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Earl ARI!‘ 0! Woodstock, 8.3., bought Brevq Arion 2.07 for $430 at an auction sale of horses held in uwiston, Maine. last week. This er started in fourtem events in 1984. winning one.‘ This meson he has been more successful, heading ppvcra‘. summaries in the state of Maine and taking a new lace rec- ord of 2.07. He is six years old, by Anon Guy 1.50 1-2 out of a very high alas mare. Be is eligibl. to the 2.15 pace and should be a worthy opponent for the horses of that class now in the Maritimes.

On the same day at the same place Billy Hood bought Braden Custzr 2.04 l-A for 8500. Braden Custer started nine time; in 1934 and was three times first. He is eligible to the 2.17 class pace.

Walter C, Thompson of Halifax. whose name has figured as- the dw-ncl- of several good horses the past few years, as disposed of prac- ticaly ail of his holdings. Bonnie Cameron 2.10 1-2, leading money winning trotter in the Mariiimes last season, is now owned by Harry BYLlilChBId, Canning, NB. The for- mer iree-for-alier, Ruby P. 2.04%, joint holder of the Maritime race record but now in the brood mare ranks, was sold to Daniel Young, Barrington, NB.

Belle Aubrey 2.17 and Jim Brit- ton were sold to L. Ross. Port Wil- liam, 11.5., and J. McDonald, Elms- dale, 145., respectively. 1t. is to‘ be hoped that Mr. Thompson's retire- ment from the turf is on‘y a tem- porary one, as he is the kind of mun secretaries like to deal with and owners to race 0.381115%-

The Maritime pacing race record o! 2.04% was made over Frederic- ton race track by single G: 1.58%. B05510 McKyIo 2.01%. Billy Strath- more 2.04. Janette Royal 2.04%. and as stated above, Ruby P. 2.04%. The nearest performance to the above on Maritime tracks is the 2.05% of Toll Gate made over Charlottetown track August. 1994-

Jimmie Power, well-known taxi man. ha". sold his pacing mare Win- _ lilo Winkle 2.12 1-2 to 5am Grady. .112, of sussex, NB. He also disobe- (‘ii of the three-yesr-old Temple icamuclcto Stanley nouston. North lfllstieo, 9.1M. To fill part of the raid in the stable by the depart- ure of these animals, he has pur- chased from Keith Bwwell, Vic- ioria. the five months old colt by Pair Vclo 2.07 out of Miss Possibil- ity an 1-2. This little chap is nice- ly broken and gives every appeal‘- ance of being a top-notcher when he acquires more age.

Prior to 1935 not a siniflfl "W" year-old gelding had raced in 2.10 on a hslf-mfe track. but this ceas- on two accomplished that feat. Wm racing in Ohio.

The threc-year-old trotting filly Hanover Busybody 2-08 3-4. film" fled the latter pert of her eogno- rncn by taking pert in sixteen races this season. It was in the four-

teenth that she secured her record. a migty good one for a three- year-old over a hair-mile t-raok- 911B must be tough tool

Ernie McTague was a great friend of “Dac" Vail when racin"; 0V" u" icc at Toronto and Mount Clements the season of 1922-24. The "D00 was the owner of Miss Beiwin. l fast but erratic peccr. That Home Vail entered ‘Miss Beiwin in the Kalamazoo Derby. 0111* 5259m- and to the delight of his Island friend won a heat and a Earse Vi" oi the purse, Miss Belwin takini l record of 2.02 1-4.

Two years afterwards Doc Por- shull took the broken down PM" counterpart in hand and electrified tu- horse world by winning the 525.000. Kalamazoo Derby. best time 2.02 l-4. This season counterwin by counterpart out of Mia" Bcl- win, was en's of the 800d PM?" over the Ohio half-mile tracks, ac- ounting for seven firsts out of eel/O“ starts and taking a record of 11W-

Louis Guy war‘ one of the toulh" ct tioiters over eastern half-mil‘ tracks in’ less with Harry Btu-iii in the driver's seat. A few years aso lie started out as a threeweer-oki and looked lik- an unusually cili- sble trotter. After reveral victcies. including s wii-nin the obi GOV- iimor‘s cup in the good t e 1.0a 3-4 for a tbree-year-oid We! l half-mile track, he started to ild~ away and was retired. Th0 Prison was bruised heals.

The fcllowingisesson he was out out to pasture. The next year hii was taken up and raced If a pacer. informing with crest ability over ih- half-mile and mile tracks. end- hs up with a record o’ 2.0a l4-

. This season he was put back 0h ~ iie trot and scord many victories. ‘m Ki" An idea of the em he Manes it may be said that at “ow-y. ocna. he won-in not 2-4. ' "W track » itiug record, and 1i "wk. Pa e hung up another WW reccrdyp $00. , ‘

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sire Anderson Wilkes and .159 hi; dam, were strongly pacing bred, The dam of Single Patcheh is the pacing mare Ruth Patchen 2.1a 1-4

the PM" Midget by Search 1118M 2.08 _1-4,, a. champion pacer of a decade ago.

All this doubling up of paging blood curiously enough has result. ed in a gocd trottcr. It is one of nature: secrets which she keeps to herso f. why this la so; probably w- counting for the dictum "Thus far shat thou go and no farther."

0h, we almost forgot to mention that Sinai: Patchen 2.07 1-2 trot- ting, has a full sister Single Sis 2.08 (half-mile track) that does nothing but pace.

Keeping up our flow of curiosities in the horse world and the baffling, deep and Ltiden mysteries of birth and reproduction, brings us back again to an itcrn which appeared

these columns a couple o‘ weeks ego, of the death of the once not- ed trott/cr Lotta 2.08 1-4. raced on the Grand Circuit by the wizard of the sulky. Myron McHenry. for the £119" Pcliular actr:s:, Lotta Crab- :ee.

Well, here is a lea! freak. ‘Lotta 2.08 1-4 had for her dam a twelve hand Shetland pony. She opened her eyes on th: farm of the late J. P. Crater. one of the wealthiest patrons of the harness horse sport and one time owner of some of the greatest trottzrs on the American turf, such as High Noon 2.02 3-4. now in the stud at Walnut Hall Farm. Flreglow (2) 2.04. considered by many the greatest two-year-old that ever lived but whose career was cut short by an untimely death, Adam (2) 2.07 and others.

He was a most determined man‘

head nothing could deter him from his purpose. The mating of the trotting sta‘llon with the Shetland pony mare we." an idea of his own and he carried it out, contending that the resultant product would be a good trottcr and she was.

By the way. John P. Croaier was a toiizh kind of man tn meet in the auction ring, providing your will clashed with his. That is to say if you wanted a horse that Mr. Crozier also wanted the sky was pretty near the limit before he could be backed off.

In 1024 he intruoted his agent to purchase Tillie Brooke 1.59 at the Old Glory, but when she reach- ed $18,000 that gntieman retired and Tillie lac-coke went to Walnut Hal‘. Farm. Mr. Crczier was p ty cross about the matter and at he next sale. when he decided to buy Adam (Z) 2.07. ha appelrcd in P?!“ son. There were many of the same mind. bllt a final jump of $2.000 from $15,000 to 817 000 scared away the opposition and Mr. Crozier left the field triumphant.

other instances of high price. paid by him wfre $9.000 aha $6.- 000 for Miazi and Firegiow as yearl- ings. 0n his death three years ago his entire holdings were disposed of and Adam (2) 2.07 was bought for export to Gcnneny. when he is now in the stud.

The crack juvrnilp filly of the Western United States is Mary Martin, record 2.00 2-4 over a half- miie track. Mary is said to be a dainty little thing with truly

ranch and for the first year and a heli of her existmce ran out on the great open spaces, no doub‘ gaining consideralfe toughnvs therefrom. Numeroln offers-are being made for her by owners on the look out for Grand Circuit stars.

Charlfs P. Barrett. Park Hill. Oll- tario, owner of the late lamented Grawan Royal 2.00 1-4. ‘ounder of the famous Gnttan family in 0n- tario, has sold his sentational four- vear-old pacer Governor Grattsn 2.0a 1-4. winner of nine out of eleven ,g,m mm season. to a patron of m.» Sol Lyman stable, Syracuse. N31. Trainer Sol has had eon-id- arable exec-fence with the Grlttefi vows! trib‘. having raced five or six of them with marked success.

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In Lineup

Of Maroons.

(By GuIrdil-IIFI 5N0!!! Wire)

Montreal Maroons and New York Americans face o tough week-end along tho National Hockey League front figurine tn both tonight's games then travelling immediately after to take part in two of the ;hree games scheduled Sunday night. '

All even in their season's series with one victory each Maroons and Canadians meet tonight both need- lng a win if they‘ are to keep within reach of Americans and Toronto who clash in the Ontario city in the first of Americana’ two week-end games. Maroons lb to Detroit and Americans to Chicago for Sunday night games.

Maroons and Americans will be battling for second place in the League's Canadian section with Ma- roons now trailing theNew Yorkers by one point and Canadiens in last place the same margin behind Ma- z-oons. Toronto has a "four-point lead at the top of the group and the best Americans can do is tie them by winning both week-end games,

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Boston travel to New York for a meeting with Rangers Sunday to complete the week-end schedule,

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BOSTON, Dec. 20.-'f‘ony Bhucc clever Boston Italian, put on i blazing finish to gain a draw with hind-punching Al McCoy, Hench- Cnnadian star. tonight in a bruising lz-round bout at Boston Garden,

The deadlock enabled Shucco to, retain his New England light heavy. weight and heavyweight titles. no weighed 177 and McCoy 174.

Ruse Franlcie Connelly of Boston, protege of former world champion, Jack Bharkey, scored a technical knockout over Jimmy Marriott of Oklahoma in the third round or c. Preliminary eight‘ rounder. Con- nolly. weighing 237%, pounded Mer. rlott at will throughout the bout. which was stooped when the Okla- himiiili. who weighed 202, received a bad cut over the eye.

land middleweight champion, slug. ged out adecislon over John An- defsim. 172. of Sweden. Jimmy-Fantlni, res. New York. was awarded a technical knockout over Sedgewiok Harvey. 188, New. York, former Golden Glover and United States amateur champion, in the fourth round of a six-round.

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Bulldogs And- Tecumsehs Play, Scoreless Tie,

(By The Canadian Press)

All the scoring in the Interna- iiimll 300KB? Leablle took place at Pittsburgh where the Shamrocks won 6-5 on Nick Wasnies goal in i319 155i? tWo minutes of a. wide-open free scoring game with the lucklggg Rochester Cardinals in a battle o1 the League's tflll-Elldfifflq <

It was Pittsburgh's fourth wilt-cf -the season and the management an. nounced there would be a drastic shakeup of the team unless an 1m- Drovem t was shown. President R. L. abcock took charge person. ally after the game ousting general mflflflifer Larry Weloh. t

In the only other game scheduled London batt'ed through 70 minuta; to a scoreless tie with Windsor 311115038 as the defences proved mo strong for the sniping bi‘l'gade. The same saw five former lvlariiime "Big 5'01"" Dlflycre in action as Owen Lennon. Hay Getlifle and Walter Bfenncman lined up with London flsainst Duke’ McDonald and Aubrey Webster on the Windsor team,

“"6 °t W’ 111W"? of Axworthy 2.15 1-2, founde, of, the Akworzhy family. In the ember "Harness Horse" John Hervey says: "ham. ining the catalogue of the 01d Glory Bale. 1 find that it contains 283 numbers, of which the, gut seventeen sires are listed for reg. erencs. Taking mg pug mg, m Order. 1 find that 44 of them are either direct or indirect descend- ants of Axworthy. Turning than to the last. fifty oifcrinss I flnd thl 42 of them are as weilxThus, 10o horses taken at random from this 1985 catalogue, no 1Q than ae carry the blood of Plifllcn- itor that brought the break- ing price at the first melt trotting auction ever held. that o! c1 years ago. "

he stallion referred to was Ken- tucky Princegroid at tiflflrst Old Glory of 1070, for 810.100. His dllllfvbie Marguerite was mated with Ax ll 2.12 and from that mat- ing was born Airwortiiy in ‘i802.

J00! Whitehead of Kaneinltml is now the. owner‘ of Mac Volo 2.12 l-l and will race the son of Roy Voio 2.0a 1-4 cvwtbc ios this Qlfic- '

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tthc other teams in the league. the league is assured.

ND SPEAKING of rivalry last night's Ahbies-Royale game produced plenty of it. Right from the opening whistle feeling ran high between the. two squads and it can be taken for granted that future games will in no way lessen it. Bodying last nigh, had plenty of vim behind it and the boys were so zealous in their ef- forts that. fifteen hockeyists took rests in “sinn:r's pen.” I U

TEWARTB BAKERY Quakers and Holmnns and the Superiors are the City

League teams that go into action

tonight in the doubleheader bill at

the Forum. Both games should produce action aplenty as each squad will be seeking their second

vic;ory in three starts and a

chance of going into a tie with the

league-leading Bankers. The open-

er is scheduled for 8 o'clock with

the second- game taking place at l0. l U O

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'1‘. AVARDB midget Beavers are soon to make their ance. Of late Dreparavfons

have been underway in getting the

squad organized and the team will begin practice sessions in the near future. Not to be ouidone by the other midget teams the Beavers are to be outfitted in natty red, white and blue uniforms and with their advent into the league with

Canadiens, Rangers and Maple

Leafs; increased interest should be

manifested in the games between

the youngsters.

O O O

VIDENTLY THREAT of release by the club was the tonic needed by Frankie LeBlane to pep up his hockey. LeBlanc, for- mer Dslhousie ace but now with

Montreal Royals, had been a

chronic bench-warmer for the

Montreal Senior Group team up to

two weeks ago; failure to hit his

stride had Royals, officials serious- ly considering letting the Maritime boy go when he suddenly regained his old wizardry and ever since has been the main scoring threat of the

Penniswn pack. Now his position

is secure and the block-haired Le-

Blanc is the toast of Senior Group

followers.

I O N A RECENT game against Vic- tories LeBlanc scored two goals in s team's 4-1 victory and a Monti-cl sports scribe de- scribed his efforts with fhe follow- ing: I O O

" l-IEMANWHOhasbeencar- rying the royal mail for the Royals is Frankie LeBlanc. He

usually knocks twice. He didn't fail his clients last night, scoring twice and lending able assistance in sn- other tsily as the Champs took an- other fail out ‘offlliftorins.

" HE BLACK-HARM) ml-flciln from the Maritimee seems to b9 setting himself to show the

folks some hockey legerdemain, if

recent performances oount- for any- thing. Bis defence dodging last night sort of stole the show and his twine lvulgers in the second

and third periods made it a walk- ovr for tbs Psnnistco Pat."

NY DOUBT THAT might have existed as to the ‘strength of this year's Junior Abbie hockey squad was certainly dispelled last night at the Forum when the red and black shirted crew of Harry Rich-

. Even though defeated and at times

badly outplayed the Abbies showed great premise and ~will have to be

reckoned with in the coming league gamcs. Las. night marked the first appearance of the majority of them in an organized game and nervous- ~nese was bound to affect thelr- play. Also with over thirty aspirans for the team practice sessions have been mainly devoted. to outing the size and even in the game last night the coach was forced to experiment with different combination; in order to get a line on the real ability of the players. l O O O

UT FROM NOW 0N practice sessions will be stiff work for those whose showing last night warranted a place on the team; personnel "i of the forward lines has likely been decided upon and when the

Exhibition games to date have been no "pink tea" ‘affairs. indicating that without a doubt when the boys get into league competition rivalry -wili be increased two-fold.

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Play Draw in "Test" Match

LONDON, Dec. 20.-—-England and Canada played a 7-7 drew at Earls- court tonight iu their fourth "test“ hockey match of the season.

The players of the tennis consist of natives of England and of Can- ada. All are now playing in Eng- lish leagues.

Canada led 4-2 at the end of the first period but the English tallied thrice in the second period while Canada scored only once. Each got a pair of goals in the final session-

Canadian scorers were Wilson with hree goals. Show with two, and ilkinson and Morrison. The English scorers were Chappell and Davey with two apiece. Kilpatrlck Dailley and Stlnchcombe.

Canada won the three previous test matches. One more is to be played.

Creacy Leads Golf Field

NASSAU, Bahamas, Dec. %-An expertly played round of 65 tiiat slashed ‘three strokes from par fig- ures, jumped Toni Crcacy, Albany. N. Y., into the lead today in the annual $5,000 British Colonial open golf tournament.

Creavyb spurt pushed him past Horton Smith, Oak Park, Ill., win- ner of the $2.500 top prize in the Miami Biltmore open this week. Smith's card W85 67. With smith in second place was Paul Runyan. White Plains. N. Y., who had gix threes and three fours for 30 on the par 24 out nine, only to slip coming home.

Forum

HOCKEY TONIGHT At 8

Stewart's Bakery vs. Quakers.

At 10 Superiore

. y!‘ _ ' Holmarfs. Adults 20c,

Children 10c. ‘Afternoon skate

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Four Canadian-owned thoroi-Lzb- brads have been named for the 0100.000 handicap to be run at Arcadia». Calif. Rb. 22 All the WP notch handicap performers on the continent have been nominated for the race, savored with internation- al flavor by th. entry of the Cana- dlan-owned borsesgnd twom- three Biglish breds. ‘r 3,171. seagram. winner of this year's King Plate, Canadian turf classic, nominated Btlnd Pat star