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Andrew Perry. Summerside. has} services of a competent trainer PUFUIBSEE! 3 Slilefldld trvtting pro- 1 can be obtained. The proprietors

spect in the three-year-old Judy Dale by Playdale 2.0454, dam, Mae West by Colonel Aubrey 2.10%, granddam by Captain Aubrey 23-07%. from Allen Hughes, Avon- dale. Judy Dale showed up well on the ice last winter. She is well formed and quite beautiful.

The performances of Starlight Eclipse and Seven-Up Direct at Parkview and Riverside where the former was a straight heat winner on both occasions and Seveii-Up Direct 2-3-5 at Parkview and 1-1-1 at Riverside for Bunny Walker. has drawn attention to their sire. Patrick Direct 2.07%. Many will remember this big, bay free-legged pacer that sot up the track record of 2071/4 at Montague August 8th, 1934, which still stands although a lot of great free-for-allers have had n crack at it. He was brought b this country the previous fall by Robie lsnor of Halifax and with very little opportunity in the stud has these two reprmnitatives.

Good news comes from Foxboro where our Island horsemen are racing against great odds. there being no less than 200 horses. the owners and drivers of which are looking for a hunk of the change

and make strenuous efforts to get it. During the week Buster C. (W. Kelly), owned by Dr. J. A. Donahoe. was second to Scotty H.‘ 2.0413 (Devlin), time of the milel 2.10, and Lucky Number, owned and driven by Willard Kelly, was

second to Ardella Song, Montreal- owned mare driven by Larochelle. The distance was 1 l/l6 miles and the time 2.22 4-5. We are glad to report that Commander G.H_ Bun- tains Miss Knox (L. O'Meara) was a winner, and Quick Lick. (O'- Meara). owned by John McLean. Souris, was 4th in a fast class. Given n few more opportunities

climated and over the effects of the trip up. we would expect _to see them all showing up promin-

George Thompson with his pop- ular pacer Babe Britton 2.10 2-5 has returned to Summerside after spending several weeks at the Ex-

weil known throughout the Pro- vince and almost every day there would be friends around to see iiim and have a chat. His good humour and fund of stories made him very popular with the horse- men at the track and all will hope

of the St. Peters Raceway. greatly encouraged by their opening meet are planning many improvements to the track such as building up the turns, adding more stalls and making it more attractive in every way for horsemen and spectators.

We have had several requests to publish the summaries of first and second horses in races at Goodwill meet September 14th when a re- markable average time was made, and its comparison with the Aug- ust 20th meet over the same track in 1936. Here they are:—August 20th, 1936...2.24 Pace, Second Div- ision: Josie the Great (Conroy) 2-1-1, Bud Cope (Callback) 1-2-2, time, 2.12%, 2.15%, 2.13%. The winner was owned by Simpson d: Bickerton, Amherst, N. S. 2.15 Trot and Pace: Plucky Scott (T. Semple) 1-1-3. StarG. (Cummings) 4-3-1, time. 2.08%. 2.08%. 2.10%. The winner was owned by Dr. R. F. Seaman. Charlottetown. Free For All Pace: Bud Wenger (Av- ery) 1-1-1, Calumet Budiong (Hood) 2-2-2, time 2.05%. 2.05%. 2.06%. The winner was owned by T. V. Holdaway, Houlton. Maine. The average time of the nine heats was 2.09%.

Goodwill meet September 14th, 1949...2.25-2.27 Pace: Mayme AX- worthy (W. Lewis) 1-3, Tiny Bud- long (T. Weir) 4-l, time. 2.12, 2.12 2-5. Winners are owned by Miss Dorothy Fowler, Sackville, N. B.. and Linus Mulligan. Kinkora. Jun- ior Free For All: Worthy Ermine (Moresidcl l-l-dr; Filbert (W. Lewis) 4-2-1. Time, 2.09 2-5, 2.10. Winners are owned by Myron Bell. Charlottetown. and P. J. Cadegan, Glace Bay. N.S. 2.17-2.20 Pace, FirstDivision: Billy McVay (Craig) 2-1, Jessie Direct 2nd (E. Semple) 1-4, time, 2.08 4-5, 2.11 2-5. Win- ners are owned by Dr. Temple Hooper, Charlototown, and Earle Semple, Kensington. 2.17-2.20 Pace, Second Division: Quick Lick (O'- Meara) 1-1-, Single Streak (Cori- royi 3-2; time, 2.10 3-5, 2.11 2-5. The winner is_ owned by John McLean, Souris. Average time of the nine heats 2.10 4-5,

Yester- day evening another of the old guard that helped to make ath- letic history passed to his final re- ward after only a short illness. He- was H.L. (Ham) Bethune, for years one of the stalwart Abegiveit half- backs that helped in no small measure to make the Abbie team feared 111 Maritime circles.

And still they pass on.

.. . . . It was in tiieearly 1890's that "Ham" hove on the athletic hori- zon. His short, stocky build plus a heart as big as his body made him one of the most feared players of his day. And he was playing in fast company; iiiiike no mistake about ‘that. There was Lou and Cyrus MacMillan, Billy Flood, Wallie McLeod, Art Gaudet, Frank Blake. James Donahue, Brent Fo- ley, Danny MacKinnon. Frank MacDonald and a host oi others that went on to spread the Abbie name far and wide in ivlaritime football circles.

Then in 1fl€8i‘.yt?1‘ll‘S'“Hflfll" play- ed with such notables as Jimmy Coyle, the late Sammy Doyle, Tommy Trainer, and Joe Doyle. “Ham" always gave of his best and at most times it. proved to be sufficient. He was a game contend- er all the way and when declin- ing years started to take its toll 0f his strength he still exhibited the same courage and doggediiess that had marked his athletic days. - a - .

The City and Province has lost a real booster oi sport in the pass- ing of H.L. Bethune and this col- umn takes this opportunity of ex-

We are delighted to have this‘ letter from an old horsemanl friend of ours, Jerry Gillespie,‘ Parrsboro, N.S.:-"Had a friendly call from your genial friend James Read of Truro. He certainly is a lover of a good horse and a good Judge also. 1 was more than pleas- ed to see where you were success-

vto see him back again next. season. Babe Britton won a fair share of the money and will be eligible to the 2.22 class for next season.

Sussex, N. B. had its largest crowd and most popular program of the season Thanksgiving after- noon. ln addition to the races light and heavy hauling matches anu an outstanding pony parade added to the interest. The No. 1 Classified was a straight winner for Tryon, owned and driven by Harry Cormler of Moncton. best ‘time 2.19, and Mr. Cormier's Ma Cherie won the first heat of the No. 2 Classified, losing the next one to Alpine Hanover, owned and driven by William Clark, Freder- icton. Time of both heats was identica1—2.21. 1t was the Free For All which held the most interest for the large crowd. Lock Hanover, owned by Bart Yerxa and driven by Frankie Carr, was a straight heat winner and Jean Henley (Miller) was a bang-up second each hcat with All American, driv- en by Tyndall Semple, 4-3-3, Lew McKinney (Clark) 3-4-4, and Doc. B. Grattan (Jardine) 5-5-dr. Time, 2.12 1-5, 2.10 2-5, 2.11.

A new type of starting gate was used for the first time over the Sussex track. The inventor and engineer was Bob Weatherby and he has named it‘~,“The All? Weather Starting Gate", and claim! it l! the only gate of its type hi North Am- erica. 1t was erected at the track under the supervision of Mr. Weatherby the previous Saturday. The 61-foot span crosses the track

to rest on runways and is equip»

pcd with eight starting gates. When the horses line up behind it at the three-eighths pole the en- tire span moves down the track at a speed of 30 miles an hour. Prior to reaching the stunting line the [ates behind which the horses are trotting or pacing open and raise into the air, giving every horse an equal chance. The gate was first used in Woodstock and has been acclaimed by many expert horse- men, some of whom are reported to have come down from Roosevelt Raceway, to see it.

The pacing mare Lily Belle that was second in the No. 1 Classified .1 Montague, August 3rd, has been cold by E. Bucll, Village Green, to Chester Pratt, St. Pcterl. Chel- ter is an oldhlnd with horses. We remember yearl ago when he pur- chased Jellica the Grelt. condit- ioned hcr through the winter lnd lold hlr to the writer a wonder- fully improved plcer. Thlt fall lho took a record of 2.14 in l winning race at Hllifux. 1t hlp- pcned that we knew the peculiar- ities of Alworthy, that our friend Willard Kelly was driving, lo tucked in behind him lnd mldwly through the stretch pulled through nclr the wire, winning the helt by a close mnrlln- MWOflM hlfi n habit of baring out on thehome stretch.

n uitc l number of ‘n ":01: in lnd around 8t.

Pltcrlmagd owners and M ll"

ful with the Baron and Babe Brit- ton. Give the Baron a good win- ter and I think he will be a good trotter for you next year. I re- member two other trotters you had, that old iron horse Heather- bell and that young Newfoundland irotter Harvest Melody. I also liked British Ginger and Briar Mac. That was a quartette that could get some of the money any- where, and The Yank, that broke the world's record on ice at Mount Clements.

"1 happened to be at the races in Amherst, 1 believe it was in 1931, when Billy Cope led to the half in 1.03—mighty fast time— Lucky Lindy won the race and Marjorie M. broke badly in all three heats. Heber Sweeney had Aubrey the Great and lrom Holm- es drove Grandma for Rankine McLaine. You also had Golden at that race meet. He was a beauti- ful trotter and a good-locker. A horse I liked very much was Peter Dawes that Dr. Heath McIntyre owned and drove. Bingen Aubrey was another good one. I sold a mare by Captain Aubrey to Joe

Chaplin two weeks after you bought Bingen. She was very fast but a little flighty. I always

thought Bingen Aubrey and Cap- tain Mac were a hard pair to lick on a race track.

"Around about 1930 Billy Mc- Manus pulled the same stunt with the trotter Johnny Miles on the Amherst track as George Lewis pulled at Truro this year with Jerry Lee Voio. Johnny Miles was leading when his rein broke. Billy climbed up on his back, ‘caught the other rein and piloted Johnny in to win the heat. Billy McManus had another great trot- ter in Neisha. She was n surprise winner st Charlottetown, you will remember, and wu the dam of Hillside Scott, still racing up in Maine. He also owned and marked Maud Axworthy in 2.16%. Billy has got along pretty well in years but was very active the last time 1 saw him. A good horse will keep n man young. Later on I will write you and give you all the dope on the Cumberland County horses. Remember me to George Hooper and other horse-loving frlends."...Thank|, Jerry, we 'wi1l be looking forward to hearing from you. '

Frank "Buck" O'Neill, publicity man for Roosevelt Raceway, has sized up n trliner’! difficulty pret- ty well in the followingz-"A trainer who had spent a lot of time and patient, intelligent effort in bringing l horll along to racing form, hld complete frustration thrust upon hlmjhc other night when the clyulc went into a break almost at the ltlrt of a rlce, and .thul ‘eliminated himself from lll competition. A few mornings lltcr the llmc horn mlde clockcrl’ eyes pop with a mile that would have won the race In question by a city block. ‘What's the lnlwcri’ we asked the driver. ‘Race ex-

gistl out there with the other: l- round him, tbl noises that are

cltcment‘, he replied. ‘This horse .

pressing its sincere sympathy to the bereaved relatives and friends of a mun that was a ‘real sports- man all the way." - - - The big feature which will high- light Island sporting activities over the week-end will be held at the Western Capital on Sunday after- noon when the Summerslde Curran and Briggs baseball Club, N.S.-P. E.I. Intermediate Baseball champs. will clash with the Cliatham Iron- men, New Brunswick Provincial tltilists. in the final round of thp Maritbrne Intermediate baseball championship for 1949. - t a

The Summerside squad are the Maritime defending champions, having won the crown last year from the Woodside Combines 1n the 1948 playoff finals, and are at pres- ent leading the current best of three game Maritime finals by one game, by virtum of their win over Chatham last Wednesday in the series opener on the latter's home diamond by a. score of 10-9.

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Playing smart ball here all sea- son. the C. and B. boys captured the Provincial title in a toughly contested series with the Char. lottetown Abegweits and the Sum- merside R.C.A.1=‘. nine in the Is- land League and went 0n from there to capture the N.S.-PET title from the Meteglian Shipbuild- ers in two straight games. and are now just one game from their sec- ond Maritime championship.

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Although it will depend entirely on who wins the second game oi the series tomorrow, as to whether a third game will be necessary. l.-i the event that the Mainland t§am win out. the third and final game will be played as a. double feature the same afternoon to decide the lsue.

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Being the most important meet- ing of the season in the Island baseball picture. there is expected to be a record attendance at. the C. and B. diamond when fans from all over the Province will be cnn- verging there to root for the home team and cheei-‘theirmon to victory.

The game, or games. as the case may be, should be a natural frcmi start to finish as the Chatham squad are l really top-notch group of bnll artists and it was only by the narrowest of margins that. the local squad squeezed out. a victory over them on Wednesday in the series opener. flowever. the sum- mcrlide squad are expected to be sn even stronger team tomorrow when they hope to have four of their star players, Les Gaudet. Allan Stewart. Gordie MacKay and Emmett Mulhollan back in unl- forrn. whom they dl n'-t have in the opening glmc.

Heavyweight Fight Early This Morning

(By The Anoolnfcd Press)

SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 14-111:- urd Charles, National Boxing Al- loclltlon heavyweight champion. weighed 182 pounds, and Pat Vnl- entino of San Francisco. 188%, for their iii-round title fight at the Cow Palace tonight-

The blttlers are schedbled. to climb through the ropes about l0 p.m. PST (3 |.m. A171‘ Saturday).

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THE GUARDIAN, CHARLOTTETOWN

Intermediate

i Presentation 0f _

Prizes Al Golf Club Today

The CharlotteMii-vn Golf Club

will hold their official closing ceremonies and presentation of prizes at their Belvedere course

clubhouse this afternoon at four o'clock, it was announced last night.

The ceremonies will bring to a close u highly successful season of tournament and friendly play that has kept the course a scene of ‘constant activity all season. A large turnout of club members is expected to be on hand for the function, which will be preceded by a few rounds of golf earlier in the afternoon.

;Smylhe Gives

Observations 0n N.H.L. Clubs

TORONTO, Oct. 14 (CP)—— Conny Smythe thinks his Toronto hliiplc Leafs are a solid playoff cliih hut he isn't saying how they'll make out in the National Hockey League's ‘IO-game schedule. At :1 press conference today on the cve of the Lrnfs’ first. home game tomorrow night against Chl- cago Black Hawks, the Toronto club's boss picked Montreal Cuna- diens as the team most likely to comewchnrglng down in front during the scheduled season, lengthened by 10 games this year. He liked Canadleris because they have more players of nil-star calibre than the other clubs.

He had these observations on the prospects of the other clubs.

1. The chances of Chicago Black Hawks depend largely on how much coach Charlie Conacher has learned. They

_ could finish high up, or they might wind up last. 2. Detroit Red Wings will miss the quietly effective play rif defcneemrin Bill Quacken- bush, traded to Boston Bruins last summer, ' 3. If inst year's rookies do l well in their sophomore year, ' New York Rangers will be a lot better especially with Chuck Rayner, "one of hoc- key's nil-lime greats" in goal.

4. Boston Bruins form the League's unknown quantity. I saw them a lot last year and 1 don't know what held them up there in second place.

As to the Leafs, unless they produce what Smythe called hoc- key‘s "home-run hitters." the team might find the going tough during the schedule.

"We haven't got stars on our c1ub," he said. “We've got to work the players as units."

Sport Snapshots

By Trevor locbon

Canadian Press Staff Writer TORONTO. Oct. 14 —(CP) — Boxing's responsibility for men kill- ed in the ring. a subject that per- iodically engrosscs sports farts. is in the air again. '

Talmadge Bussey, this week died from injuries suffered in l. bout. in Detroit. Last week, Enrico Bertola. the heavyweight boxing champion of Italy, died after n fight in New York city.

Doug (Windsor Star) Vaughan. commenting on the situation, writ- es.

"Sport is not, and never was meant to be. a legalized form of manslaughter. We are not pointing a finger at’ Luther Rawilngs. who was Bussey's opponentmor Lice iOma, who was in the ring against Bertola.

"The men to blune are the men in chgrge of boxing who remain stubbornly blinded to the fact that human lives are being sacrificed and still make no attempt. to do anything about it."

Shortly after the Itlllln heavy- weight! death. Vaughan suggested in his ooltunn that n heldgclr or l similar protective device could be

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Baseball

Title To Be Decided At S’side This Week-end

The Curran d; Briggs baseball team arrives at the end oi the Maritime play-off trail tomorrow when they play the Chatham Iron- men in the second and if neces- sary, the third game in the best- of-three series for the Maritime intermediate title,

The C. 6a B. boys have already one victory tucked away, having edged the Chatham boys 10 to 9 in Chatham. but, although they were short six players on that oc- casion, and all six are expected to be available for play on Sund , the local biill-tosers are nevert. l- less taking nothing for granted, and are preparq for a real battle when they face the Ironmen on their own diamond tomorrow. A ball team that can powder that old pill as the Chatham slugger: can, is bound to inspire respect 1n their opponents, and the game 01' games in Summerside may be as hard and bitterly fought as was the initial contest in Chat- ham. ‘

In Willie Jardine the Ironmen have as smart a ball-player as there is in intermediate ranks to- day. The veteran shortstop fields brilliantly and is a big bad wolf at the plate; the type OT nami- that can break up a. ball game with one blast. Chiitham fans de- clare that he has done that many times. Cabel on first is also a trap- py fielder. Converting bad throws into outs is Just routine work for him. Young Ramsay and Martin are also particularly dangerous with the hickory.