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CONTINUED FROM PAGE 9 12 dashes and raced to a record d 2.10.

Purky ZZ bad ll dashes on the credit side and owns a new mark of 2.09:3.

In all 120 horses won dashes at this raceway during the 1983 season.

Cape Breton driver. 5 o n n 7 Rankin. established an amazing

LOWERS MARK

Highley'5 Way by Indian Land, dam Kay Way trotted to a new record during the campaign just concluded. It was a 2.06 effort. The trotter is owned

by Stanley Ma vhew. Kinkora, Prince Fidwa rd T:land_ On the sulky is u"a.iner-driver Herman Renaud.

be hard for any other driver to better.

Jim Ferguson is most opti_m- Istic about the year ahead. Jim seems better things for the race - game down his way and has sev- I , eral ideas which he intends to ‘

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put in operation in the coming campaign.

This raceway has made great strides under the Ferﬂu 30! management and more improve- nents are a certainty in the year to come.

BOB BROOK TAKES CLASSIC

Bob Brook paraded as winner of B. C. Cruic-kshank Memorial race August 26th at Sackville Downs. Driver is Walter Craig. Hold- ing horse is owner Dorn McKenzie from Glace Bay. Gordon Cruick-

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shank (son of late B. C. Cruiekshankl presents trophy. °:"*""ille Downs general manager John F. (Jack) Cruickshank looks on. Bob‘ Brook vvcﬂing 2.06 1 3.

Hereisa listoftheleading

dash winners In 19$:

1'3 dashes—Sir Harlem. Norah Hal C

12 dashes— Judy’: Beauty

11 dashes—Purk_v Z. lmperia’. H

10 dasbes—-Dance Me Lo o s e. Eban’s Ace

9 dashes~—Acemore. Hizhland Lad, Pellaire Doin Boy. '.Vlr. Vic. Widower West

0 dashes——Denll.V Lad. Srkv Chief B

1 dashes—Wm-thy Chief G. O'- Shea, Jackie Jackson. Jeff Dudley. Lou Creed. L’ n cle Mike

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Charlottetown Driving Park serves great menu to fans

Charlottetown Driving Park, One Kentucky of Canada, enjoy-

job on his hands but it's old stuff to Mr. Acorn by this t'nie.

In all 54 race nu-cis were staged, including "ho Old Home Week sliows, totalled $92,785 in compari m with the $89,585 paid out in 1962. The mutuel ‘take’ -was for night racing and £‘38'7.T70 for Old Home Week. Tlic a\'era~_».e mutuel bet for the ordinary racc night in 1963 was 9I}l') as com- pared with {mil in I952. This is ml increase of $340 per night but he Old Home Week drop spoil- ed the pretty pl(‘lul‘e. Betting was down $4.408 per day during lie big week.

average mutuel handle per day during this past Old Home Week

lie race track was down 2.22? kom l§i2. 'l‘he outside gates Vere up 768 people.

There were many factors, pro- bably. which entered into the

of the driving park. Old favor- ﬁes had their flint’. before the dheering crowds. some of them lived up to expectations. Others just didn't have the speed they once demonstrated to Charlotte- town Driving Park fans, XIVIE GREAT PAYS

Some great mutuel money was paid out by the cashiers as fav- orites took a sound heating time and time attain throui_:hout the

ﬂiose startling vipsets as the curtain fell on one summer cam- paign.

Frank Acorn, race secretary and classifier. had another huge

ed itselrf out before the show concluded. There were loads of horses available at all times‘ throughout the Charlottetown

efficient job of rl.1ssif_viiig them with the best interests of the public at lieu:

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Park suffcn _ July with the unexpected sin: of is [)l‘C.\I(I(*lll. ’

rv out for the association and was in attendance at a race meet the Saturday previous to his

ed Dr. J.P. Lantz as the as- sociation's head and all through his term as chairman of the board of directors. he gave the Exhibition association the best of his aJl)IIIll€S.

Before Mr. Stewart's death. l-l..I. ‘Jack’ Kennedy. one of the first persons interested in puroh asing the Charlottetown Driving Park from Lt. Col. D.A. Mac- Kinnon, resigned as manager be- cause of ill health. Mr. Kennedy, like Mr. Stewart. served the driving park in a most capable manner and his loss to this group was indeed felt. Allison Profitt. Freetown. «succeeded to the presidency on the death of Mr. Stewart and since taking office has proved to be a most valuable leader. Frank Acorn served as manager throughout the 1963 season.

SPl(‘ AND SPAN The directors endeavouned to m a kc Fharlottetiiwn Driving

;'.l)(llll the place was in apple pie order this season and nothing was left for CIl£lll('E‘. Tho ccnlre firld flowers Ollt‘? again hroiuzlit

comments.

prmuico. D0- tails were not overlooked by the directors who gave a real honest effort to pleasc the customer: who came to witness Il»al‘ll9~‘».$ racinsz at their track.

Greater impmvemenvts are planned for 1964 when harness racing should surely enjoy the greatest crowds in the history of

Island thobtens and pacers.

The Evening Patriot once again sponsored three legs of The Maritime circuit free-for-all during the 1963 campaign.

Tammany Hall owned by Stan- ley Mayhew and Jack Brown was a big surprise

pl‘(‘—l‘8C(3‘Af8\’()l‘ll€s were forced to accept the smaller portions of the rich $231!) pul‘~(". The win-

record at the local oval for .w-) yi-ar olds by stepping her first nvle in 2.1-l‘-l The youngster appeared to have plenty in rm» scrvc and proved that the next trip by doing ohe t-wicc-around in 2.12:4.

The trotting record set a year ago during Old Home Week by Harry Hirst-h's Fedoran got a few scares early in the season. However, it remained for a local horse to topple the record dur- ing an afternoon card on The Old Home Week show. Bill Boy-

Buddy Campbell reincd h is Stormy Song to a 2.0? mile and a new trotting mark for the CDP. Before Stormy Song ac- complished his feat. Cyril Smith had driven Poplar Flash to a 2.0F7:l mile which equalled the old mark of Fedora-n.

Bob Brook, that great pacing marchine owned Don '.VlacKen7.ie. Glace Bay and cxperlly handled by Charlottetown‘; Walter Craig. copped the next two Patriot specials. Bob was a Monday night winner Old Home Week in

The Invitational and then storm-

ed back to grab the biggest of them all. The Evening Patriot Go‘.d Cup and Saturn" on Friday night. Bob Brook had the dis- tinction of goiiw tho seasonls stormed back t- al the lfggest FA-0 riot Gold Cup and S never on Friday night. Bob Brook had the

.»‘e.i~;oii the starter book the hor<c< away in 456 dashes. and increase of 48 over 1962. This past season saw the least number -vf penalties impos- ed for many a year. There were just 2] violations There ere 2)

setbacks in 1963 as compared

with 22 in the previous cam- paign.

One big feature was the fact that only six accidents occurred

during the race season. This un-

doubtodly is a great credit 1.. the

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