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blic ,:.-ec.yess-old champion of me.
,.y..n she won all her starts cloa- -,,, with the Kentucky Futurity. -arnllll 822.000 and being sold for mmo that fall. When the Old ;,1,,ry catalogue of 1903 was is- ,,,,d peter the Great was one of ,,,. consignment of 5 from the Forbes farm.
Strange to say the bidding and prices offered were a tremendous ((;;gppOInLmOnL and finally Peter me Great was knocked down to peter Duryea and W. E. D. stake! of New York City, owners at Patchen Wiles Farm. Lexing- ion. Kentucky. They were almost forced into buying him by an editor of a Chicago horse paper who was a passionate admirer of peter the Great. It would take pages to describe what happened after that but in brief we may My that he had 9 performers in the 2.00 list and that 131 of his descendants entered that list.
Another remarkable thing about Peter the Great was that when ,,, W” 21 years old in February. 1918. he was sold to Stoughton A, Fletcher of Laurel Hill Farm. Indianapolis, Indiana. for 350.000.
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contest which is featured in The llsraeea Horse of Harris- burg weekly. The week before last it was Flower Direct 2.00 Sid that was one of the but pec- ere in the years 1011 to 1916. She headed such stars as Directum I. 1.58 3l(, Single 6. 1.5! U2. Frank Bogaah. Jr. 1.5! lid and other notables. Two that she could not head were William 1.58 12 and Napoleon Direct 1.59 3M, Pop Geers' great pacer. In six cam- paigns of 58 races. many of them that went four and five heats, she won 38. was second 10 times. third eight times and fourth twice. Our friend Thane must have a great memory for horses to be able to week after week be one of those who recognize the right trotter or pacer.
We have received a note from Harvey Cormler, well known driver who campaigned through Quebec last year and now has a stable at Rimouski. Que., which he is training for the coming season. Harvey was the winner of the Macdonsld Briar trophy at the Old Home Week. Charlotte- town. in 1951 and made many friends while he was training and racing here.
Ponce de Leon Raceway, St. Augustine. Florida, the million dollar harness horse track that
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earned at the lee- sleea 5 seats: Iteele. Pa. some to a sis is are It was the first start of year for the fivoqesr-old Silver King stallion which in two seasons won 31 (sites and over Sihilli. He Niselled his record when he won at Peace do Leon but at up an all time record for an early
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An ad for Calumet I-"ingo 8. use that some years ago was
owned in Chatham. N. 3., and is now at C. 1'. Black's farm. Berry- ville. Virginia. states that In 1952 hie get won 117 dashes and SS1.- 622. The best horse he sired in the Maritlmes was Colonel Dan that now sports a record of 2.06 2I5 and is being prepared for another season.
Quite a number Fingo's best performers have been trained. raced and given their records by Earle Avery who is the farm trainer and driver. Among those are the two-year- olds Uhleen Flngo 2, 2.07 SIS. Piney Flngo 2.09 and Bert Fingo 2. 2.10 US and such three-year- olds as Sal Fingo 3, 2.06 US.
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Petty Fingo 3, 2.06 2l5. Sturdy Jimmy 3. 2.07, etc. All the above records were made over half- mile tracks.
Dr. F. W. Christopher. 16 Car- vey Road East. Watertown, Ma.ss., has very kindly remembered us with a roster of the harness hor- sea in training at Pinehurst, N. C. and written on it is "This will give you an idea of the large number of harness horses in training here. T ey include the Newport Stock arm stable with M head. the Franklyn Saf- fcrd stable with 46, the Joseph Cock Stable with 10, the Don Mil- ler Stable with 13. the E. P. Cray Stable with 14, the Albert M. Jones Stable with 25. the S. A. Wathen and Son Stable, Fort Falrfield, Me. Stable with 18, the Bill Flemming Stable with 12 and a number of other smaller stables. S. A. Wathen & Son are training several horses owned by other parties this season and they also have quite a number of their own breeding sired by their stallion Mighty H. 2.04 and out of their own brood mares. The Wathen stable has been one of the best managed stables, also one of those that every year makes a good showing.
The 10th annual spring auction at Ssratoga Springs, N. Y.. will be held May Stth and 6th and as usual they have a great many trotters and pacers many of them ready to race for the money. This auction sale is well managed and has a splendid auctioneer and of course an excellent track and grounds lo show horses." Anyone thinking of buying a good proa- pect to race in the Maritimes
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Vlo were delighted to resolve a picture sfbr. ' - Ihep- pard'e five weeks old feel that is creating so much interest in Mount Stewart and vicinity. H- is sired by Aa-got Pointer 2.07 and his dam is Pitch O'Dale by
him and his wonderful mark- ings in this column a few weeks ago and we did not overplay his uniqueness in the ducrlptlon. If he turns out to be a good matter or pacer he will certainly catch the eye of the crowds when he appears on the race track.
Robert Empie who is training horses at Saretoga Raceway. has what he believes is an improve- ment on the leather hopples which have been the equipment of pacers for as long as we can remember. His hopples are fash- ioned out of aluminum cable and plastic and he has applied for a patent on his invention. He was prompted to do this when his
pacing mare broke a hopple in a race at Saratoga last season. The Emple hopples weigh 2 1X2
lbs. a set or roughly from 1 1X2 to 2 pounds less than those made of leather. Six sets are already in use at Soratoga and else- where getting a good tryout and if they prove a success there is no doubt that Mr. Empie will make money out of them.
The latest from California is that the Sol Camp stable. Joe O'Brien head trainer. plans on starting the racing season at Bay Meadows meat which is just out- side of San Francisco and will be on in the near future. Joe hasn't got along as far in the speed line with his two-year-olds and three- year-olds as the trainers in Flor- ida or Pinehurst. but from what we can learn they are all show- ing well and are sound, keen and improving with each workout. In- teresting to our people here is the fact that Leading Way, is two-year-old chestnut gelding by King's Counsel 1.58 U23 dam, Alcyonc 2.08 U4, has been a mile in 2:30 with the 'last eighth in 15 (V5 seconds. Many will re- membcr Alcyone when she raced here in the ownership of Coun. P. C. McCormac and at one time held the pacing record 'for the Covehead track. Mr. Camp is still adding to his horse holdings and has recently purchased three broad mares with fast records and excellent breeding. A num- ber of foals have arrived at the ranch and altogether his ltarncss horse holdings number in the vicinity of 60.
The United States Trotting As- sociation passed a rule that hor- see over fifteen years of age can- not be raced over its tracks. The French Trotting Association has gone one better and passed a rule to bar 10-year and older horses from racing beginning in 1954. With the start of the 1955 season the limit will be down to nine years for all but the inter- national races with a value ex- ceeding 500,000 francs. This rule is meant to fit the situation in Paris where the tremendous num- ber oi horses makes it necessary at times to start as many as 35 or more horses in a race in order to accommodate all who enter. Night racing got under way for the first time in Europe at Vin- cennes. France. on April 4th. with 17 programs scheduled so far. Will it ever hit England-we guess not-the runners can't per- form under the lights-they are too temperamental and trotters and pacer: are few and far be- tween.
The handsome slalllon Time Table 2.03 by Abbedale 2.01 1l4. will make a short season in the stud at Willard Kelly's stable. Southport. He is an exceptionally well bred horse. his sire being one of the world's greatest and his dam is the dam of other very fast pacers besides Time Table. Taking a brief glance through the Year Book we notice that in 1946 he won the pacing derby at Quebec City in 2.07 U4. 2.06 U4, 2.06 3H. and a couple pf weeks later won the 51,000 five mile pace in 12.10 U2. That year he was 19 times first to the wire and at the end of the season was credited with 513,617. He has continued racing well ever since but is now arrived at the age when he should be given an op- portunity to continue the Abbe- dale speedllne.
France Barry of Cape Tormen- tine, N. B.. paid a brief visit to the city yesterday and was warm- ly greeted by horsemen friends at the race track and elsewhere. Frank is an ardent hockey fan so he also took in the hockey match last night. He said that Harley Harrison has as usual a good stable that he will have ready for the early meetings at Truro. It includes Hcdgewood Chief 2.06 25, 1-Ieadway 3, 2.06 3I5 and Dr. J. A. Chips. a four- year-old pacer imported from On- tario. all owned by James Given. Halifax. For 17'. B. Mitton of Moncion he has Symbol Majesty 2.15 US. that raced so well for Harley last year winning 11 firsts. 6 seconds and 4 thirds. and for Frank Ryder of Moncton. the two-year-old pacer Peter Fed- eral by Federal 2.0l V2 and for Mr. Taylor of Moncton. Rita Fed- eral, another pacer by Federal.
Tile Little Brown colt
One day in June, came a little brown foal. whose spindiy ml were out of
tune.
He finally grappled. and rolled arotmd
untu on those fotx legs. he. found
He could stand. Then in no time
slt III. I He was pn.uc.ing and rolling all
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fair. And his ovry thoudrt was the fools -welfare.
Playdale 2.0I U2. We referred to "Mill
which feeding ground of the two re patronleo with my presence but I guessed wrong. Maybe better luck next time. There are so many plsou where geese feed this spring that this guess- ing game is getting me down.... its worse then Playl.ng Casino. 0 0
its a shame that gunners can- not be satisfied with a good 80056 hunting period last fall. The birds they are shooting now are geese that have run the gauntlett of both Canadian and American guns and are now on their way north to rear their young. A goose shot now. if it happens to be one from a mated pair, may mean as many as 8 wiitigeese less this coming October. Geese often raise 7 goalings in a brood and 5 is a quite common number. 0 O I
Here is a case of what I mean. On Friday morning April 3rd at it o'clock a pair of geese left the mouth of Mill Creek, Pownal Bay and flew inland in a line that would take them to the rear of the Village Green farms or the Mount Albion farms further on. They were large mature geese with the heavy honk of old timers. At 8.30 a.m. the old gander returned. Ob- servers could hear his lonely, lost mate call before he have in sight. l-Ie allghted out in the middle of the Bay and called for two hours steady. After this he took a wide circle over the farmland adjoining the Bay and returned to the water. Two days later he was still search- ing for his mate who by this time was probably browning in the poachers oven.
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Here was a hunter who could have killed 8 geese in one shot and there is a possibility he didn't find the goose he did shoot as geese often fly a considerable distance after receiving their death wound. ' O O 3
Why anyone wants to cover up for a person who pulls off a mean stunt like this is more than I will ever be able to understand. I'll bet a. hundred dollars if he stole a 10 pound roast out of someones larder they'd holler quick enough. After all shooting the property of the general public out of season is just plain stealing... theres no other word for it.
Lights" of the raceway. But God had other plans and so. This kind master was called to
go.
so the little brown colt is now.
Under a new master kind and good.
But the wonderful dream of a. man is dead.
And the little brown colt
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