fgturday, Nov. 3. was 11... Guardian rm 7 titJNTERS' coitus; The Raven Is A Marauder

Th, economic win” .( ugy pre- tgilerllltlng the district for a month

.9 ' "inn: is Ves'I- c concen to was occur in many 3 ..'.y.i:i';" 1;; in The widely separated districts and the "wen u . powerml pl". . my; cause may be attributed. to an e- cdu,-m of m en.” mi um. bundant and easily obtained food me Now it C” "mop "4 av, supply Ravens are noted scaven- bomb on . P”. W” u. M. gen and have an uncanny knack owls and falcons. It or 40 V2311 '1 mm" "” '"'e"”"' ”I "Im- .go he economic an," d m. If a farmer hauls the carcass "W in am vmvh" Wu .H as animal that has died to his u I .m V", dwwm u u). back woodlot ravens will bedrawn raven population exceeded three I0 9" IP01 I5 If by a magnet. a CBOWB BLAMED . nvm popuhum i, am proving ' Farmers have been complaining for some years about losses cau- sed by ravens. At first crows were blamed for pecking out the ayes and destroying new born lambs. Now such acts are charged to the real culprits. This spring a in eastern Kings lost I incl 1, the urban centers. A I-mhI'thIt "F" Wu 1- the D-

bour as sblgh as 10 ravens and I do not know of one, barring an urban district. that does not

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Charlotte High Ray MacLesn. Ralph Russell

QUEEN SQUARE SCH

tnre. Another farmer on the Sou- Quota Square Ichool's' stull, Joe Arsenault. Ronnie Mac- er). I':nbF:.nTh:;Mwe:dadl:otoc?gBal: l0l:burugbyte.'l':Inutai:dwfkIledh mecgtlsei noun” Em Mat-wade im-3068-i HOW!!! 91'! III" In from It the te

for themselves although their Queen Charlotte High School

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lteam mascot Mike Duffy. Guardian

Pills

TI” 9”” R036? Blrt. proximately two thousand ravens.

School rugby team has lost only capt.)

Charlie Murphy,

one of three games so far this Macmillan.

year. 'l11ey meet Q.S.S. at the high school field this afternoon.

lips.

Second row I-r): George Phil- Doug Itold. Alan Bowness.

Front Row (l-r): Dick Matbesoa Keir Johnstone. Roger MacDonald

Billy ,Back row (I-rt: Alan Brady.

Billy lilacttenna. Moe Wood, EI-

msr Martin. Frank Dow, Bill

MacCallum. Gordon Giddings. Gurdlaa Plate

It is not unusual to see coe- centrationa oi ravens numberlll between N and 100. Recently a

boss outdoor ohserverresldlng at

Brscklq reported tn revue fre-

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'hve frigate: of the Royal Can- will visit Charlottetown November

adlan Navy's Seventh Escort Squadron. HMCS Lanarlt and II MCS Fort Erie. (Pennants 312).

3 to Novembc 5. The ships have been carrying out anti-submarine exercises with the submarine HMS

TES VISIT P. E. I.

'Astuie for the past week. Above. left. Commander W. M. Kidd. com- mander oi the Seventh Escort

.Squadron and commanding office"

of IIMCS Lanark and Command- er W. W. Maroon. commmanding officer of HMCS Fort Erie, also show- above. (RCN Photo)

Thunderbolt Descends Upon Britain's 5,000 Bookmakers

Canadian Press Staff Writer

LONDON (CF)-out of a clear sky, flawed only by the last fare- wells of of n I t:1 c it if lit-t't:"lGltJ1'll3;)9ol;: jumping o bri gee. a un er has descended on Britain's 5.000 bookmakers. some people want to

tionallse them!

That would be just about the ef- fect of a proposal now before turf chief: Fed up with losing money. racehorse owners want the hook- its .0 .235 a little In the pm. They suggest that all bets made at the track should be chInH9”9d through the "tote." or parl-mutuel machine.

Theh " would be" a "ialr and proper" commission. instead on getting all the gravy. BO0I(IEs' SCORNFUI.

The reaction was specd.V- 50 fore you could holler "S - I the fleld." a spoltesmln for one bll bookmak- summed it up:

"As far as we're concerned. the whole thing is ridiculous."

The bookies argue. briefly. that

fthey have been a part of the Brit- ish racing picture since time im- memorial: that owners in France having abolished bookies. now want them back to set I better

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grooming for a killing: and any- way the average man wouldn't be happy without' bookies.

"The proposal by the owners was made at a meeting of about a dozen people.” s leading book- maker told a reporter. "The bulk of the owners aren't in favor of it at all."

Whatever happens. in I sure thing bookies won't be easily tamed. It is probably truce that most racegoers are scntimontal about the men with the hard hats and the big cigars, and want to keep them around as a colorful and indispensable part of the rec-

- '- .. But there is a growing feeling that bookies must put more money into the sport. 0WNEllS' BIG INTEREST

Financially. the British turf is In a bad way. The owners stress that in this country. the men who race horses themselves provide about to per cent of the prim money. compared with six Per cent in France and one Per Cent in the United States.

As things stand now. beiiins is conducted through the tots. which has an annual turnover of about ss.ooo.ooo lbs.. and thronsh book- makers off and on the course.

30-Point Win Necessary For Ottawa To End 2nd

By -ma CANADIAN FRI! "Yon hut can't tell about that club,"

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co and ar doubtful 3i'.i.”...a;'.? i...';'ii'.'....'. and salt 0. K. rerginoa is troubled by 1 have U gepgrations.

an the other hand. is

whose total take is greatly in ex- msa of the pair-mutuel figure. Ap- proximately 89 per cent of the to- tal wagered on the tote is re- turned in winning bets. About 500.000 lbs. goes back into racing.

Off-the-course bookmakers on the other hand. contribute noth- ing to racing. On the course. the chief bookie of any one firm pays four times the normal admission price. His two or three clerks get in for the same fee as the spec- tators.

Representatives of bookmakers. aware of the discrepancy. are dis- cussing the matter with the jockey club. racing associa- tions and government do- partments. Meanwhile. they say they don't think it is timr-ly' for owners to put forward "their own petty claims" to a bigger share of the racing melon.

OBSERVER SOLD

PEMBROKE. Ont. (CF) - The Pembroke Observer has been sold to the Thomson newsps inter- ests. it was anno Friday. The Observer. established in 1355. will be taken over Nov. 1).

N.H.L. SCORING

G. A. Pts. Lindsay, Detroit ....t I 12 Bellveau. Montreal .. 6 I 11 Howe. Detroit . . . . . .. 4 7 ll Sloan. Toronto . . . . .. 4 5 9 Armstrong. Toronto .. 3 5 Harvey. Montreal 0 I B Uliman. Detroit s

LEADERS

STANDING: Detroit. won 5. lost 1. tied 2; Toronto. won 4. lost I. tied 4; Points, I2

POINTS: Lindsay. Detroit. 12

GOALS: Beliveau. Montreal, 1

ASSISTS: Lindsay, Detroit: Har- vey. Montreal. I

SHUTOUTS: Plante, Montreal and Worslcy. New York. 2

PENALTIES: Beliveau. Mont- real. 3 minutes.

STANDING!

P W I. T F A Pia. Detroit I 5 I 2 25 I5 I2 Toronto 9 414 27 ll 12 NewYork.8ts1l6ll9 Boston I I 31821 9 Montreal 9 8 5 1 I0 is 7 Chicago D I 7 1 12 25 8

the weatherman helps I I deliver your TIJIIIGCG

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. a fourth covey of nine wiped out

5i ed in a huddle on a bare patch

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they were not active in their move ments. They were attacked by ravens and when the farmer found them both were lying on their sides with the eye and flesh on one side of the head pecked away. Both were still living and had to be destroyed immediately.

Another. farmer its the south- port district had a quarter grows gosilng killed by what he first thotltll to be ac row. This par- ticular raven made the mistake of raiding the Southport farmer the man who swings g men Ithlca. We have shot together and the Winchester and Ithica 11 gauges have prettty been competi- tion. A long shot broke the raven'I wing and dropped him back in the pen when he attempted a get-a way. The black rascal blamed the old gander for his mishap Ind--was chasing him all around the pea when the farmer hurried to his rescue "He had a beak as hard as a pick axe" was the farmer's comment.

DEPLETE iwNs...'... . .. I could go on for pages recoun- llnl the farmers' losses but wish to draw the attention of sports men for a moment to the effect ravens have had on our Hurt and pheasant population during the past severe winter. From what I can gather I feel confident lII' asserting that ravens were re-, sponsible for the deaths of hun- dreds of Huns and pheasants last winter. I feel the loss could safely be enumerated in the thousands. I have information from the farmers themselves that three co- vies of Huns were decimated and

completely by ravens at East Point. Albion Cross. New London and Queens Point near Grand Tracadle. Another farmer at Cove head told me ravens kept con- tinually alter a flock of '- ..i. he was feeding around his build- lugs and two hens disappeared He admitted he dId'nt actually see the ravens killing the phage. ants. I-le located the remains and feathers scattered over the snowy fields with ravens executing aen ial survey over-head. He informed me the pheasants were well fed by him and had no cause to die from lack of food.

BLACK TIIUNDIRIOLT... I The farmer at New London who tied a covey of nine Huns was watching the birds as they peck-

'of ground behind the barn. Sud- denly s raven dropped like a black thunderfolt from the blue .and pinned a Hun to the ground iin nothing flat. They eventually (wiped out the whole covey, There bwas nothing much the farmer .could do about it as they were itoo cute to allow him to get into action with a shotgun.

I have information that rabbits were killed by ravens and also know two snow plough operators who saved .a mink from a pair who had it trapped in a long deep cutting at Mlllview. The ani- mal was pretty groggy and had to make several attempts to climb out. They had to drive the

under pinning was deformed and 0!!

ravens off -as the mink made its way to the shelter of a spnice thicket They even entered the spruce after it. It was a female mink from the description. The

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is the first game of the bestol-p three series for city championship; aadtberlglsttonaeet either Al-.' berton or linnnierslde for the Is-. land title. i

Front row (I-r): Barry Costelloii Ray Malone. Harry Callashall. i Frank Bardley (capt.). Leonard. Bagnall. Vince Mulllsan. Knuckeri Richard.

Back row (I-rt: ri-ed Driscoll Y icoachi. -Brian Morris. Wayne Mac” Donald. Eugene Hayes. Dave Mac-I Minn, George Chandler. Leonard

male is larger and more rugged but knowing the raven as I do; I feel they'll tackle anything, es-' pecially if they have it at a dis- advantage. l

I am confident that the raven owing to its numbers, strength and c ' is to be numbered with the top bounty predators. fox skunk. and raccoon and as such. should be included in the bounty' class- If the Provincial Fish and Game Association would set a- side a portion of the money ear marked for the pheasant project and sponsor a dollar boiinty on- ravens during the coming winter when they can be trapped falrlyj successfully it would be money well spent.

Apart from its size the raven. may be distinguished from the crow by the rough over lapping leathers on the throat.

Reliable infromation coming to light from day to day indicates that ravens exacted a pretty grim toll from the ranks of our Huns and pheasants during the past season. When they can cause trouble to a well fed covey of Huns what can they do with one in a weakened condition at the tag end of winter?

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