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' Maid 2.14. that raced from 1886 to

. Lusty Scng 2.02, 5122.805; American

' - Good Time 1.58 475. 3157.904; Dr.

. 4,15. 8108.919; Forbes Ohief 2.01 1-5,

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.- Many consider her the most ex- . traordinary of all trotting cham- ; nions. She took part in 119 record-

' transcontinental trip to California

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Sop Palin. former head trainer for Castletcn Farm. Lexington Kentucky. and the man who has given many trotters and pacers rec- ords of 2.00 or better (4 trotters and ten pacers) including the world": champion trotter Greyhound 155-; is preparing to race a larger stable in 1951 than he has the past years since severing his connection with Castleton. He has moved to Or- lando, Fla. where he will have twelve head including the two-year- nld world's champion trotting geld- ing of 1960. Thunderation. by Guy Day 3. 2.0411. also the three-year- old pacer Thomas 1-lat, that is ex- pected to take a record close to the two-minute mark next season, sap has been training and racing horses for over forty years. His first great success was with the pacer Possib- ility 2.0214 that he won fifteen races with in one season. He is the sire of Miss Possibility 2.12, the grandam of June Morning 204 3-5.

George M. Rundle died at Dan- bury, Conn. recently. having attain- ed the age of 95. He could easily remember and talk about the horses that raced 70 to 80 years ago and it was he who drove Quarter Mas- ter to the only win ever made from the famo-us Mamhrino King.

One of the peculiarities regarding 1111- record of 1.59 4-5 taken by the four-year-old pacer Dannie Direct at Lexington is the fact that he liad no pre-race warm up and per. maps the most remarkable fact in connection with that mile was that lie paced the last half in 57 1-5 seconds. Sometimes I think perhaps we warm our horses up too much that is to say we use up a bit too

which might be better left for the race. of course different horses re- quire different treatment and a mare like the famous Proximity 1.50 3-5, world's greatest money winning trotter. would get no- where without a lot of warm-up miles. one of our friends who saw (her win a 350,000 trot at Roosevelt said that when she came out for her first warm-up mile she looked so absolutely lame that he did not think she could be got ready. but she was and won.

In the list of all time top trot- ters which has recently been corn- piled. Proximity 1.59 3-5 has total earnings of 3247.379; Goldsmith

1877 had total earnings of 9206.452: Chris Spencer 2.00 W5. 3167.765; Demon Hanover 1.59 475. 3138.958:

Girl 2.1615. that raced from 1968 to 1875. 3115.510: Rodney 1.57 2M5. 5111.176; Chestertcwn 2.00 275. 3108.369; Egan Hanover 1.59. 3106.- '972. Leading Money winning pacers

Stanton 2.00. 3127.625: Jerry The First 1.50 4M5, 3123.322; Indian Land 1.59 415, 3122.805: Grattan McKlyo 1.59 375, 9120.891; single G. 1.5855. 5113.443; Jimmy Creed 1.59

896.951: Goose Bay 2.00 275. 396.216: Scottish Pence 1.57 (f5. 532.329.

It took over seventy years for a trotter to exceed the money win- ning earnings of the famous Gold- smith Maid 2.14 and in that period of time money values had changed very considerably. The dollar of 1865-1871 would probably have five times the dollar value of the pres-

and compare Goldsmith Maid's earnings with present day trotter-s that race for 850,000 one can see what a. remarkable mare she was

ed races of which she won 96. was second in 10. third in five and fourth in one. These races consist- ed of three to five heats or more. she also made 26 appearances against time in the thirteen sea- sons from 1905-1817.

She travelled the United states from ocean to ocean. making the

on three occasion and she appear- ed in sixteen different states, on over fifty different tracks in is dif-

towns and states. As high as Show was paid her owner for exhibition miles against time. she won 82 different races for purses of from ll.00o,t.o 910.000. Her draw- ing power was remarkable and tracks everywhere vied for the priv- ilege-of having her race for big purses at their meets. only one horse in history has drawn more

was the sensational pacer Dan Patch 1.5510 . .

Like Dan Patch her portrait in and out of harness. either by her- lelf or racing against other horses. ornamented the walls of public and prime buildings and her ocploits were the theme of special articlu. editorials, tales and legends

DOWN THE BACK STRETCH

Sussex (.70.. New Jersey, and foaled in May, 1857. Her sire was Alex- ander's Abdallah 15. then an 'u.n- known four-year-cld colt. She ran wild until she was eight years old. being apparently unbreakable to harness. Finally she was bought by Decker's nephew in 1865 for 3350. As he was taking her home he met another horse trader and she was sold for 5460. Two months later she was resold for 9650 and a second- hand buggy to Alden Goldsmith. He took her home to his farm in Orange County and after much dif- ficulty induced her to wear har- ness. On September 7th she was started at the Orange County Fair and won easily in 2.36 and 2.37. In 1865 she was placed in the hands of the famous Bud Doble. and after he had won twelve races with her through 1867 and 1868, she was sold to him and other parties for t20.000. her mark then being 2.2295. For eleven seasons. 1067-1877 inclusive. in Doble's hands. she broke the world's trctting record seven times

She was the first trotter to score three heats in 2.20 or better and in 1876 she won three beats in 2.16 or better and a few weeks in- ter, although nineteen years old raced in the Grand Circuit of Hartford. Conn.. losing the first two heats of the Free For All Trot to smuggler in 2.1513. 2.17. She made a dead heat with him in the third in 2.1674 and then tock the fourth. fifth and sixth in 2.1713. 2.13. 2.1911. In those days a trotter or pacer had to win three heats to win ii race and she was hooked to a heavy high wheeled wooden sulky.

Goldsmith Maid made her third trip to California the following winter and during her stay there on her 20th birthday. May 19. 1877. she defeated the trotter Rnrus in a special match race. trotting the second heat in 2.1416. All told Goldsmith Maid won 332 beats in standard time - almost twice as many as her nearest rival. Rams 2131;. who succeeded her on the trotting throne. Bud Doble certi- fied her total money winnings as being 3364.200, which far exceeded those of any other harness horse. Just how the compilers cf our time figured the amount at 3206.402 is not known. but it is probably be- cause they left out the money won by her in exhibitions against time at various fairs,

And now let us have a look at the horse that was the leading money winning pacer a few years ago - Single G. 1.5815, "the hcirse that time forgot." single G. was a hay horse foaled in 1910 at Cam- bridge City. Indiana, owned in part- nership by W. B. Barefoot and flu Commons. Mr, Barefoot owning the dam, Little Gyp. and Mr. Commons his sire. Anderson Wilkes 2.2286. The following winter after he was fcaled Mr. commons died and sing- le G. was sent to an auction at Cambridge City and bid in by Henry Bears of that city for 8275. acting for himself and W.B. Barefoot. The next winter Bears -died and Barefoot became the sole owner. re- maining so the rest of his life.

Little Gyp, the dam of single G.. was a mare that was picked up for little or nothing by Mr. Barefcot, and her breeding was obscure. sing- le C. was a strikingly handsome colt, a rich bay in color. and he re- ceived his singular name from the fact that on his forehead was an irregular white mark which almost formed the letter G. He was a horse of extreme finenes. his head was beautiful and indicated an almost human intelligence. His career started in 1913 as a three-year-old when he made eight starts and was four times first, four times sec- ond. took a record of 2.121A and had earnings of 92375. As a four-year-old he reduced his record to 2.0716 on a half-mile track. won 11 out of his 15 starts. In 1915 as a five- year-old he reduced his record to 2.0296. won 7 firsts out of 12 starts and had earnings of over 810.0(1). In 1916 he competed against the best pacers in the world. In 14 starts on the Grand Circuit he was 7 times first, tmice second and once third and won 97,795.

In 1918 he reduced his record to 1.5914 and the following year his best mile was in 1.5054. In 1920 as a ten-year-cld he reduced his rec- ord to 1.50 and as an 11-year-old

in 1021 he made 10 starts, was 15 '

times first and once second and had a total winnings of u0.'i75. In 1922 he made only six starts and was six times first. In 1923 he came back strong even thoush he was 1!-years-old. He won 11 firsts and 9 seconds and almost 312.000. As I 14-year-old in 1924 he won 5 firsts. three seconds and four thirds and e1'l,a'ib. and when he was 15 years old he paced in 2.00 and win: six starts. His final race was in 1990 Mini he made only one start. his ...j.....:..j

, eagerly read in all parts of the world. she was bred by John D. backer of

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F0110! BULLETIN Ire. 5 in

9'RIDAY--Children's Skating-4 "to 5-30 -'1 . Hockey-8:80-St. John vs. Islanders

LITTLE SPORT

By Roman

PAGE SIX

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It must have victory for Moncion on Thursday night, at Saint John when they came from behind to win 4-3 in overtime play over Beavers when the smallest Saint John crowd in Big Four history was on hand to

been a

see them do it. An hstlmated crowd of between three and five hundred witnessed the contest.

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It just goes to show that fans can sometimes be wrong when it comes to picking the games that will provide the best action. Fol- lowing close in the wake of Hall- fax Saint Mary's 8-1 drubbing to Hawks the night before. fans evidently thought that it was :0- ing io be an easy win for Beav- ers on Thursday. But apparently that isnt the way it. worked out.

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The first two periods must have been close if the summary is any indication of the play. Beavers only garnered a goal in each of those two frames for a 2-0 advantage at the end of that time, and there is little doubt that the final session must have been a rousing affair. Pick- ing up their socks right from the opening of the third period. Hawks rallied to a losing cause to turn it into a winning one.

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Slapping home their first goal at the 1:58 mark Hawks cut the lead to one counter and. despite the fact that Beavers regained their two-goal margin a few min- me: later. continued to drive back gamely to garner two more markers that deadlocked the score by the 11:18 point in the period. Holding their own with the third-place Saint John team for the rest of the frame to force the game into overtime. Moncton came up with the winning tally to notch up their ninth victory of the season.

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You have to hand it to a team who can turn the tables when the chips are down. and it is not the first time they have done it this season. Admittedly they have -taken more and worse beatings than any club in the circuit. but they are always game and full of fight and seldom have failed to make a game of it. They have -'been witnessed in action here many times this season. and with the exception of maybe the early part of the schedule, have always proven themselves a hard team to beat. .

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In the 21 games they have lost this season so far. there have been no more than about ii third of them that have been lost by more than a one or two goal margin. which seems to prove that although they are still the cellar team in the loop they are not an easy team to beat. In games here against Moncton. with a few exceptions. the league lead- ing Islanders certainly haven't found them any push over. and in point of fact. have beaten both Halifax and Saint John on oc- casions much easier than they have the Moncton men.

0 O O 0 But fans just don't seem to want to go and see the cellar team in action. particularly if they are only maybe taking in one game a week. and can see one of the other teams perform within a day or two of a Munc- ton appearance. That in a sense. is a great mistake that some fans are making. and have on a number of occasions missed out seeing smart hockey on account of it. After all. the prime pur- pole of going to see a game is to witness good hockey. and there have been few instances here when the Hawk: haven't given the fans that. and certainly have been as consistent, as any of the other teams .ha:Ie .in .that rsspect.

All fans like to see a closely contested league. so long as their favourite Club is at the top or clear it. That is what. makes ii league interesting to follow. How many fans however, stop to con- sider what it does to a club when they have to perform in front of a meagre crowd. It takes the in- iternt and fight out of them. (There is nothing that wiilgen- eourage a player to greater of- Iforts than a large crowd roaring their approval and encouraging Iihein on to victory. Island fans had ; good example of that here last winter when they got behind

itiie luckleu Amherst Ramblers.

ito send thorn into one of their (few victories over Halifax Saint Mary's. last season's Bil Four chari-rpioiis. It 11 boils ddwil to one thing. if the fans supper. t e

team that In down undenieat . '

thtyli try harder and will do better. which in turn. all helps R0-&IIk0"it a better leans .

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THE GUARDIAN. CH ARLOTTETOWN

Conway Leaves Sunday To Join Vancouver Team

Kevin "Crusher" Conway. husky 20-year-old defenceman f r o m Cornwall. Ontario. who has been turning in a solid performance with the Islanders all season. will leave here Sunday for Vancouver, B.C.. where he will turn pro with Murph Chamberlain's Van-

couver Canucks of the Pacific Coast Hockey League. The announcement was made

by Coach Leo Lamoureux and Conway himself yesterday. He will however, remain with the Is- landers for tonight's game against Saint Mary's at Halifax.

Conway. who was given permis- slon last week by the Islanders Club to negotiate with Chamber- '1ain concerning a professional con- 1ract. received final confirmation from the former Islanders coach at noon Yesterday.

Frank Boucher. manager of the New York Rangers Hockey Club. still holds Conway's pro contract. and Kevin stated yesterday that ”I am only being loaned to Can-

ucks for the balance of this sea- son." Kevin also stated that he

was in conversation by phone

with Boucher earlier this week I

”'who has plans for me next sea- son."

Coach Lamoureux stated lastl

night that they have already lin- ed up a new forward to replace Conway. and that although he couldn't release the name of the player or where he was coming from at the moment "he will be 'here any day now."

Paying a visit to the Guardian Office yesterday. Kevin the -"Crusher" said. "I hate to leave .the Islanders Club. The fans. Club and the boy; I have been -playing with have been certainly swell to me and I truly appre- ciated every bit. of it and enloyed playing under the Islanders col- -ors. The only reason 1 am' going" be stated, "is because I can't of- ford to pass up the opportunity -that has been offered to me in bettering my future in hockey.”

Well, Islanders fans will be sorry to see -him go too. and -many will be wishing him every -success in his new.venture.

iMoncton Hawks Report

Player Trade In Offing

MONCTON. N. B., Dec. 8-(GP) -Moncton Hawks of the Mari- time Senior Hockey League have player deals on with teams in the Cape Breton Major League and the Quebec Major League. team offic- ials told the parks committee of the City Council tonight.

Team officials were reporting to the committee. which administers the civic-owned Stadium, on ef- forts to bolster the Hawks, cellar- dwellers since the league opened Oct. 14. They reported that Glace Bay Miners and Sherbrooke Saints were "interested" in player: ex- changes and assured the committee that new faces would be added to the roster next week.

Bill Meyer To Manage Pirates Anoiherlear

By JACK HAND

ST. PETERSBURG, 1"ia.. Dec. 8- (AP) - Branch Rickey today re- trained Bill Meyer as Plttsbursh manager for 1951.

Meyer. a veteran of 57 with years of tervlce in the New York Yankee farms before he got his big break with the Pirates in 1948. had one year to go on a two-year contract. But his fate was in doubt after Rickey moved from Brooklyn to Pittsburgh as general manager last month.

Rickey said Meyer's holdover con- tract with a big salary had "noth- ing tc do" with his retention. A-1- though Meyer was reported to have received 340.000 a year. Rickey said the amount was incorrect. He wouldn't give a corrected figure.

Meyer was the last of the 10 major league managers to be defin- itely set for 1951.

Meyer's first year at Pittsburgh was his best. His club finished fourth that year and he was named

manager of the year for pulling the .

Pirates up to that position.

Pittsburgh slipped to sixth place in 1949 and flopped info the cellar last season after being picked to finish high in the second division. Instead. the Pirates would up 33'A games out of first place.

Meyer has been in baseball since 1910. In his playing days. which he ended in 1928, he was a catcher. Most of his bsckstcpping was in the minors. but he had a brief fling ln the majors.

He started his managerial career in 1998 and his clubs won nine pen- nsntl.

New Haven Eagles Will Dlsiljllfi "

NEW HAVEN. Conn. Dec. 8 - (AP) -- New Haven lulu of the American nockcy mans. in last place in the Eastern Division. will disband after Sunday night's game hue with Indianapolis.

Reports that the cluirwu on the brink of folding were confirmed to- night by Nathan Podoloff. manag- ing director of the. New Haven Arena which holds the franching. '

said Podolcff-

"It is with regret that the Arena management announces the with draws! from competition in the American uockey League and the disbsndlng of the lulu team.'

"nae combination of the tsanib faiiuretowia,wbIchisnowayu reflection on the ability of coach

Prank noisier. and the resulting.

lock of attendance mode this move an economic necessity."

neports that the lulu were about to disband began circulating cunaay night when the team was losing the Ilad of if painaI.it.liss played sinttthq Iadson opnipdi a nail; no.

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Millionaires Defeat Vics 10-4

SYDNEY. N.S.. Dec. 8 - (CP)- Sydney Millionaires knocked the starch out of Northside Victories tonight to the tune of 10-4 in a regular Cape Breton Senior Hoc- key League game.

Although Vics were doomed from the start. they kept plugging and managed to tally in each period. Their best was the second when they slammed, home two goals.