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9". on the Island now named Bu-on. If the right man gets is horse he is I good trotter. I ,-on with him in 2:14 at Moncton. am wintering six head. They ,,re Reta Federal. Mae Federal. in; Ed. Carl Scott. Wlnnifrcd G. ind Franklin D. Alden, a newcom- .. that belongs to Ivan Taylor.
--1 would like to mention that I mi .1 wonderful time last winter ,. Aiken. S. C. It is a great ex- ugem-e to be able to train horses .,m such good men as Frank ljrvin. llarry Whitney, Tom Mur- phy, who is directing the training M the Allwood Stables with Ned Bower doing the training. I would M, 1,, 533' that the trotter Kim- miy Kid 1:59 2-5 (recently sold nr sl:3ti.t'n)itt isn't too much to look ii, just 21 big rough-looking horse. in man. what a trotter! Ari eighth ll 14 S0('0ti(lS til the end of it slow iile is just a road gait for him. i 1 had been single I would have invert there because it's the only ilai-e to be. You know everybody. --The Americans are wonderful iconic and very very friendly. They .,ai'1y make you feel at home no latter where you go. at least that . the way I found them. I spent 1 great deal of my time in the ziiinriiooiis with that good black- uiiilli, John Long. that has a shop at ,i.ken mile track." .TIi;inks. ll.'ii'vt-ry for writing us innit we unul'l like to have had .3-C mite 0l)l1t)I'lul1lly you had of ll-itiilillil tn Toni Murphy, probably um ii.-i-lil's i.1t'PiIlOSl reinsmzin. at ..,-,-i thr most successful one and mg...-1 money winner when he was ti.-tiic on the turf. Kimberly Kid VQE picked from a Walnut I-Iall 'tillSIiZl1l'll0nL for his patron and .,,,-1;,-nly he and others that Tom- 11 pi('l(('rl have made the grade. ullI' trip in the south gave you
ipmence that is invaluable in that
ailing you have adopted-
And here's a letter from Rannie arlionald. who is at St. Elzear. uclicc..Rziiiiiie had a real good cason. his stable winning around 22.000. in the early part of the
-amino. most of the season and ad eight racing. Many of the heats ere were in 2:10 or better and
ason two of his horses, June Bee 06 1-5 and Roll On were being
not of upwards of S80.000.
011K FNDER CLAY
Rannie of course regrets the losing of Dufferin track and he id that horses across the line rely rare more than 25 to 35 heats 1 season and that may be bet- for them than continuous rac- . At present he has 12 horses iniering at Laval Park track. men is a good one with five
will train and get ready for 19- anri he thinks that with a little ore luck Pat could have been the rse of the year. Too many fast iles and a lot of shipping so close one another affected his condit-
inli there were too many horses toss the line that could have beat him that day over that track. never saw a horse plco no that rlitwssso any you would
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think he was going I mile in 1:12.
"The 12 horses I am wintering include the; trotter Dean Gallon 2:07 3-5. owned by Richard Logue of Sydney. June Bee 2:06 1-5. own- ed by Monroe and LaVntte. and I have four out of Betty Budiong owned by C. H. Sutherland. Betty Play looks like she will take I re- cord of 2:07, she paced Richilieu in 2:09 3-5. I have a Jollity colt out of Betty that I look to be a real. good pacer, he can show a lot now, also a 21-months-old full bro- ther just breaking in, and Kai- muck's Last. the last foal by Kal- muck. This more had tendon trou- ble but is sound now. Worrell Lewis worked her in 2:12.
"I also have Judge Hi-Le 2:06 2-5 by Banner Hanover. He was a mile in 2:04 for me last year and I think he will be good next season. I also have the good trot- ter Clean Up. that never makes a break, also Major Rodney 2. 2:11. They are owned by Nap La. burge of Montreal. For Duncan MBCDDH-'i1d. Sydney. I have Cmin- less Way. who looks the part of a real good pacer. Harry Hirsch has four horses wintering at New Glas- gow and I look for them to be good winners in 1956. Super Hal ended the season in good shape and should pace with the best of them 1 liked Roll On 2:05 very much, he has tremendous speed. Gobetrotter raced for three years without a lay up and he never made a mistake. always on the pace and can pace a last quart- er in better than 30 seonds." Thanks Rannie. and we hope you will have even better success next season.
N0 TUBES ALLOWED
One of the hanges in the rules made at Columbus. Ohio. prohibits racing horses with tubes in their throats and prohibits more than two "also eligible" conditions for early closing stake races. New rules for classifying have also been made which take more into the account the money winnings of a horsc.....Tbe annual meeting of the U. S. T. A. will be held in March at Orlando. Florida, where it was held last year. It is expected thlre will be a full attendance of direct- ors at that meeting.....'I'he annual meeting of District 11 (Canada) will be held at Mon'cton. N. B. at 2:30 p.m. on January 23. 1956, at the Hotel Brunswick. Prior to the meeting three cases will be heard by the board of review of District 11 in an upper parlor of the Hotel. proceedings commenc-
lnext year.
. ing at 9:00 am.
Lassie Lucille 2:15, attractive pacing mare owned by the writer, started on her long journey to Bermuda last Monday. She went
. by truck to Halifax and thence by
steamer in Bermuda. The new own- er ls Claude R. Terceira. Wells H o u I c. Southampton W e s t. We were very sorry to part with this mare as we took a lot of enjoyment out of training and driving her. However. she will have a good home and comfortable surroundings where she has gone and will have an opportunity to race during the coming months as a track is being gotten ready and races will be held two or three times weekly.
At this season of the year it is our pleasure to extend to the read- ers of Down the Back Stretch our wishes that one and all will have a very Merry Christmas. Our nac- lng friends have had more opportu- nitiu to engage in the sport than last year. with more facilities for night racing. Our Annual Review of Maritime Harness Racing will appear next Saturday and we hope will be of interest to the many friends and reader: of Down the Back Itretcli.
best wishes for the Holidays
BATT & MacRAE LTD.
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Sets Sights On New Record In Water Racing
SOUTHAMPTON, England (AP) Water speed king Donald Camp- bell returned home Wednesday from the United States and talked about a target of 250 miles an hour for next year.
Campbell roared to I world re- cord of 216.22 in. p. h. in his jet- engined Bluebird on Lake Mead. Nev.. Nov. 16.
"We have I lot of work to do yet. techni lly and on analysis and valuation." Campbell told re- porters. "But we reasonably hope to shoot at 250 m. p. h. in the coming year. From 216 to 250 m. p. h. is quite a big jump and we are still in a very dangerous phase. Bluebird, during the record rim. was trying to come off the water because of air-lifts."
Campbell d e s c rib e d travel- ing over the water at 216 in. p. h. as like "going at 200 m. p. h. in a car with no springs and solid tires over a dirt road covered with ice."
British Athlete To invade U. S.
NEW YORK rAPi-Four-minute miler Brian I-Iewson. Britain's "athlete of the year" for 1955. will invade the United States for two indoor track meets this wlriter.
Dan Ferris. Amateur Athletic Union secretary. said Thursday he had received word from his British countcrpart. Jack Crump. that Hewson will run in the New York A. C. meet Feb. 11 and the na- tional AAU championships Feb. 18. Both meets are in Madison Square Garden.
Hewson is one of three runners who ran the mile in under four minutes in one race in London last May. Hungary's Laszlo Tabori won in 3:58 with Hewson and Chris Chataway right behind at 3259.8. Later last summer Hewson equalled the listed world half-mile record of 1:486 and ran the third- fastest 1,000 metres on record. He recently was named athlete of the year in a British poll.
New Dish-nee For Queen's Plate
TORONTO tCPi-(The 1957 run- ning of the Queen's Plate will be over a 1V4-mile distance. after 33 consecutive years as a nine-furlnng race. it was announced Wednesday.
The Ontario Jockey Club said the new distance also will mean a change in the scale weight to 126 pounds with allowances for fillies. Present scale is 119 pounds with five pounds off for fillies.
The plate moves to the new Woodbine track at nearby Malton in 1956 for the first time but it will be run over nine furlanga. as it has been since 1924, for the last time.
QUEBEC PLANS MASSES QUEBEC tCPt - Approximately 200 midnight masses will be cele- brated this Christmas in Quebec City and district. More than 200,- 000 persons are expected to attend.
people went to horncu races this year and bet more money than ever before. the U. I. Trotting Asoclation said Thursday.
The new all-time highs continued the post-war upward trend in bath attendance and betting at harness races. Attendance was up 1.1 per cent, betting 7.2 per cent and revenue to the 12 states which permit pari-mutuel wagering was up 8.2 per cent.
Association officials said the in- creases were registered despite
i LONDON ilPl-British boxlns lofficials said Thursday they nre "mystified" by a Toronto report that the British Empire heavy- weight boxing title is vacant. "This is quite incorrect." said Teddy Waltham. general secretary of the British Boxing Board of Control and secretary of the Brit- ish Commonwealth and Empire boxing championships committee. "The present titleholder is Don Cockell of London and astfar as we know he has no intention of re- tiring."
Waltliam said neither the Empire committee nor the British board would recognize a Jan. 9 Toronto fight between James .1. Parker of
TRADE ACTIVE
VICTORIA tCP) - British Col- umbia's population is increasing at the rate of 35.000 yearly and will perhaps reach 2.000.000 by 1975, said T. L. Sturgess. deputy trade minister. in an address here. He predicted this would be a record year for retail sales.
DAWSON CREEK, B C. (CF1- Building activity in this northern British Columbia village resulted in permits totalling 32000000 for the first nine months of the year. for construction inside the village limits. On the outsirts. a S4000.-
Attcnclancc And Betting Highs Recorded In 1955
L BUS. out (A?) -- More bad enthor and New York ini- co UM why hhnstruction at Yonkers noe-
B.E. Heavy Title Open? Report Puzzles Officials
000 radar proiect and a refinery are being built.
way in New York, the nation's most prosperous sulky track.
Attendance rose from 10,113,203 last year to 10,242,678 this year; wagering from 8444.84-5.200 to 5476.- 728.009 and state venue from 331,745,694 lo 834,243,535. There were 24 more racing day! this year.
In 1950. 6,981,578 persons at- tended the races and bet 3238.258.- I59 on the trotters and pacers. State revenue then was 312.545.- 172.99. ,
Barrie. (hit. and South African Johnny Arthur as a title match.
Merv McKenzie, Ontario ath- letic commissioner. was quoted Wednesday as saying the bout had been sanctioned as a title match by the Canadian Boxing Federa- tion.
Cockell sucessfully defended his title against Arthur in South Africa in January. 1954.
Looking For A Quarterback
KINGSTON. 0nt., Queen's University will need at new quarterback for the senior lntercollela-gte football squad for next year.
Gus Bvrnccin. star quarterback on tibis year's senior intercolleg- iate chalmpionship team. said in a telephone interview from his home in Philadelphia that he has passed his United States Army medical and "will be getting mv nottlvce to report" within a week or two.
The former Tcmiole University football ace landed on Queen's campus four days before the foot-
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ball season started '-itnd in the subsequent IV: months carried the Gaels in their first chemil-
ions-hip in 18 years. . l
His presence in the Gael line- up was questioned several times but never officially.
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take. Earlier in the week I took
ference to anything else except. . and the exception is a muskrat.
N0 LIFE
with "harsh croaklngs from a snow
prints and imprinted here and there with wing tip feathers. Dark red- dish stains could have been made by a trout they had been quarrel- ling over. Whatever it was there was no definite trace left except the slaiiis on the snow.l observed where thry had walked in the shal- low water and stood on snow cover-
Hu.nicrs' Corno
mwuuwiuuuiuauuuc Mode Kllcwn and you showed Int u lrmlnc (Weasel) had investigated I tull- ed thicket. The heater in the cor felt cosy. It's the first time in year! that I dug out the fur cap in Nov- ember. 1 took the hint from the wildgeese and didn't make a mis- omcm "M Thuudua
Phil Webb, Lions' business man- ager. said a statement for 1955 operations will be issued to the membership about a week before
ramble over my old home stamp- ing ground. Snow lay 10 inches deep on the swamp trails but in hollows and glades it was drifted four and five eet deep. Foxes were . . following the rabbit runways and &dE::d::rkr5egul” "non " I guess the bunnies have to be on ' the alert to stay alive. When the snow is deep and the trees crack with the frost in the winter nights there is nothing Brer Fox likes bet- ter then a hot rabbit dinner. Field mice are a staple diet throughout the year but if a fox wants a real banquet he'll take rabbit in pre-
a pair of ebony ravens that rose
bank that fringed the by-pass of a dam. Examination shows the snowy surface covered with their foot
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richest number
the club's annual meeting Jan. 11. The Lions last season shattered
ed tops ti ltones protruding from the bypass bed. My bet is they nnaffled n trout headed up the by- pass to the dam above. Ravens are tough characters and have it over the common crow like a tent when it comes to wildlife depred- ntlons.
This is really glorious weather once one gets used to it and has enough winter fuel laid by and n
I saw no feathered life other then we" amend lard" h”ldy- Th”-W
of us who are that fortunate should
VANCOUVER (CP)-The finan- cial status of the British Colum- bia 'Ll0lll,lIlWOlt and probably of the Western Interprovincinl Football Union Illl be made known Jan. 3 or 4, an
TO ALL OUR MANY FIIINDS . . -
VICKERSON
ENGINEERING CO. I
Corner Euston and Weymouth Sin.
will be both hungry and cold on Christmas day. Christmas is n time for giving and making some- one else happy. The words of an old rhyme comes to mind: "ClI-ist- mas is coming and the geese are getting fat please put a penny in the old man's hat. If you haven't got a penny n ha'penny will do and if you haven't got a ha'penny God Bless you." Merry Christmas to All.
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MEN'S WEAR. Great George Street
ml: reverent hearts we oav tribute to Him : en this Christmas and hope that His teachings of Peace ' on Earth and Good Will to Men will find expression glu-gughotut the world. May no: family enjoy the many rich blessings of Chrictmu!
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CUSTOMERS AND MANY FRIENDS
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Season's Greetings
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STERNS LTD.
LAUNDRY
! Widi Christmas joy
Gay no the lower: of Grim n.'..bie.ssa..,a.-ac.rci..n.y.- Warnastlncglowing Yuleciieltg.
W. R. JENKINS
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