‘BACK STRETCH

DOWN

QTHE n

poi 2.09, the pacer v ‘Eé? ‘a’; purchased 01:!‘ mm‘; PHASE, D .

outb, has

mm tn Corlnler West

“a restaurateur. and Arc e Le- mmc, o.N.R. employee both of ~ you...“ by Mr. Wooti through i "mu Agblng of this city. Mr. Ar- lawlmlonth or so an

bly turn him over to his new

big, fine look- of speed. He by curbs but ow than ever

, —0-- i symbol Harry is a v m lot

horse with a.

b en handicap aural; to be

a, B. Cutcliffe, who won the pacing championship with Marg- aret Jean, has had several flatter- mg offers for her. One of $700 he turned down but still they are coming in, the most recent one be- ing l. wire mm parties in Quebec city wanting a price. Margaret Jean looks to be one of the best glow class paeers in the Maritimes. she has abundance of s eed,isrug- “a, a good feeder, soun and oo mannered. We hope Mr. Cutclffe will retain her for racing on our circuit here or at least on the Mar- ltllne circuit as we need that kind.

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H. M. Sweeney. Brldgewater, N. 5., has sent us an entrg form for the 2.25 Stake and 2.21 take to be raced September 3rd and Septem- ber 26th or 27th respectively over the Brldgewater track. The purses will be all the payments and nom- ination fees with $300 added mon- ey. No seconds will be allowed trotters. First nomination fee will be March 20h .00. We have- also received particulars of a 2.28 'l‘rot or Pace take to be raced over the Truro Driving Park track

m 5,00 pa able Marchl 28th and all paymen and nomination fees with $300 added money will be put up by the Truro Driving Asso- ciation. For further particulars write F. C. McCul-dy. Secretary, ‘rruro. The above stakes toget. with those prevloual announced New Glasgow and herst makes worthwhile racing for ood sow class horses throughout he Mari- tlmes. We trust ‘all these stakes will be well patronized as the pro- meters are deserving of praise. __0__ Logan Scott p. 2.005.’. has recent-

'3 "in

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been sold by Allan J. Wilson. ston, Mass, to Pineholni Farms, Kennebunkport. will be placed in the st ,tiie foremost pacing two-year-old xii i032, won the Fox Stake Futur- 2 it“; Le lngton and other rich "Iver .

‘ll ._.

he next season he was winning three-

ing a record of

gham Park track,

also winning several futurities. He

. ll by Peter Scott 2.05 out of Caro- ..1yll logan 2.05% by Jim Logan b20194. .

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- " The above item is int to locally as one of Logan Scot/ts ‘Pplincipal competitors when racing Wu a two- ear-old was Plucky wscott. s. hal sister, that was sec- ond to him in the third heat of the Fox Stake won in 2.03%- She -was also second to him in several other stakes. Plucky will be re- enibered for the game races she ' p over local tracks. particu- at Montague in i936. She

» several colts or fillies now old ough to race and no doubt these

i be heard from in futuritiea d other events.

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for the lifting of the ban

, racing. There is no question . t that racing will be in partial swing by July 1st and in full swing ere the big stakes are raced at

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Massachusetts. Connecticut and

nearby states. That was followed

the Orange County Circuit with

‘four and the Great Eastern with V

eks. When Allan J. Wilson, sed to be

"y of Cardigan cea

zed with the liry State Cir- dlalntegrsted and there - ot seem to be anybody who can organlzg now.

1-01.- Reminiscent of the old da s of three in live racing when a orsc had to win three heats in order to let the winner's end of the purse I lot of mixups occurred and it was not alwa s the best horse that won. This well illustrated in the following taken from The Feed Tub by L. G. uffy, in a recent lumber .cf the Harness Horse:

“Back in the d s when u- ltlhlrion was really eavy an the . ec-in-flve marathon contests Ive the v ue, tho beat horses lied rnetodefeat on occasions in uence of contingencies be- d the control of all drivers and engaged. en we chance

l0 note e long standing world's rd seven heat pacing race set 51:30 b Jerry B. .004 and driv- ded

ck McMahon, we are re-

; he l can wean downnhls field 3m f" m all t at he fill-lll a. hard T1". then win.’

ll However. it is also easy to lose l flee even with the best horse as “Y! uently you encounter mis- mnl an interferences that eeca I t attention of the spectators an know ofnstances when drivers, will for their very llvca. have h accused of skulduggery. The ht world's record seven heat

~ scat; m" a can in goin oi

'1 rule Keir 1.5m orqfhcaallilelwzilflli, but "n "in rticular occasion whenula

. Meatetrthens. it was due to a

lunltl

d Eel

July llth or 12th. The nomination 000

.Cor

t1 .o , ,

ofmegluxgl dillfltcfiadalzllain eur with

caused Dickldo lion to

for ' -- ‘- m a great

ailment i; land ry.

vie-

.. 0,, 0 Min Heir The leel the org"??? in” thereby equalling the 2rd s‘: back fading! b i e re ea t e second in 2.00. Ill 5|! Child Th9 E91 [gggfl the stallion into the ground and won t en he cinch for the big end of i352”. ‘Slltftwf?’ "ti". "m The Eel waa flat and D o confi-

dence. then suddenly a dog bouncgd

causing a tire to come oi! of Mc- Mahon's bike. During the mixug, Copa do Ora assumed s. command- ing lead, and McEwen having such great confidence in the grey horse, rushed after him and used up his mount in the eflort, finishing sec- tmd. while McMahon with a tire ofi his bike, wisely jogged around the course knowing full well his gelding would be placed.

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"The breather did the work, as m;

Jerry B. won the fifth, sixth and

seventh heats in 2.00%. 2.06% and

397%. Bettina a world's record

which has stood since 1 finished

2-2- h

o a en at any tme, and particu-arly l]: a pacing race where there are two really top performers to run one another down. ‘That dog is re- sponsible for a record which will remain for all eternity!"

9N. 3-2. Yes,

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Les Bickerton, Secretary of the Amherst Driving Park, ls promot- ing two stakes for this season. The first. a 2.5 stake will be raced on guly 2nd. Nomination date was a men, answered the call. If ey continue the purse will be over . The Free For All Stake be raced August 23rd. It d amount to around $1.- . The nomination date for it is March 20th. Plans are undel- way to build twenty new stables at the Amherst speedway which with what is alread there will give ac- commodation or 55 horses. At the

w shoul

over 2. Vi, eligible to the 2..iB trot; August Hanover, a green trotter b

Lawrence Hanover, and Royal Tel . a green pacer.

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' Harry Kelly and Bob Smith of C‘ North Sydney, N. 5., recently im- d

ported from Ontario a four-year- old pacer named Corporal Owen by _ ral Lee. l-le raced slightly as a t ree-year-old and gave romlse of being a good horse an hopes are high for him taking an active part in the racing in Cape Breton this season. _-o__

Moncton L horsemen are going rl ht ahead with their plans to compete and have ready a first class track for racing July 2nd. It is the former Moncton airport and is situated lyust an easy distance from the rc ‘y. The first annual

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Company, Ltd., p. moters of track, was held in the Windsor Hotel last Moll ay evening. Plans were discussed for the season's racing on the eastern New Bruns- wick circuit of which the company is a member, other tracks being St. Stephen. Sussex, Sackville, Chatham and Buctouche. i‘); During the meetin certained that aevers

it was as- mcmbers of

held on the local track.

ned start the erection of s for the horses and a grand stand for spectators ust as soon as the weather permi , with a view to having everything in readiness for the first meet, posslbl July 2n Following are the ofll. company: Hon.~ Presic.

W, Bio ‘ reLl-‘residents. '_

Assistant Secretary, Jerome Morris: Treasurer. A. ‘Temple Doyle; Race Secretary, CharleaClark; Assistant, Marshall Govang.

Shalllpion Ski Jumper Killed.

W , N; l0

<...s..>..- °- Jimper, W15

‘in mtg: March 3 hi Itlly, the

united

' the rookie award

kenverk, Norway.

Battling Sikl dared a St. riok's Day crowd at Dublin 2 ears ago today when be cl

nto the atnst Irelanda na- tic ido. idler were around thly weren't needed- tna gallant Senegalese war-la; light heavyweight sf rounds. _

ROWII hi‘ l8 '

i 113353., Air

out from the grass along the rail, scared The Eel and he jumped to , his right, hitting Jerry B. and y 20th and nineteen hcése- New

bles h",

t National Hockey Le

bqf 5t hoon line", was

y"; Red Wings yieft

“(Wild s44 Poin

~ SPORTING N15.

trflliiflelii-fiTTETvvllfl commas

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‘ A. F. Win Qpening ame OfHoopFinals With

{-9 Victory

A second them outscore last night carried girl's to S0 to 0

saw 19-2

. All- the the got

out for

the to end the

half the even

terms 'l at the different ond From opening the Airmen were in command and had raced into a 25-7 lead before the Tara" finally potted their only basket of the half, only to ha e their opponents come back will; five more points before the game ended. . Fields led the scoring parade of the game. four baskets and three foul shots giving him a total of 11 ggints, with McLeod of the Navy ing in runner-up itlon ache accounted for six oi’ he nine points team garnered. Lineups and scores: NAVY 1G F5 Tittley 1 Williams McLeod O'Shea. Jublrlville‘ HRWklllg

Totals

ALL-STARS Rhodenizer Schecter Ramsay McLeod Weiner Duncan

was a the sec-

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Bettina Rallies To Will. Bout

mow YORK March l6-—(AP)— Knocked down'in the fifth round for a count of one, southpaw Melio Bettina 191, of Beacon, N.Y.. stag- ed a. whirlwind rally in the closing rounds tonight to gain a 10-round draw with Jimm Bivlns, 105, of ' . at Ma lson Square Gar-

en, . The bout. dull for the first five 101111118. Wflllnd uP with plenty of action in the last five. lvlns, a 2 to 1 favorite, tried hard for a

ockout in the sixth and seventh, but although he had Bettina hang- ing 0n, he failed to put over the finisher and was staggered himself as Melio rallied to sweep the last three stanzas.

At the end. each official voted differently. Judge Marty Monroe gave it to Bivins, eight rounds to two. Judge Jack Gordon called it a draw. six rounds to four. 'I‘lie

Associated Press score card gave to

Bivins an edge, five rounds to four, with one even.

Sammy Snead Sets The Pace

ICHARDUPPE. N.C.. March 18-

today to set the pace in t round of the $10,000 Charlotte open Using only a. drive and a. wedge on most of the par fours. the long ting pro from l-lot Springs, Va.. put together nines of 33 and 32 a- gainst par 38-36 to keep s. stroke a- head of Harold (Jug) MoSpaden.

USEFUL IN WAR/TIME

Synthetic sapphires play an im- portant in the production of

war precision instruments. Z

By FRASER MMDOUGALL Canadian Press Staff Writer March 8-year-old former sport

1:11;: has scor-

of the Calder Trophy as the out- standing rookie of the year ln the

The Canadian Army discharges is the oldest player ever to win since the annual poll conducted among hockey writ- ers in N. l-l. L. cities by The Cana- dian Press began in the 1032-33

season.

He received 1.4M points of a gos- sible 9.004 in the voting in w ich 2S writers Klartlclpated.

Ken Smi , Ii-year-old native of Moose Jaw who made s. brilliant

rofessional start this season as

ft wing on the Boston Bruin second wit S41 less their‘; McCoo.

i. pgintr. Ted ndsa . wing from Kirk- land Lake, Ont., was third with

ta were awarded on a 3-2-1

L. c ty. McCool is the third Toronto play- er to win the award in as rna immediate predeces- r fl-ycar-oldccn- tre. The year before. left winger Gaye Stewart. now in the Royal canadian Navy, was an almost un- animous choice.

McCool. who began his hockey career lll Calgary and then played with Gonsaga niversitv on th United States Pacific Cc two years in the Canad before being discharged i stomach ulcers. He attracted at-

1c _ Frank trial

Over ' Navy

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Intercollegiate Series Opens , llere Today

Opening game of the intercolleg- iate basketball series is scheduled for this afternoon with Saints and Prince of Wales clashing at the P.W.C. auditorium. The series is a best two out of three affair and hoop fans are looking forward to red lint competition.

K. 0f c. Bdvlling

l Enters Playoff

Following are the results of the first section of the playoff series in the of Columbus Bowling League for the Lecturers and the Grand Knight's trophies.

Aces total 2.294", Red Indians total 2 59

High single. e. Doiron, 222. High three. S. Dolron. 593: Points: Aces. one; Red Indians,

four.

Derbles defaulted to Tyros. Points: Tyros. five; Derbles 0. Sky Chiefs, total, 2.779; Jokers, total. 2.528.

High single, B. Bradley. 264. High three, B. Bradley, ‘113. Points: Sky Chiefs,_four; Jokers,

one. Clerks, total, 2,016; Zulus, total,

.507.

High single, L. Campbell. 235. High three, L. Campbell. 560. Points: Zulus, one; Clerks, four. The second section of the play- off will be held next Thursday night.

Annual Ice Gagrnival ls

Big Success

The annual ice carnival of the Summerside Branch of the Red Cross Society was held in the Crystal Rink on Thuredfll’ 9V9‘ nirig with a good attendance. There svere quite a number _oi original and amusing costumes and the Judges had quite a. bit of di ficulty in selecting winners. Mr. John E. Campbell, president of the Red Cross Society. Presented the prizes and tile judges were Mr. Campbell, Mr. R. E. Ellis. Miss Carrie Holman and Miss Am.v Burrows.

The prize winners were as fol-

ws: Children, Shirley Morrison. St. Patrick's: 1st Ladies. Miss Flor- ence Smith, Miss Easter; 2nd Ladies, Mrs. Tennis Gallant. Cig- arette Girl‘. Gentlemen. Joseph Razavet, A Russian; Most Orig- inal. Mrs. Ernest Gaudet. Squaw: Mos/t Amusing. Mr. Ernest Gau- dct, Mother with Child: Special, Mrs. W. Melllsh. Soap Program.

The prizes which were donated by the following were much ap- preciated by the society: Mr. J. E. Dalton. Judge I... G. Lewis. F. Earle McDonald, Chan's Restaurant. Mrs. M. L. Bradshaw and Miss Virginia Campbell-S.

LONDON - (CP) — Since the beginning of the War more than 600 military and civil awards have been gained by post office men and women, including l4 George Medals and one George Cross.

LONDON - (CP) — More than 750,000 acres of the East AHZUHH lens have been brought under the plough in four counties.

McCool Named Winner 0f The Calder Trophy

tcntion. as goaltender with the Cal- gary Army Stampeders and won a

with Ncw York Rangers be- fore the start of

am.

He wrote sport for the Calgary Albertan before the Leafs him u Bibeau t. McCool. an unusually typ

cry shot an

for a 3.1 average per game.

Smith, whose home is in played with Regina Abbott's 1040-41 and then came east spend three seasons w

erals win the Memor al Cu the Dominion junior title last

agian Navy and was later dlsch

p0 ts. Lindsay Generals in pay-oil’ games las season, oining them alter most o the season with onto St. Mi His moat effective a son has been at baclrchccking in games against the Canadien effectively nluzzled mlurice Rich

crk his

ard the league's record-smashing

goa -scorer.

Others mentioned in the votin were: Frankie Eddolls of Canad lens; Butch McDonald of tho Chi

of Detroit'

Rangers; Jud McAtee of Detroit.

f_ local Air Force was one example-

last season but his stomach trouble prevented him from catching a Place with the

picked last fail lto replace Paul

jaw Q abundance of Irish blarney of goaltender, concentrates on cv- d showed steady im- provement all season. l-le has been scored on 151 times in 48 games

Regina, in to th the Oah- awa Generals. After llelping Gen- D and sea- son, Smith joined the Royal Can-' arg-

e . t So far this season he has scored lilhgoala and has l4 assists for as

also ‘appeared with the

zsgending a Tor- chaers College team.

ca- ‘and

cago Black Hawks; Steve Wochy Pete -Horeck of Chl- cago; Frank Marlo of Boston; Wal- ter (Antsl Atanas of New York

Flying Officer gilltles squad frcrn

the Summr rport took a big step tower-s the Ci _v Hockey lea- gue title Thursday night when they walloped the Collegians 10-5, but‘ notwithstandln the fact that they managed to ouble the score on the youngsters the can still expect plen y of trouble rom the Square- briggs-coached I crew. .' I I

Outside of the second period in which the visitors shot six goals without a return th re was very little difference betw en the two teams, the Collegialls in fact, ac- cording to opinions expressed by the majority of the big crowd ln attendance, having a little better of the going.

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Just what happened the City, team ill that disastrous middle ses- sion is still puzzling the falls. No doubt about it, they bore little re- semblance in a hockey way to the squad that performed in the first and final periods.

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They just could not get untrack- ed from the offensive that the vis- iting Summersldc team uncorked for the chtire twenty minutes. That they were caught in its whirl ool was quite evident and despite t eir game efforts in the final session they could not make up the mar- gin separating them from the Sum- lnerside team.

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But despite the trouncing hand- ed them in their o ening Joust, Colleglans are still tpull of fight. The? 8TB 110i. by any means, en- vlsioning any easy victory but fig- ure that they can still take the three games necessary to give them the league crown.

C O O

It is going to be a tough, hard uphill battle though. Summerside gave a power packed display on Thursday night. with every unit they put on the ice showing lots 0i hockey ability. There was little to choose between the combinations they used and the additions of Whyte and McCall: have only add- ed to the power that has been evi- dent in their lineup ‘all season long.

But despite the five oal nlar in that the winners Tgd , tghg game was real interesting o the capacity crowd all the way. That is was wlde open is well attested to by the fifteen goals that were shot during the sixty minutes of play and it was crammed full of action from the opening whistle to the final one. -

I C I I

The Summerside team are heav- 16X‘ favorites than ever now, due to their opening victory, but many time; during the season the Col- legians have come through with things looking very dork against thcm—-the semi-finals against the

and it will not surprise this writer in the least if they should knot the series count at one game each when they clash in the second en- counter on Tu.esd.ay_night next.