NOVEMBER 7. 1953 Back Stretch
Continued from page 0 735,919. Milne 3224.140, Ohio 511,412, Delaware 3100.331 and cntucky 873,914. The lath state. iorids. only got into harness rac- g this year with the opening of he Ponce de Leon Raceway north 1 St. Auslutine.
-1-he above from the New York '1mes and similar articles will give 1 idea of the hullabaloo kicked p by the death of one man at oiikers. No doubt it will die off ow that the. elections are over. giiiile all the preceding statements we reference to pari-mutuel bet-
n: on harness racing, far greater aiiinunts are being bet on the run- ners in New York State and in gpieral other states where such ((11? of racing is legal. of course the state gets its share every time Eillll the tracks have to pay for the cost of plant, the big purses in:-v put out and all otha ex-
es It boils down to the fact only a few tracks are real -1. ' makers and they are locat-
l ::i the large centres.
One of the but friends of hair- was racing in this city has left us LO take a position as manager Ji the Canadian National Hotel in 9' John's, Newfoundland. Mr. ..nriuii Foster who for several (M has been manager 01” the 'nrioi.tetown Hotel. made a host Jr rriends while here in that cap- Hr”ii' and all deeply regret his lm..ng, but are pleased with his
iiimilon. Our horsemen friends
Veiifoundland if they decide to id tlielr race track and feat-
iv events there. will find Mr. and 11' Foster greatly interested. Mr. mi Mrs. Foster were mostly ac-
anled by guests on race
s and manly of these people
ssed liarnieu racing for the
time and thereby greater in- : est was created in the sport. In .-1.: capacity as manager of the howl Mr. Foster's retentive mem- 3 for facm and his happy and : 'ere greeting did much tomake l. '. hotel the popular hostel it is. We wish him and his wife and family the best of health and pI'()3:)e'l'iLy in their new environ- men .
George R. MacDonald, one of our own Islanders now located in Boston, Mass.. and a visitor here each year, has sent us a clipping
recent date. The article tells the story of Prof. A. .4. Rhulsnd. the celebrated horse trainer that ar- rived at Stoneham, Mass. when a village some fifty years ago and gave an exhibition of training A horse and educating a oolt. He announced that his method was easily understood. "There was no chugging. Every man can learn the secret and therefore master the most vicious horse and teach iilm to be docile in a few -weeks Every horse can be taught to stand still at the appeannce of I train. Therefore it would be ad- visable to famiers to learn the proper knowledge of training their horses and by so doing save many a fine carriage or a nice sleigh from demolition." The Professoi-'s son, Robert Rhuland. is now a farmer in the vicinity of Stone- ham and one of the men pruent at the demonstrations by Prof. Rhuland fifty years ago was Fred Ch-urchill, now 94 years old and the only racing man left from the gentry who' indulged in the sport oi horse racing about half a cen- fury ago at stoneham.
He bought his first horse in 1876 ior 835. and gradually increased the number until he had a livery stable of 35 horses in Melrose. Mass. He owned and drove quite a number of race horses over the ice and at the smaller tracks Since then great changes have taken place. Gone are those pleas- ant iziiims and the horse fanclers also have departed. There remains only Fred Churchill and Professor Rhulanids farm occupied by his son, A. A. Rhuland. Getting back to Prof. Rhuland and his method of breaking horses there is no question but ti:-t he was tops in that line. He developed a method or breaking spirited horses from the bit and bridle. One example quoted was it mare owned by Jim Latta that no one could ride and had broken more carriages and caused I re damage than any other horse in the country until Prof. Rhuland took charge That was after Jim Ls.tta's mare went over a stone wall, shattering I Sheldon carriage to pieces of kindling wood. After five weeks under Prof. Rhuia.nd's care Jim Latta's mare no longer kicked the stars out of the slay. and Jim used to put on his silk hat and good clothes to drive to church.
The writer as a young boy was around horses quite a bit and re-
froin the Srtoneham. Mass. Press of
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whose name I cannot recall, came to S-ou.ris East and gave demon- strations and of what he could do with unbroken and umnungsabie horses. Horses were brought in from several parts of the country and stahled at the barn near the house where I was living. The professor would shoo everybody :- way. close the doors and go into the fractious honsels stall for a few minutes, put a bridle on the an- imal and bring it out apparently quite conquered. There was no question about his methods. they were successful but we never knew Just what the horses acted like after they were turned back to the owners. In the early 1890'! and previously quite a number of gypsy horse traders came to the province and they too seemed to have the art of subduing the frac- tious horses. As a boy at Hughes' drug store we were called on quite often to supply them with Oil of Rhodium. and we believe it was that oil which the gypw had on his hand and rubbed over the horse's nose that had the quieting effect. The some oil was also used for baiting tmps and tiny little vials containing about sixty drops were sold for a dollar.
Racing is still going strong in the Pine Tree circuit in Maine and if the weather remains good it will continue pomlbly until mid- November with Lewiston and Cum- berland to provide the final racing of the year. By many this season is considered one of the best and certainly the best for late cam- paigning in several years in the potato state Now that the dam- age has been assessed the recent fire at Richelieu Park Raceway on the outskirts of Montreal is con- sidered one of the worst that ever hlt harneu racing. No less than 23 horses were destroyed, five of the eight stables, the entire grand stand and the pari-mutuel depart- ment. Hardest hit was Vic Lut- man of Toronto, who lost all of his six-horse stable. Others whose losses were extreme were Bil1Har- vey, who shipped from Foxboro to Richelieu. some effort has been made at Blue Bonnets to help the horsemen but it would take a lot of money to make up for their losses.
one of the most popular horse- men ln the mid-west died recently in the person of Theophvllls A. Hllt or S-endusky, Ohio. The day pre- vious to his death he saw his pacer Theo. A. Abbe 2.01 2-5 win the Free For All Pace at Lancas- ter, Ohio. Mr.'Hiilt had been rac- ing horses for upwards of forty years. His fastest performer was Theo. Guy 100. For many years his stable wu ceinpalgnod by the late 1-lump Morrison and Ernie Mdrsgue and the writer knew Hump very well in our campaigns at Dufferin track and Mount Clements. Ernie will recall El Verso 2.06 very well and probably others that I have forgotten.
Algiers 1.58 4-5, one of the best bred horses in the world and one of the greatest rue horses of his day, is now the sole pi-operw of Gcinesmy Pu-m. Lexington, Ken- tucky. Clarence Gaines having purchased the half interest previ- ously held by Walnut Hall Farm. When he was sold to them in 1947 they paid 570,000 but he hasnt pimved the success in the stud that was hoped for and the average of his get this season was in the vic- inity of 52500. Perhaps in the new environment and with access to differently bred mares he may become a splendid sire. On the other hand the pacer King's Coun- sel 1.58 is doing real well in the stud at Gaineaway Farm. Just recently at a record meet in Springfield, Ill. the two-year-old by him, City Counsel, took a re- cord of 2.02 3-5.
Maritime homes continue to win a goodlohsre of the racing hams: at Blue Bonnets track, Montreal. Here are the results since our last Back Stretch-Third race. 0 Pace: Futuramic (J. MacDonald) 1, time 2.24 1-5. Owner, mil Phalan, Syd- ney; sth race, C Pace: Globetrot- ter (R. MacDonald) 1, owner Har- ry H11-gah, sydiney; Volon (D. Ratchford) 3, owner Jabalee. North Sydney. Time. 2. 4-5; 9th race. C Pace: Ohio Hal (J. Mac- Donald) 1. time 2.23 3-5, owner, Sydney Sporting Club. Fourth Race, C0 Pace: Prince Mnplecroft (W. Carroll) 2, time 2.18 4-6. own- er R. J. Logue: 6th race, CC Pace: Crusader Chief (W. Lewis) 3, time 2.17 4-5. owner, A. L. Cad- egan. Glace Bay. sixth Race, CC Trot: Flaxsccvtt (R. MacDonald) 2, time 2.11 4-5, owner, PJ. Cadegan, Glace Bay, 7th Race, C Pace: Miss Judy Hsi (W. Lewis) 3, tlirie 2.14 3-6, owner, William Young. Little Bras d'Or; CC Pace: Vanguard (D. Johnston) 2. time 2.09 1-5, owner, Duncan A. Mncbonnld, Sydney. Seventh Race, C Pace: Volon (D. Ratchford) 1, time 2.16. owner Richard Jabalee. Third Race, C Trot: Loretta Lee (W. Lewis) 2, time 2.20. owner, Angus Morrison, Glace Day; 15th Race. CC Pace: Vanguard (D. Joluistfm) 1. time 15'! 4-5, owner, Duncan .4. Mac- Donald: 'lth Race, OC Pace: Prince Mapiocroft. (W. Carroll) 1, time, 2.13 4-5. owner. R, J. Logile; 8th Race. CC Pace: (Vanguard (D.
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OTTAWA, (CP)-The farmer's "parliament" opens a three-day ann-ual session here Nov. 33. This will mark the 15th annual meeting of the federal-provincial agricultural conference-a time when the farmer's problems are thoroughly examined and an at- tempt made to forecast what lies ahead. I Agricultural Minister Gardinerl will attend, along with provinciali agricultural ministers, their depu-i ties and a host of officials, along with representatives of the Cana- dian Federation of Agriculture.
They will probe into Canadals grain problems, examine the wheat storage situation. add up to the farmer's income and find out how he stands in the economy and likely express some outspoken views of federal policy.
Chairman will be A. M. Shaw, chalrma:n of the federal prices- support board and veteran farm expert who has presided at all previous conference meetings.
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J. E. Devine. Charlottetown, P. E. I.
Branch Office Bank. of Nova Scotia Bldg., Charlottetown, P. E. L
George K. McKnight, Branch Manager. Representatives
Clifford 0. Ellis, O'Leai'y, P. E. 1. E. H. Monkley, Summerside
Raymond Gallant, Rustico, P. E. I. John E. Cook, Belle River, P. E. I. John W. Crosby, Cornwall, P. E. I.
a. blue candle that Fiiy lighted the gloom, flicked across
an opening and vanished in the shadows. Minutes later the No- vember night, dark, damp and sil- ent, closed in and took over.
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Duck hunters view with Jaun- cliicecl eye the immense "rafts" of close packed black ducks that lie well out in our bays and estuaries. They feed, rest or allow them- selves to be rocked to sleep by the undulating tide as the spirlti incves them Gunners are wishing for rough snow squalls and winds of gale force to break up the con- centrations. There is no scarcity of black ducks at present but not many are being bagged by hunt- ers. For some reason best known to themselves the blacks com- menioed movihg to salt water the last week in September. Whether this proceedure will become arheblt remains to be seen and their ac- tions in this regard will be watch- ed closely next year.
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Wildgeese rank top llfiotiivy 0" the hunter's list. some flocks con- Lmue to patronize stubble fields but the bulk of the birds appear to favour the eel grass beds. May- be when the real rough weather sets in the off shore concentra- tions will break up. Geese BJVPCHT to get the breaks on many OC- casiom. Whether itsbecause the hunters are thrown off balance by the approach of a flock or as the old saying goes they have "the luck of the Irish” is the question.
Methinks it's ii. mixture of both. I I 0
Last week four hunters rigged out in a stubble field for geese. A two-hour wait with nothing to show for it was too much for two of the quartette and they moved out of the blind and hied them- selves to the shelter of a nearby wood. Suddreniy the two hunters who remained in the blind were awakened from a dose by a flock that wafted silently in from be- hind. The flist intimation they had that geese were near was the rushing beat of wings close over head aiul big black and white birds were a few feet above the stool of decoys. "Let them light. let them light" cautioned one. The old gander must have heard the whis- per-ed instructions for the flock had barely touched the stubble with their toes then they were off again. Hurrled, discoricei-ted shots rang out and one goose dropped back to the ground. This bird started to flap off and our two worthies in their haste to crawl through a. barbed wire fence got, hopelessly entangled in the barbs . . . and the goose become air borne once more and escaped. That's the way to do it boys... box yourselves in behind barbed wire.
Johnston) 1, time, 2.13, owiner, Duncan A. MacDonald. First Race, C Trot: Cobblestone (D. MacDon- ald) 3, time 2.15; owner, PJ. Cad- cgan: 5th Race. C Pace: MissiJudy Hal (W. Lewis) 1. time 2.14 2-5, owner William Young: Dth Race. 0 Pace: Joan Chief (R. MacDon- aid) 1. time 2.11 1-5, owner, Harry Hirsch.
Glahcing over the above you will note that Cape Breton owned horses with Cape Breton drivers won nine firsts. four seconds and four thirds in a. week's racing at Blue Bonnets. we consider it more than a good showing. in fact it really surprised us when we made up the totals. Our congratu- lations in both owners and driv- era. which we are sure will be voiced by all Maritlmezs.
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