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ness top driver for the W ”?””'J-li'iE: iii , to 19 or r .

2!! lixfgffegme of his iaurels by J” an the drivers in money 5 B68 50. Gene Sears was 323,030. Benny schue

u 28.652. Bob Parkinson ”l”d W3. :22.42t and stan Adarm i"”"",..fn, 512,762.50. The total at- lllX:-glance for ma 37-day meeting '73, 264.186 and I1I.0'ii.000 went Enough me pari-mutuels.

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, . 'a -, N. Y. driving samwygr; ifrfrerrief and fail meet- hommombined were won by Aubrey my; C In 265 starts he ,wes 06 mneiirsi 43 times second and at um” third with a. percentage of i:mesSecD,,d to him was Norman '3” om. Mm 122 starts. He had 26 15 seconds and 13 thirds for ' ar- -v”;”;;”.5e.?l.s33l' ii".2ll.';... mm as the Lucien Dugre stable of manaiooke Que., was leading driv- Smrl me fdll meeting with 49 starts. " am; 20 times first. 8 lime-8 M30- Heri rind three times third for an ”3m;.- of .519. Aubrey Rodney was ' , mi wrih a percentage of .364. ",”g,,.,. Rodney has been one of the AJE-1fWdrlVeA'5 in the United States fD',1J.-er- forty years. in 1912 he was my driver of the largest money mnmng tl'Oii.El' in the United Stmsmgaden 2.042;, that was sold for 550,000 to a Russian nobleman's itable. He has been driving ever Hm, His principal assistant this reason was Angie Allen, well known in all Maritimcrs. who campaigned ,.;t of the Rodney stable at Ver- Eon Downs and other tracks and hid good success with them.

Jmncs ”Roach" MacGre.gor. ac- compallled by Emmett Coyie of the pogl office Department, left early this week for Delaware. ONO: 10 W tend thc big sale of race horses which commenced last Tuesday B-lid was concluded on Thursday. We uiidci-stand that he is commissioned in our lilo trotters, one for Andrew. perry. and the other for Jack Cur-i up of Curran & Briggs. Summer- ndc. Andrew's stable will be a most formidable one if "Roach" secures . real good trotter. At present he has l)l'0b.iL)iy one of the fastest pac- "5 1,, im 13. S. or Canada in Bay szaic Pat 206'&., record taken at Quebec this fall and eligible to a glow clnss. Also that wonderful pacing mare Yuta 2.09141. record taken at Quebec this fall. the old reliable Jo-Jo Spencer 2.10 and the slow class 4-year-old trotter Win- niired G. by Kalmuck. Never in our exp:-ricnre in the Marltimes have we kllmvn an owner who has had 1'i'l parrrs that have performed so ienzatmniilly in a season. V

Harald Ciitlmore, well known iini-srnmn. farmer and large scale pnlaln gt-niicr. spent an enjoyable.

holidag. with his friend Harry Webbv of Dartmouth last week. Harold had his first experience

chasing the elusive deer, spending a few days at Harry's hunting lodge. in Musqutidolt and to show his" prowrss brought home two car- casses of deer. Last summer Harry bought the 5-year-old pacer Bud Henley from Harold. He is by Americans Bud (Calumet Budlong

202l.'-Miss America 2.0412) and out or Miirici llenley 2.15. Bud wasi I winner over the three-eighihs oil A mile Halifax Commons Raceway. last Saturday in 49 seconds. whit-,li' equalled the fastest time made in the Free For All that afternoon. He, is a most promising prospect fort

the slow paces next season. 1

Winic there Harold renewed, acquaintance with such good sportsmen as Don 'Ik.irner. Fred

Laliey. Scott Weeks, George Turner. George Turner and others. Don Turner recently bought Jcsedalc Clansmnn 2, 2.09, A 5-year-old pzic-,' er by Dick Reynolds i.58'.&. limi- was purchased by Art Lipton. Syd- ney. at the Harrisburg sale two years ago. This horse has terrific speed and if Don gets the key to him he will head many sumn-.cirles. our readers will remember that Don had a most unfortunate hap- pening some time ago when his stable was burned and he lost the good pacer Tonymite, that took a record this season of 2.l0li and 'l'om Stewart. that also took a new rP:'vii'd this season oi 2.15'.r.. In ad- dition Don lost many valuable Uolthies and all his equipment.

Ft-rgie Baxter, who has energy to burn, putting in full time on the Iii-.li-oarl and also in his spare hours hcrc doing ll bit of farming and oriiciriimng at the Halifax Com mans and frequently occupying ll seat in the sulky dropped in to see us the other day. We do not know of anyone who possesses a better lei of hands and can take a bad nriiiig horse and reform him than niii lricnd Fergie. He was very en- thtisiastic about the racing at Hal- ifax and believes they are in for n his season of it. Jack Scott. one of two Marltimers (the other being "iffy Ledyard) that we can recall Ia having sent a horse to Lexing- ion to compete there-Tracey Han- "V" ii. 2.03. t. 2.10. is said to be hllllillng down the trottcr Moppitt 309 by Protector to add to the competition.

fforga Henderson. horseman and

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business man of Montreal, was here on a brief visit this week. He was the owner of Yankie Dale milk by Playdale. a horse that performed exceptionally well at Richelieu Raceway, Montreal, but met with an accident and had to be destroy- ed. It was a tough blow because Mr. Henderson was very fond of him apart from his being a good race horse. He recently sold smoky Grat- tan and we understand is on the lookout for another good horse or two to take their place.

Earle Avery. whose driving feats have been witnessed by many thousands oi Maritimers and who is still reme ered as the pilot of Bud Wenger 2. V. in his duel with Calumet Budlong 2.0295 which re- sulted in Bud setting up a new track pacing record of 2.0515 at Charlottetown in 1936. It still stands some years ago Earle decided to hit the big stuff and has been racing at Roosevelt and Yonkers ever since. A couple of weeks ago at the Harrisburg sale Mrs. Alice V. Miller of Washington, D.C., wife of the late W .E. Miller, was the highest bidder on the estate's great race

horse Hlllsots 2.00 and she has selected Earle to train and drive him the coming season. Earle is

moving his stable to the south and will train there in preparation for 1955.

Ellis Gillmore. who is connected with the auctions held at saratoga annually. and well known to many horsemen, had a fortunate experi- ence. Last season he bought the yearling colt Jim's Excellency, for a friend for S850. When he got him back to his training quarters in Saratoga the intended owner thought the colt was too small and decided not to take him. Gillmore put him in training and was so successful that he won almost 39.- 000 with him and in the Harrisburg sale a few weeks ago he fetched 59,- 500. We are reminded of another bargain horse-Greyhound-that in the sale of Walnut Hall Farm yetirlings in 1933 was knocked down to E. J. Baker for 5900. and went on to become the world's fastest trot- ter and record holder with a mark of l.55',2.

Here is something that Maritime horsemen will be greatly interested in-the list of eligibles to the Jol- liiy Stake. which will be traced ai. Truro on the night of August 3. 1055. for the largest purse ever of- fered for Juveniles in the Maritlmes ...The Joliity 3 Year Old Trot and Pace-for foals of 1952. To race as 3-year-olds in 1955-for a guar- anteed purse of 55,000.00. Sponsored by Truro Raceway Limited, Truro, N. B. List of those eligible after payment on November 15th....

Frank H. Cavailero-by Abner T. Ciegg. dam Alberta Lee. Owner, F. H. Callbeck, siimmerside, P.E.1.

Moonlight Glow-by Abner T

.ClcEz. dam Evelyn Budloiig. Arnold

Weeks. Fredericton. P.E.l.

Graydon G.-by Calumet Bud- long, dam Random Harvest. C. F. MacKay. Northam. P.E.I.

Abner Bellini-by Abner T. Clegg.

dam Vera Britioii. G. E. Sobey. , Summerslde. Jollity Leigh-by Joility, darn

Lee's Nightmare. Eimsdale, P. E. 1.

Ruth D. Federal-by Federal, dam Vella Grattan. was owned by J. E. Given, sold to John MacLeod. Yarmoulh. N. S.

Joillty's Jet-by Jolllty, dam Scott mare. Grattan Mcl-(ugh. Tignish, P. E. I.

Suspense-by Argot Pointer, dam Charlotte .3. Mr. and Mrs. R. B. Stevenson, Parkdale. P.E.I.

Trixlcs Baby-by Peter darn Calumet Emerald. Poley. Tide Head, N. B.

Jinney Budlong-by Calumet Budlong. d m Josedale Ladylou. J. C. llnderhi l. Campbellton, N13.

Prince Edward-by Abner T. Clegg, dam May win. E. C. Wei- lington, Monticello. Mains.

Golden Dawn-by Jollity. dam Fairy. Linus Mulligan, Kinkora, P. E. I.

Margo Glass-by Abner T. clegg. dam. Miss Halifax. C. L. Dauphinee, Halifax, N. S.

Sylvia Lynn-by Abner T. Clegg. dam l?:mi1yGrattan.C.L. Dauphinee, Halifax. N. 8.

Laurel Henley-by Abner T. Clcsl. dam Sister Henley. Donald Grace, Antigonish, N. S.

Jolly Dick-by Jollity, dam Tecnic Aubrey. Was owned by Harry Poulton. sold to Mrs. James Poulton. Charlottetown, PEI.

Lahey's Boy-by Jollity, darn Symbol Martha. Angus Allen, Sara- toga Springs. N. Y.

Cottage Prank-by slmcoa Har- vester. dam Marjorie Hal. Jack An- near. Montague. P.E.I.

Kay Clegg-by Abner T. Clegg. dam Just Kay. Read Hunter River. P.E.I.

Sister Etta-by Calumet. Budlnng. dam Princess Scott. R. D. Mac- lnadyen. Hunter River. P.E.I.

Doctor F. C.-by Abner T. Ciegg, dam My Ann. Was owned by Geo. Sobey. sold to R. D. MacFadyen. lliinter River, P.E.I.

High Acre Susan-by Renown. dam Gail Grattan M. Was owned by Ed Birich. sold to E. S. Burchell. Perth, Ont.

Kildare Girl-by Jollity. dam Trixie Harvester. C. W. MacKenzie, Truro. N. S.

J. W. OBrien.

Piper. Bevan 13.

Stevenson, ,

Atta Girl-by Abner '1'. Glen. darn Dot Budlong. was owned by Murdock Nicholson. sold to Percy Mccully. Truro, N.B.

Hamilton Lady-by Jollity, dam May Abbe. Mrs. Keith Thomas. Halifax. N. S.

Dianne Henley-by Federal. dam Katherine Henley. Was owned by Frank Kennedy. sold to J. E. Washington, Truro, N. S.

L. G. Hal-by Alpha Hal, dun Peace L. Kett. 1:. C. Haley, Antl- gonish. N. S.

Haley's Alpha-by Alpha Hal, dam Cigarette. E. C. Haley. Anti- gonish. N. E.

Parnham King-by Federal. dam Frisco T. Direct. Stewart lsenor. Truro, N. 8.

Newton Clegg-by Abner T. Clegg. dam Fairweather. Myron Mac- Arthur, Kensington. P.E.l.

Mona T.-by Jollity. dam Miss Cleo Dale. E. W. Turner, O'Leary. P.E.I.

Miss Pointer-by Argot Pointer, clam Miss America. H. B. Willis, Charlottetown, P.E.l.

Flicka's First-by Argot Pointer. dam Just Flicka. H P. Cudmore, Brackley. P.E.I.

Jolliity's King-by Jollity. dam lma See. Albert Arseneau. River Hebert, N. S. '

We are indebted to Robert B. Jewell of Lexington, KM. President of the Blooded Horse Sales Co.. Delaware, Ohio, for the following particulars of horses bought by Canadians at the sale there which was concluded Thursday night... The horses name comes first, then the buyer's name and address and the price pald...Jerry Meson ,p. 2.049s. Leander Bolduc, St. Georges. Que. 51.000; Lou's Lady 2.1593, b.m. 5. Phil Rivard, Quebec City. M25; Lotta Brewer p. 3 2.0093, J. B. Riv- ard, Louisvlle, Que. 31.800; Duby Scott p. 4 2.10513. Leander Bolduc. St. Georges, Que. saoo; Royal Con, bg 4, R. Talbot, Plcton. Ont... 3190: Chief Napoleon p. 2.0895, b.g. 7, C. Wannamaker. Coneson, Ont. 5225; Senator Quay p. 2.10, br g 5, by His Majesty. dam Claire Miller, Cecil M. Alexander, st. John, N.B. S425; Rip Onc p 2.11, R. Talbot. Plcton. Ont. 5210; Dixie Scott 2.14, bin 3. Edgar Dallaire, Raphiel. Que. I575: Cza.rina's Girl p 2 2.085. Arthur Morin, Montreal. 82.900; Miss Bel- levue bm 6, W. J. Harvey. Norwich, Ont. s3'l5; Stratton-at-Law 2.1539,, hr g 4, Edgar Hillare, Ottawa. 8450: Scotiy Direct p 2.0695. b g 2, C. Wannamaker, Oonsecon, Ont. 3550; King son br g 3. H as B Stables. Norwich, Ont. 3200: Lady Rhythm of Hi-Lo p 2.03H, b m 7, J. B. Ric- ard, Louisville, Que. 31,000: Denny's Counsel p 2.01t'r. ch g 5. by King's Counsel, Earl Rowe. Newton Robin- son. Ont. 56,200: Onton Adam p 2.11. b g 5 by Calumet Adam-Mary Lee Noon. 0. C. Wilson. St. John, N. 3., 51,300: sliver wick ro f. C. Wan- namaker. Consecon. Ont.. 8160; Boio Volo p 2.1535. b g 5 by True Volo, dam Helen G. Win, Cecil M. Alexander, st. John, N. B.. 3300: Hi-Lo's Hemite b g 3, G. Bolduc. St. Georges. Que., 81.500; Stop Watch p 2.07. H & B Stables, Norwich, Ont.. 5900: Dwight Morris z.iii'., p 2.- 1173, Phil Rivard. Quebec City, 5200: Black Lace p 2.19 ro f. R. Gauther, Windsor, 0nt.. 3110: Sara Worthy p 3, 2.08',i. Huburt Spucie, Agt.. Montreal. 52,000; Ben Han- over p 2.09'fr, Noel Bolduc, St. Georges, Que.. 51.100; Michigan 2.- 09, Phil.Rivard, Quebec City, 5625: Jimmie Hal p 2.04'.fi. 9, by Hal Dale. dam, Little Ell, Cecil M. Alexander. St. John, N. 8., 5700; Nibble sun 2.10!i, b h 5, by Nibble Hanover. dam Evening Sun. Ernest Smith. Sydney. N. S.. 31,200: Iaiell 2.l2',i. Phil Rivard. Quebec City. 3315; Chalidale Jo-Ann. H at B Stables. Norwich, Ont. 8000.

When this hits the readers' eye Dean Gallon 2.089s. 5-year-old trot- iar by Bill Gallon 1.50115, will in all probability be on his way to a comfortable stall at Sanders Rus- sell's barn at Stevenson, Alabama. The sale went through on Wednes- day and he will be shipped by ex- press car today. The reported price was 320,000, the largest sum ever received for an Island owned horse in the history of the sport. The negotiations were made ixy Doctor 1". C. Dougari between the buyer well known businessman R. J. Logue of Sydney, N. S. and Earls

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'go like the wind' . . . . there's a sizzling noise like when one dips red hot iron in water and they have vanished in the upriver mists.

Cock-a-wee are not classed as table birds although they are far removed from the shell duck fain- ily. They feed a lot on mussels and their flesh has a taste resemb- ling liver but is not fishy. some people find them a welcome change to beef or fowl. Once a hunter has sunk his teeth in a stubble led wildgooee. black duck. teal. pheas- ant. Hun or Huffed grouse a cock- :-wee doesn't strike one as a table delicacy. Their meat is dark and close grained and doesn't melt in one's mouth like the flesh of -the aforementioned species . . . unless they are too old or out of condi- tion.

A Cock-a-wee shoot is something out of the ordinary. One is certain of that I flight will be on. The sixty-five dollar question is: Will you, yourself. be on. The tl"armer' and I have had our shoot most every year since 1910. In the old days the late Nelson Robertson would row us across to the beach and pick up the dead birds. Nelson was one of the old time gunners and his passing left a. gap in Annan- dale that still remains to be filled.

In the pre-dawn darkness when the wharf was wrapped in vague shadows we'd take our places in the dory and Nelson would man the oars. Memory goes back over the years to breathless calm mornings with the beach outlined like a blunt, dark finger across the channel. It was good to sit quietly in a hollow amid the dune grass and await the dawning. One felt so remote and in a. little world of ones own. The clean, sweet smell of the open sea, the sleepy cry of the gulls and the gentle lisp of the tide curling past the beach tip lent an unforgetable touch to those outings.

Oft times the muted chimes oi whistler wings would float out of the darkness over head but it was good shooting light before the Cock- a-wee moved. The odd single or a few twos and threes would whip past and then from far out on the seaward aide we'd hear the sharp, skippy notes that told us a big floi-it was on the wing. Even after Nelson whispered: ”Here they come" it would be some seconds before we would spot a long scrag- gly line moving toward us a bare few feet above the water.

I have watched flocks two hund- red yards long swoop down on us and then zoom over and past the tip of the bench. The air would he momentarily full of ducks but somehow or other my eyes always picked out the black waistcoats of the males topping a snow white belly and long streamer like tail feathers. Their Mason-Dixon Line cut square across the middle of their breasts. Sometimes weld bag our daily limit allowed by the Migra- tory Bird Regulatlons and some- times wc didn't but in any case no birds were wasted. We had no trouble disposing of our take. I

Semple. who has had Dean Gallon since a 2-year-old and has trained him to his present wonderful con- dition. In the deal was featured the 2-year-old filly Whispering Willow by Ensign llanover 4, l.59li. dam Ruth Birch by Chief Abbedale 2.00 dam Goldie Grattan by Grattan-at- Law, and the 2-year-old filly Taurlda Bay by Goose Bay 3. 2.0093. winner of over 396,000 in three sea- sons. Taurida Bay's dam is Taurida Abbey by Guy Abbey 2.0661- Taurida 2.0415. Taurida Bay is a three-quarter sister to the Mon- tague owned stallion cyclonic, that race-goers will remember for his

lies have been trained by Mr. Rus- sell up to miles in 2.10 and 2.15 respectively. Our congratulations to both buyer and seller and our hopes are that when Roosevelt opens up we will be reading of Dean Gallon heading summaries there and elsewhere. He is certainly one of the finest pieces of trotting machinery seen in those parts since

Watchim 2.00 was in his prime.

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P. E. 1. concludes his trip to the United States and Canada, the ob- ject of which is to foster interest in the game of riigby. In his very interesting talk to the students of S.D.U. on Wednesday, Dec. 1, Dr. Pallowfield expresred the wish that a Canadian rugby team will tour Great Britain in the very near future and gave some estimate of the interest showed in-the game in Great Britain.

For example. the attendances at the larger stadiums occasionally top the 100.000 mark; this can be compared with the crowd of 27,000 which attended the Grey Cup final in Toronto's Varsity Stadium last Saturday. In addition to the talk films were presented of the Rugby League Cup finals in Wembly Sta- dium, London. The meeting proved very interesting to the students of S.D.U., which is at present the rugby centre of the Maritimes. For the past three years the St. Dunstan's branch of the M.I.D.L. has come through in flying colors, winning the Maritime Intercol- legiate Debating championship for all three years and thereby gain- ing the Eaton Trophy permanently. What are the prospects for this year? with the greatest debater that ever came to St. Dunstan's, Alan MacDonald. gone, it would seem that the prospects are none too bright. However, St. Dunstan's has just as much confidence that it will win the championship again this year as it had three years ago

championship for all Canada. To start the debating season off with ta. bang, st. Dunstan's has a debate coming up with U.N.B. law at U. N.:B. on Tuesday, Dec. 7. St. Dun- stan's, represented by Charles Roche and Ian Gilles. will uphold the aifirmitive of the topic ”Re- solvcd that labor should share in the profits and management oi

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After Christmas. St. Dunstan's. represented by Mary Farmer and John Walsh. will travel to St. F. X. and try their abilities there. Dick Wedge and some other student, whose name has not been dis- closed will compose the other team

former years. We may be sure that

did not find the slight liver flav-' our objectionable but my better half insisted it was as much trou- ble roasting ll 'reall duck or Hungar- ian partridge so why bother with cooking a meal one only half enjoy- ed. There's no way of getting a- round a woman's logic at times.

Even if I do miss our cock-a-wee shoot this season I have other memories to keep me warm during the long winter that lies ahead. I have no kick about my luck this year. For instance there is the old three and A half pound Cock pheasant Timmy cornered at the edge of Ii quarry and who climbed sky-ward in such a hurry he took a section of the slider clump with him . . . but it was 'tails up' never- theless. The shoot that will take pre- cedence over all is a nor'westei' in the dawning . . . the wild clamour of honkers coming down wind and swinging in at the tail of the lrig' my partner at my shoulder and a Webley at Scott and a Win- chester barking as lf both worked on the same trigger . . . geese drop- pink in pairs and lying in black, motionless mounds an a snow whit- encd stubble . . . a dream that sel- dom comes true. That reminds me I promised some of the boys I 'goose storyl and one of those stormy night: Ill throw it togeth- er.