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I We had the pleasure of a visit' from Frank McAlduff, well known raoe driver and trainer who is via- iting his home in Alberton and is now located with a string of horses of horses at Woodstock, N. B. race track. Frank had a good season last year and although his horses were not of top calibre he regis- tered is lot of wins. This year if equipped with the right kind of material you can look for him to be up among the leaders. There is no one we know of who is a bet- ter or more careful caretaker and conditioner.

At the annual meeting of the United States Trotting Association held in Columbus, Ohio, Dec. 8-9- 10, quite a number of changes were made in the rules and among them was the ban applying to the racing of horses fifteen years of age or older. It was lifted to the ex- tent that they will be allowed to race at non-extended pari-mutuel tracks this season. The change was made in order to provide ad- ditional race horses for fairs and ot.her small meetings. Boiled down for Maritime usage it would mean that horses fifteen years of age or older would not be permitted to race on tracks such as Sydney, Charlottetown, Truro, Woodstock and Saint John where extended pari-mutuel meetings are held, or at Summerside or other tracks if extended pari-mutuel meetings are held there. but they could race at tracks such as Covehead, St. Pet- ers and other meetings which are. held infrequently throughout the season. That is the way we inter- pret it.

We are very pleased to hear from our good friend Gordon C, Stewart of U9 Allen St.. Halifax, N. s., whom many will remember ihi-nughoiit the Maritimes as an ardent horse lover. Gordon makes a collection of our Annual Reviews and is always ready to settle ar. guments regarding past perrm-m. ances, equipped as he is with this and other knowledge.

From away down South, 36 West Gore Ave., Orlando, Florida, we hear from Lloyd Murray, former manager of the Bank of Nova Scotia here:-”I enclose sport sheets from today's Sunday paper containing some pictures of horses at Ben White Raceway which may be of interest to you. I have not been out yet but after the turn of the year expect to spend some

time in the mornings watching the horses work out. The city is budding a third track on the grounds this season, also new stables."....0rlando has realized the advantage of catering to win. ter training of horses and the Ben White Raceway is owned by the city. Dozens of millionaires and other wealthy people flock there Mid SD9nt part or the entire train- ing season watching horses being exercised or trained. A lot of them have horses of their own and get up for an occasional ride to cart."

These are some of the pictures; 1. Billy Haughton with his pri7e winning yearling Willway; 2, Jim Arthur and Meadow Gold, 3 year. ling that -sold for t30.000 at Har. risburg this fall; 3. Harry Powh- Hll. Jr.. the. youngest of the train- ers with his top -yearling view”, Parade; 4. Jimmie Jordan with Scottish Worthy, ii, 320,000 year, link: 5. Sam Caton and his pi-om- I-5111!: yearling Jack Flanagan; 6. and the yearling Clfnrius: 7. Doc Flannery with Solo- mitr, another 320,000 yearling; g Dick Williams with Mainllner 2.02 355. the 195i Hambletonian win- T1911 9. .David ',Piggy" Freidmaii, the Sentinelstars veteran harness lmrse expert: 10. Gibson White and his father Ben White. the only man to ever win four Ham. hleionians rind the man respnns. "'19 rm” bringing harnaxx horses to Orlando for winter training; 11 Johnny Simpson and the four; year-old Ford Hanover.

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page of

reading material the gist of which?

is. there are 440 horses now traili- lng at the Raceway and they are mum at nearly -33 millions. Among these are 187 yearlings 'W0-year-olds January lstt. This ” "19 W0Tl,d-f lRl'l2est harness horse winter training center and con- l'"”95 '0 Rroiv by leaps and bounds. Thirty oi the world's leading harness horse stables are Ffinrcsr-nted and by the first of the .Vf”8r another 112 horses will or. rive to bring the total to over 550, The Dclvin Mlllar stable which was tne world's biggest money winner the past season, has 60 head and assisting Del is June; Jmdan. Thomas Arthur and Harry HRTVEY. It is the largest and the

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horses total up to more money than any other stable. The John- ny Simpson stable with Hugh Bell, John Thomas. Mark Teag-ue'and Ted Carey as assistant trainers, has 52 head, twerity of them year- lings.

Next largest stable is that of Harry Fitzipairick who has 33 head, 18 of them yearlings. Other stables are Arden Homestead with Harry Pownall as trainer, Two Gaits Farm stable with Ralph Baldwin as trainer. Eugene Pow- nall stable with Allie Cornell as assistanbcolonel E. J. Baker stable with R.C. Flannery trainer, Ben and Gibson White stable, Fred Egan stable, Sam Caton stable, Bob Walker stable, Leo Fleisch stable, Richard and Henry Thomas stable, Harry Pownal, .lr., stable, Milky Way stable with Dick Wil- liams and Howard Nyles as train- ers. This stable was formerly trained by Joe O'Brien; and the Clint Hodgins stable. We notice that even in sunny Florida horses do not escape all the ills, as there is a note that the two-year-old trotting colt MacLeod, by Scotland l.59l., owned by Cleo Young, died recently wit.h pneumoiiia.... Thanks, Lloyd, for remembering us and I am sure your will be glad to know that you are well and happy in the south.

At Yonkers Raceway, November 13:11 a young trainer named Allen Myer drove eight different horses one night and as far as can be ascertained he is the first one to ever pcrform that fcat. He was first thrce times, second once and once third, and finished three (111168 out of the purse money. The reason Allen was up behind so many horses was that so many pilots were at ihe I-larrisburg auc- tion. The following night he turn- ed in a double win. His brother Bill and seven other brothers drive or breed Standardbreds-quite a horse-loving family we would say.

Seven trotting and nine pacing records comprise the new 16 track records set up at Yonkers Raceway in 1952. The biggest reduction was a. slash of 5 3.f5 from 2.13 3.6 to 2.08 for two-year-old trotting colts by Victory Mon. He had been trained since a yearling and was driven by Earle Avery. Among the trotters Joe O'Brien still holds the record for a three-year-old colt made by Darn Flashy 2.04 3x5 and also the trotting record for a four- year-old mare Martha Doyle- 2.04i 2,5.

Harry Clukey was the top 1952 driver at Yonkers Raceway with .367. The standings were based on a minimum of '75 starts. in 80 starts was 22 times first, 9

times second and 7 times third. charge, elbow and everything else boards and had to be restrained!

Jimmie Jordan is second with .309 He made 208 starts, was 39 times first. 29 times second and 27 times third. Paul Vingard comes third with .303. Stanley Dancer fourth with .303, Billy Haughton fifth with .394 and Earle Avery sixth with .289. Earle Avery made 8'1 starts, was 16 times first, 11 times second and 9 times third. When you compare the above percent- ages with those of our Maritime drivers you will realize what splendid showing ours have made Harley Harrison, Port Elgin, fin- ished first with a percentage of .487, Worrell Lewis. Reserve, N.S., was second with .455, J. H. Dewitt, Woodstock. was third with .437 and in fourth place was Ervin Fraser Sydney, Wl'.h .435. Fifth was Ray O'Brien, Albertoii, with .431 and sixth was Clayton MacLeod with .423. Our tenth driver on the list, which is all we have published, was R. E. Hamilton, Woodstock. with .400. We areq uite proud in- deed of those drivers and also many others who averaged in the .360 to near the .400.

A letter from Ollie MacNeill. Fort Qu'Appelle. Sask.. contains Christms greetings and news of

the harness racing there. Ollie is one of the men behind the return of the sport to that section of t.hc west. Years ago some of the best pacers in the world came from the west, being bred in Calgary and surrounding country, but the run- ners took over instead and harn- ess racing fell into it decline but now all through Manitoba, Alberta and Saskatchewan there is it re. surge in attendance, breeding anti developing of fast trotters rind paccrs. Here is Ollie:-”We had a Slllendid racing season on our cir- cuit and several of our horses have taken new records and sold for good prices. Eva Riggs changed hands last week for 55,000 and the trotter Mac Riggs, owned by Dr, Isman, also sold for four figures. both to parties in Quebec, simm- Hal, that started in the slow class- es last spring, is in with the free- for-allers. His owner refused :3,- 000 for him. He will likely be quite a contender nextiyear.

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Murph Chamberlain and the Is- landers have come up with an ex- tra. man power-play in the dying seconds of a hockey game that has Halifax coach Dugger McNeil mumbling these days. Twice in the last two games the Islanders have forced play into over-time by pull- ing their own goalie, using the ex- tra man and firing the puck into

Islanders plan of attack that the defenders have been unable to get near the puck carrier until the puck is in the cage. Last night's play in which Gus Gustaveson scored was not quite as neatly done as the play yin Halifax Saturday night but it ,had the same effect. i O O O

Lyle Wiseman looked every inch the master as he roared in on tool of MacMeekin for the game win-1 ning goal. MacMeekiii went down' expecting 8. low shot. and Wisemnii drilled a high hard one into the corner. Last year with Shawlnigan Falls Wiseman was the second high- est goal scorer on the Club, He is, rated as a guy who can come up. with those important goals in oth-, or words a money player.

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From an Islanders standpoint Orval Lavell could not have select- ed a better time or a better oppon- ent with whom to fight than Hugh- ie Campbell late in the third per- iod of the contest. The penalties to Campbell proved to he the turning point of the game. Hughie was a tower of strength for the Atlantics all night and when he went to the Halifax dressing room with a match misconduct penalty he took a lot of the Atrfantics defensive spirit with him.

The victory put Islanders' coach

the Halifax net. So thorough is the.

THE GUARDIAN. CHARLOTTETOWN,

Islanders In 5 - 4 Overtime Win Over Halifax Atlantics

A sizzling 10-foot. shot into the . . V Tied Up Game he

top corner of the Halifax net by Lyle Wiseman after two minutes and forty five seconds of over-time play gave the Islanders a 5-4 up- hill victory over the League lead- ing Halifax Atlaniics last night in a bitterly fought game at the For-i

m. i The Islanders, trailing by two goals with less than four minutes left in the game made a dramatic comeback to force the contest into over-time on goals Dby Ronnie Hurst and big Gus Giistziveson. With only 23 sceonds gone in the sudden-death over-time per-.' iod Gustaveson was sent to the penalty box with a minor penalty, for holding. He had only return-' ed to the ice when Marcel Clem-' ents fired a rink-wide pass to put wisemaii in the clear and the lat-ll l.Pl' skated directly in on top lof MacMcekiii to hliist the puck home before a deleriously happy crowd. Right winger Ronnie Hurst put the islanders within striking dis- lance of the visitors at the 16:38 mark of the third period and Gus- tavcson scored its first goal as im Islander to tie up the contest with 50 seconds left in regulation time. The Islanders, for the second sticks swung but the fan was es- consecutive time against the At-'corted from the rink. laiitics, drew their goiilie and us- At the same time it player-fan ed the extra forward in order to dispute arose on the opposite side wore the tieini: L!0Hl- Fmm R of the Forum, Bob Hayes of Hall- face-off in the Halifax end Buck fax shot the broken end of a stick

Dcfenseman Gus Gustaves-on (above) came through with his first goal as an Islander last night and it deadlocked the Islanders-Halifax game at 4-4, Gustavtwon scored on Whitlock's rebmind with only 50 seconds left in regulation time. In addition he played a very strong defensive grime. x

Whitlock izot the puck. fired 8 into the crowd after Gustaveson

shot from the side of the net and scored rind the stick struck a spec- Gustaveson slapped home the re- iatmv,

bound. Halifax went on the attack as

' , soon as the over-time started.

(f'p””3' crawd Billy Ford raced over the Island-

The V-low”, ,,.RLChed by 5 mp. era line and was almost in the

aclly crowd, ended the H3111” clear when Gustaveson grabbed

rind held him. While Gus sat in the penalty box the Islanders put up a stout defence and prevented the Atlantics from getting a shot on net. Chamberlain

jinx over the Islanders and gave the Islanders their second win of the season over the Atlantics. The, Halifax team are five games in

front of the second place Island- I, sent, on Vtiscmnn

Murph Chamberlain back in talk- ing mood and Murph was lashing out at the Halifax club. "They're scared to come across our blueline

Clukey in Charlottetown," stated the Hard- Campbell went wild. He

Irock. "In Halifax they'll fight. but here they won't come close lenough for us to hit them. McNeil spent most of last Saturday night charging into I-loldaway but here he hasn't even courage enough to pro- iect his own players when a squab- ible st.arls,” added Chamberlain. "Last night I saw Billy Goold stop and shoot the puck into the Is- landers zone, the first time I ever saw Goold stop in my life. The rea- son is that they're told to play a stop, shoot and don't get hit game in Charlottetown." - O O O

Murph was also incensed over the action of the police in removing a fan from the Forum following the dispute with Joe LePine. "In Hali- fax, Sydney or Glace Bay when there's a. fight we are the ones who get thrown out of the rink.

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Islaiiilers Fly

The Islanders will fly to Glace Bay this evening for their Mi. M. ,H. L. game with the Miners to- lnight. 'I'herc are R number of av- Inilable, seats on the plane which lmay be p;cked up by phoning the Forum during the day.

. Hockey Scores

By The Canadian Press

Maritime Major Glace Bay 5 Sydney 6.

Halifax 4 Charlottetown 6. New Brunswick senlol Saint John 5 Moncton 2. A. I'. C. Senior Truro 4 Antigonlsh 2. Pictou 6 stellarton 3. Exhibition Halifax Toppers 8 Montreal 6. New York-Ont. League Cornwall 4 Brockville 5.

N. 0. H. A. Senior Sudbliry 11 North Bay 4.

0. H. A. Senior A Hamilton 1 Chiitham ll. Kitchener 3 sarnla 3.

Stratford 5 Bi-sntford I.

0. II. A. Junior A Oshawa 8 Guelph 4. -

Gill. 3 St. Kittl 6.

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erY)l7liat was probably the turning 05 500" HS Gll5l-W950I1'S DPHn1lIv' point of the Kalmei was 3 Short was up and Lyle had only gotten Scra between the lsiandex-5 O,-vailrightly turned around before Lmgn and big Hugme cmmpbcii Clements not the puck on ilie Is- with Lavell being the aggressor. 1305075 Side Mk cc(riii:-ie-ion Ijis

4 A lhord ass re )Olln c n it: Both drew mm." pcna1uesS.h0l:,:giliorirds Bind Lyle was well in the

clear to score, the winner.

referee Ross Morrow Over thE' The Atliiiilics almost won the

. . i ;mo in the second period by bylhls ;ea3"na,M:sm:'v0)T n?il:CLoh1?fl.E('l0l'lIlE three goiils while lioldiril-Z actor” '3 re C " lihc Islanders scoreless. Frank

duct penalty for his outbreak. The sentence to Campbell dis- organized the Halifax team and the Islanders swarmed. to the at- an Island” kmwkml the puck tack. On , two occasions befoiclinm IN "NV Chamherlm" puned me goahe Marcel Clements rind VVrilt they ca'm.e close ('0 scoring by Roy Pnwlsliyn scored for the Islanders Mmyleekln held me m”' . lin a fairly first hilt close-checlh Then with a minute lCTT..ln theliing "rs, ppryod, Chmmts funk igame Camberlmn wmkod hm K0nl'll.rivcllls rr-hound off the back- ll9- G”5mV;:tl1l'l kticgk mi i;Ct'C't(l'1((f:llioiii'ds to push the puck past Mld fed W 09 '9 Due U . iM;icMeckin Wlillc Pavrlyshyii pol- linesmcn ruled the. face-off was il-lmwd an A nice ”,re,,,v,.ay may legal and forced the players to do.,,.m, Gnu, and whm,,,.k. ll: OVCT HEHln- Bob Bowm-as scored for Hall- After several false TRCE-Oflslfnx during H", ms, 20 minum; Gustav:-son not the puck beck loiwiiii .1 25 foot hack-hnndcr iiiiii ikvhitlock. The Islnii:ei's dbl&lC:t:d;ho;,( A1 Minm-. their Halifnx opponcn ' an I - llock scurried around the defence. He fired a shot from the side that was knocked down in front and

l,KlllL', llurzliio Criniphcll and Billy ll-Tnrd were the miirksmen. Crimp- hell got credit for his goal when

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Gustaveson was Johnny on theiMM d' spot to hang the disc into thcl . . . . twincs.

Crowd Goes Wild 1' w 1, 1 iv A mg,

The crowd went wild and before Halifax 42 25 14 2 170 145 52 matters were calmed an outbreak Clftmvn. 42 21 21 0 153 126 42 loccurrcd between Joe LcPine and Sydney . 43 20 23 0 117 142 40 la fan. No blows were struck or Glace Bay . 43,17 23 2125 143 38 i

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The Old Year is gone. His scythe held at a jaunty angle, he trudged

into the mysterious realm of past memories with a chorus of well wlshm ringing in his ears . . the year is dying in the night, ring out wild bells and let him die, The old Man of 1952 was somewhat of a dramatist. He set the stage to his liking be- fore taking off. No drab, mud spat.- tered Kingdom did he leave be- hind..! but a land clean, white and beautiful in the moon's cold light . 'the flying cloud the frosty in true poetic form. U 0 I

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I for one hated to see him go. True. as the last days of his reign waned, he lashed out in the pre- dawn hours on Sunday morning with a vicious snow storm that lilocked highways and tied up traf- fic but that was to show that there was a kick still left in the old man and to make us realize that he wasnt good all year just because he couldn't raise enough steam to be otherwise. The year of 1959. will go down in the history of this prov- ince as one of good crops, good harvesting weather, good prices and good hunting. This columnist does not remember a summer and fall just like it. Most of our rainfall came at night and did not inter- fere with pleasure jaunts or work on the land. It's summers like the one just passed that make us rea- lize how fortunate we are to be living on such a beautiful and pleasant Isle.

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Summer was a succession of rosy dawns and afternoons when the sun sparkled on blue wavelets and the warm, white beaches beckoned. October's days passed like a dream . . . the countryside in checker board of red and gold with a background of white dunes and blue water stretching to the horizon . . , ro- veys of brown birds hurling sky- ward . . . the challenging crow of cock pheasants echoing from wood- lot and swale . . squadrons or

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.in the Islanders 5-4 victory over the Halifax Atlantlcs last night.