DOWN

ITHE- ,

_ BACK STRETCH

trek to Florida has of the leadlnl 558MB! “hm futurity candida-we are

mar, now or on the only is it a good place but 1t is a fine sput- for ,,,. to combine recreation in ‘ml-inn them train with the “hi; giving properties of the "- o; oranges and eunahirw- A1‘ m“ what can one picture

I.n Hoof Beat-s for been.“ there is an interesting won-l pier. ture of the lfarrisburg, pa. m, last month. These "e extract‘. “Some of the highlighu of the in; outside the actual selling of the colts was the fine condition of the entire enrollment. This was particularly true of the nan...“ mzlg-‘lnelagilkiitexr. than which we an‘ see a ner coking n same, than being scateda alpha, lot of colts on any sale, The unshiny day in Japluaply an trgmi game hon parade in their Sunday

n, wutchingfn-B firs" h 1 e9 . Ooves anointed and with n m? balmy Florida atmosp ere. every hair in.placc —really a, sight

for the sore eyes of any horseman

who wanted a fill of good-looking youngsters that were fat and round as butterballs and abounding in excellent health. It was a tight race between them and the Vii- lage Farm consignment. and the gttraactive aptgeaearanc?’ 8f the well» _. a new ML m“, pick, re youngs rs pro a y accounts areoglfllflfllrli; “Fxtzpatflck o; char, m why so many sold for over $1.- lnois, and now Harry M8 ' Ellgillle Baker horses for which :3 0,4,“, c; 59mg $45000 has hcen m, ,0 Florida and will enioy the kmshlm, there, which will he qilll-e ifillli€ former training wizters in

‘gmp, cold Illnols. -_()

Not i train

J, Baker, through ill racing harness hOIsGS. is trainer was hired by

when E: .eaill1-1.q‘“{; f: Pjlnl; Johnston of Michigan, m‘ has ulnlost is 109B B- Duff-B '5 me Wisconsin magnate- Look-

around for the right man be-

fi

“It was estimated nt the close of the last day's sale that the total sale figures would be about a quarter of a million dollars. Auc- tioneer George Swinebroad did a grand job and as usual relieved ihe tension when called upon with a bit of humour, a brand he uses that gets the laughs at thc -.-irrht moment. As we see it. the Harrisburg sale was top stuff all the way through smooth-running and never a diili moment or delnv i" the entire show. Thev sold close to 40o head and sold them in record time. The one drawback was that thorn were not ennui-h horses to g» eroun? 'I‘hev could lust as easily have sold 500 head. iifnnev. and lots of it. was lust itching to chanr- nockets "

ii

Walnut Hall Form fmxlngtcn.

Kentucky. is as for as we know.

ou- friend, S Thane Belyea, “i195 us the following news frcm rn-durirtoll. N. B “I had a letter mm Wendell Wntham recently m1 h.- ilas in his stable V010 H. Guy I-I. 201 (not train- , Mighty I-I 2 04, - t n, trained up to a mile in .9») l1»..- past season as a two year lid, Allin-cl‘ Hanover. a two year ‘rlil by 3.11‘. itfcElmyn 1'59 1-2 out 1i Gwendolyn Aubrey 2 08 1 2. rhfs colt trained up to a mile in [l0 on ihe fro! but would break n. lh- "do" mid could pace fast, )lll in" Wsihnn kept him trotting ls be iuir-nds to rar-r- him next rizson and believes tlxt with a

Eight Bouts

Eight bouts ha billed 1.312521’ timed; ugh-i Inter-Service boxing show gt the Sporting Club in aid of the mo.

Headliners fol- the show are matches in the welter and middle- weight brackets bruising together Gasson. well-known RAJ‘. scrap- Der. with “Flash" MacDonald, of

Y Charlottetown. and Murray of the .

Anny with McRorle of the RAF. Gasson smashed a finger in his last bout in Halifax but feels it is

gloves for Wednesday's benefit show. MacDonald is anxious for a comeback after being out of the ring for sOme time.

good boxer. always dependable for a. good showing in frequent ap- pearances in local rings, while Murray is a newcomer who show-

BOSTON, Dec. l0 —-(A1P)-Alt~ tempts of the Boston ma so; toi fashion u winter trade with the Clovelalld Indians have

Week-End Games

0

The following National I-lockev

the oldest stock form breedin" irotters and pacers in the United States. It. was built. on solid lines t“ H, Harflmirurg sale Wendel and the slfe pastures, build nns MM,“ _-._. ,, Hflncvm by Calumet and Svervthin" connected‘ vlrith it

lick m- which 11c prlld $4.000, “f "‘ “"- “"‘ "m" “l” I‘ he oi“:‘”r of The Baker 2116- " pqflmp“ “M Ms

“~11. mfifl’ one 0nd strength he Illl be a islet troiter. A,

b411," nncihcr ‘vvfllnrr by N" shnhm N, hr,“ ma". f‘

w»-

~ ‘iwt hr calls Edna Mitc.

.. ,.- . , dd d f ih "i with iii th gar he \.1ll pelsonally tlain next G,_,.,.'; c_.,'.‘_,,,, :...r.(.‘..,.":_,k‘n_ c e "You -1 be ‘nterested m I A‘. the "orrisburv sale in 1940.

v mm Lawrenca Brown, the asslsfnnt that M Samuel Walker A» ____,___,_ Hm ,,_ H,“ Lqdvsmb

BT05 s1 allfal: have disbosed of our 0f llif’ll' recent, purchases at the. Harrisburg sale _ Home“ crow.‘ lrv 207 Tile new owner is Rovl sldlnv- of Calais. Maine. who is! Gllinlhc owner of The Banker 206- '

1.56 34 for $2.600 Sllc was ihe champion pncln" nl"re and bccomp n matron at the Form. Hcr first n""“"‘""i"\ to the expenses of running the rstablishm-int. was ‘I'M-m v--m_ “no.1, 5.,“ (m. “m. "l0 in "W! vlcidill" o pine urn- nw-i-w. m, ml; (“.4 "rosy; n; “qrv-lqbuv-v ‘VNYIYFDWFB Tlwbvvvn “.195 e». ma lflollmf I-I-li ‘fiyvRna mar-p; ‘f-‘rrv Hers 7 04 i-i full rlster t"

ini- .--. lllny here will be interested in lillol-cy Hanover because of his dom Gwendolyn Aubrey. She was

rind bl" Captain Aubrey ,2 0'1 1-4 so...» ears 2.0a l4. The cost lIiLl ilcr dnnl was Helena Constan- was $75’)

2 Bolll Captain Aub- __,.n_.

iliil c c C t . _ n; a. u“, S?“ Onaslggf‘ nszlgvefs Merrv Rzlrs Plld Slim!‘ ‘Burs 192?. 1hr IOITIICI‘ being purchased ‘vmle ‘mm by Gnma" M“ 1 59‘

1-4. greatest money winning par-cl‘

in 1r single season. of all time. Pile

‘s a rm" mare and raced cuite

wcccssfuilv for rnverni seasons. _fl_

It is not often that Walnut Hall Fall-r. buys a pacer that is one bred purely on paclnr lino: like Merry Bars is —but when they do there is usually a good reason for it and their lilflgment nrotlcs cor- rect as can h- seen hv the follow- in" cxamwvs Hcicno Arulllln 201 14. ton notch pacing more. nrrdilced Helene Mite f1. 2.05. the two year old pacing champion of the past season sired by Volc- mite.

b1‘ Hm. John Richards of Bide- l0 and the latter by 'i‘. Fulton Upper Stewl- l” N. S Captain Aubrey pass- trl ‘uh 1h» ownership of the me ii’ villi Sfrrlla. Charlottetown, 11ml from illm to the Nova Scotin G lhfiinnt and became the most illifi-‘i-il‘. nitr- of speed ever brrruilt to 2‘l=- Muiflmc Provinces. I —-()_.

‘hi ivrlicr, tosstllcr ‘with the

i: H zinolld Kelly. was present ‘ill-ll Cflillfllfl Aubrey was auction- “d m“ “Paid Henry Thomas make "k St-Yfnient that 1i captain Aub- gi lied access to mares by con- “ihl s-lor similar breeding, he Hi1‘ Ii luovc n most successful sire. duHPllIl Constantine 2.12 1-2 pro- Higd for Mr. Fulton Peter Pokcy m. l2, holder with Wdlfilllnl, of "gr record for the fastest mile m ilaiten in the lvlurlthnes- fwd lhc three fastest heats all lcilm ed cver a half-mile track, ‘ killlflii. o. performance which “l hilt-c at Fredericton N B. in;

Gwendolyn Aubrey, together ‘Millie Kalmuck 2.09 1-2, w 5 lit‘ record of being the fast- m; ‘Pfllllif milrc ever produced in Wm yin lme Provinces. Horsemen ‘he flclllcl: " her winning a race at m "list Old Home Week ever held she 15 Drovince, in August 19% handritiis a three year old and we i‘ an aged field of horses NW “mllllinbly. winning, if we

“wmbii correctly in 2.11 1-4. m; ilpstseason as a four year old mt nl-Jwards as a five and six m Qil slle dominated the trott-

g “MB k1 the state of Maine.

i0? Other examples are Marga-set Spengler 2.02 1-4. dam of King's Counsel 3, 2 00 recently sold for $20,000. Chief Counsel 1.57 1-4, and other too notchers, so it can be reasonably expected that Merry Bars will in due time produce a top pacer. uiilwi In Hoof Beat; for December there is a- photo oi Victorious Hal 2 2.03 114 the fast and handsome son of Hal Dale 202 1-4. that is attracting much attention as a sire at Two Gates Farm. Indianapolis. Of interest to us locally is the fact that he is a. full brother of Nell Cochotodale 3, 2.16 1~Z.

in the ownership of Charles Willis. Covehead.

Spain, one; g trip to Toronto and Mont- real. while in Toronto he With!!!-

Amlh" (iliighier of Hele Covn- - f- —— — - iéflpilno bled by Mr. mlltxclh, was fdnfiwanzawéfifiglfs :fi?c%n:tt°%e other-‘stkl-ling race horses. Mr. ‘rm Aubrey 2 08 1-2. that raced T.’ and m.” some o; the be“, Bell was very much impressed en crcdltably on the pace. iglpivm‘. Canadian “OHM-S and p“. with the gait, appearance and

Tn Y. will ‘be lllllurlltagogfl “l; ligéctlffil‘, gs together fwlrtllrl‘ sfirlpemfaficfpooltlgg ll! ‘ . I‘ O . .

“k” m‘ “llmlfiince the letiei‘ nnftrovei-s geveqgle horses but did

ill January 1t

been in m; hay-lid compilation has buy_

.,, s of Mr. Roger

Ilhcnn’ mwmlve Vice President o

° "l" l! S T. A Despite diffi- On ule way hOme he stooped oii

the trotter lee

Brewer 20a 3-4. a five bay gelding by bee Harvester 1-16‘ O

which attend. all such mat- "flgnnilihv! war time. it is con- i’ eiipected that Mr. Duncan

will hove thi . .3 l Lee Hanover 2.00. f“ i" vein-lg.- xl-Pcllul-“llrrlgs ‘i551 ‘Bsluslvrlll 2 o2 1-2. Leah our 1-06- ver than February, 1-4. Victor Leo 2.01 and dozens of

it.

Received a shipment of overcbatc, cui and tailor- ed by our made to measure firm SHIFFER- HILLMANS. 0h boy, how they fit. It pays to bill’ ihe best.

J. P. MacPherson & Son

166 Queen street Charlottetown

BINDI .-

"lkl" by W1". McElwyn for “r” (‘ram “awards and fiqm‘ h. Iifllfl $1.450 Ho is send- Ygd“ ffjfl "‘““",'}f~‘, °l ,‘)f,f"',“‘“',', .. inn down south with m a,‘ n?‘ w,‘ d" m, "m is’,

. s-lflol-d. trainer for Sul- , m,“ how swmwhr i“ ,__ "f m hfllvlllnncv. Hc is keen-l 3g‘: H“ ,,___M_'“:H ' “an;

blought It here by Willard Kelly and now “r s

.__Q Milton Bel], proprietor of Oldwihey do. So it is not likely you'ii* arrived home last evenlnl!

not

year old

REAL 0VERCOATS

Lefllzuc games are scheduled for the week-end:

Saturday-Canadians at Toronto: Rangers at Boston. 1 Sunday-Boston at Rangers; can-

icalzo.

-—-_-_-- was going or. in Cleveland, he ihe University stated yesterday. -. . ~ called the WllOle thing off yes- The students did not suffer anv $23G?‘ a?!‘ 1?“: :- __ terday. apparently considerably appreciable 1°85 "m" “he ""- Canada's war effort in the air aid

(Continued from page l.)_

after training at Fort Benninli. Gn., and Shllo Camp, Man.

I-Iere they took their place in this British airborne formation and all fall have been training, and going on manoeuvres in |readincss for the actual operat-

ll.

Thcywe been working extrem- ely hard - and quietly. The great majority of other Canadian troops here don't even know the airborne soldiers are in England-

The Paratroopers shun any not- orlety that could come their way ‘because they are the only Cana- dian airborne troops-the best Ifliilld and elite of the army. A WM‘ icorrcspondent who goes to their ‘camp to write about them cer- tainly doesn't get any overwhelm- ing welcome. The officers cringe : at ideas of any more public notice until they‘ve been on an operat-l ion at least.

However, they admit they're getting ready by hardening train- ing which included a 50 mile for- ced march in 24 hours with full equipment Everyone in the outfit starts off ihe day with two mlle pro-breakfast run.

Training jumps are an import- ant part of the 10b just now and

these troops plan to stage mass. jumps soon with 300 or more: paratroopcrs dropping from

squadrons of big aircraft-

A Saskatoon lieutenant colonel who 1| s on the Spitsbergen raid commands a. battalion with Ma]. Jeff Nlcklin. the Winnipeg foot- _ball player, as his second in com- ‘mand. Other officers include Capt.

R A- Smith of Guyon, Que; iMaj- D. H. Taylor. of Montreal: Capt. Murray Macleod of New

Glasgow, N. S.; Maj- D. J. Wil- kins of Toronto, who was on the Dieppc raid with the Toronto Scottish Machine Gunners, Capt- D. W. W. Mascall of Toronto; and Licut J. A Roesiter of Halifax.

Practically everyone among the Canadians Jumps, including Padre Capt. George Harris of Winnipeg nvld Medical Officer Oapt- C. H- Brebner of Toronto.

To keep the Canadian Para- troops up to strength, volunteers have been requested from the army here and a number of officers and men have switched from various

The paratroopers probably fig- ure they'll do their stuff on the big show, but they are not going lo do much talking about it until 1

hear much about them until tho flash comes thr0u8h that are down somewhere in Europe.

good qualities of this horse and after some neogtiatlons purchased him from O Corbeil s; Company, automobile dealers.

His racing career commenced in i941 as a three year old when he made three starts and had winn- ings of $154.50. As a four year old he took part in 23 events, mostly mixed classes with trctterc and pacers, and had winning brackets in six of them taking a record of 2 l0 1-2. This season he has met the best trotters in Upper Can- ada including Mr. Van 2.04 1-2. that sold for 01,700. early in the season. He vanquished them all and in his last race at Mount Royal track won in straight heats [in 206%; 2.477 1-2; 209 1-2 the ifastdst three heat! trotted in Can-

ada this year. -

_-oi

The Mount Ron-l track in a, mile track but has been used e1" 'rnoet cxcl_usively by the runners until late this fall when it was hurriedly made ready for a har- ness race meeting. ‘The track was not really fast l0 there would he very little differences betwen it and a. good half mlle track. Lee Brewer has the reputation of be.

Boxing Meet Here Dec. 15

ed plenty of promise inter-service chow

billed. One b _

vinclal tuberculosis campaign. ton, gnthuglastlfi C ‘ representing Bat. Mitchell of the RAF. In tho

town will Navy against West of the RAF.

planned. bringing into the Lewis of the RAJ‘ against Hass of the Army and Doig of the R.A. well enough mended to put on the Ii‘. against Lutz of the Army-

Sharman an

show will be a. sell-out. Entire pro- ceeds will go towards the purchase of X-ray equipment for the Pro-

McRorle has vroven himself a {advance indications are that the vinclal Banatorium.

V inter Trade Between Red bx And Cleveland Indians g,,g»,ggs~;g,i,i,,r-,g,<=,g,,g,g>gs; It

the discovery of borne Yawkey that the Cleveland club fruit- but it's nothing but hard already was dickerlng with another

._ - American league outfit with offer to trade two of the sever Boston players it expected to get in the Boston - Cleveland deal or

Jim Bagb -

‘had" on a couple of occasions in his early career when he was pouring money into the baseball boursc in his efforts to produce a, pennant winner for h hLs newly acquired Boston follow- ,odicns at Detroit; Toronto at Chi- ers-

irked about being classed still in S the piscatorlal category by sane of his fellow magnates.

ed-desplte a, desire to strength- b en his forces this winter - he'll wind up in last place for the next decade rather than consider doing e business with the Cleveland club.

matter and Cleveland's side oi’ ihe story has not reached this sector as yet-

Montgomery Discharged From Hospital

Bob Mon weight box ng champion. has been discharged from hospital after an

tooth, prcmoter l-Ierrnan said today,

weeks and "should be able to box again

manager, announced he would sign the bobcat for several bouts before he meets champion Beau Jack in a planned title bout in New York. Data of the match has not been x .

f-hflc

Billed For

in the recent in Summerelde are Poul- . lad Flt.

Two light, eight matches wring! together

the Army. and

Mike Drane of Charlotte-

carry the colors of the ‘u

of also are n

Welterweight bouts ring

exhibition bout between

All d Mllhum of the RAJ‘.

Ticket sale opened on Friday and

i c

‘fellings between the clubs.

The sudden feud stemmed from owner Tom

BI]

utfielder Jeff Heath and pitcher

Y Yawkey still thinks he was

as a magnate

As soon as he learned of what

As far as Yawkcy is concern-

Thatk Boston's stand on the

PI-IILADHuPI-IIA, Dec. l0—(A_PJ- omery, former light-

wisdom

operation for an invpacted Taylor

He will resume training in two

by late January." Taylor

aid. Frankie Thomas, Montgomery's

Remember When i

(By The Canadian Press) Joe lnuls, for his record-break- ing reign of ‘sexing, two years ago today. was awarded the Edward J- Nell Memorial Award as the man who did most for sport in 1941. The Boxing Writer's Association of New York voted the trophy by acclamatlon for the first il-ihe in the four years it was awarded-

Secretary-Manager 0f National liairy

CYITAWA. Dec. 10-(0?) —Allan 58¢!‘

tendent of its branches I Columbia. . Mir. Fraser then joined a trust‘ company (London and western trust) at Calgary. and subsequently was appointed secretary of the nat- lonal dairy council, assuming his poet in ma.

Jails Make Frantiei Propaganda Efforts

LONDON. Dec. l0—(0P)—T0l¢yo ropagandlsis are sinking Amer- call battleships as fast as they are

launched and months before they are rcaoy to put to sea.

The Berlin radio. quoting a To o

toda the sin - 5.8 Wis-

co "in one of the biggest see battles off Bougainville." o battleship Wisconsin was

launched three days ago ut Phil- adelphia. She has to be fitted with guns and other l equipment.

PATALLY mnmap l FBEDERICTON. Dec. lo-(cpi

ing a dependable horse and we

—Run over bv rm automobile while ,

congratulate Mr. Bell on-bringing coasting Tuesday at Zealand, Ster-

euch e worthy addition to the O

racing ranks of th Maritime;

ling Brewer. l2, here today.

able in advance.

__, ______ __ _ __ SIEKING CULPRIT — The city Police are making every effort to capture a. man who ls reported to have been accostirl the streets recently. completes the bill. men have been streets where the reported incl taken place. received was on Sunday night.

The new frigate HJLOB. "Char- lottetown" will be commissioned in April and will then be christen- ed. accord Mayor B Roy Holman on his rec- ent visit to Ottawa, The frigate will

launched some time ago without

Is Called Off By Yanks a

any christening ceremony.

busy at the Salvation Army Citadel for the past few weeks installing a new rostrum and making other changes which have improved the building considerably. The whole interior has been painted and var- nished including the floor, and a new set of folding chairs installed. Special re-dedicatlon services will be held this week-end at ll n..m. and '1 p.m. conflicted by Maior Green of Saint commander for N.B. and P.E.I.

UES — While no official estimate

the fire at: St. Dunstams Univer- sity probably will not exceed $5.000 Rev. R. V. MacKenzie, Rector of

their clothing and personal equip- ment were savcd, the Rector said. Temporary