanley Cup Serzes Opener Tonight

Monday at‘ 2 O'clock-

A big horse parade, which in- cludes pacers, trotters and saddle horses will be held 0n Easter Mon-

day afternoon, it was announced yesterday. The parade which will be some-

thing new here will stait at the foot of Queen Street at 2 . m. Monday and those desirous of tak- ing part are asked to have their blots; there shortly before two o'- coc .

Three Brothers From S’side Serve together

IN ENGLAND. April 2-(C1Pl—A heavy anti-air- craft regiment of the Royal Canad- ian Artillery, now stationed in the London defences, has several three- brother combin-t-it-icns. The Eaton boys from Montreal make up one of them, with Gnr. Douglas driv- ing the colonePs car, Gnr. John working on radio location and Bdr. Harry assigned to headquarters

I... Bdr. . . Perry is on the prcdlcator apparatus at a gun site and his two brothers also are in the regiment-J... Bdr. J. T. Perry and Gnr, J. M. Perry. They come from Summer-side, P.E.I.

Mack bays Bill Knickerbocker

PCHOENIX, Ariz. April 3—(AP) --Connle Mack ay bought Bill Knickerbocker, 31-year-old second baseman, frcm Chicago White Sox to fill out Philadelphia Athletics’ infield,

Knickerbocker, obtained at the waiver price of $7.510, will join the Hiiladciphia squad at El Paso to- morrow, He has a major league batiil EYOQO mild.

Many Islanders

(Continued y from_ page 1) company. The huts where the gunners live were along one side and at. the oiher were the gum-huge weap- ons that will turn ihe night into an inferno for enemy planes over the Canadian zone. Tne gun pits were uirefully hidden under a couple o! acres of special camou- flage and you ducked low under netting to go into one gun where a crew was standing-to

Many Islanders

They were manning the biggest type of gun standmg by iles of shells. and at a comman from sgt. Frank Lappin of Charlottetown they went through gun drill.

Concrete walls closed them in 0n all sides and large sheets of ar- mitt-plating protected them from gunfire from the air. Enough am- munitioin to keep firin8 for hours was hidden under heavy slabs of concrete and steel. On the con- crete were painted silhouettes of enemy planes and a. series of bar- rage figures.

Orders came through from the command post as dummy shells were rammed into the breach dur- ing the practice, carried out day after dav as the Canucks wait na- tiently for raiders to try to get over their firing areas.

Included among gunners here were “Wimpy" Krlher of Glace

Bay, N.S.. Ulric Gallant of Well- ington. P.E.I., Bill McCallum of Charlottetown. Ken Grimmer of St..Stephen. N.B., Douglas Goicll of OT-eary station, P.E.I.. and Bdr. Algigld Nicholle of Murray Harbor. P. . .

Another gun was nearby and its crew was commanded by Sgt. Pet- er DeWaele who rat/ed as best gun . sergeant during firing at prac fcc camp. Under him were Gunners

0f Irving McPherson of Brooklyn, P.

E.I.. Jce Gallant of Charlottetown, Ben More of Murra Harbor, Ian Osmond 0f 511111181’ eld. NS. M. MacKenzic of Buoy Fortune PEI,

.Mount tswart

George FIAIICIB p.121- and Bdr. Allan McPhail of third sun in-

Toronto. The crew at a

cluded Sgt. F. W. Purser of Char- lottetown. and Gunners John Mac- Donald of Little Pond. P.E.I. Ray MacNeill of Milton ps1. w...“ Mahcr of cilal-lotteiown, John m- vesquc of Jacquet River, N.B., and Neil MacNeil o! New Waterford,

min Canucks had their cotton- wool ear plugs with them to be used when they were actually fir- ing their guns, for the noise and

almost enough to

command Dost. and she] position near the guns. Hero Canadians were at work on the big mdictors. with which th can raw a bead on tl-Ylieil visi Ie in the sky.

Bgt. Frank Andrew. Earl Hume and Jack Murphy. all of Char- lottetown, were senior non-com- missioned officer; on this job and gunners bandit-is the eqiiiiiliieiit were Ernie Deegsn of Borden. P- E.I., T. Arscnsult. of Wellington, P. EI. and Harry MscLsod of Char- lottetown, Some of the 811N319" were stationed u. the underswilild control room where the fzmii "i110 location calculations are made-

Oanucks on radio location wm f... Bdr. Alf Gosbcc of Halifax. Bdr- . (Bucko) Tkainor of Char- lottctown, who layer! hockey with ths champions i Charlottetown Royals junior hoc ev team. Gun- ners he; Stuart of Montague. PE- I. Will Dousg and Alan Iudrcw. DOIIJ N CQUJIAUAMI-

TOR/ONTO, April 3—(CP)-—De. troit Red Wings were due to check in here late tonight for the open- ing of their Stanley Cup hockey finals against Tioronto Maple Leafs tomorrow.

Manager Jack Adams and Ooach Ebenezer (Ebble) Gocdfellow of the Ried Wings are known to have purposely delayed the tri to Tor- onto as long as possble. oping in this manner to havg their players 0n edge for t-he first game of the best-of-seven series.

In the meantime, the 159,15 btreezed through a light workout today following which Clarence (Hap) Day, Coach of the club, an- nounced he was sticking with the same l5 players who carried the team past New York Rangers.

This means the lineup will com- prise Turk Broda in goal; Bucko McDonald, Wally Stmowski, Bingo Kflmpman and Bob Goldliam, de- fence and Syi Apps. Gordie Dril- lon. Nick Metz, Billy Taylor, Sweeney Schriner, 1mm; Pete Lazigelle, Johnny Mccq-eedy, Hank Goldup and Bcb Davidson forwards. Forward Don Metz and defrnceman Ernie Dickens will be held in reserve.

Feller pitches For Navy team

NORFOLK, Va., April 8-(AIP)— Bob Feller, the American League star, went to the mound for the Navy today for the first time as the Norfolk Naval Training Station team defeated Richmond Univer- sity 13-1. Feller pitched the three innings. He fanned three walked three, yielded one hit and Richmond's run.

Freddie Hutchinson, owned by Detroit Tgels, worked the middle three innings and Doug I-Iuut-z, youthful veteran of Navy baseball. also shut. out the Spiders in the last three. Vince Smith, bought by the Pirates last year, was Navy's big gun with a homer, triple and a single. knocking in five runs.

Played at the training station stadium, the game was witnessed by a crowd estimated at 9.030

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138111116. Jlmes and Lawler: Fell- er. Hutchinson, Hautz and Smith. Brown

Richmond NTS

Indians acquire

Buster Mills

CLEVELAND, April 3—-(AP)— Clevelaiid Indians acquired out- fielder Colonel B. (Buster) Mills from Kansas City of the American Association in exchange for out- fielder Larr Rosenihal and cash. ' Peck npaugh, Indian vice ident, announced tonight,

Mills, 83. and s. right-handed hitter, is expected to take the place of Gerald Walker, holdout out- fielder ihe Indians sold to Cincin- nati, Walker was the only right- handed outfielder on the Tribal

All the Players reported in top shape following me practice. Gold- up. who was used only sparingly m

the latter part Ramos becausqh peeled to do

Eeinst the Wings

Incidentally Goldup has invar-

iably shovm to

over the helter-skeiter Detroltcrs, more so gerhaps u . Last

other c1 in four goals in

the Adams crew.

Day. who never talks much at BUY time. at the urgin sports writers made

ment following "The

event the Detroit club has already done enough talking for both of

us . The ‘Iloronto

refemd to remarks cf Adams. who 5-! Yellorted to have said: just sorry We can't , seven nights in

Or Da 0f Syd who to

B!‘ Four Lcagus

Corvcttca:— A. Burke W, McNeill J. Lawlor A, McFarlane R. Bradley Total-Jam.

Five Aces:- G. McDonald J. Callaghan F. Doucctte C. LeClair E. Robin

Tcta1-33l7. High single R. High three R B Corvettes 2 poin

Five Aces 3 points.

Riff Raffsh-

J. Fay

D, Salt

S. Thomas

L. Hartley

F. Ryan Total-Will. Hot Shofs:—

J. Mahar

Ed. Piziieau

R. Pappin

C. Proucie

L. Butler Total-ZBIO.

High single S.

High three Ed.

REMEMBER WHEN

(By The Canadian Press)

Johnny Dundee

world's ightwelght boxing crown at Toronto 19 years ago toni The New Yorker. who later the featherweight Jimmy Goodrich of Buffalo in 10

of th 0f injuries, is is regular stint

laydown h beyond ills ialkifig i“ progressed

may have been thinking owe. Red Wings captain, 7S quoted as saving: "We like beat the Leafs more than anv other club-they gloat so much.”

BUWLING

upon a cam e Ranger 0X- a-

good advantage today. than against any season he rapped one game against

of the t. is stat/e- thc work out:

tags. In any Dixie

é with a pot . oach. no doubt. $610,000 to chc Wliiriyls course "we. play Tororittci

a row." be picked.