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The horsemen have returned from i-tarrisburs. Pa. sale and It is in.

_. terestlng to hear the stories, of

that vendue. One thing they all speak about was the very friendly greetings given them by members of the harness racing fraternity they met. Men like Sep Palln, Harry Fitzpatrick, Del Miller, Jake Mahoney, Franklyn Bafiord. Paul Vineyard, Fred Egan, and yes, the secretary of the United States Trotting Association, Roger Dun- can, just to mention a lew, chatted ivith them just like old friends and put themselves out in many ways to make things enjoyable for the Maritimers.

Jimmie Power very kindly loan. ed us his catalogue so we could look up the new purchases and give a brief history of them. Bill Stewart's Prodigal Vic is a three- year-oid colt with a record of 2.0511 taken at Lexington. Ky. in his tvroJear-old form. He made his debut that year at Goshen, NH. in a $3.000 three.year-old pacing stake and won the first heat in 2.1111, We have no account of this season's racing. His sire is Vlc‘or- ious Hal 2, 2.031;, full brother to Nell Cochatodale 2.16, brcu"ht here by Willard Kelly some years ago and now owned by Charles Willis. Covchead, The dam of Pro- digal Vic is Betsy Prig 2.05.

Billy Hood's buy was ihc ycar. ling colt Jackson Dale by Worthv Boy 3, 2.02%, dam, Claudia 2071/1 bv Guy Axworthy 2.68%. He is licaviiv staked in futuritics. Bill Cruickshanks was the inivci‘ of Brewer's Gallon, a iWo-_\'ear.olii brc-wn colt bv Bill Gallon 3. 1.59“.- a winner of the Hambletonien and 0' r great stakes He is describ- ct. as a very handsome vounpstcr. very fiashilv gaiicd. His dam is Betsy Bwwcr 2.08 by PM" III“ Brewer 2.02".- (sire nf Calumet Budlong ZTYJNI granddam Ectsv Prig 3, 2.05. The dam of Prodfira‘ Vic 2. 2.0% 3-5 bought by Elli Siotrari. Brewer's Gallon ivas irainerl as a tWoJeaizolrI u“ un- Iil last June and trotted a mile in 2.16 with the last quartcr in 3i seconds. He was then turned out. He is staked in two large stakes. -

Jimmie Power iiouzht Tennessee Sue 2.06%. a siX-year-oirl naong nriro hr- Martinique, dam Pacing Betty, the dam of three in 2.10. She is bv Slick Goods, a noted sire of pacer-s. The Grand-darn of Tr-n. nosscc Sun is Hollie Argoiess, dam of Countcrpart 2.0213 and several nilicrs that have ialtcn records kc. low 3.10. Counicrpart was a win- ner n! one of the $25,000 Kalama- roo Derhys. Glanclnq here and there over the catalogue we can ouite realize what a problem it would lv- to nick out a trotter or pacer that one could bring hock to thl= country with the. asriir. ance that it would be capable o’ taklhr: care of the class of horses raced here. Reading some of tho otvncrs’ statements and then look- In’: lip the rear books we find the" often unduly stressed the good qualities of their steeds and for. got to mention the defects. It Is; a big 387711118 Iillylng a horse no mam" 110w you so about it and then the blgqest gambit,- nf n11 is conditioning him and gem," Mm ""115? for the fray. If it were not for the men who areVtakIng the "11"" 811d suing out and buy. In: horses and campaigning them grirlrwglfiflrt would be a dead one, khpir must begrateful to them (m- y ._ progressiveness and sporting instinct.

Early this week we had pleasure of meeting Mr, and Mm *7” O'Brien who were staying at [The Charlottetown prior to a Visit o Jocs parents at Alberton. They. Were delighted t0 be back after the strenuous few weeks at Foxboro. Joe looked a bit thin but fit as a fiddle and the problem that is ‘VMTYIYIK him new is whether Io i-ross the "Rubicon" or "or [n “the? WUTII-‘l. Whether to stay in the Maritlmes or take one of the numerous positions offered h'm in the United States. His showing at Foxboro was really i; rrmarkabis one which we have duly chronicled from time to time, right up t0 the very last he maintained his win- ning streak. We would all hate to see Joe leave us but of course it would mean a wider field for the exercise of his talents and a better opportunity because o: the high class horses he would be racing.

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Leonard Barrleau. Centre Aca. dis, well-known breeder, has re- cently sold two fillies by Protester out of Elsie Louise. A three-year. old was bought by Mr. Spencer of Cape Tormentine, NB. and placed In Harley Harrison's stable. Her

'two.year.old sister was sold to Mr. Carpenter of Woodstock. N.B. arid she will be prepared by Earle Avery and raced in the two-year- old stakes on the Jlaine circuit. We regret. to learn that Mr. Bar- rieau is at present in the Hotel Dieu Hospital at Moncton and hope that his illness will be of short duration.

From Neil Galiagan of the Uh. Ited States Trotting Association staff at Hartford, Conn. come the following 1947 money winnings of the leading reinsmeii, trailers and pacers: ' ,

TROTTERS

. $56,810 $47,697 $34,365 $25,656 $24407

. $24,634 $18,987

. $17,762 $17,171

$16,597

Hoot Mon, 2.00 Algiers, 1:58 4.5 Proximity, 2.02 2-5 Rollo. 2.05 Chester-town, 2.03 Way Yonder, 2.03 Rodney 2:01 2.5 Judge Moore, 2.09 2-5 Victory Song’. 1.57 4-5 ‘Adclinc Hanover, 2.05 3-5 ..

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. $51,450 _. $4i,'52 . $1.22 . 5329.433 , $28,239 $28,152 $25,425 $22,525 315.374 $14,518

April Star, 2.03% Forbes Chief, 2.01 3-5 . Red Streak, 2.02

Goose Bay, 2.00 2.5 Priscoway, 2.02 4.5 Knight Dream, 2.00 2-5 Jimmy Creed, 1.59 4-5 ,. Direct Express. L59 3.4 . . Ensign Hanover, 1.59 4.5 . . Grafton AlcKylo, 3-01 ‘3-0

REINSMEN Harry Fitzpatrick Sep Palin . ~ Del Cameron . Jake Nlahoncy . Franklin Safford Ray Reeves . Hugh Parshall Clint HodQiHS Foy Funderburk . Frank Ervin Dclvin Miller Henry Thomas Paul Vineyard Guy Crlppcn Bion lvely . ilousto Stone Eugene Pownilil Ralph Baldwin Jack Brown Fred Egan

. . $130,215 5123.228

. 112.513 5.31mi 48,1927 43.9w, .. asses .. 34.844; . 25.150, .. 22.410; , 222:2. 24.005; 21am‘

. 22,812} Hzssoi, . 22,322 19.133 isms l8f05~ 13.090.

John Hervey. one of the mosti brilliant harness horse writers‘. 11115 an ariiclc (‘IIIIIIIKI Aihlctcs l-lr. in a recent issue Of Th!‘ Him‘ Horse. This is the discasi- wh caused the ilcath of the worldfisl champion Billy Direct 1.55 some; weeks ago. and Air. Hervey IJGIIOVPS‘ that il was lilo same disease that caused tl\c Ilcaili of Lee Axwcrth)“ 1.58, a champion during his lift-- time and a great sirc. Both Billy; Direct and Lee Axvrortliy were. called upon to race mflfil’ mu.“ around the two minute mark and this made a tot c strain tlnon their vitality. m1 ivuiflfii’ W11?" they were gotten ready with in- sufficient preparation for such an ordeal. He recalls the oft made remark that it is "the 175C‘! "in kins," As a matter of fact we ha"? observed that. a quarter of a mile

_troited or paccd by a hOYSQ In thirty seconds takes as much out oi him as a mile in 2.30. P97113115 more. The same way with a humfln that runs a hundred yards in ten seconds or less expend: a tremen. dous amount of enemy- The de-‘iih of Billy Dircrt that Th5 0n Ihf’ threshold of becoming one of 111E world's outstanding sires, will probably draw greater attention of trainers and owners to the ne. cessity of conserving the energies of their horses. In our own exrcr- ience we have seen a race lost by a driver who in the last warm up mile stepped a quarter in 30 SEC- onds.

When night racing was instituted it was considered by many- that horses could not perform nearly as fast under the lights as they would under Old Sol. This theory has been upset as we expected it would be, for in our own experi- ence running under electric lights at night we had a sensation of greater ease through less wind re. slstance. Now we have the proof in the records made at Roosevelt Raceway the past season. Of course it must be taken into considera.

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tion that Roosevelt Raceway half- mlic track is one of the fastest in the world.

The world's two mile trotting record was set at 2.10 3-5 by Ches- tertown in that race where Kaela 2.03 stumbled and fell causing a

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TORONTO, Nov. '14 —(CP) — Andy Lyt-le of the ‘reroute Star

Anxious to get going and just a bit fecl up with postponements West Kent and Queen Square football teams will play the first game of their school series lead- ing to possession of the MacMIllan Trophy this morning and it should be just as hard a fought tussle as the last. time the two squads llet sway back in 1937. '

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On that occasion the teams ended up after three games with a win and a tie to their credit. The fourth game was never play- cd. A dispute came up over re- lerees that held matters up and tiien when this was finally settled bad weather set in and the series was declared finished with Queen Square retaining the title they ilfld won the previous year in a four game series that saw Queen Square wlnner- of two games out- score their opponents by a solitary point in what most fans still con- sider the best series ever staged between the two schools.

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Actually today Queen Square will be defending the title thev have held since 1936. Today they NIH be favored to win the opener but there is plenty of fight and spirit in the West Kent team's ranks and if they fail to win it won't be for the lack of trying.

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Walter Lawlor harl his Navy iiot-keyists out for their opening practice session at the Forum last trvlit sending them through A slit scrimmage and although ct couple of the members of last years squad were unavoidably ab- sent Lawlor should have the mak- 2u:s of a capable squad.

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Most o.’ last {year's squad will lzi- back with Richard, Gus Downe, tlic youngster who showed plenty

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Juvenile Kinsmen last year, two icwcomers who are seeking berths and two that should make the grade. And in addition Cliff smart forward star who e-ariisi‘ tried ou: with Moncton Hawks, was also going through his

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who performed in the stages of last yearis league olaviim with Moncton and New Glasgow teams strength- cns Lawlors attacking troops con- siderably and gives the Navy team unexpected scoring strength after it had been generally understood that Jackson would he playing with some mainland club. O O O

Then again although he couldn't turn out last night. Joey LeClair another hard working, smart winger will he ready for front line duty. LeClair had the misfortune oi breaking his ankle in last year's opening game that kept him on the shelf the balance of the win- ter but with the ankle now per- fcctly healed and after standing up to a hard baseball campaign the youngster should be ready for

u good season.

LeClair and Jackson with Johnny Higson the team's leading scorer last year should round out a pretty formidable at- tacking trio while Coach Lawlor will be able to put together two other combinations able to hold their own. ’

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Young‘ Carmichael is again available for defense duties and fnis youngster can throw his weight around pretty effectively. Dalziel of last. year's Prince of Wales team is to turn out also and with Johnny Davis back he- tween the goal posts and wi-tri some other reinforcements ex- pected the outlook is not exactly a dim one for this year's Navy squad.

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what is going to happen Prince of Wales is as yet un- known. It is no secret that there is a noticeable lack of defensive ma- teria] in the players that arc turning out. Coach Johnny Squarebriggs is faced with perhaps what is the toughest job in his coaching career and It will come as no great surprise to many fans i! Prince of Wales Welshman. a big drawnig csrd ever since they entered City League competition will be forced to withdraw for this year at least.

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If that is the case it is likely the league will turn into a three- tesm affair. Either Legion or Abbies are said to have the nuc-

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Lt. Col. Charles A. Symroski of tlie U. S. Army horse show team

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Typical November weather, dull and murky with intermittent drizziing rain, has been in vogue this past few days. Gunners were favoured, however, with passable shooting -WE{1l.Il€l‘ on the close of ‘the Hungarian partridge season on the 12th and some good bags were secured.

This past shooting season saw more gunners out ‘after Huns and s lsrger number of those gamfl birds biigcgcl IIlCll Ill any other year. This is a type of game bird that has showed to the satisfac- tion oi all sportsmen that they can stand up to intensive hunting and still hold their own.

It any b- safely said that hun- dreds of cevies never even knew that thcre was an open season as many outlying sections. particu-

nevci" felt‘ the tread of questing gunners. Even in the districts im-

clears the hurdles in the International Military jumping event for the Stratosphere Trophy at the National Horse show in New York. He

FREDERICTON N.l3., Nov. 1-1 —i

(CPl-Noveinbei" ti at hionctsn the colleges rcprcscntcd in the N. B. and P.E.l. section of the Marl- time Intercollegiate Athletic Union, will meet to consider hockey and other winter spurts. Tllc expectat- ion is tlizit lid-varsity of New Brunswick, Mt. Allison University’, Saint Dunstanis Unl\'(‘7'SliiY_l1l‘ld Si. Thomas University will have dele- gates there. At UNIX. basketball already has begun, lapping ovcr sil-gziitiy on the rugby football season. Preparations for hockey also have started: though the capital expects for 1948-49 to be equipped with a modern arena with artificial ice through iilzc generosity cf Lord Bcavcrbrook. l'n}rci‘sii_v chancellor. for the fiPCTlIll! season opcn air ice must suffice. Th» rink liuwcver will be located at Alcxanzlcr College near Smythc Strert, where among the buildinzs formerly used by Training Ccntrc No 70, thc rink will be mor- plwitczfwl from the Wind than on (‘allege field cr <n the race track. 'l‘ii-.= construction oi the new oncn-air rink has becn Ccniirnenced in order to give proper foundation.

School Series Gets Underway This Morning

Queen Square and West Kent School football teams clash this morning i-n the first game of best of three series for the City School title. The gzmc, which will be played, irrespective of vreother conditions will get underway at St. Dunstan! gridiron at 1i o'clock sharp. Queen Square holders of the t title when the series was abandon- ed back in 1937 wiill be defending the MacMiilan ‘Trophy 61ml 111W)! have held since 1936. ' v '

Dal Captures Rugby Title

HALIFAX. Nov. 14—-(CP)—Dai- h.ousle University captured the Nova Scotia intermediate rugby title here today by downini; $1- I-‘rancis Xavier University of Anti- goniah 2-0.

REMEMBER WNEN

By The Canadian Preu Ottawa Roughriders’ 15-year hunt for Interprovincial Rugby Football

Union honors ended 22 years ago today with an 8-3 victory over Hamilton Tigers at Ottawa. Rough- riders have won the championship five times since 1925.

KINGBVILLE. Ont. - (OP) — Several thousand Canada geese have arrived at the Jack Miner bird sanctuary here. Many of them still wear bands placed on their less by the late Jack Miner.

Winter Sports Program To Be Discussed

Successful At Amherst Fair

Mr, Hillard Toombs, son of Mr. and Mrs. E.G. Toombs, Kcnsing- ton Road, City was among thai successful competitors at the Am., licrst Winter Fair just. closed. In ihc senior and junior com-i hincd class in liorsemansliip, he won iiic trophy for this class. in the jumping class he came first with Woodvlew, and second place’ with Powers Girl. In the musicaii chairs, hc canto second \vith Bobby‘ Socks, and secured fourth andi fifth prizes in other cvcnis.

Mrs. Toombs and her son re. turned home Thursday after a pleasant week.

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MEMORIAL ARENA KELOWNA, B.C.- (CP) -A Me- morial Arena is to be built here at a cost of approximately $180,- 000. Two. years ago citizens raised $100,000 in voluntary gifts for the project, but increased building costs made this amount insuffi- cient. A by-law to raise the ad- ditional $80,000 was endorsed by ratepayers.

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mcdiately. surrounding the cltv ccveys holding from 15 to 20 birds may still be found. Some have been whittled down to 'I and 8 but oven at that rate of crisualtirs there are 3 or’4 pairs left for breeding stock for the one pair that startedout in the SDYIITZ- ' Even before the Hun season closed many gunners_spent what time they had at Their disposal and went in qucst of the big black and white honkcrsl This type of weather is not. favourable for black ducks but it suits for the stubble feeding wild geese. There is a fair flzght of geese on the move but not many have been bagged. Suc- cessful goose shooting is. more or less. a game for the ritpcrts. One has to knrnv the business to be anything like consistent in bring- int; home the bigeest and grand-

- est of our game birds.

Shortly before 1i cfclock on the morning of Armistice Dav No- VFFIIIJG!‘ 11th.. I had‘ occasion to drive to tile rear of a farm in a district across the river. Geese were the farthest thought in my mind as I drove the car back the long narrow lanc. As i stopped to

| open up a set of bars I heard the

honking of Wildgccsc and saw a flock of approx. 40 birds rise from a stubble field off to my left. They seemed loath to leave the area and when I observed the two minute silcncc customrirymn Arm- istice morning I could still hear the sweet music of their calls. When I returned to the city that night I contacted an unclerstudy of mine in the hunting game whom I'll refer to as the. Kid and an- other shooting friend who al- though comparatively young in years is tried and experienced in the art of outwittlng the big Ca- nadas and who has one of the finest 'Rlgs' of handmade goose decoys one could possibly wish to have. I gave them the lowdown on

larly at the rear of remote farms"

reported today that terms of the contract Chicago Black Hawks oi’- fered Roy Conacher stirred up such

only a last-m ut.e revision en- abled the mos notable holdout in years to join the Hawks ‘Wednes- day night in the"r game with Tor- onto Maple Leafs. '

A statement by Manager Bill Tobin of Chicago that he offered Conacher "so much money he couldn't refuse" brought inter- vention by'N.H.L. President Clar- ence Campbell. the star sports editor wrote in a copyrighted col- uimn.

Lytle related that Campbel phoned Tobin in Toronto after thi- deal was announced Tuesday to re- mind hiim that the president had ruled Cotter-her could not be signed by any club for any more money than he was offered by Detroit- less $100 a game for each game h ‘missed.

(Conacher refused to sign for $7,- 600 he was offered by Detroit. Red Wings, for whom he scored 30 goals last season. He held out for $8,500. The Red Wings dealt hi-m off to New York Rangers but the Toronto- born player couldn't reach terms with coach Frank Bouchor. Then he announced his retirement from hockey.

(In announcing the deal Tuesday, Tobin said he had paid Detroit $25,- 000 for the rights to Conachei‘ and was to deliver a player to the Red Wings at the end of this season).

Tobin's reply to Campbell vras that he would sign Conaoher to a new contract, Lytle went on. This was done after a consultation with the player and his notable brothers Lionel and Charles.

CHIXTIDIJPII told Lytle in a tele- phone interview frrm Montreal “that all is well inasmuch as Tobin and the player had conformed with the rules."

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CINCINNATI, Nov. l4 —(AP) —-A years suspension from base- ball will be imposed on any one who violates the rule prohibiting the signing of American and Ca- nadian high school players, Com missioiier AB. Chandler announc- ed today. i