DOWN T|'lE BAGK STRETCH

Th! Dimer Buster c, 313 Commandanta has )\(‘.£\!l

All-h! of Puzwash. us. sum: c.

3.10, \\inner of five dviiwa ihi; year, to parties in 3131p,» 51., doubt he will he racin: over the ice as the Maine horwrw-n trim (teat. pleasure in thrlt "mi-t Arrivals at \i§.1'n11 '\i- -1

barn Kcnsingtoii. rirc 1.11 2.07 by Volomzie 203M», been campaigned by A . McGee for the past two 5.... the U.S.A. Linn Kilt» cvrcndoi expectations winning rcscvii 31 contested races 1:1 l -~ company. she will he brood mare ranks lien» narue Sally Jcc out c.’ Great that will also b brood mare. and Lu 2.10%, owned bv Wljir 1.".

9.1....»

'11: t‘

week assisting in i

l11=‘.'1~_ ~~"=

for Arthur B. 11m: 'r~ Maine, and ljclai

land. \laine i.

have been orlcli

Hawk by K4 worthy. cnvnci 1 1. Sutnmtrsitit‘ Ai-u ii11~ Range Hauk. Rcb~i coming two \c'11- . I-larkncss. 8.1m" chased Just I31" long, dam a Just Bill was i11 his career and ~11 speed ivhcn hookrd prize packnce lhPv Harkness “.15 a co: old by Abner T Webb =ai<l rvd-w tixc ~ ' and finest. liwkux: flaw at that aer- 1 those sold at Harv where. Certainly a Mr. Harkncss as

developer.

From Sampson ‘iv they bought a cont‘. old gelding by Abner T C.»

by Watson Peter, and from ‘Prainor. Home River. a

four year old gclfl‘ f; w.- » Cegg. One that the- wore vcrv

high on was purchzwcri from Peter McMahon. Kensington John- ston Bildlong by Calumet Burlionc 2.02414. dam. B=be BIeEluW-n 2.08%. Myron is certainly assisting in bringing a lot of money in this Province and we are rri-id to re- port that the parties he has in- terested in buying our from-a and pacer: considered that on the whole they got full value for their money. As we have mentioned be- fore, one difficulty has been rog- istration and we urge all breeders

these particulars of younsr lrr1iivr< and pacers that ho has acrn . . . . Jamel McGuigan. St. Mary's Road. ha! a coming three year 011i. loco Budlong by Calumet Budloziz. dam Nell Llwopla hv Lacopin also Lady Colorado. a brood m by a son of Colorado L. 2‘. Phillip MoGuigan of sad. place has I-iiighicm Budlom b7: Ghlmet Dudlong. dam by Lacun- ia. and Herb llfcG-uiran has ‘fick- oy Mouse that. he is mitinr rcrldY loll‘ ice racing. Millvlork Mrrfinvr- n11, Kilmuir. is the pro-hi owner d Money Adds by Real Money 8.00%, dam Emma Am". l1» ia a coming four yen: old. vef": hand- 10ml and well bred. ‘Vhrlr. Mr- Phee. Heather-dale. owncr of Bniil Azoff, has her in foal to Real Money and is very i:'"l\ on a coming tnvo year old owned bv Preston Pesrdon. Pictou, which he has in his stable. no 11 hv 111-1‘. Money. dam Emma. A"~.'f A hiflli class sira owned by liodril» lir- Kav. Dundas. is Slmcoc HnrvPFt- q i041; whose get. will 11c much in tho headlines the nrrv-t few yen‘ 31mm R1197; ypintngue. has a coming four your ol/l iroifici‘ by Hui Money. clam by Biol“? T040‘

Aired Inwery. colt futurity man of Montague. is with Jack Annear. the owner or the A. a: N. Swill" u“! Byood Farm \\h8l'0 Vfllili’ Long 2.14 2'5. winnrr of rirliil dashes the past soason, is toil futi- orite. Another almost. oqurllil’ “"7 liked is Real Set z. mo. 1w W“ Money, darn Alisct 2ll by Loni? 5C0 3.08%. Then there i1 a three on old. Bruce Burllong hf: Cal- ‘mgg any)“; Q3“ by Lar-npio. that is expected to b» a mod 1'11"‘ q;- naxt. year. The well ‘ilzorl two year old filly, Bison. hv Peal .\‘iou~ q, dam Calumet Climatic. is vccll ‘mm-i and a real prospect. Ilnllin m1 ll carrying a foal '10 R011 Mono; and the mare Fannie Bo-

la also in foal to Real Mon- q. They also have a Halli“: filly Q Real Money, dam Fannie Bo- ‘ooh, and o coll: and weanling colt by Real Money out of a Larovifl

. It was a pleasure, said Mr. gum, to look over the A. 81 N-

liable and see the evidences of

good

u tho rugs were taken off each q the above named. Alflred

‘rho popular Johnny Gay hm q. thoatar in his stable Real Honey ZMl/a. a full hrolhcr in old Cosh 1501/2 one of the best

in the USA. l-Ie also has

ry Stuart 2.19 t. (2.22 p), in foal "Real Money. and Miss Marjorie in foal to The Great. G. 2.02%.

ce Mclnnds. Elliotvale, has

‘filming three year old by Real

i , ' yuzola New M0118!

dam

i!»

Budiong.

‘W0?! 8i! dashes on Ilfaritinie 11.1 rs lad several dashn; i" pwnhnnx. M355, the past SPRSHH U.“ in;

sold his fast. pacer Petr-r R'l*l'i'ii]rf'

Tics of

.l'\1.l-1~i i“ 11in‘ ‘.1 1'.

$10k was a vrrv bu“.- m,“ ,,._w

. r- ‘ Pflll

and owners of colts and fillies to get them registered as wedniinrrs And have a paper ready to show when a buyer calla.

Our friend PETFV Walsh who is constantly travelling a 11d the Province. has very .. ' civcn u?

2.091 .‘

an and good horscmanship

As a colt g"; Lowery certainly is gong the tops in the Maritimes.

J dam Prince Girl by Lusty I I 2.61%. Grand dam Quinia . by Belwin 2.00, and Jack Montacue, has the by Real old o two year old by Edith , mo» weanling by Calumet

- Budlong out of Edith Gray . . . . , _Our friend Myron MacArthur i u-ould do well to cut out this list i and havb it handy for future pros- pective purchasers, There is a lot M brooding represented in it. Too late for last week's not»: ivas this letter from a valued ifriend. James T. Duran, l8 Mea- dows St. St. John, N.B. . . . _ "As an old P. E. Islander ‘born at ‘Yfarznti- in i871 I take great in- iPrcSi‘. in reading Down the Back Pdrclch. as it. brings hack memor‘ long ago. I first attended when I was about

'. horse rat-es

. . - icicve-n or twelve years of age. My

"diner. C. Durant. drove- l1 s at that. time and I partic- wriv rrmcmher the races at Sum- erddc. Afior they were over we 1 go to John MacDonald's 1:vc1-_v Siahlc where a lot of horse- men would meet and the races Wvoxild be rim over again. The _;ii:w~e was slow than but we en- 1 inved the sport lust as much all if 111» horses had been travelling in . 2.10.

u.

w A. Brennan had some won- ' l horses at that time. partic- thc stallions Parksidc 2.21 Bad-inn 2.24 brought bv him

t’: 1 ("iizfol-illn. 1 was wel‘. ac- (Fifilliled with Robert Fitzsimmnus owner of Dean

of Lona River, " it and Island Chief. They sired a lit of speed and at every race mcct their get would be in'ac- tori John T. Mullins of Kensing- iou 11nd some good horses also. \‘.'c liked to go to the races at .\'r-.~.- Annan. Wellington and Try-

.or1 _ three tracks that are now ‘r1 d. Perhaps sometime you rixl ziie summarios of races

r1 there. 'l"hc_v would be inter- ~_ to us old timers. 1 knew cssor S. A. Rockford very well. ‘he was quite a man in his time, also Tom Holmes. Ronnie Steele. ex-Xfnyor RS. Brown and other areal drivers of the past.

A fewv years ago I was at the races at Hamilton and saw Tom Idnimes thrown of‘! the sulky. Ho ‘"74! driving Lusty Frisco. He got liurt pretty badly but I noticed .l~.e recovered. The people on P.- ‘EI are almost all strangers to me now but ‘i’ hope to llvo there again before long as I have yet to sec a place to compare with it."

We iverc delighted to have a letter in the mail the other even- i112 from Louis G. Naiac, harness horse editor of the Evening Bul- letin, Providence. R.I., and well-

known throughout the United States as a clever writer on horse topics. Mr. Najau writes

"Enclosed is a local paper with imy column that appears 'I'hurs— iday niizhts in the Providence Bul- ;lctin and Sundays in the Provid- lenco Journal. My mother came from sutheriandb River. nine miles outside of New Glasgow on the Antlgronish Road. where we visit. every summer. In the Even- ing News of New Glasgow that arrived today, was your column as taken from the Charlottetown Guardian and I hastened to re- ply and tell you that it is o. very 1 interesting column that you write. A Charlottetown boy on our paper liiails from your section, in fact there are others too in this loc- ality from the Island. Is there someone in tho Miaritimes that gets a Yearly review of the har- ness horses similar to what Frank Pawn- used to get out on the Hal- ifax paper? 'T‘l1e season's wishes to you 11nd yours." . . . . Thanks. Lou. we will be sending you a copy of our Maritime Harness Racing Review around New Year's. 1111a thank you for ywr var! fine hnrncss notes.

Without question the 7.1. Cad- ogan stable from Glace Bay. with driver Worreil Lewis, created as much or more interest hm this season as any other stable that has been campaigned in recent years. Now we hear from Mr. Cald- egan . .. "As th» year 1949 l9 fast drawing to a close I am writ- ing you l few lines t0 l!“ Y0“ know that r often think v! W“ in my spare momenta. I have been vgry hiizy since returning from Harrisburg. it “'0! l wimdmm trip down and a great sight to see n11 the beautiful horses that were !:n‘.ri and to be present when Im-

iwrial l-Ianow-r was knocked dOWTi ‘for 572.000. To look at the faces

um. 59p Palin was making Ht his two opponents from Texas that ‘ 1-.-1n Imperial Hanovcr uP 9° high- i was worth the triv 51°"!-

! "While there l bought Crusader i Chief and I think he il one d fill? hcst hrcd horses that sold at the

salt‘. T fee-l that I got him 101' I gift. Had he been sold later in lhe day he would have brought five or six thousand dollars. I did not have him five minutes when l was offered over double what I P!“ for him. The Arionway horse I purchased is a nice big horse. W811 bred and a sweet gaited irotter. He was only trained a month and a ‘half and was going miles in 2.20 when they laid him otf. I had a letter from the former owner the other day and he told me he is the makings of s real nice trotter. Just watch out if he does not fake a fall out of Neill Kalmuck before the season L! over newt year.

“The Cobbleston horse was bougiht by Mr. Dibblns on my roc- nmmendaiion and sent down here for Worrell to get. him ready for the stakes in America. I was talk- ing to Mr. Dibbins the other day over the phone and he told me he has him staked in four or five stakes. He was very sorry he would not be racing in our coun- try as he is due back in the Un- ited States July 1st. Mr. Dltfbino if a former Islander that went to i010 U.S. when only a small baby. On his annual trips down here he al-

(Conllnued on pogo 7)

ways spends a week in P. 12.1. He

illiristmas Holiday Schedules We will operate the following schedules Sunday, Mona‘, u“ Tuesday, December 25th. 26th, 27th:- Lv. Charlottetown 9:15 p.m. for Summerslde and ‘Hgnlsh, Lv. Tlgnlsh 2:45 p.111. for Bnmme aid.- and Charlottetown. Lv. Charlottetown 10:10 mm. for Summers!’ Lv. Charlottetown 4:00 pm. for Summorsldv.

When this column appears in print, Christmas Eve will be a matter of hours away. Then it will be New Year's Eve with the watching of the old year out and the making of new resolutions. The days will be getting longer, and before we know it vi-sli be ‘Vakhlng 101" Spring and looking over the Old fishing tackle.

From a hunters‘ viewpoint. the season of 1949 11:15 a good 0nd October was a beautiful month

and only the odd hunting day marred by disagreeable weather. Rabbit hunters are the only ones who are experiencing a let down feeling. The general rabbit Dic- ture is not encouraging. One has i to hunt hard for a glimpse o; 1.111»,

short tailed ghosts of the swamps.

There are exceptions of course. A

Daft)’ of four hunters altered a

Small lwamp with hounds early

this month and in a frlv hours

had bagged 12 rabbits. The pen-

erai rulc is for a couple of gum

"9" 9° 1111M- hflrd all afternoon

for a brace of bunnies each.

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A pair of rabbits is plonty to take in one afternoon. Its enough for a couple or delirious pot pics or a tasty stew or frlcasscc. Rab- bits keep better on the hoof and if left in the cover are there for the taking whenever the opportunity offers. In the old days the num- b?!‘ 0! rabbits shot depended on the number one could carry home. My 11m ekperiencc in rabbit hunting came when I “was very young. When only seven or eight vears old. I tagged along with my brother Dan and Dave Horton. a. neighbor, on a hunt in Alex's swamp.

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They had a single barrel muzzle leader between them and were to take turns shooting. 'I‘here ivas no snow on the ground and the rau- blts were pure white except for their eyes urhlch stood out like black marbles. I remember cross-- in: a meek and following a path through a swamp that was mostly elders and juniper. We hadn't gone for when Dave whispered: "There's one“. I could see it sit- ting off to one side, its ears lying fiat on its back crouched as if ready to run.

l

Davo was a big lumbering man and I can see him in my mind's eye pulling back the hammer and swearing because the percussion cap camo with it. He put the gun to his shoulder and took aim and then brought it down again and looked at the caip the second time. After what seemed to me like a half hour the gun went off with a roar and a cloud of white smoke bolched back in my face. When it cleared we could see the rabbit kicking an the ground.

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The excitement really isommen- ced when another rabbit was spot- ted o. few yards off to one aidc. There was an awful sputtering as carried in a groove under the bar- rel and the wedding tamprd home with the iron ramroad that was carried in a groove under the bar- rel. This was followed by a charge of shot and some lllOff‘ wadding and last of all tho cap was placed on tho nipple. All through this performnce Dan was hopping around and saying: "Hur- ry Dave. hurry" and Dave Wmlid swear some more;

I

By the time Dan got- tho gun, there was a. second rabbit in sight. The now comer was sitting stralght up on o cradle hill in front. ‘There was more delay while he made up his mind so to which one he'd shoot. I have n0 distinct recollec- tion oi’ what happened later but I do remember their nbmting three rabbits before moving from where we stood. That was rabbit hunt- ing fifty odd years ago. They'd become so numerous that the woods appeared to be alivo with them and then a disease would almost wipe them out or at least it seamed to almost wipe iheru out by comparison in numbers loft. In s. few years the rabbit. population would be back to full strength.

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Rabbit hounds wen an unknown quality in those days in our dia- trict. Today hunters are equipped with the pest in rabbit hounds and the E-shot automatic loaded with tho latest in long range smoke- less shells is o. far cry from the 01d B10819 bond-led muzzle loader and black powder. Diseaaa is not considered a factor where rab- bita are kept thinned down by hunting. It is only when they be- come u thick as flies that Mother Nature takes o hand. They haven't

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Drive OuIACHES ‘.}~ ‘

‘PORONPO. Dec. N —tOPl - You can't make u. speech in Tor- onto these days-or even visit your barber-unless you are pre- pared to say whether you think City Council should geek legislat- ion to make legal Sunday sports here, now banned by the Lord's Day Act.

Voters will be asked their views on the question in g plebiscite

Jan. 2 in conjunction with the annual civic elections. I1 Turonbonians have not yet

made up their minds. it lo not for lack of advice.

Some opponents 0f Sunday sport have conjured up visions of Tor- onto The Good gone to pct with “ivide-opcn" Sundays. Sunday drinking. dancing and movies. Some of those in favor of seek- ing the necessary legislation be- moan the lot of a ‘Ibrontonlazl on Sunday altemoonsanddrag up the old gags about the graveyard with lights and shooting a cannon down Yongc Street. Toronto's main artery. without hitting anyone. Officially. however, the issue concerns only commercial sports events, amateur or professional. Protagonist of Sunday aports is controller Allan Lamport who debated the issue last rught in a radio broadcast with Rev. Henry Mathews. pastor of Davenport Road Presbyterian Church. Mr.‘ Lam- port argued that. legalized Sunday sport would reduce crime. Sunday afternoon l: the high- point of the week in police crime records, he said. The Board of Education upent $14,000 last your repairing broken windows.

"Most of this delinquency is created through the lack o! Sun- day entertainment for our younger citizens." he said. He deaoflbed tho lord's Day Act as "a padlock law against children."

lvlfr. Mathews urged listeners to "keep our present Sunday."

He suggested Toronto is the envy of Quebec and the Unlted States where there are fewer rstrlotions on Sunday amusement.

"We are Canadians with minds of our own and Canada's but cit- izens live in Toronto." he sald.

High School Curling Al S'side

The first round robin series. played by six school boy rinks at the Summiersido Curling Clulb was completed on this week. each rink having played five games. A sum- mary of the results of the games is as follows:

Won Lost Alexander Campbell 5 0 Robert Ellis 3 2 Clive MacDonald. 3 2 Thane Bagloie 2 3 Wyman lililler 2 3 Derwyn I-luestls 0 ll

Souvenir prizes were presented. at tho 0105a o! tho game. to the munben of tho winnirq rink, who werc u follows: John Douoette, Frank Ioclchart, Elwyn Mills. Alexander Campbell. Sop.

Another series will begin on Piriday afternoon. The two load- ing boys’ rinks from the Bummer- sido Club will compete in the Pro- vincill playdowm cm Fd-nrusry 10th and 11th, and tho winning rink in the Provincial piaydoma will compete in the Dominlon play- gaowm at Quobeo on February 20-

been plentiful enough in this province for a long time to invite an epidemic among them.

l—8ydney, Gray

(Storey) Penalties Myketyn.

8—.Bydney. Gray

Kelly. Gallagher.

(Fleet)

MASON'S

2—North Sydney. “Menzies

(Myketyn. Blrtllmw)

fk-sydney, Myketyn (Birukow, Gallagher)

Penalties -- Rottray, Gibson (2).

4-.Am.herst. H. M (Poirler, Gaudet» Penalty — Robinson.

Antigoniah 0. Truro 2. ._______~___-___

Too Late To filassliy

LOST :ram or PLASTIC um- med glasses in vicinity of Harry's Lunch. Phone B2l-L.

32""!

THE GUARDIAN, CHARLOTTETOWN

Sunday Sport Lively Issue Now In Toronto

Big Four. Cape Brelon llgclley

SYDNEY 8, NORTH SYDNEY 4 First Period

. 1420

Jcanneau. ‘Benton,

Second Period s-‘Qydney. McRoe (Rattray, Bowneea) 4-North Sydney, Hall

(Storey. Menzies) 0—Sydney, Beaten 0—North Sydney. Gibson (Stark, Kromm) . '1—3ydney, Rattray (Bowness, McRao)

2:45

0:86 10:28

. 13:10

(Roldl)

. 13:46 15:08 16:54

Thlrd Period Iii-Sydney, Hildebrand

(Gallagher, Birukow) 4:33 11—North Sydney. Storey

(Menzies) 3140 iz-aydney. McRas

(Matthews) 16:24

Penalties -_- Bowness, Kelly.

MONCTON U. AMHERST I

First Period l_.Amherst. Rl/plly (H. Mosienko, Robertsonl Penalties -_ Auger (nllnor and major), Fleet, Agnew. Imonii. Second Period b-Moncton. Larlee (Ryan Robinson) Iy-Momcbon, Larleo

6150

7:56 8:10

oslenko

9210

Third Period 5-—Moncton, Iseckie. (fBorkwell, Porter) .... .... 1.55 6—Moncton, Ryan, (Larlee) .. .. 4.40 ‘I-Moncton, Fitzpatrick, (McEwen, Milani) ........ .. 14.05 $—Moncton, Mllanl, (McEwen) 14.35 _ Penalties: McIntyre, W. Mac- Donald.

A. I’. C. LEAGUE

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HALIFAX ,

HULIDAY ' SKATING

MONDAY- AFTERNOON 8 to 5 EVENING . . . . 8 to 10 TUESDAY- AFEERNOON ......8to5 EVENING SKATE 0R. Pmmm... u! FORUM

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w. 11. JENKINS

‘ follow.

Lv. Summerslde 9:55 a.m., 5:10 p.m., 9:15 p.m. for Charlottetown Lv. Charlottetown 9:15 p.m. for Sourls and Elmira.

Lv. Elmira 4:30 pan. for Charlottetown.

11v. Sourla 5:15 pan. for Charlottetown.

Lv. Summer-side 12:01 p.111. for Borden.

Lv. Borden 8:80 pan. for Summe aide and Charlottetown,

We will return to regular schedules on Wednesday, Dem-wk

her 28th. All dirt road operations subject to road and wutlm- conditions.

Island Motor Transport, Limited

You. tomorrow is Christmas. The one and only for tho year 1949. and sporting enthusiasts and fans

crvrowu PHONE 24s s-smn PHONE m

alike wlli spend the next few days with their families and friends to enjoy a well earned respite from ardent sporting activities and will no doubt indulge to the fullest in the good things that come virlth the seasonal festivities.

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In fact what they will enjoy in tha way o1 massive turkey dinners etc, will no doubt cause grave concem to coaches who will prob- ably have to resort to such drastic measures as those used by Connie Smythe of the Toronto Maple Leafs to his wards “Turk" Broda etc, in an ultimatum of "take those pounds off or ciao" in order to get them in shape again for the renewal of sporting activities to

MERRY ~ But as the ‘$113111’; goes “ivho cares". Christmas only comes but once a year, and if the boys are a o little slow on their pick-up in the aftermath of festivities. it will be the Same on both sides. and the fans. who will be no doubt sub fering from the some ailment. probably won't know the differ- ence anyway.

.'0 8.“ our friends

tome" "d cus-

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Tn those who have been the means and support of our wide variety of sporting activities and to those who have happily stiffer- ed along with this writer, in an effort to bring to you in a small way. through the medium of this column, views and reviews on Is- land sport, we would like i0 bike this opportunity of wishing one and all A MERRY CHRISTMAS; and may it be tho biggest and best ever.

Rejoins (iauiadiens

MONTREAL. Dec. 23 — (OH- Gerry Plamondon rejoined Mon- treal Canacliexia today after a few weeks’ stay with Cincinnati Mo- hawks and iwiil take over the first-line left-wing job with Can- adians against New York Rangers tomorrow night.

Plamondon was sent to tho Am- erican Hockey League club to get more work. He returns to his Na- tional Hockey League team to help out in the midst of a flock oi in-

snowu ELECTRM;

Tamra/room:

Juries.

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Clnrlonetown

' MAY HEALTH Aub HAPPlNESS y as YOURS AT THIS CHRISTMAS season

i HARRY A. IMacDUIIGALL

"BETTER MEN'S WEAR"

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