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The friends of .11 - derlnst. ensington, wm ‘y: 1:3,; to learn that he arrived home wkv this week from hospital in Momton where he was treated 1o;- ‘ "T? 5M0“! lnlurv to his hip. At the station were a. large num- ber of friends fa give greeting m one of the most popular men in the Province and one who is a1. ‘Ways ready to lend a helping hand 01' BB)‘ 8 kind word to anyone who needs it. It will be some time be- fore Jim can get around but he can be sure that from one end of the Province to the other good wishes and kind things will be said of him.

B)’ U18 Way. on my recent trip to the U. S. T. A. meeting at Chl- 6180 I drflpped down to Dayton, Ohio. to see my son Morris who had just arrived back from g flight to Germany. He mention- ed that on. one of his trips down the western coast of the U. S. A.. while walking along the streets of Seattle, Washington. he saw what looked to be a Prince Edward Is- lander. although he was in police officer's uniform. He took a chance Ind asked if he was an Islander Ind he said, yes. His name was Pendervgast and Morris said, ‘f thought so. you must be a. brother of "Big .lim's"--and so he was.

G¢0P8e MacDonald writes from Boston that H; B. “Hance" Rais- ton passed away there on the 24th of March. He had reached the wonderful age of eighty-four ycers and enjoyedggood health almost up until the last. Mr. Ralston had beevn a familiar figure with har- ness horses all his life and the last twenty-five years he has been

a. fixture at the Metropolitan speedway, Boston. where he handled the horses of the late

W J. MacDonald, noted contrac- tor. and others. Quite a number 6f the horses he trained and raced came to the Maritimes and they were always good mannered and reliable. His passing will be a bevere blow to intimate friends like Dr. F. W. Christopher, Dan- hle Steele, George MacDonald and many others.

Owners of good mares in the Maritimes should breed them as ‘there will surely be a. big demand lln the future for trotters and pacers because of the opening up n! so many new tracks in the flnited States. Every owner of a brood mare should if possible lhave her registered in the United States Trotting Association, and as soon as possible have her pro- geny registered. "Iihe fact of be- mg registered is a big talking point in making a sale. Buyers Iwho have purchased here in the past write us that one of the principal difficulties they have is be get information on breedln’! Irom former owners. Tlhe United States ‘Trotting Association ad- dress is—l349 East Broad Street. Columbus, 5. Ohio. By the way. don't forget to send for your eligibility certificate before May 1st and save money. and remem-

race a horse this yen- at any track-the rule is they cannot be applied for at the track.

The only 2:10 mile of the win- ter season that has been stepped in Florida goes to the credit of Chestertown 2:02 with Henry Thomas up. .. .. .. Harness horse- men are leaving Florida now to do their Spring training in oth- er parts. Tom Berry goes to Lex- ington, Kentucky, this week, Fred Egan to Aitken. S. C., Harrison Hoyt will train Demon Hanover. 2:00 1-5, winner of last year's l-lambletonian. at Freehold, N.J.. Leon Toole. who has been training at Macon, Georgia, will bring Paul Bowsefls string to Izxingtban. Herb Bond and Henry Clukey. well known Maine trainers, Ches- fer Bishop, Ed Gray and John "Red" I-fanafin, are members of the training colony at Hunting- ton. Delaware.

‘Ilhe fastest mile stepped by a trotter or pacer in i949 was Mr. Morris Scott's 2:04 l-5 at Phoe- nix, Arizona. and it was also a new record for the son of Scot- land. 1:59 l-2. .. .. One of the fastest quarters stepped by a two- year-old in Florida was Scotch Dean's 32 2-5. This youngster is trained by Fred Egan and is a son of Dean Hanover 1:58 1-2 and Emily Scott 2:04 l-4; The two- year-cld's full mile w» 2:21 2-5.

Pull Bloom, 1:58 4-5, the fast- est trotter developed in California in many years, was recently pur- chased by Clarence F. Gaines. proprietor of Gainesway Farm. Kentucky. She will be bred there to Volation 2:00 3-4 and later raced in the stable of A. 1.. Derby whose trainer is Frank Erwin. Full Bloom was a very notional mare that took many years and a great deal of pati- ence to develop into a star. Her trainer was a. 78-year-old man who probably succeeded because he had the qualities necessary to cope with her cccenmclties.

The noted race mare Deanna 2:02 3-4, that was in the brood mare ranks at Hanover Shoe Farms the past couple of years. is Ming placed in training again this year with Cliff Thomas. .. .. . Joe O'Brien has recently added to his stable the three-year-old trotter Randolph that was for- merly in the stable of Del Miller. Last week he trained an easy mile in 2:28. Joe and his assist- ant. Leslie Harrell also moved the other members of his stable along a bit. ‘Iihe two-year-old pacer Fan Dancer stepped a mile in 2:25 2-5 with the last quarter in 3S 1-2 seconds. The $11,500 Gene AibbO 2:03 4-5 paced in the same notch; Kohinoor 2, 2:12 4-5 and Little Brown G. 2:06 2-5 paced in 2:21; the three-year-old Sweden trotted ln 2:25 and the three year-old Louanna Hanover in 2:26. All members of Joe's stable look well and are reported doing well. He_has gone very carefully

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Despite the recent mild weather, outdoor rinks at many of the rural districts are still going strong and reports from various quarters in-

dicate that the ice conditions are surprisingly good and hockey schedules and games are still be- ing carried on. O I I I Games are still being played at Montague. Victoria, Albcrton and Bedeque and no doubt many others that this column hasn't heard about recently. Taking the Bedeque rink for instance, three hockey matches in bantam, paperweight and pee- wee island title matches were played there last night. While talk- ing to a Bedeque resident over the phone last evening concerning the first game of a best of five series in junior play held there on Thurs- day night, his reply to an enquiry as to whether he thought they would be able to get all their games in was "Oh, sure, we have lots of ice yci." O

O I O If the ice continues to hold out at its present rate, if looks like there will still be a few hockey games for fans to attend yet, in fact. who knows but some of the games might be preceded by n round of golf or tennis before tak- ing in the gvme.

O O O According to press reports, Jack Stewart, player of tlie Detroit Red Wings Hockey Club, filed a $250,- 000 libel suit in the Wayne County Circuit Court yesterday against Andy O'Brien, a newspaper column- ist from Montreal. Stewart charged that O'Brien, sports editor of the Montreal Standard, made" false statements regarding the Detroit player's conduct in early games of the current Stanley-Cup series be- tween the Red Wings and Montreal Canadians. Informed of Stewart's suit, O'Brien was quoted Thursday night by the Detroit Free Press as saying, "I'll say this, the Detroit Club_isn't a plker. It does things in a big way." O O Previous to the filing of the suit by Stewart,» the following comment was made by Jim (Toronto Globe and Mail) Coleman in his column concerning the same incident: “Up in Montreal, where emotions boil quickly, the Stanley Cup series be- tween Les Canadians and Detroit Red Wings is being played in the newspapers as well as on the ice. Apparently, one Journal has quoted Frank Selke as charging that Jack Stewart. Detroit defcnccman, de- liberately injurecfElmer Lach in last Tuesday's game at Detroit. The out- raged Detrolt management has threatened to sue Selke and the newspaper for libel. O O O "Nothing will come of it, of course, but the publicity will assure Stewart of being the target for the customary rubber footwear bomb- ardment when he skates onto the ice at the Forum in the future. The marksmanship of the inflamed Montreal audiences their enthusiasm. O O I "According to the press dis- patches. a Montreal scribe wrote that Stewart must have received instructions from his management i.o put Lach out of commission. .. O O O

"To any person who knows Stewart and Lach, such charges are ridiculous, but they sound very familiar. It is only two years ago that similar charges were being made after Lach had suffered a fractured skull when he was body- checked by Don Mctz of the Toronto Maple Leafs. It was im- plied, then, that managerial whisperlngs had inspired Metz to sandbag Elmer."

HOOP GAME TONIGHT

The second and final game be- lween the Charlottetown Rance hoopsterl and Ray's Millionaires in Island Physical Fitness Bask- etball Ina-mic semi-final playoff competition will get underway at the P.W.C. auditorium at 7:30 to- night.

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Allan Cup playoff games tonight (Saturday):

Eastern Canada semi-final — at Toronto: Sydney Millionaires vs. Toronto Marlborus (second game in best-of-five series, first game tied).

MONTREAL ROYAL! WIN

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Above is pictured s. rink of Charlottetown teen- aged curlers who will journey tn Summernide the first Provincial High School competition. The rink left to right includes Doug Cameron, skip, Carl Ibeardon. mate, (not present while picture was taken), Frank Acorn Jr., 2nd. stone. George Dillon. sub lead, and John Squarebrlggs In, lead.

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Planning Gala Wind-lip To Local Curling

A gala wind-up to curling aca- son activities in planned at the Charlottetown Curling Club for next week.

A “Matched Stone" Bonaplol is slated to gel: underway Tues- day when it is expected the club will be in receipt of 84 sets of new “rocks" from Scotland.-

A moccasin dance will be held Tuesday night.

Prizes to the value of $150 are being donated which include 48 tins of lobster from J. E. Bur- den.

Entries are being received at the club and close Monday at ii p.m. '

This afternoon. matches will be arranged nt the club and the usual prizes offered.

We regret that we will be unable to play Summersldo Loglonalres

nevu- gquglg for the North Shore Trophy an this

trophy is not our property. But we are willing to meet this mam for an exhibition game in the Kenning- ion Rink when rink Is available.

ELMER BERNARD,

Manager. Kenalngion, P.E.I.

March 31, 1949.

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Ch’town'- 'S’side School Curlers To Play Today,

The first provincial High School Curling Bonsplel will be held at summerside today when a rink of teen-aged curlers from Charlotte- town will meet a youthful quartet from Summerside. They will play a series of two matches. '

Curling has made rapid strides in junior and senior divisions in recent years and now with the

both Charlottetown and Summer- side more attention is being given to promoting the game among youths of high school age.

This is in line with what other Provinces are doing and next year a. High School Bonspiel will be held in Quebec along the lines of the senior Dominion Tankard Play. The Dominion Curling Associat- ion ls wholeheartedly behind the move and a special committee is working out details of a plan_ to make this competition Dominion- wide.

Murray MacNeill. president of the D. C. A.. in his report for the season 1948-49 had this to say about the development cf the sport: “For some years now, our executive has concerned itself with the development of curling by boys. Our high school committee has been active during the year and pro- gress has been made towards re- gulations governlng- competitions. Curling, as a sport for High School boys, is rapidly increasing over the whole country." -

Regulations governing this di- vision of curling state in part. that students taking part must be under l9 years of age as of October lat, prior to the games, and must be in good standing in- classes.

F. Rankine McLaine. provincial representative on the D. C. A. High School Committee. will be in charge of the rink leaving here

for Summerslde this morning.

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lottetown Curling Club yesterday retained the Gaboury Trophy, but, in night nlatchca, lost the Mac- Arthur Chailengg Cup to mm. Kile. Total scores in the Gaboury play were: Charlottetown 48, Mon- tague 38. and Sununerside 34. Montague rinks proved too good in their challenge for the Mac- Arthur silverware when they won both matches from the Charlotte. town rinks and took hone the coveted cup by a total score of m against 1B run up by the defend- ers. Earlier in the day the 02m. lottetomi rinks successfully de- fended the MacArthur Cup when they turned aside a Summerside ghailenge by a close score of 26 to

Results follow: Gnboury Trophy

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G.J. Hayes (s) ,l4. G. Gordon (m) 4

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Charlottetown:

E. MacInnis, lead. 2nd stone, Dr. Pierce, Giddings, skip.

0L. Jayplead. G. Foster, 2nd atone. JE. Burden, mate. W. Pick- ard, skip,

Frank Hobbs, lead, RM Jones. 2nd stone, RE. Jenkins, mate, J.S. MacDonald, skip.

W. Mel-dine. lead, A. Hewett. 2nd stone, Judge Mcduillh, mote, AMI. Hyndnun. skip. Slunmcroicle: -

B. Mcwilliasns, lead, H, Oeudel, 2nd stuns, B. Jenkins, mete. OJ. Hayes. skip.

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A. Miller. lend. V. Room, 2nd stone, TD. Morrison, mate, I, use. R40, skip.

L. Iawls. 160d. C. Tanlon. 2nd atone. A-Qllrkvbmsie, mu. mu. skip. Montana:

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A few evenings ago I spent sev- eral hours going over my o‘d Diaries, that date back over 20 years, to try and secure an auth- entic picture of the black. duck trend. l have always kept a re- cord of my days spenthuntlng and since 1920 have kept a daily diary relating to weather, hunting ex- periences, events of daily interest, etc. O O O I can check back 30 years and ascertain how many ducks, or species of ducks. I shot on any day ‘or year and where they were shot. I always made it a point to record the number and species of bird shot after every hunt. In ad- dition I made notations of the ap- proxinate number of birds seen, the number fired at and recorded, the number shot and lost. In later years I kept records of ducks and other game found in hunter's game bags during routine checks. O O O

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copped off by the Anbbies when they blanked out the Kinnnen by ‘the lobeided score of 11-0 in take the crown in that division. The flirt ‘two games in particu- lar were really well played, koen. 1y contested struggles. with Bdxby Watson of Bummerside clinching the Paperweight decision for his squad when be broke the 1-1 deed- lock by bl-nging in the winning goal: in the lut 55 seconds of ploy.

‘Ih addition to the three match- es. Mr. W. E. Soantlebury and some 10 members of his figure- skat-ing troupe put on a splendid OVBIIUI of fancy and graceml skating entertainment between per- lods. which drew great . applause Dom n. large and appreciative cud-

The two referees who took charge of all three hockey matches were Art Perry and R. Braddilw.

The following are the results:

_PAPEBWIIGIITS

S'Side — Goal. G. Harris; do‘- fenpe, R. Delaney. S. Gpy; for- wards, L. Gay, B. Delghen. B. Wat- son, G. Deighen. D. Rose, D. Silipbant, Les Desroches.

Abbles -- Goal. B. Henry; de- fence. R. MacLeod, H. Phillips, D. Gallant, D. McOoi-mack; forwards, A. McCabe, B. ‘Reid, B. Lama, J. Blrt. M. Johnston. J. Kennedy.

: First Period l-Eside, Les Desroches .. mm Second Period z-Abbies, McOube 6:00 Third Period J--S'Slde, B. Watson ...... M! FEE-WEI! Abbie: -- Goal, R. White: de-

,fence, D. McLeod, M. Stevenson, T. ‘Davies, W. Kennedy; forwards, W. |Allen, P. Chandler, A.- L ‘weel.

the number of migrating northern red-legs ls not so pronounced but

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BANTAMS

B'Slde - Goal, n. Murray‘; dg_ mice, M. Campbell, o. onus; m- wards. M’. Cannon. R. Noonan. L. Olow, L. Des-Rocha, A.‘ Matthews, V. Harris, B. Huestis, R. Doucette, P. Green.

Abbie: -— Goal. Doyle; defence, Dave McLeod, McDonald, Chandler, J. Kennedy; forwards, Squam- brlsza. Kennedy. n. Lantz, o. Carroll, Gallant, Arsenault.

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STILL-ANION. NS, Awll 1 .- (OP) —- Lourdes Midgeh captured the Maritime’ midget hockey crown here tonight as .they blanked summerside, New Bninuwick and Prince Edward Island champions, 6-0. It was the first time Lourdes had won both the Nova Bcotil and Maritime titlet. - Lourdes eoJoyed o. ‘wide margin in play and but for the fine work of MacKay in the Sinners“, net the count might have gone into double figures.

The Pictou County club opened a three goal lend in the first per- iod, add-ed a brave in the middle