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. H. M. slblgflan, Adolf! 158 1-3. A co e a, we“ he transferred is "voyeur-ow Gallant Heart by vowmm; 2.0a 1-4, Bind Marvel by dale 2.01 1-4 to Harry Short

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- m av ififilefnfille yzeorlds first two mill-

“t; performer. Star Pointer was med by the Tennessee pacer Brown Hal

- ‘ lute strongy built an had iglmvlsgflg of speed, but he had bad M; and legs and it took almost constant work to k691i? them 1h shapg to stand fast miles. He wore Se,“ ounce bar shoes in front lllld four ounce open shoes behind “m, a plain snaffle bit and Ray- mond check, and wore all kinds

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fle made his first up arance l; B, flvc-year-old in Ch cago in p194 and raced with succesa the reasons of 1805-96, but it was 111 the racing seasons of 1897-98 that he startled the world with record performances and Chi-Bred the two-minute list, being the first

m, world's record of 2.02 1-2 at Fort Erie, Ontario, and paced in 2:01 3-4. Shortly after he met the almost undefeated Joe Paichen in the first two minute class ever u; m, g program, but tic my, Boston, was part-loll rly 510W at that time and Pointer won in 2:03 3-4, 2:04 1-4, quite a dis- tame awe/y from the two minute goal. He set a number of track re- cords that year ranging from 2.00 i-l to 2.02 l-2. At thle Illinois 51m Fair he paced the third heat 1n 2:00 l-Z, wihich stood as a world's record for a third heat for ngarly n dozen years. His crown- lm achlevemelt for 1897 was

course his mile in 1.50 1-4 at lulldville, Mass. when the time was announced to the enormous crowd of people cheer after cheer rang out. McClal-y was hoisted on the shoulders of his friends and taken from the sullry to the stand 1nd there tendered a great oyation_

Ben White, noted colt trainer. ‘hows ll partlallty to_ the get of Guy Abbey 2.06 1-4. sire of Grey- hound 1.55 1-4 a5 he has no less than seven year-lingo by him in his stable. l-le also has seven yearilngs by Scotland 1.59 1-4, sire of his son Gibson trotting mare Rosalind 1.56 3-4.

There l5 no Old Glory sale this year. Many of the older horse- men arc perturbed b_ this as i?» was looked on as a fixture and was always held the last week in November. What recollections thoughis of it bring back to those who have attended and have seen many of the world's greatest turf performers knocked down to the high bidder. The writer was pres- ent at Madison Square Garden. when Captain

late John Richards of P. E. I. On the some day M01101‘ Todd 2.15 i-Z was sold to the late Hammond Kelly, Both 50081119 famous Maritime sires of speed- Mayor Todd being also noted as one of the best race trotters ever teen in tho Maritime Provinces.

It is a greet. many years since I earling pacer has sold for $3.809 ut at the recent Indianapolis auction Victorious Hal. full b70- ther to Cochato Hal 2.12 l-2 by l-lal Abbe 2.04 l-4, brought that iilrlire 1-ie is heavily staked and ex- bflOtitl0n5 are that he will win lliimfseif out easily barring acci- en s.

Northern stables. particularly those havirllg colt trotters. are hik- in: for Florida and in a couDle of months we will be hearing 1e- Dcrtvof good miles step d by the baby trottlera over Sem le Park. Not all the trainer-a arepartial to the Soutllland. for instance. Dr. ll. M. Parshnll prefers Plnohurst. N. C.. and Walter Cox still has lulifiit faith in Northern trained 0 .

Fonelon, a runner that had rtllrled i3 times and twelve times W35 an also-ran. smashed the old iiilx by winning on his 13th ap- pearance in a photo finish gowie, Maryland, last Saturday.

e got the biggest part of the 16.775 purse and speculators who hacked the colt won at odd; of (11169!) u) 931g

Frark G. Trott. discusinz the lack of opportunities for fast Del‘- iormers. in the Boston Sunday Glabe. mentions that Greyhound

1.55 l-4. Billy Direct 1.55 and Rosalind 1.56 3-4 have finished elr racing confers llthougn

GlWhound is to be continued in training with hi5 oll-illlo appear- nnces confined to exhibitions. Each of these three champions is sound "id in the life of trotters and vac- "5- young. The marvelous Grey- hllilnd is seven years of age. the beautiful queen six years and the grand naculz king five. Each may

ve reached the peak of speed l5 lo a mile in single harness but Each tumcd in a st 0n record oerforlnance in ther last public Wlonnance this vear.

Why. then. the retlmnent from fllmloctition? The answer is one hilt cannot hold true of any other fmii~thcre is no racing oppor- llllltv sufficiently attractive to the "filer of n champion, With but “'0 eiiceptions not since the era ‘vhfihGfhdsmibll lvrlllu 2.14 was ule worlds fastest harness horse. has kfllarmllllvn been a really profit- ln ° eflmpalgner. ‘rho record hold- m? trotters alfter Goldsmith Maid.

lch heron hel- lellm lll m1 with

at. Lilli-ell 211 1-4 Jay Bye see 1 l c s

g_10_ - _ sitated ‘the reatruct on of . .

h? gwfuggrggy 421M325“? Howards sorteado recently. “aw 2m 145w‘). um‘ Dino“ like Mlnlrih for dandruff. I . u

at~ was sold to a breeding

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Cresoous raced and urned

gathered $831’! in stakes last year but had no racing eh ement! this pas season. N ther Maud 8.. Bunol. Lou Dil- lon nor Uhlan were cam professionally champions, and Nancy Hanks did lit-tie racing. Most od Peikr Man- nlnc’! earni 1n races came be- fore he det ned Uhlan. The Dwlnk ions before Dan Patch had racing in plenty. The wonderful Dan was never raced hard because he was so superior to his field. He was a mOnEy-geg. ter as an exhibition performer. A crowd of more than 97.000 attend- ed the Minnesota sum Fair one Labor Day and Dan's owner had a. contract that called fol- 1o cents 0f 884th Dftld BAIIJIiIS-Slfm. Thgt was in the golden period of exhibition miles which. by the never as popular in New England or New York as in other loot-inn of the country.

Walter F. Found. formerly of New Laendnu, where he W35 the mfllri-‘aDi-ing 1n the New London 3891118 Club. but now located at Merced. California. writcs letter undel- date of November 30th frorn which the following is quoted.— It was real rood of you to form's-rd the Guardian to me and I read it clear through, 1n. filudin-x ads. for news of the home- land even though there have been a lot 0t chances is always of ill- terest. I notice that you mention. ed about Charlie Crummer and Guy the Tramp. I am quite well acquainted with Charlie and while at our Merced Fair chewed the fat at his stable. The Island was men- tioned and he immediately asked l! I kiWW you and other; and it developed into quite o, ‘chinfest.’ I was also interested to read the race results of that 191B Etxhlbi- tion program and to know that my old pupil Keltie was rated a winner on that date, You may not remember that I glwe him all his early training and a. mark of 2.28 1-4 at Aiberton.

"Walter F. was my first do. pendence again this yep;- lmd no has rather an enviable record of never being out of the money. In ten starts he got six firsts. was twice 4-1 and once 2-3 and 3-7, the two latter being barrier stand- ing starts and when he was sev- en h he never got away at all. He took a. mark of 2.02 3-4 in a win- ruin-g race at Stockton, Cal, and 208s into winter quarters in good Shape to meet the frce-for-allers next season. Princess Helen, 11150 owned by me, won a. couple of races and was second and third twice. Can trot around 2.06 but that is not fast enough. I am counting a lot on a coming three- War-old. Saintly Sinner. and have also a t/wo-year-old which is glet- ting her first lessons. These and e 0011916 of weanliilfls make u-p my future hopes. We hope to adlvanoe the harness horse racing interests in California. through our recent- ly formed nairnesq horse associa- tion and purpose to use the Mc- Namara barrier fcr starts in i940 as well as trying to promote some worthwhile stakes."

I am sure Walter's numerous friends in New London and vicin- ity will be Rllld to read the above. He was a whole-sculed enthusiast for the hairless horse sport and it was so infectious that others be- came almost equally interested so the New London Rliwlng Club was Oiwnized over twenty years ago and is still functioning due to fine class of men who have been connected with it through the years.

Twenty years ago Waiter Cox left his training quarters at Dover, N, Hi. to taloe charge of the train- ing of the met of Peter the Great 2.01 1-4. then premier stallion at

Laurel Hall Farm, Indianapolis, Indiana. Although two decades have passed by yet the fame of

Pieter the Great continues because of the achievements of his sons and daughters and their get. f-Ie was a. whale of a. horse and trans- mitted to his progeny intense en- em and a do or die spirit which made them ‘ifighting bosses" for the mastery in every race they took pert in.

stra to say the breeding of Peter Great was not locked on as being of the highest class,

he being sired by Pilot Medium and his dam Santos by Grand Sentinel of heri-

. but the gens nicked and the result was a super-stallion that was not ap- preciated by the millionaire breed- er J. Malcolm Fbrbes at hb farm Ponkaponk. Mass. who prefened Bingen 2.06 1-4. Peter the Great farm in Kentucky and just as he appear- ed to be under eclipse that great mare by him-Sadie Mac-appear- ed on the horizon. She made eve post a winning one and the he spring breeders wrote from all over the United States to make bookings to Peter the Great.

Horsemen all over the Maritimes will aympathizc with the well- known reinsman. Walter F. Cox of Goshen, New York. whose wife. Emma Jutney Cox was killed last Monday when the automobile ir1 which she was riding struck n. prarllcged truck near Harrirrml, New

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Famous Colt ls Destroyed '

IDS ANGELES Dec. I-El Chico, undefeated two-year-old champion of the 1938 United States racing season and pride of

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may have to be destroyed-

The colt oulled up lame aftcr a mree-furlong gallop. Examination disclosed l. .- lble broken seam- oid bone in the left forelbil- All X-ray examination was ordered.

E1 orllco won 184.100 in “Wu racea in 1938.

A aimitariy broken bone neoco-

. . Peter Manning 1.50 3-4 and Greyhound 1.55 1-4.

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out for the started spearlng his olipcnezt with punches to the head and body and a-a Shepherd knelt on his knees in his own corner hurtling into the ring to end the

Millionaires Whitewash Glace Bay_

SYDNEY, N. 5.. Dec. 1 -(CP) — Rapping in second and third period oals, Sydlu lace Bay a 3-0 whitewashlng to- night in a Cape Breton hockey lea- gue game. It was the circuit leader's sixth alraght win over Glace Bay.

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McCormack Wins From Shepherd On Knockout In 4th Round

Having far too much experience raising McConnackb hand ln toll- and punching power, Dannie Mic- Cormack middleweight

Technical

en of victory. Unable to perform owing to Doc-

of the Royal Canadian Artillery ltors orders Kid Nickemn had a

last night scored a technical ‘capable substitute in the person of ——-—_ knockout victory over game Brrnb- "NB-ah" Mxfilaollfllldb 1th d i-hfitp 9%}?! n" Am‘ er Shepherd of Cardigan in the roun sem- na u esp . e main event of the boxing card “Flash's" usual flilsressiveness he gmgzl: x staged at the Sporting Club. lost an unanimous judges’ decision A_ Memos“ 149 1B8 227

Shepherd, just as game a battle!’ to Roney Cheverile of Souris in the H_ Cruwe“ m 553 191 as ever laced cn o, pair of gloves B-round semi-final. McDonald won E. Robin 283 266 2'17 pfQved no match 1Q;- the ghflfp- only three rounds of the eight but Total-limo. shooting MCCDHYIMK. From the despite this put up a gallant- batlle _ first round on McCormack speared all thebwsyéheThlefe Wefflwléfl o“ Th.‘ his oppcnent with rights and lofts owns u arse c" 0 almost at will. Shepherd was game, saw two mitt-sllnsers throwpunch- 5' 3:33“ 1;“; 22?’; $53 to the core but a; h‘; went down es from all angles all during the w_ Halpenny 244 227 2m for a nine count midway through the scraP- J, Hughes 209 153 182 the third round it proved to be In the other llilht 0h the wfd- J. A. Bentley 200 it) 2'12 the beginning of the end. Coming Kid Murray of Bedeque tot-k a. Total—3115.

judges’ decision from Kid Crane of Cardigan in what was another Bennie Bnns handled all the bouts to the satis- faction of all while Jack Cameron and Jack Connolly were corn and Dr. F. C. Dcugan acting as timers.

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Miners Gain

Victory

Over Wolves

HALIFAX, Dec. I —<CP) —Norlh Sydney Miners. second- lace tcalm in the Ca. e Breton ccl fery league, -2 win over Halifax Wol- ves tonight in an exhibition hockey

Eame- . The Cape Breton team leaped 1n-

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BOWLING RESULTS

HOLY NAME BOWLING Big Four lcague:

High Single, E. Robin 283. High Three, E. Robin 836 Next {lune In this League Mon- day n15 t at 9 o'clock. Five Aces vs. All Stars.

259. W580i! Hlsh Three, 0 .LeCla.l.r Giants: T. McAdam 165 165 166 E Mitchell 121 202 201 B MoCabe 141 161 179 M. Walsh 15o 105 141 D Cullen 129 126 174 T0tal—2340. llumbugs C Pineau 173 31.; M McLellan 90 165 i8’! M Blown 100 12'! 102 .1 McLeod 1:14 19o 15s E Carley 15o 187 15a Total-MM. Ladies High Single, n. Mitchell Ladies High ‘Three, E. Mitchell

0. Cont; High Single, C. Pineau “gents High Three, C. Pineau

Hockey League Will Open On

December 8th

With the withdrawal of the Rangers from the Commercial- Scrvlce League and their places taken by an Army team, the fol- lowing schedule with accompany’- ing rules was dralvll up last night at a meeting of team representa- tives held in the R.C.N.V.f.. Bar-

MIXIJD LEAGUE Spuds: V. Pineau 164 224 186 L. Corooran 240 2A7 189 M. Dougan 151 119 134 G. Hughes 100 108 134 F Flynn 118 107 136 G Mclnnis '19 130 130 Total-Willi. Pals: G. Toombs 250 1'13 210 F‘. McCarville 159 1B0 109 E. Connors 1'16 146 171 S. Mallett 105 168 ‘.63 F. Martin 173 141 172 J. Kirwin 79 1'10 150 Total—-2895.

nLadies I-Ilgi. Single, E, Connors

B. Ladies High ‘Three, E Connors

cellar tcam. to a. one -goal lead in the first per- 493_ mfieé £23521 OilTEw-Ei’ 102F955 lfiiuilidtifiieélelhifii ‘ilé“ll§}§..§i‘.‘i; “m” mg“ Sm”- °~ T°°““°‘ . . ' ‘ e . 250. gorgntlitigclgnlygvérgcagéixnaénfleaigg most of the last period. 67:339.,“ High inn-m 1L col-coral, side. ' All Sydney's goals were scored _ when Glace Bay had men in the B T k Early Birds’ pmmy b“ EGVEFS a E r‘ Slocofnbe 187 19a m C. icClair 259 17B 212 . A Garrett 81 1041 146 F. Sinnot 158 151 125 HOCkQY PTaCtlC€ g r. pougllll 138 13a loa __ 5 3 Victor T°“““‘°' _ . Hoskey pirafiioes améor 50);}?! y TiWml-arsi T $3.27 “g ' ‘ a ' ———- L. caullgnarl 165 16s 165 SAlNT!Jt('>fl.N-B-.E_>9¢-d1fe—ai'g& E. Smith 22a 214 183 LUCKY STUMBLE ylgud" JarrliiesfiMtzingtagrlelfisagleg 5-3 f 2g; i- . to ' "ht i hibitio ic ke con- ' - ' rolypon-(cei-wllue walking at tegagthelliigsteiame 09th: geason “foxllfggl 13° 13° 13° iélllgfillaxbéfiseglylilllliékglyi‘iléillfgf:"Dag; forgxbiaeiélquéclzlglitzprlsmg Saint John. zzgaciies High Single, F. Duffy which opened and disclosed three rlllilgggtwikfiiligflféezngtpgsslbgeeléfxfzv remiss High Tin-ea p Duffy platinum and dlrlmmd rings yal- he“, today but no denim,“ was 2 c Lama"

Gents High Single.

racks. competing for the Lieuten- ant-Gcvemor LcPage TiUphy.

A shield for the high point score of the league is to be donat- ed. it was alulouuced, scoring" to be compiled by tllc respective sports writers of the two local papers.

Each) section is to be decided on the point system, two points for a win and one for a tie. In the event that it is only possible to play one section the team having the high- est number of points shall be de- clared the winner of the trophy donated by his Honor Lieutenant- Governor LlePage. Said trophy is to be held permanently.

Foliwing is the schedule of games, first, section, that gets un- der wzty on D-ocl 8th:

Dec 8—Navy vs. Army.

Dec. 12—S. D. U. vs. Navy.

Dec. l5—P.o_v * vs. Army.

Dec.—l9 Navv vs. Royals.

Dec. 22-8. D. U. vs. Army.

Dec. 26—Ai'n1y vs. Navv.

Dec. 29—Ro_\'uls vs. S. D. U.

Jan. 2~Army vs. Royals. Jan. 5-—Royafs vs. Navy. Jan. 9—i.a\'y vs. S. D. U.

Jan. 12-.Al-m'_v vs S. D. U. Jan. 15-5. D. U. vs. Royals.

MMalti -, title In " Boxing Make Last

NEW YORK. Dec. 1 —(AP)—-'Ilhe i-Ienr Armstrong- Lcu Ambcrs bout for e world welterweight cham- pionship was definitely abandoned today. and with it went all chance that a, bolxer will ever again match Armstrong's feat‘ of dominating three weight divisions astitlehoider. After heanng from p!'0m0t€!‘ Mike Jacobs that he nos cancell- ing the ifi-round welterweight go, which had been scheduled for - night and postponed because of Armstrong's ill health. the New York state athletic commission re- vealed it was unending its rules so that never a. am could a fighter hold the title n more man one weight division at a time. Armstrong skyrocketed out of St. Louis, by way or Los Arigeles. three years ago and with terrific rpace and slugging power, fought his way to tile championships of the feather- weight. lightyreight and welter- weight divisions simultaneously, a performance never befwe accom- pllshed.

“To prevent such mixups as now confronts us." General John J. Phelan, the commission chairman announced today, "we are going to make it impossible for a fighter to hold the championship in two ireight clalses at the same time. We are amending our rules so that an

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individual holding a championship class will not per- mitted to enter a. title bout wltlh

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the champion of another class Q1 less he relinquishes the riampiom shlip he holds.

At the same time, the commisainl approved a plan by which Arm s rong would defend his 147-pwnd orovm Jan. 24 against Pedro Mon- tailcz, Puerto Rlcan glugxl‘, and Amber's would put his l ghtweigih‘ championship on the line against the "No. 1 ci-lailengcr" in Ffibfilfl-Ij oralllseih t all.» fur:

s’ opponen in

would either be Sanlniy Angott Louisville. Ky.. g making contend- or;_ Eric Boone, the British 11$»- w ight champion, or the winner a a bout between Billy Mar ilart Winn! and Lew Jenk no Sweetwa r. Texas, scheduled foul Madison Square Garden Dec. 15.

Tonight's cancelled contest would have been the third between Am.- bers and Armstrong. trong won the firstlast year and Amberl took the second last summer, re- gaining his lightweight crown from 111111108515 Hank. ted

Arms rong contra: l a. hwy-l cold recently, which necessitated tha original postponement. General Phelan visitcd hlm today with three comrnislon physicians who re rted his tempera ure slightly! su normal and recommended he g‘ away for a week to recover, after which they would examine him a- gain to decide when he could m-

turn to action.

Torlontcli-Sprint Star Gets Rose Bowl

TORONTO. De” L-(CPJ- The Rose Bowl, awarded annually by the Women's Amateur Athletic Fk-deratiun of Canada to the coun- try's outstanding woman athlete, goes to Jeannette Dolson, ‘Ilorcmto sprint etar, for 1939.

Announcement of the award was made here today by Edith Mc-

Kemie of Winnipeg. prwident. of the W. A. A. F. Miss Dolson. a member of the 1936 Olympic team and Canadian Sprint Champion since that time. won in u. poll of W.A.A.F. executive menlbers, allied bodies and branches.

Second in the voting was Mrs. Dorothy McKenzie Walton of To- ronto, former Canadian Women's Badminton Champion and winner of the all-England singles title this year. Tied for third were Mary Rose Thacker of Winnipeg. Can- adian figure skating champion, and Gertrude Hagr-n of Calgary, sprinter.

Previous nrinnera of the Rose Bowl inciude Aileen Meagher of Halifax, sprinter who won it in 1936.

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