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: By . BROOKS Wsbe it honor for me te be a le this sum- mary ding Mari. mares as i et" oftspring th is _ Past rac e order to’ @ our top stock, I grent for my int tion to the United States ’ Associa- tion’s Great Ri of Sires and Dams for 1965 (the edition out) and to the 19- US. Tre Association. ’ qurrent records on colts. All imformation quoted here in @omes from these official re- @ords. ve : has been the greatest datos Maritime harness gacing history. For the f ir st time in Canadian harness _his- , a stallion bred in the Mari has sired a 2:05 perform- 4 ferme ace bere coe rom the but they-were’ all, “gp until now, the products of ‘stock imported from the United - States. With the importation of

Adios - - Billy Directs - - Tar ---and King's Counsel the old sayinc. “You expect anything from a year old” has gone out the 4 Two and three year @ids were drawing the biggest _ @towds and producing the most lement in our racine cir's | his past year. The three year “Speedy Con”, -““Mir2:ni- Post’; “Shermar David” Jollity”, and “Miramichi have kept crowds it the - Maritimes—-o n ‘feet all summer rattling off. in 2:08 - - 2:09 every ; .. Good colts. yes, en'ts that @ould be 3 credit to their coun- try. their province, ‘~~ bro2d- irs, and their owners n- ~+-"‘or . under USTA jurisdiction | may race. i + I have tried to seleet the 5 top studs as shown by their this geasons performers. ! consid- * @red ‘only those stallions _ still living and in service for 1967 throughout the Maritimes. - In number ore spot, being the $- = Maritime-bred stallion in 79 to -preduce -a-2:03-pe r- r, sheuld stand ‘“Lake- with his produce ‘'Star- pacing Charlottetown in 204 35. Another “Lakeburn”

one record performer in from as mall crop racing is “Mékebun" 2:09.

In second spot and always a top producer is the 30 ye ar old chestnut son of “Caiumet Adam”, “‘Jollity”. imported

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' @rd courage to our racing scene |

- noted performers thir year |

Mr. Jollity’,” 3, 2:10 2-5; | “Jolltep”’, 2:07.

A stallion which rates a third |

Motch is the imported “King's|ramichi Lady” has only two Counsel” horse. “Fred Scott’ \foais registered in the Sires and

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the other provinces as well as New England is the Shermar Farm star, ‘‘Victory Gong’’ p, 3, 2:02 (t, TT 2, 2 12 1-5) by “Vie tory - Song’’; 1:57 3-5. and out of “Miss Abbey Morriss’” by “‘Guy Abbey”: Among his produce in- clude the two y ear old filly sen- sation of 1965, “‘Shermar Sue’’, 2, 2:11 3-5. This season’s re- duced record performers include “Shermar Bill’ 2:06.

Por brood mares, I have

again scored them according toe the USTA Sires and Dams Re-

gister for 1965. We take into |

consideration the numbers of foals of the’'dam an d the numb- er of records attributed to them.

Number one is the outstand- ing producer, ‘‘Top Notch Can” Of those foals of racing age, she has to her credit: “Royal Onyx” 2:08 1-5 by “Simcoe Hattester” “Izzie Reynard”, 2:08 35 - by

“Watchim”’; “Watch Top’’, 2:+

06 35 by “Watchim”: “P ay Roll” (no record) by. “Watchim” “Top Way’, 2:06, by “‘Ableway” “John L. Jollity’, 2:13 2-5 by “Jollity’: and “Jollitop’’, 2:07, by .“‘Jollity”’. j

Rating second ‘is “Lee's Night mare’. The foflowing are her produce: “Just Rita’, 2:1t 2-5 by “‘Abner T. Clegg’; ‘Jerry's Nightmare’’, 2:06, by “Abner T. Clegg™;-—“‘Jollity’s.. Dream”’..(no record) by ‘“‘Jollity’: ‘‘Jollity Leigh”, 2:11 1-5 by ‘“‘Jollity’; “Jean Clegg”’, 2:09 1-5 by “‘Ab- ner T. Clegg’’: “Jimmy Gal-

Jon”’, 2:10 2-5 by ‘Dean Gallon’ |

“Just Gary”. 2:05 45 by “Abn-

.er T. Clegg’ (‘Just Gary’’ has received the distinction of offi- |

cial recognition as holding the most dashes ever raced in USTA history for a 3 year period and his record is still continuing to be made); “O'Brien's Night- mare’’, 2:09 4-5 by “Hedgewood Chief’’. ;

A young mare with only two racing co'ts to her credit takes third spot in this division. ‘tMi-

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rramichi Fred” 2:05, by ‘Fred ‘| Scott” and “Miramichi Jill’, 3, {2:12, by “Frisco Hanover”. Another outstanding mare ts “Miss May Hal’’ whose racing -eolts—inelude;—__““Lord __Lake- | burn”, 2:10, by ‘“‘Lakeburn”; *Mikeburn

burn”; “May Willie Winn’’ (no fecord) by “‘Lakeburn’’; ‘“Col-

“Starburn’, 2:04 3-5 est Maritime-bred pacer on ; Maritime track in history) by

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burn” (ne record) by “Lake. , burn”’. ; ' RANKS FIFTH

Ranking fifth is another ntare with only two colts of racing age is the “Shermar Farm's” “Clever Drive’ whose three year old “Shermar .David", 2:- 09 3-5, by “Scotlane” was the fastest Maritime - bred two year old of all time in 1965 with a record of 2:11 3-5; her other colt, a two year. old this season,- “Shermar Larry” was photoed out in the P, E. I. colt stakes in 2:14 2-5.

It is with great sorrow to the breeding industry that we note the untimely death’s of such outstanding stallions, now pro- ven, as “Ableway”, ‘Down- town”, and “Post Hanover’’.

been racing and seen only limit-

Alex”’, 2:02 3-5, by “Adios” 1:57 - -, “Miss Bell Counsel” by

the best crosses for their stock. No longer will colt raising be a hit or miss affair - - a breeding of trotters to pacers etc. One can no longer afford to take the chances of a faulty cross if he

of 15 cents a ton in freight rates an Nova, Seotia coal has been disallowed this week by the board of transport commis- sioners, a board official re ported today.

railways in a tariff amend- fe filed with the board ef- fective Oct. 10.

board as being inconsistent with the Maritimes Freight Rates Act which protects the Mari- times région from’ certain rail-

way freight increases. ~ b

applied, with board approval, to Western Canada coal move- ments. ‘ _The board official said it was difficult to express the 15 cents. as an average percentage in- crease’ because of the jozens of ed service until 1967 are “Adios | different rates involvel and the various subsidies subven- tions applied to t

from breeding. Truly,

for the colts in the Maritimes and certainly as early a5 1967, records will begin to fall and new excitement will fill the rac- ing air.

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