September 2 and 'by Exhibition week- Se 15th to 27th- they were here in full force. This was the week in which the inland goose busters had to make hay while the moon ahoa' or else hie themselves to the salt WI"? 1; they wanted a goose dinner bad- ly enough.

Times and seasons have ,chang- ed. When this columnist first burn- ed powder on black ducks the season opened on Aullllt Will. A few years before I was strong enough to shoulder a dougle-bar- relied 10-guage, duck shooting- elegal duck s h o o t i n g that '- mmenced on August loth. I was 11 years old when I shot my first pair of blsclr ducks. I remember as it it wereyeaterday on an August-afternoon (the 20th) scuffing .up the red dust with bare feet as I trudged up

arlia Myer's bill on my way to Verde. 1 was carrying in ,s double ten-a cannon that wei ed almost as much as I did. Captain Donne who run one of the

Boston Boats brought it from the '

States for him. What a gun it was. The barrels were a quarter inch thick at the breech.

FIRST GUN

I didn't own a gun of my own until I was is. It was my first duck shoot and I couldn't get away any sooner for father used it that morning at the old home lake. . . a blue. lily rad dnppind sun set

(continued from page I)

Back Stretch

Lyons of Greenwood. Delaware. Till INTRUDII

A write u in the Harness Horse by Charles interesting particulars on The in- truder, that won the 1956 Humble- tonian. He went through the sales ring at Lexington for 185,000 but didn't show up as a race horse as a 2-year-old. This year he made rapid progress in speed and after he had won at Saratoga in 2:08 1-5 it was decided to keep him paid up in the llarnblstonian. He wears 12 ounce shoes in fr t and also has toe weights an hinge boots. lie is sired by Boot- iand and his darn was Mighty Margaret I, 2:01 8-4 1hy Volomits and, his grandam s Margaret Castleton 8. his 8-4. 4.1:II N by Guy Castleton 2:19. I son of Guy Axworthy 1:00 3-4. Martfnarst Caatieton raced only in ma oes driven by her owner, Mrs. Nichols. mistress of Walnut Hall Farm and who gave her both her three and

four-year-old records. No I-yeah gm. e

old aver trotted in 1:50 H with such uttle work and her 4-year-old tab of 1:50.14 was slniillarly ac- complished.

As our readers may recall. The intruder was picked out trons a walnut Hall conslznmsnt by Tom- my Murphy for wealthy Leonard Buck. for whom Mr. Murphy acts as adviser on harness horse mat- ters. Murphy's judgment proved correct as it did also in the can

berly Kid. that he Picked out as a yearl and went on to take a record o 1:50 with "Ms! winnings of tl91.1itil when retired last fall. uh N A” arry urmali. ew Ill- writes: "I saw in Down the Back stretch that My Clegg took a no-

Vls "ham: 4 sod.ttgu:lteoIuaohad"th.lanl?e,.

. Marshall gives some um

Charlottetown track.

FUIIIOOII d

pounce ”' W "W"

, no water with the wt Hi-yellectad from d n w pads as a wan Erhreess nipped theedso of one upward here and there thro the bedmhfyhsartdidafllp when I glanced toward a new at my right whore the sun made glit- tering out of the globes of water tossed into the air by splashing ducks. -

They were moving slowly in my "..f.?”i"' .".i"..'..".i" '” ”"'.: ii; an . was pro a so minutes or a half hour the flock was out in treat but it seemed like I full day. I was trem- bling like a leaf when I poked the old omen 1 o e

barrels. The recoil

ck on my

set

I billaw oi smoke my view of the water. I must have aimed by instinct'

go with both

were iyins motionless lily pads. 1 sat there for minutes in a sort of due expecting any min- ute to wake up and find it a dream. I got more rill out of shooting those ducks an if I went out today and made a double on bears. I walked home without my ducks. I tried wading out . . .it took lust a jiffy to step out of jeans and shirt. . . but when the water reached to my neck I had sense enough to flounder back to the shore. Later in the afternoon Herbie stretch from Long Creek. who worked for my brother Lud- . came back with Ins and swam Hfor them. It was a red letter ..,in my young life. In this Warn age with every n:(EncelJa- fconva ence at our er ps I sosn'etlmes think back into the past with nostalgic longing for the days when we had so little and-yet so much. If one could only recapture the days of youth, be- fore this modern one. when we had so little and yet it took so little to give us a thrill and fill us in the brim with the joy of livl-Ila.

colts are standard and registered and I am confident that with train. ins they will take records equally as good as My Clegg.

0lJ'l'8'l'ANl)lNt1 PACER

Rannie MacDonald who is new racing at Blue Bonnets, has sent us a clipping about a young paces-

nacord there. He was a 3-year-old oaAf:i.l2sthandiohisfirststart was ding at the ball. then broke splashed through the mud and won by eight and a half lengths. His name is Avalon Javslon. Since th hetobas golgs on to become on o e p pac prospects. From the 1:19 mark w ch he took in his first start he gradually lowered his record to 1:04 4-5 and is the fast- est Canadian owned 8-year-old has ever paced. He has started 11 times and has "won 11 races, see osd one: In finished , oh two One. date he aslwoa

- WHO DIM-lilll Ind ooka ks a cinch to reach the 010,000 mark before the end of the gear.

Coborue Hess of Morris ur . om. bought him at the Hand-

and driver and handled the horse in 16 ct his 11 starts. Avalon Jav- alon is sired by Direct Spengler and was one of a consignment irom Two Galts Farm, Indianap- olis. Indiana. Rennie ends his nice, dsguter twlkth the st:ltsmer'l'th that be

n' how any see are you will find better or more real horse racing than old Home Week. chas- lotietown. and he asked to be re- membered to all his friends here. Thanks. ltennie, we will send your olippinsn to gwo Gaits Farm and I am sure ey will be pleased.

The many friends of Howard Mc- xag. who has been in charge of the H . Willis stable for years at the will regret to

ughmeet

before 33

or-the reeds at the i the black '1”

when my vision cleared two ducks. amid the

has made an outstansllng'

To Open

as w. s..wnasri.sv Cassdtaa Press list! Writer MONTREAL (.0!)-'l'ha teams

"" um staged lost about the thriller-

dlllnr of the 1966 iootballiuason todty in their 0 I data of the Big Foursch . Montreal Alouettes 51:: hosts to Toronto Argonauts ii the same is like the 1255 eastern f it will he a spec- tacie all its own. in that cinemat- abl ebattle each team sinned it iout with gobs of touchdowns and Aigettee dually finished in mint 'rhere'will he of the same players on the cfiill Stadium field tod but only one of the

leg and his pllce likely

taken by young Gerry Dou-

cette. Ed Songin and John Steph-

goskmay also see work at quarter- ac .

"run arena" INCAC-non

S , E h sin lead the-lAlls lllc th: izxkwll l.-In

Top Americans

Canada's First Chess Ch'ship.

MONTREAL (CP)--Top - rank- ing Canadian and United States players are among 75 entries in Canada's first open chess cham- pionship starting today with C1.- M0 in prize money at stake.

"Having so many entries has disadantages as well as its ad- ante cs." says tournament direc- tor udley Le Dain of Montreal.

"Most tournaments have about 1'! or is entries and can be con- ducted on a round-robin bull. Ila

be a star. Now he has what looks to be a real one in the 3-year-old trotting filly Marytoo. a daughter oi Worthy Boy 2:02 'A that he bought at the Kentuo fall sales in 1953 for , . ast yell? trained as a 2-year-old she showed of well, made seven appearances e at Bay

th season

the summer meeting

she started racing in mid-lune. hit the. winners circle July 17th and since then has had but one defeat. Her latest was a stunning victory at Vernon Downs where she went out of her class to take on aged candidates.

Twenty-five years ago most of the race talk was about a trotter named Gwendolyn Aubrey, that was meeting the best trotters in the State of Maine and wlnnlilt Bhe was by Captain Aubrey mom and her dam was Helena Constan- tine 2:12lt. that the late Hadley Fulton bought at the Old Glory sale. She produced Peter Polrey 2:06li. Maritime champion tt-otter in his day. Gwendolyn Aubrey raced here as a 8-year-old and took a record oi 2:15. than was sold to a buyer in Melon where she dominated i-ll! imltiiis classes

' Scott second. The 5th dash with the same field was won by llolbert garattnn in 2:1 2-5. Onton Adam)Kirkpat- rick) won dashes 4 and 7 in 2:11 3-5, 2:14 3-5. other winners were Dash 1. Brilliant Frisco (J. Lang time 2:10. dashes I and s, wind sor Volo (M. Ccoghlan) 1-5, For glloseorolt (Kirkpatrick) 4-1. s. 1'14 2-5. 3:15. Dash 3 was be! Chestnut Dillon (H. Jones) a hips ( I. T

V

ever Tim won Lee 2.16 -5. '

A com orient has sent us as- tieulars 'o the races at Fredeyrie ton. N3. Monday night, which was were well attended. Dashes 1 and 5. Lady Cash (W. Burt) ll, Jo- sane Caatal (Savage) 2-5. Doc

Iluilu-19) ""9:

inc ya . second Vaitonis. Hlmlltim. Ont.

'vAl's, Argonauts

Schedule

tact their long a at viotwlu on their home . Alouettes' last loss here was to Hamilton Tiger,-Cats Nov. II, lass. -

Alouette coach Do as (Pas head) Walker sent trail through a closed workout istslqrriu day and went into a huddle with himself to decide which 12 of his is American morts he will send against the Torontonlans.

There is general agreesnait that both Alouettes and Argos have strengthened with newcomers this Vein Asked what he tho i of today's battle and if he ha any Particular worries. coach Walker had 'a ready answer:

"We are worried every time we go out to play a ball game."

In addition to Dubllnakl'a lame- ness. reports out of Toronto have said that end Al Pfeifer and line man Billy shipp may also be ah- sentees through injuries. Alouettas also have three players laid up- corner-backers Jim Blaicher and Bill Bswley and lineman Juan Sheridan. All are Canadians.-loll Golic. a newccan the United states. may get a corner- backer ' t

To Compete-in

fordlng each player an opportun- ity to test the skill of all his op- ponents."

"This, obviously, would be im- Eractionl in the oven. 50 wa' aving each contes' ' pl

HY rounds. A draw will be held to do-l

termine opponents in the opening round and, in each succeeding round, winners will be paired with winners. losers with losers, and draws with draws." -

CHAMP ON BAND

Canadian entries are headed by

" ' champion Frank Ander- son. Toronto and Abe Ysuolllw. Winnipeg, ve times Canadian champion.

Other prominent Canadians are Maurice Fox. Montreal. eight times winner of the Canadian championship; Lionel Joyner. Gile-

i ' ' titl k " Paul former Canadlsn champ: and Reins Mat- thsl. Montreal. former Quebec pro- iscisl champion.

United States players who will be here for the competition ill- clude Larry Evans oi New York. No. 1 ranked U.S. player; ndmar Mednis, present New York ltato champion and William Lombardy. 18-year-old wonder boy who won the New York state championship at 16

Le Dain says la-year-old Bobby Fischer oi New York, who re- cently caused a sensation in chess circles by winning the U.S. jun- ior championship in Philadelphia and 'inlshlng fourth in the U.S. open championship, may also be on hand.

Two Tasi Paces Headline Race Card Tonight

What could be one finest cards of

harness racing presented here this 1

year on tap at the Driving Park to g . In all eight well-filled dashes will be held for purses totalling 01000 The two main events of the card willbetheBPacaandtheBl Pace, both double dashers. All other races will be in atoll! dill!-

es.

Eight test pscers will go in the 3 Pace. They are Mr. Jollscott. Prince Budlong, Oahagan, Choo- olste Di . Queen Primrose. Gay Spirit, Conto and Keppoch Playgirl.

x

(amour manner. Joe 0'hrlea. Mr.

I

AWARDED Fl IN soaosraa c W.” haw” vptgfjn u-glssgs and Harry O'Brien of Alberton was

drive of nurses! rm "'0' W (ether of Prince Edward lllIIId'l

awarded lirst in the roadster class unit: the Alberton Prince

335.:

&.

LASS

ibltloa with his entry of daily at his track in Alberton.

"Frisco Guy". Although in llll 88rd

race. by r. Weeks

ear Mr. 0'8 i continues his ille- loug interest lhellarneag racing and can be seen working lllt horses

lllae

0'?" as Bob

play when

a 3 E

rove on that. about to... sments

f

keeness to play."

The club is St.

ww.

I

The Maritime Trap and skeet championships are onlyAone week away. and all "' W" ners are in top shape and ready to win their respective elsssea. Maritime Championships are div- ided into six classes, AA A.l.C. D rlott one shooter in class AA, one in Class A, six in class 3. two in class C and the remainder are in class D and E. so each clau will be M-

' by a b from the local club. The Maritime Cham- pion will he the top shoots, of the day. Second high will be class AA winner and third will be runner up in AA. liaoh other class will he won by the highest sbooeter in that particular class. Trap shooting will be done in the same way with the

eelared

1.

highest score being d Mari.- time Champion. , Shooting will begin at mo in the

morning and the three skeet fields will he going strong from thu until sunset.

To give you a rough Idea of how

ed on P.E.l. in the sat few years. There had never a a perfect gfolrle pgsted tlgntil Sugars ago when y 0' an n sc 0 at the pl:-oviti1i;.-El charnplo"aiahips?.It was 0 W0 N0 after rnalw years of shooting here. It has lan- aroved skeet here to such an ax- nt that this past week alone :'r-..::.'- '"".::- .3-is wo mom a 8 on and lion Atkinson have ad: but two perfects -together to make a B0 stirnnislit. But thelwg things are I0 2 n a coupe 130 straights will be the ordg:.:'f C ay.

Anyone who has never watched these crack sh rs in getting should plan to beat their way to the Charlottetown Gun Club on La- bornayandseethebestinthe Maritimes in Action. .

A few members of the Montague Fish and Game Association have announced their intention to erect I skeet field. A few showed up at the club on Thursday evening and tried their hands at it. Let's work for some action from Montague.

Following .11 the top gcq;-gg (mg

arid in 1954 of 2:19 4-5 and did not 1. ,,,,,,..,L ,Banks D. (alsho ) as. Time, Then will be seven starter! in wool!- race in 1955 on account of in- h:p?'t:,h::1l"1.",,nll'y .,mPo,...ge.n': 2:161-ll, 2:12 2-5. ashes I and 6. the BB Pace. Doctor !'.C., G. IKEET jury, but has made a comeback um W, Wm R, M. gem! "nu. Prince Abner in. Troy) 1-1, Van Ann. C.. Lina C. Scott. My Dar- Ln ,5 and won this year in 2:14 8-5 and u. gt .3. guy 3 I ",7 ity Les (-MacArthur) 2-2. Time, linl. MY Volo. Jolllty Leigh. IN Hugh Simpson 25 w-:- H. Ira: N - :-.1:..:t- if .''.'''t'.'...' r-:.: ".:r.&-.2:-..l:-'.::.:-...... .:.”..W.”.:.".: ” ra sod. one so so In In 1' Olin - . I n as a 8-year-old to a pm in Frgdarieo IIAB A'BliAl. ON! (lumen) 14. Lakehorn (J. Atkins) in the other events are Lorna B - Walter Carver as too. I have a chestnut mare. four Chris O'Donnell of Boulton. H. Time, 1:15 8-6, 1:114-ll. skelter loag, Royal Train, Jop a mid. Wylie Iryenton 22 are old. also a year-old filly. Maine. has had as many ups and ll owned by Bob Brown of Wood Fllrlii C-l'- Clgl. "T lob llyndmaa si sy are a red by Abner '1'. Clegg downs in the harness horse game stock. Dashes 4 and 3. Marion llud- Joe, Ginger 22.. cg. Cooley's Bay. Hill Morell go and are 1 sisters to My as we know connected with long (Mount) 1-1. Dos-ninion's Pride Sandy Torke, Jollity George and 3....” Doug... ,3 i am a lover of horses and it: or instance its sold Bay state (ll. Dewitt) 2-1. Time, 1:10 45- a hostel others. 3. mm, 1, to read the Back stretch. Thane Pat for 3850 and he turned out to a new record for Marion Budlong. Post time is no. K to - la . A. Clements ls POSSIBLI ll Bill Morell 34 Lloyd Mccallum m 21 21 10 10 ll

the calibre of shooting has improv- "

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LONDON (GP)-John Youos. as English schoolboy who breaks every rule in the sprintar's style- book. is Britain's chief be e for the 100-metre final at the 0 ympic Games.

At 18, the heefily-built Warwick- lllire student is the baby of Brit- ain's team of to men and ll

., athletes , ' ' d to repre- sent their country in Australia Nev. II to Dec. 1.

Almost unknown in track circles at the be lining of the season, the mllscu ar youth with the un- sninly stride womed into promis- encc overnight with a 9.9 seconds performance for the 100 yards to win the Amate Athletic Associ- niion championships in mid-July. WIN! ALL

A week later be staged a mara- thon performance on the cinder track at the Iclioolr champion ships at Plymouth. competing in 10 races in seven days. Ha won then all.

Young's so time in the AAA Gilli

championships is fast by British standards although well outside the world record time of on see- onda held Jointly by Mel Patton and J. J. Oolllday ef the United Sim and H. D. Hogan of Aus-

His best time for the loo-metres is 10.7 seconds, gomparnd with the world mark of lo.1 chalked up early this month bi the American Ne o sprinters. Williams an In Murchison.

IUGBY STAB

At Bishop .Ves 's grammar school in Sutton Co dfield, when Young was an honor student be fore graduating this , the Iprint star was better a for

bchoolboy is Britain's Hope

Olympic .l?:l.,l'i(I.l

tl ch

before the Olympics - probably do more harm good in the little time left." rigidly

the sprints. Young

takes second place to track.

lady Golfers a... Successful Field Day it Cavendish

ssla Cl

uhlseld

DJII.

the Charlottetown Golf Mrs. Alex Matheson.

president presented prises: low shoes (is W. Cotton. runner up - Mrs Cannon. Low net (1! holes .1. Malloy. runner up Mrs. Buntaln. Special draw- Norman (0 holes only) peeial draw (18 holes) Mrs. Don Seaman special draw (10 holes) Mrs. W. let.

his prowess on the route field. He has won six international schoolboy on s and expects to en- ter Oxford nlvcrslty next term.

Young has never been coached for track and it is cruel. but an- ourats, to sayhs runs that way.

His stntti tecbnious is olomso and his he rolls as he picks up speed. Arms tlsllins. tears along the track in a display of raw, untrained power. But, as his times indicate. he covers the ground in a hour.

ironically, it is Young's faults that make British track ex- zrts so hopeful of his chances at