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BACK STRETCH

DOWN TIIE

gnnlliil meeting of the New omw Racing Club was held at New Glasgow Thursday evening, Winner 13th. The accounts for year were passed and the same moms appointed, with the addit- oi wallace Dlckleson and John u“ s. The Directors then appoint-

The

' ‘d the following officials: President.

flm ""1 heat." The y, m"! oi 1-2-1 i wit“ by

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a smith, Vice President, Ha:- iili Dirkieson, Secretary, C. B. Orr, Duecwfg Preston Campbell, Percy gtirieson, Henry Houston, Miller k Blair Andrew. Reginald Mc-

' géllywallace Dickleson and John

Peters.

The officials who will handle the nice meets are its follows: Starter, Percy Dita; "a" Judges at finish. William St vart. Robert Stead. give Robertson, Ches.er Bullman. limit, Harold Stevenson. Clerk of m, course, Merrill Bullman. An- nouncer, Preston Cam bell. Classl- iyiiig Committee, Josepi A. Gallant. gliir Andrew, Preston Campbel‘. C

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it i5 good to see tlie New Glas- gow Asbsfllitlell getting organized peaiiy iii iii.- season and nu doubt QlllHS \\lll i0lilJW_l.l1E same line of procedure. Lust winter ten or more miiig clubs were carrying on tile

m tiirniygiioutihe PTDVAHCC’ _aiid making a splendid Joo oi lt. lnere l5 nothing tiizll serves ‘to break the monotony of winter like a racing nub, so well done, New Glasgow.

gilly Direct. world's champion

m, witii a worlds record of 1.5:: i0; a mile tixick inooe at LexiiiZtOH kgulllfiiiy. Scpttllllbfl‘ ziltli, last, hnd i worlds rt-coru itr a half-mile track of 1.01! 3-4. niaoe the satin year, ls rcpurt-ed. sold to Han-NJ ante rariiis for $10,000. and Will he accd in tlie stud there. Bhly sect ill-as fouled iii 1934. His sire. w; Naps. Direct 1.59 3-4 and his oain Forbes 2.01 3-4, W llalcolm it . He was driven to his record by tlie tax-Canadian reins- inan Vic rleiiilning. When Billy Direct on that September day, 19:18, iced thn Lexington track in 1.55 e displactli tlie former world's rec- ord iniitic by the immortal Dan Patch over the same track on Lic- tuber 7th, 11105-155 l-4. Dan was driven by l-izirry I-lclscy and was at that time oilncd by the 1111-61118- lloiial Stork Fccd Company-Q!‘ 11°11 might 511V by M. W. savage-

Laurcl llunovcr 1.59 l-2 that was

l it Frank hicliays larrn. East Roy-

iliy, the liust season, is now in since at Burlington, Vermont. lie ll etvncd liy Dr. McLean of New lli"hnicnd. Quebec.

An nirmiiii friend of ours writes from 'l‘iiron.o.. "I Went t0 01d Home Wcrk with Dr. McLean B year ago lri-t August. saw Dudey Pitch win that iuifcrgettable heat 1112.06 1-2. Aiso Alioway win that fro. troin £1 bunch of good trotteis i) l0\'i'1'1‘ the mark set up some years ago by gixiittl old Hentlierbell 3.08 l-~i. Lzist Saturday l went out to Dulfrrin Park to see tlie wotters and pact-rs ' perform. Theft‘: were same real good finishes. Lastic Bars 2.06 l-i, and Chestnut Bars 2.09 l-t ttzgcd n blitle royal to thrill the large crowd. in tlie feature event, tlie Frce for All.

I was llllkillg to that Grafton chap who lind ‘loin Gratttin_ Oliver Grafton and Emily Grattan over to

' Goad Will Rate

ll0_lll1‘ on . . 1"": i-‘lrn vour Good ‘vvlil meet vlas on but could n; over. Hilllbilnll i i.s..iii have liked

very much to be there. l was one of Dye

the principals of a very interesting event—1 was get.lng married. i Want to tell you, however, that your Charlottetown racing plant is sec- ond ti» none that I have seen-An fact away ahead of them—-but oi coursi- I have not been all over Canada.

Our tracks down East seem to be under-rated by the people up hare. also cilr l\t‘l'S(‘5 and drivers, but with All Graihn llormcrly in Hillockk stable with Ltistic Grattan) and Wafchini going miles in 2.06 1-2 and 1.07, they have changed their minds —\\'ho wouldn't! Several sales nave been reported since last Saturday's racing. Stine horsemen from Mon- lrcal bought four head and paid i900 for Abbott's mare. Patricia Grattau, She is a nicely marked black mare and starts again next Saturday‘. If she wins her former owner is to gct $100 more.

.1 heard them talking about the lime The Yank was up here “W80 of Ernie McTague, so you m your Island horses and horse- men are not forgotten by the fol- lowers of the Sport of Ki s flare. Iilwtlys tly to get out to e Sat- ‘XmmY-l facing at Dufferin Park ii l?" Possibly get away. There is ‘lays some gctd sport." Next Sat- urday 1 llfilie to send a score card a0 Ollie Rudderliain. I gct his ad- Iress trom Down the Back Stretch. élélllltvirnotvlhlm DCISOIAEII)’ but ns d1‘ v m‘ track" ng and co uct Q

talwfltlen on the score card which my with tlie letter, were some m Rmglll-S such as.. ."Was talking n u? le Isnor, formerly of Halifax, m“ f! lrltck. He raced Patrick ‘go ct 2.0’! 5-4 down east some years sank Patrick Direct is tlie sire of ImOrWalkci-s Flora Direct 2.15 1-4. u“ gas been in Ontario for some of m e follows thc runners... .One t cc starters ill the first race on dnvegrg Miss Grattan Henley, was Puma v Purvis. a brother of Stein

°l Cane Breton. He has been

l" Ontario si mm“ rice 191B. l-le wrote ii,',[f1gl*r§§§§n_two Years ago to

"Y"! spoke of Clint Hod gins in iwuwlllmh some time ego. He w" dolwd ones.’ On the card he Gum!" as drivinl Betty Lee 4' - c agvjienllerwigumvlaiirybw-Pi a; p, s y n ‘Plgstlifltte with a summary of 1-2- wu we 2.16 1-2. The second my, . sumfm by Cecelia Grsttan and hm blyary of l-s-i, the sec- y_ hm “"111 won by Inns Hen- na me 2.15 1-4. The third 31th "its" w“ 1.1 o“ 8 1- -2. , i“; 5l'i‘°.".‘i.°$?§.i“’§‘ ‘t -= by Jean Harvester he second he t I140; wggmmurywgimh-igr-‘ntyi "m- time. 2.1a i-r. an i-i, 2.11

b‘ NA!‘ m‘ "dine ll dime w bu- “ 0" harm m psi-mime

three free scores before be g sent to barrier. The barrier is paced at the Judges Stand. Here the horses are given their positions. A phoiio- graph record is then started with the warning "GET Y 'r\_| START." ‘Inc horses immediately ed down the track to turn as e record counts, l to 14 at one second intervals. Drivers must not reach barrier before the count (l4) is given or all horses are immedi- ateiy recalled and oilending drivers replaced. The driver is replaced for this heat only in the race. A driver being penalized twice in one day is subject to more severe penalty to be decided by the Judges. Horses may also be recalled in case of an accident at the start, the entangle- ment of sulklcs, etc., before tin word “GO" is given without ocnui- tles to drivers.

Horseme i must be prepared to race a heat everv 20 minutes. ‘Ihey are warned to inspect harness and sulkies before starting, the barriers to be used in all cases. Drivers will be taken down and fined for diso- bedience. and there is a recall bell at the first turn. On the score card there is information regarding the two latest races of each contestant. The lines read as follows: Place start. month and day, finish, horses in race, time. This information of course is to familiarize persons wno

sh to bet, with the performance of the horses.

Sullivan dz Mawhinney of Ma- chias. Maine, were mighty fortun- ate last fall when they purchased the trotter The Abbott 2.04 i-2 rw Guy Abbey 2.06 3-4, a consignment from the Ben While stable, Thev turned him over to Franklin Sai- ford. who converted him to the D-‘ICI this spring. He has proven a genu- ine star at the new gait, winning 1Z1 of his 1 starts and securing a rec.- ord of 2.04 l-4 over the half-mile track at Malone, New York.

Whitey Dennison, who assisted Charlie Lacey in training the Hono- er D. Blery stable with such stars as Little Pat 1.59 3-4. ls starting out on his own hook. He recently made a trip to 'I‘oi'0nt0 where he purch- ased the four year old pacer Ray Grattan 20B 1-4, and was at Dui- ferin Park inspecting some more pace-rs. Whitey was leading driver at the last meeting of Rooseyelt Raceway, New York. and has a number of trons ready to buy worthwhile arses.

John L. Hervey writes interest- ingly about the late Hollyrocd Bob (3) 2.04 3-4, a stallion bred by the late John L, Dodge, who was druggist and made a fortune out of an indigestion tablet. He says: "Bob was the best gaited. of all the fast sons of Peter the Great, anll none of them had more natural speed, but with Mr. Dodge driving him against professionals like ivlur- pliy. Cox, Geers, etc., he had lifltle chance to come through lmlsss by almost a miracle. As an individual he was a fine one. with a single exception. l-le developed ring-cone and transmitted it to many J1 nls get, espclally during his earlier car- eer as a sire. Later, the percenzalte afflicted was much smaller, out i: injured him in Kentucky and Dodge decioed to get rid of nun, so he first leased and then 501d mm to Mr. Blue. who brought him ti, indiana, where he rose to fame as the sire of nearly a hundred stand- ard performers including that tfuly wondei'iul pacer Little Pat 1.b8 3-4.

Before he left Kentucky he 118d got two splendid trotters. Hollyrood k2-00 1-4 and Hollyrood Pat 2.02 l-2. Hollyrood Dick was Elven his record by Allen J. Wilson and when he drove him he weighed nearly 200 lbs. so it is quite DFQ-l" able that had he been driven oyt a lighter man he would have iasnlv entered the two-minute list. thw- ever. Hollyrood Dick immortalized himself by winning the first s10.- 000 race ever given-and paid full—for Lrotters over a half-mile track. The race by the W311. 1W5

i-Qmoted by Allen J. Wison of

oston, formerly of Cardigan.

Another son of Hollyrood Bob. Hollyrood Walter 2.02 l-4. W011 fl $25,000 race-the Kalamazoo Derby or 1926-50 that HollyY°°d Bob. the sire of these equine mflrvels- d“ having a rough passefle B10118 the “we “Mk and a thorny one in the breeding paddock, finally passed on after riav ng lived almost to his 27th birthday. irollyrood Bobn hm was by Blngen 2.06 1-3-

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ean a. force of at least 700 armor- gd vehicles and about 50.000 111°11-

Fighting was becomirii; 5W1 flercer" in the area, the radio said. The Germans were credited W112 having advanced at one P01111- 1*" captured a village only to be dr ven out by Russian counter-attacks.

Althomh the pressure still ll on along the Zflil-miie are from Kflllllill iii riilii. the "will" said the forward drive of mass- ed German tank and mol-vfilfll divisions will M0111"!!! ""1"" u" first. 411 hours. and that at some points counter-attacks W011 hi“ ground the Germans gained-

Nazi lcsses in men and equipment were described by the Moscow radio as "tremendous sacrifices.”

As first one side and then the other gained the advantaBl? B5 "a" age after village changed nanosi t e broadcast said.

No Quiet Winter

Speaking at on MINI-Silvie?’ Pub‘ 11c relations commitiee meet-mi! London, uoviet Ambassador lviin Malsky declared "riiuers blitzkrieg in the east nls comvlywly lime“

"If the uermims nope to pass tlie next six months on one lront l worm and quiet quartets they W“ be sadly disillusioned, Maisnl’ "at netted. "Their winter quarters w _ be neither warm nor i101" "- “fl trail-v to general belief, the Russ can winter nowadays does not 91641-0 ~ the possibility of military 011"" LT- ond the Soviet armies will ma e ample use of this unique °PP°Yt-""‘

ity.’

Foreign Secretary Anthony 170°" ‘ssid in response that "our resvllrfl! ire Russian resources and Russia! resources are our resoureeAwWe. in this country, want the closest cit-operation with the Union of So- vifit satialist ‘Republics now and a r e war.’

' The Moscow radio quoted a Tess

n

m drove a wedse

BU Sid Feder

Associated Press Sport Writer

NEW YORK. Nov. 21—(AP)— Ken Overlin all but jabbed the ears and nose off Al Hcstak in Madisin Square Garden tonight ui a Iii-round battle of former mid- dleweight champions. With the decis;on he climbed to the fore- front among light heavyweight tl- t-le challengers. Overlin we ghed 163 1-2: Host-ilk 162.

Overlirl. who once held New York State recognitim as 16o- Dqllnd b0$5._ga_ve_tl1e_Seattle slug-

Large number Nurses observe 50th anniversary

r Join Air Force "flraining School

0f Islanders

The promise of the local Air Force Recruiting Officer ‘lint many posi- tions would be available for those men of P.E.I. who have made tsp- piication to join the Air Force iit have been kept waiting now is e- ing fulfilled.

Calls have been sent out to all parts of the Island for men to rc- port for enlistment and advantage is being taken by many, cf th‘! opportunity of serving their Coun- try in the R. C. A. F.‘

As special authority was obtained in order to permit this heavier en- listment before the advent of Win- tcr, the Openings presented at the present time may not be available again for some months.

Although the enlistmenis this week have been more numerous than for some time. thvsfi 0f m?“ week may prove to be the largest Air Force enlistment from the ls- llind since the war started.

The following men are now mem- bcvs of the R. C. A. F. and were taken on strength of the All‘ Form‘- in the past week.

Gordon A. MzicDougall. Bangor. (Jewel-til Duties: Harm C._Grahani Summerside. General Ditties: Will- iam Doucette. Tignim. General Duties; Robert S. Barlow. St. El- eanor's. General Dntirn; Milton H. Hood. Vernon River. General Dut- ies: Sherman H. Boulter. OLeRFY Station, General Ditties; J. Emile Bernard, Tignish, General Duties; Simon W. Crabbe. Dunedin. Motor Boat Crewman; James Heffel. Car- leton Siding. General Duties; J. Al- vin Perry. Charlottetown, RR3, General Ditties; Frederick G. Leard. Mount Stewart, Electricfan (W.

13.; J. Joseph DesRoche. Summer- slde, Standard ‘Tradesman; Arthur B. Dlckieson. New Glasgow. Motor Transport; Urban F. McKenzie. Au- burn. Lot 36, General Ditties; John J. McDonald, Clear Springs, Gen- eral Duties: Kenneth N. MacKen-

zie, North Wiltshire, General Dil- ties~ Charles M. McCarron. St. Mary's Road, ceiiei-iii Duties: James J. McGee, St. Mary's Road, General Duties; Andre F. {"5811- ault. Richmond, General rifles:

kiseph W. McCioskey. Bear River. Gtncral Duties; Ralph S. Roberts. Murray Harbor, General Duties; Gordon H. Crossman. Summerside, Standard ‘Tradesman: John J. Ca1- iaghan, (I-arlottetown, General Du- ties; John A. Gauthier. Rustlco- ville, General Duties; Andrew V. Dunn, Peakes Sizifion. General Du- ties; James S. MacMillan, Woods Islands West, Tractor Operator, Jgmes H. Jennings. Sourls. stand-

iu ard Tradesman; J. Edward Poirier,

Mlscouche, General Duties; Joseph L. McKenize. New Zetiland, STD General Duties: S. Melvin Pound, Fredericton. STD General Duties; Albert McKinnon, Southampton, STD General Duties; J. Earnest Gallant, Wellington 8th., STD Gen- eral Ditties; John L. Carr, Oyster Bed Bridge. STD Tradesman; John S. Scrimgeoilr. CardiSlm- 5 Tradesman; James A. O'Keeffe Gowan Brae. STD General Duties; Daniel D. MacFlzii-lane, Hcpefleldi STD General Du es.

Cigarettes were handed to the men through the courtesy of the Provincial Government under the auspices of Mr. A. G. Bruce of the Canadian Legion War Services for tl-e Carry on Canada Corps.

dis lch as saylns that "blwdl fig ting is now 1n DFQSNB! in the central. northern and southern sec- tors of our (Moscow) deiences where the enemy, havinl massed large numbers of tanks and motor- ized infantry, launched an offensive on the night of Nov. IB.

Summary of Situation

this summary

‘The broadcast gave me Moscow

of the situation along degrxixcghgnligltthem flank the"situ- ation still is "especially “n” 5.!‘ ter the Germans were repulsed in a owerful attempt t0 bfeflll through, presumably near Kallnln. 95 miles northwest of Moscow. There a Red army counter-attack- hurling Russian tanks flllflillit thi!"

of the invaders. 715091311790 W0 m‘ '

lagcs. The Germans also were dis- lodged from the northern outskirts of a town identified only as Z

but held several other small vill-

aglef? the central sector the Germ- ans hurled four infantry "Id m" tank divisions (approximately 120-

in 00o men) into the fight in the Vo -

, 65 ile northwest glfifiléwfrifiii wergidlslod ed from their gains and hurled bac by So- viet counter-attacks The Germans

h isk. 5'1 filer: tgplvtxglz, ‘where "fierce lightning 15 now in progress" and "sever villages are chanelns hands wu- tinuously

At the‘ southern flank, near the munitions-maklnB WWII 1'11!“- i00 miles south of Moscow. fl htl-‘II

d i intensity. wl h the hlggiiillicilielisiieitliil‘; w maintain their initiative.

_______._.__ DUKE MOVES UP-TWICE

LONDON — (C?) —- The Duke or Gloucester has been promoted to the honorary rank of lieutenant- geriersl in the Army Hid air marsh- s-l in the R. A. I» ,,

Ber. former holder

150K111! Association’?! iiil§.’§“t§§,‘§fi Iffldflflte course in boxing all the way. after weathering the minute rally Hostak put

every

In winning, 0v r1" t Sbolled the New Yoerklndebllint. ofofig hard-hitting Hostak, but 216E511 ""0 a 11am. wllh Bill middleweight crown h.m some months ago. The winner °f ma!’ fight W111 get a crack at Gus Liesnevichs 175-po__u;id- bflublm

Hiflhlishts of the early dg i Ys of "u: Prince Edward Island Hospital

THE CHARLOTTETOWN GUARDIAN

Ken Overlin Outpoints Glace Bay Hostak In I0 Rounds Widen lead

first- round. o“ m

pulled

who took the New York

3W3)’ 1mm

were told last night by Miss Anna

Mair,

to the Nur A1

cgsjm or 15$ sotztttnae on the 0c. t e foundl ~ - . tor Nlllfiésrfgéglggthe Tmmng scnwl ollowed r l . was preslzejgll a1" gathering which

superintendfllf. in an address anniversary of Special meeting

Over by Mrs, J, w

xifxenzle. President of the Alum.

Graduate nurses from the hog - 0-- a“. part5 P‘ the province . r _1lS‘ 11111301 cant event and listened W111 interest to the account given by Miss Mair. Reminiscence; gr their trflini"! llflys were told by a: Vsflocflfalts during the pleas. a former superintendent of hfifillital was one of those prgsgn]; R-Efreshmenis were served at close of the meeting, Miss Mair. in her interesting ad.

dress,

01d hospital in 1883 which htld i1, bell capacity of 12 beds but. con- tained no regular nursing 5,. r g; wmPBPEd w'th ll: 1'1

hospital wdgy‘ e standing of the were about 100 beds and student nurses number 30. It was not unlit 111 that it was felt a

M155 Bessie Beer, tlie the 5P0ke of the founding of the

fro-m

At present there

ma tron

should be placed in charge of the

institution. Accordingly a gi-miuayi nurse from St. John General Hospi- tal. Miss JSSSZG Sheraton, was elm- facted. She agreed to assume the duties of matron and came to slits city w take charge at the hospital,

It was through :l:e efforts of Miss Sheraton that the first School for Nurses was establislien

Training

in the old Prince _Edward Island Hospital, Mzss Miur lold her 155g-

erlers. only two girls-Miss SZIFRh Arthur 911d MISS Ella Tynan. Miss Arthur 1S FE-ilfllm’ in Summerside at pres- ent and she sent her regrets at m;

being

The whereabouts of ilze other meni- ber 0f the hospital's first nursing class could not be determined last These two student nurses berths completed their course in two _vca*s and the first graduates of the P. E. _I. Hospital were presented with their diplomas in 1893.

Graduations were only held inter- mittently during the few years m. lowing the establishment of school but since 1903 regular yearly graduating exercises have been wield. In the 50 years since the school W15 started. it is the proud boast of the institution that 218 well-quali- bershtp fled nurses have been trained to

night.

The first class consisted o!

able to rittcnd the meeting.

the

care for the sick.

It was only three years ago that the graduates got

together and

017T OUR WAY

51-591‘! BAY, NS, Nov. (OPi-Glaee Bay's Miners lengthened their already 111111051": 1830 111 the Cape Breton Hcckcv league with a 8-3 victory over the second-place North Syd. My Vctorlas W-n left the Miners with a c:m- fortable three-game margin.

Paced by blond Alan Foster, an ell-Cornwall Fixer, who rapped 1n W0 H0815. nine of the goal-hungry pack figured in the N01111:. With their smooth-passmg — lays clicking nicely. they banged n two‘ flrst-penod tallies. outscored the Vics 2-1 in the spilt even 2-2 in the thi

The winners’ other netted by Coach Pop Morison, Les Runway. Fess Anderson Desbiens. Burly defenceman Char. lie Phillips picked up three assists.

The vies goals came sticks of Ed McGibbon, Babe Ham- ulka and Joe Gollat.

Pusie fined and Suspended for One game