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Tl\°1“P¢. King of ‘Em All---Commodore Wilson Trotting Fr

ini iii iiiiiis or iiifluiiit siiiii.

Jim,$l§heii~pe, oneeniiig efAui1eies, who in

-rue Height ei His oiery Refused ie obey

a Suintnons to See The Monarch of a

oeiisin-,New eeing the wey ei 'TH

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(By GHARLTB PAUDOCK) many of the event h w tti g ' ‘ ' , /) - » - ~ ,new world's record; aid :igtoZ3erhI;r Glbson- En

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(3°'\fl¢|0_M| °_ll_|f°W\|l THICK 3¢ll‘)'ho was amassing a total of points de3,V01’ T0 BOUT

that lar eclipsed any record made

“l_.A.WRHWOE. -MASS.. F011. 23-- before. And now as the sun was In Michigan* . IHMIBSGY' E- `.Md30\\°8ll of the sinking in the golden west, .a -reinin. ---°

Iiawfellci g¢‘l\l|9l1l-B 0f the 30'! der perhaps of home, the hero oi

I0!! BNTT »LBH»Z\l0. 10' the hour finished first in the last dill! f9¢9|V'¢¢i_.¢Tl8 BlQ§l_°d_¢°l1i-l‘&0t 0! event, and was congratulated by Jim T‘horn°i..v‘/hich guaranteed that that einer irmg, woe iisfi wire-neu Tl\0fl70 will Ditty ll! °8!'ll/fe H0111 wltli glowing interest .his work that With 1h°__1P¢l,l 1-*lm d“}`|U8 U10 00* day. Then the kings departed from mini; sei_mon.__" _ _ ‘the stadium. one escorted by his

royal guards. and the other :by those

T110 KW! UT Swede" had STU" 91,1' thousands whom ho had fascinated.

tered the wvll 1101- Now he was The isdies hed gene been io' his

bow“ln_g _to -the cheering_ theusaiids. gen; l\nd'lf0W 11° had l-9i\¢°¥\ ' TS S5111. RIN All the way to his quarters, he was Y'“5,f_T",°P"|“5 1° _Watch '-hi’ 'Tamil' cheered and praised, in many langu. ion competitors oi the world’s greii. ,,,g,,,,_ by an -kind, and ciagses of test notions as they struggled-for people. lie had been hailed as the the highs" h°“°"» d°“m mere 0" real American. Already the late ed- the Stocliiholnr field. The crowd had mom were priming the hmm-y of ‘°““d its 1-°ng“° “3“i“» “nd the his people and the story of his life. drone of the watchers vied with L.w.,°,- ]u,“|,,m~i“ of .pa-musus “"3 'bam' °f Hmm’ “nd me mare Uf were transcribing odes to his name. °"“m`P°t°' The '9°°Pl° had T`°l°X°lT and girls were weaving garlimds to mm' '9|°““'”`t wwe” ‘md ine Pres' crowin him on the morrow. Yester- ence of the king had been forgotten day he was wnhom ,mme and ,game 1" U19 °§1th“F|“'5m'f°|' UW “°m°"°' in this distant country. and today ments ot these mighty athletes. The ho WM k|ng_ And the |,,dmn ww,

wngues °'f many ““"i°n“ W°"° Chablthlnklng as he dressed in his tent. tvrillz owe and o inion ‘ tl

y' p S as 1° ‘B and not, all his thoughts were plea

view' "°r° freely given' ‘md me sing For his brow wrinkled from Georges

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gal proceed- ingl~ to pre

Carpontier.

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heavywoi g h i.,

_ Ind., on May

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ly cn Carpen

nounced to day.

m”¢°r|°s °E "M “um were recnedltlme' to time, and he scowled and Carpentler. tion on his con

with many variations iby those "who he .smiied ,ww and then, not a gen tract with Descamps, tho French- “MW” "he ”‘°“ 1" ‘1“‘”U°“~ 0“lY erous smile of good humor -but rs. man's manager. for a Carvontlbf- the royal guards standing at atien- ` _ ` ' h f'l'unney match. This, he asserted. tion here and th l li ther 8 gdmwpped 'mem mug 0 t i lause prohibiting 'Car

. ere aongteen , conanssc

tranceway where the king had Das gglisimlé himM1?/|n,;,(::-gr;e;;“§gBt?.a\£ pentier from engaging in any othe

sed, were reminders qi the dignmeg match in the United States befor amd the deference que ig members ‘Tec progd p°:‘;“f“,l1' Rue; his bout with Tunney.

f 'T mug an sw ' W ° 8 er "5 A rt that Carpeutler woul 0 ,$12 Eglrglgi athletes was wmnm had departed from them. through be hrgilgn mm this comm-y timmy his crown g me new ofegs Ml t2i“g;' Tlndsthe Canada in an attempt to escull

» - ' c ming oft e ngls an t e DHD i i i N York.

V 'Down on me 'Held' `“ mam "e‘l` hgh and the French. And down ggggiggililgisgggz plgn tgviieek hisiscnior League, All Camera 9, P. W. _9k"‘.“°d '""`"°"» Pl`°.“d °f °*“"`m5° deep in the heart of this man. injunction in Indiana the manager‘ College 22, W. K. School 25

and llihe of lmib was steadll tri ' `

Y ' even in the moment of his triumph, d 1 d, _ ‘_

umpmng His was “ 'ww “ce 1° still was the 'bitter memory of the efciiliilsian pointed out that Flo

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th°"’ wh° P3°k°d the 515511110 351'- 4 ' one, romoter of the Car- dillm. ibut his continued victories gggsgngzo htigepaovrgigto 1¥"T1(;na;1l:i:HH`dTiztHiieH-‘-IG1ibbong match, had H9008- featured Saturday night with the in event “mar event in me “""“" tion that had 'forced his own farther H1195 G1bB0l1'B P1101’ Claim l-0 the above resultsz.

°“_“<| CDITIINW-|0ll. one of the 0188830 and farther .back into the wiiqe,-_ Frenchnian's, services when h contests of the Olym-pics, had made mem. had taken from mem thai,-offered $30,000 for the release o him very o uiar ln th dec thi n ' th Tunney Chrpentler a5l'6€Il1Blll»

P D " B “ ° lands and their lives' had divested 9 `

h ' ft th Gibbblls fight. e was setting marks that no man mem of .their ancient ,|gh,_s_ and_until a er e ___ d Gm”

over set before. iii seemed that he bb d h K th 1 fr d .. Descamps today ca e Il Dy and both sides striving for the was running heats in the \1““d"9d H.‘:)oulTl thittemamtialtione ‘be sHTisT‘i:d 'mm Vienna that Cnrpeniiei-itwTHiHi

meters hurdllng jumping, throwing mm" his agreement t° 5

' ' , hat the strength of a dying h Gibbons match. He

in i - _ “°w I Iney after t o with the addition of some new

e we ghts and hurling the jave race had tasted triumph once more predicwd that the l"r01whm““_n1sterisl, looked quite formidable

lin. all at the some time so swiftly mrough me power of M5 body? Heiwoum knock out Gibbolm

‘Hd h 95° `fT'°m °“° f°|'m °f *_‘°hi°V°‘ wondered, and so in the moment of “ mem 1° ““°"`h°"- The P°“'e"‘“l ‘body greatest victory. when 'the plaudits part, he -brought to 'bear all his phi" of th” man' Wm* "T9 ‘h9'°“l°““ of the crowd still sounded in his gisni powers together with his na °h°“ld°"' '“"”°“'"°d ‘by me “°bl°` ours. he 1110118111 Oi his P60916 Hilti tive shrewdness and his native stra. shaped head, appeared untlring. in aon_0wed_ ‘wma so that tha,-6 was none like tg me very la" mmute of me

‘ Afterwards many came to his him iuall the world. This thing that game and aithcugh defeaiem

- . ‘ ._ . tent. _ |he had done on this d-ly. and Whlfdl should feel proud of the game they

With the stolcal calmness. lnher-_had brought all this resounding played. The college team on the

ent he greeted them, and went on praise :was not to him his greatest other ham] were 3 mule weary ow. with his playing. -For there werelphyslcal triumph. 'He could do other ing to the fact that this was their others of his race silently slttinglsthletic feats with greater skill and 'with him, in the tent that ovcn'lng._ease than he had performed tlieen

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others, not fortune-favored as he stereotyped events Some of thes had vhwn. but bravea of noble blood. activities he had gone through wit

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IH *W Sweden had nevertheless risen toispeciallpifng in these alone. But ith

f"(`;,l/` hard muscles, clean-llmbed ,who buditoday. he had Jarely practiced »bi;_» Following are the lineups:

`- // shared somewhat -in his trium.ph._|'ore', imd.yet e had turned UM!

, and his victories er me pest. Fernie greatest athletes in the world- _

| this indian. almost unknown ln<w had spent _their whole lives.

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the heights of American aghletic iindian hero. ae he _:Bt l7l|1Yil1l!_f=Hl_'_¢l___

» o _ I f tb ll. h h arr- i hi tent, spo e none o

Rh°u'n‘t|c Paul x TiH¢T,rHTgaTHamn aligngaio \?iotT>ryH al- tHougHts, and appeared lndiffcrent|lI_'_'I':_r__tl'_`3|;_“5°' 2 __ spilslfgéag

“da th most unaided time and again. .With to the flower laden pi-ahes that

to treatment wi Sloan l.

d hi ed rl his b l g continually bestowed

J“'tP“.i°°°'°°uy‘Th°"l“‘“°¢ his pow" an B We an were Hn 0 l his companions re.

Ik", ¢h°°°mf°nm.'-rmthhw natural instinct for the game, he,upon h nt, n y

|¢“"'nu'f it uh ' ou had been named an _ Almmerlcanlfralmed from words.lfor they under-

° ‘° um for all time, the highest honor the stood

1-Tl°»“"°W-°¢*h°m°f'°“'y°u' game affords While in track audi An'officor in full dress court uni

‘mum ed” md lu” it M i nhaseball end in hockey and in from strepped into t-T19 1611*-

hmd-os emu. It will not min. 1

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April 27.- Lef

vent Georges

French light-

froin meeting Tom Gibbons of St. Paul, in Michigan City,

31, will be star tcd in the court of lndl- ana immediate|

in the United States. Billy Gibson, - man- ager of Gene Tunncy, sn-

Glbson said

ho would base his application for an lnjuno

T ininelther case did the winning

_ ble game as played by the school

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WAS WITH THE GIANTS

llilH.T` -LIKE THAT HERO UE THE PAST. u'

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tler's arrival

m‘:VVTl_Tl¢T Bill"--Sold to the Braves this your by McGraw and is

turning in I great game in left field for Manager Dave Bancroft, former team-mate of Cunninghame.

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i A big night in 'basketball was

9 lt will be seen at a glance that

teams have a walk over. i Both games were fast and snap-

advantage. ‘ In the first game the All Comcrs

but as'~the game progressed it was seen that lack of conditioning along with the superior weight of their opponents was telling against them. they however fought bitterly

third game in as many nights, however thier combinatioii was good and their shooting better than that of tho All Comers.

All Comer; P. W. College

Klelly, 4 White, 8

B Walkro. 3 Hiitchlesoii, 2

Toomhs Wedlock. 1

Stevenson

Total-A. C., 9; P. W. C. 22

West Kent School vo. Vllctoi-lac

This game .was a treat to watch

for the passing on both sides was of a very high order and the drih~

team was very effective.

The School team did not arrive

in from Biimmeraide _ until eight n'clock and without 'waiting for bholr supper they went out, played and won their game.

ln this game probably a little too

much in the scoring ability of one man on the team was depended on by both _ teams, that practice is very apt to disastrous results when a strong defense iii used against them.

The defense work of the School

team was of very high order and deserving of special mention. .

The Victorian although a new

team and not having played to- gether to any extent put up a won- derful game ond will bear watching in future.

Referee-Geo. Walker Following i, the result:

W. K. School Vlotorlu

wsiirei- ~ Cox. 0 Show Lefufxw spiiioit, 2 Gen. H Dewgr J0hi1l0U» _U meiosis, a Camwi 0omeron,_Ii ‘ _ 'mei-w. ir. s. at, vieeei-iss it

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an Lugo. i some ill u_ or Ténm _

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SAT. NIGHT HAS BASKET-

BALL NIGHT AT THE “Y”

;_Referee Geo. Walker Had a Busy Evening el -Three Games Featured the Nightfs h . , Aotiv` `

ities.

_some exccllcnt combination and a fair amount of good shooting ai

though both teams -showed a tend

had fault but no doubt will be reme died before long.

The Independents had the dis

tlnct advantage in weight bu

than their lighter rivals.

time but lacked in so-orin abilit

at 3.30. Referee, Geo. Walker. Following are the lineups:

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LADIES' CITY

Comets

M. Adams . . . . . . . .. _ G. llcor F. Stewart V. Whitlock ll. Stewart . . _ . . . ._ _ Total-1850

.65 101 142 132

133 130 1 3 126

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145 153

T. C. F'a. o

E. McNev'in . . _ . . ._ _ S. Owen E. Hughes ...__ N. Webster D. Dickinson. _ _ . . Totol-17911.

Majority for Comets 59

115 121 188 145 123 114 124 85

.62 124

pins.

lkmlko

Blanche Macdonald _ .77 Alba Shaw .........ll0 Heloni Carvoll . . . . _ .116 Edna Miller . . _ _ . _ . .02 Mary Lamont . . . . ._.145

Total-1840

109 131

134 155 158

Comets

ll'. Stewart ...9R N. Evans ....142 G. Beer _....108 B. Stewart ..._.....159 L_ Whitlock . . . . .....90

Total-1844

181 109

172 125 91

84 95 162 129 119

‘ PEDAGOGUEB vo. EURIKAS

Pedngogun

109 112 10"

.i. 'ren .._..._..'..'.._is¢ .l'.»ll‘ul|erton .....iBl F. Taylor ..._........154 H. Yeo..............109 icxieiiy ......._...1oi 1 Total-18|!

147 144 |03 83 I8

i -_ iurokoo

.........il6 ........188

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180

150 146 177 116

' 164

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iss 140

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oncy to try long _shots which is a

t _

were a little slower on the floor South Amerika" Mme

The Trojans although defeated were forcing the play most of tlie,

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Next game Tuesday the 29th he-i

tween Independents and Nationals

l Partridge Cox Goss In nes Miirley Henry Johnson McMillan Holi Owen

BOWLING LEAGUE

. . 130

120 118 146 106‘

89 154 102

on ion, 113

161 133

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BUENOS AIRES, April 27.-

.,_ _?_,_1.;_ cently declared =*_j-"5-_"_ __-fb his lntcnlion to ;§f§'-'j retire from the . -z‘€`!`=§""* ' . _I-_E '~-W ring. announced

was willing to i.:.:.'=...',§ go to the Unit-

ed States and.

Luis Angel fight Qiilntin

_ Flrpo, Romero, Chilean

licnvywcight, provitlcd Romero fought no other boxer previous to their meeting-

Flrpo made this announcement

io Juan lloms, representative of Tex illckiird, who suiil he was cnhl- ing ltickurd to iiiiikc efforts to cull off llonioro’s match with Floyd _lohniion on May 9 and i-iubiitltutc for it n Firpo-Romero bout at ii later date.

This reversal of Flrpo's much re-

iterated rctlrcmcnt decision is due, hc asserts, solely to resentment at certain uilegeil statements by Ro- nicro that Firpo feared him, as well ns to remarks that appeared in thc Chilean newspapers.

little doubt that Firpo would bc willing to sign up later to meet Harry Wills and Jack Dempsey.

but he would make no comments until a fight with Romero was as- sured.

"Romero claims l am afraid of

hlm," said Flrpo to the correspon- dent ln confirming his new deci- sion. "The Chilean newspapers say ,l ain afraid of him. _I can't stand that. l will goto the United States and fight Romero e _figlils no one else u inc. I wzintto bc the

him out."

provided h ntll he meet

_ a time when there is

` ports telegruphml from Chile t _ the effect that Chilean met with ill-treatment

inns Angel rir- ' . 1,,l,=f&

.;'-'-'.;.:5__¢.,=- _ po, South Ain- - __; _ _, .=_3_~ _ = ,_ e » erican heavy- ,_";.i,_-._-- ' - ’ - _.;. ,. _.3 ..».?.““.';’I _ __

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_.'==f”'£f; today that he

Home said that if a match with " ___ Romero cciild he arranged he had __

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"i like fighting." riroo summed. if” '»`_?=’»___"_.”'? l._.‘2f_§.£__._....."

‘moat unorthodox baseman in the

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first to knock

_ F`ll”D0'S l1"ll0lmC€‘Ul€l1f.00Y¥l0H Bi I pinch hitter and came throug

considerable

feeling among followers of athlet- iles in Chile and Argentina over re-

athletes had Bl-U19 P60611! ln the world series Bentle

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Despite the fact that Jack Bont-

ley of the New York Giants is the

National League, he is one of the ma]or's most consistent hitters.

Last season Bentley led the Na-

tional League in batting with a 'mark of A27. In the world series he also was high man with a .600 leverage.

During the National League sea son Bentley was used 20 times as

h

on 10 occasions with a base hit. | A mark of -500 as a pinch hitter- over the entire season is some rec-

0|ord. Few big leaguers have ever

iapproached lt.

Tlicec reports caused inliiliiter to telegraph his Government today.

a denial t

Won't Call it Off.

round bout at Madison den, May 9 between

heavyweigh

nilt Luis Angel Firpo,

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loan champ on, to get at the Chilean, Tcx l l t d

first chanc

c arci o ay.

I “lf l"irpo wanls to |hcrc, l may urruiigo the bout late on provided that thc _ fouls .loiiiisnn.” Riuka

I NEW YORK, April 27.-The 1

rii said.

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like vvrli.~i'.'

A. lli-.cuiiso they arc

giilar, und ilofectivc.

regular, lrro

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Millions Use It- Few Cents

rugstore

Buys _Tar at D

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HAIR GROOM

K-:gpg-i:ir Combed

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tic meet herc.

the Chilean

2

Square Gar- Quintin Ro-

mero, Chilean heavyweight, and

Independents Trojans Floyd Johnson, Iowa t

for which articles were signed yes- terdai, will not be cancelled to per-

Snuth Amer-

Rickard tie- -

fight Romero

Chilean dt-

Q. Why are some pooplc’s lecth‘

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equaled the feat. Going to the bat twice in a pinch. he made one hit, ifor a .500 average.

Rather an imposing start for a

'busher making his big league de- but.

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IVIAHITIIVIE HAEE THAIIK EIHEUIT

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Meets To Be Held In _FNine Maritime Towns This Summer.

ST. JOITN, N. Ti., April 26. -- A

iiict-ting nf the llizirltliiic Horse iltuclng Clrviiit wus iiclfi licrc last _iiight. Officers i‘locti~,il wore:

S. ld. Rice, St. John, President. Frank Adams, Ilailfax, Vlcc-

Prosldcnt.

Spurgeon. Gaiiiiiion New Glas-

gow. Secretary. _

I The Directors aro:- I i>_ c. coniieiiy, sydney; w. A. Iluildorhiiin, Syilnuy; llr, F. C, Kav- _anugli, 'l‘riir<i; l'. A. Ilcliiveau, Moncton iiiirl J. Grlfflilis Frederic- ton.

| The wcokly iiioois fixed for thu -Easter iiiiil-siiiiiiiior will coniinoiicri on tho following dates: l Moncton, July 1:-it; St. John, July

9th; Moncton, .luly 16th: Frederic- ton, July 23rd: Now Glasgow, July 30th; Sydney, August 6th; Halifax, August 13th; 'l`ruro, August 20th; Now Glasgow, August 27th.

it was said that there was a

‘possibility of Chatham entering the circuit and this would be definite- ly known within a couple of weeks. All purses will be $400, with the exception of Free-for-Alle, which will be S500.

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HARRY WILLS I8

NOW IN TRAINING

Harry Wills, New Orleang negro

challenger for tho world’s heavy- weight tltle. has entered hard training for his scheduled fifteen round bout against Bartley Mod- den, west side veteran, which will be the feature at the opening of the Qneensboro Stadium, Long Is- land City, May 12.

Whig self to

against Jack

tor‘e only ring

year, has

his ability to

Madden.

to fight him- for a bout

in the lat»

this

HHPU NUW CUHIMUDURE HILSTIN e o~ WIHINE Til , lRllTllNli lllfillilf 1924

NIEET HllN\EHll LF-DNAT”f6ll`f5-?

__ _ __ ____ ple of a. Colt- Trot-_

HWants To Prove That , '-1 1*- i ter that was-i.. He Is Not Afraid of , gi ov, » EVGI’ LBd 011 _

Was the Poorest Saili-

. Track -

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By W. H. Cocllor _ _ _

Commodore Wilson note . ,as

though he would be the star of the three year old world on the Ml!- iiiile tracks in 1924. During the winter months ,ho wen_t_4_au kuiris

of gates over the cindet'.i'oad on

the Exposiiion gi‘ounds’bt slprlitg- ileld, Mass. Some of the wise heads who saw him shook their hi.-ails and said he was through, on account of tho severe campaign last season. 'l‘he tune was chnitg- cd, however, as soon as the track was opened. At the first time' of_ asking the Commodore sailed in on a perfect trot and has since that time been fighting for a brush..

Rodney is getting Commodore

Wilson ready for the .Bay State Circuit. He will follow it to Northampton. From theye he will swing into the Orange County Circuit and start at Endicott, Monroe, Goshen and Middletown.

When speaking of jommodore

Wilson a few days ag" Rodney said “I-le is one 'of thepnost re- markable horses l evertralned. l-ie is a trotting freak. Commodore Wilson always has his speed and is ready to race as soon as the track is fit to work on." _

On being asked how he happen-

cd to get Commodore Wi son Rodney said. “While I 1was"`n‘l. Rcadvilie Mr. Graves ,`.` arrantged with me to train Mr. Hoover. -his colt was sold the day he .was to lie scnt to me. When Mr._0Uaves told me of the transfer he remarked ‘ncver mind, I will some day sejid you a better one."

i did not hear any more from

him until two weeks before l shipp- ed from Rcailvlllo in 1933. One morning he called and said that he had a two year old gelding over at the speedway that he wanted nie to rtaln. Hc said ‘Mr. Peck and. I ‘have been working him all winter ,und he has got so that he will not go around the first turn without making a break.’

"When I told him that I Wls

'going to ship away in i vo weeks ,Mr. Graves hesitated but I told liiin to send the gelding over and I would see what I could do with him. At the same time ho told we .that he was entered in a number of races and that he was by a son of Bingen out of the dam of Mr. _I-loover. - "When thc gelding arrived he

looking sample of a colt lrottér that was ever led on to s race track. Ho was thin and his legs looked as if lie had humped them ‘every time he was started up. He was also weraing a heavy set of shnni-i to whlcli a too weight was ntlnchcil. '

"l diii not hitch my new pupils for

a wcuk. In the interval he was griissf-il und br-gan to fill up s little. The heavy shocs were replaced with iight plates and his feet cut ilowii. At the beginning of the sec- ond wcok i took Commodore Wil- son on thc track and found that I had no trouble in getting him around thc first turn. Tlicn, l brushed hiiii and saw that fhe could trot very fast as soon as he foiiiiil limi. he did not hit himself. On Friday l lnvitcd Mr. Graves out to sec Commodore Wilson step.

After going a couple of syw miles l drove him in 2:2214 an back in 2:18, both mllog being initio With- out urging. l then told Mr. Grdves that l would be pleasedto take his two ycar old gelding to the fines.

"From Rcadville l shipped to

Spiiingfleld. While there Com- modore wiisen usd three or :leur work outs. two or three of 'his miles being below 2.20. ._

"Cdmmodore Wilson made _ his

first start at Avon. He raced '|T§en and was outside of the motley. Vivian Sunshine won the first host in 2 21%. The following week at Windsor Vivian Sunshine won the first heat in 2:8385. By that time l was convinced that the Commodore did not know what was wanted of him on race day. When we came out for the second heat l gave him s couple of, fact scores and A few sharp raps with the whip. Tlllt stirred up his racing spirit. He trotted Vivian Sunshine to o stand still in the stretch and won in 2:1716. In the next heat he com! hack ln 2:18%_ -

"From that day until the

of the season never had

to even tap

with the whip. o

-weight, dont to ||tlAl"l

was without exception the poorest '

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