BACK YTRETCH

at St. Ste . Clayton n. ‘it'll...

Summerside n1; v1,“

on, of the merit attractive nook- ’le.~l Sear ant.

MacFadden. T. C. Coll

. T le. Fred RDblCIifliId. Egw Gogen; sackviile w. s. ‘reed. 12.1). New Lia ard. 0nt.. who n‘

h ter Murra Herman than f1 teen in Chappy‘; gun], at,

1 t of speed. No doub ' 011m te 31155“; present. You will remember that

o; ecttdl 11:; betcéaduae she up o pec

d“ not rlacigter pqtrt oi the season.

100g; as though she will be a

Amos. Herbert Tracy; rray Carr. Roy Carruthcra.

Hail. Percy Wood, Cecil Alex

glare. anxious to .80- ——n()

Other members of Mr. Arbings string are Doretiy L. b 1159i?! L. 2.035:- ti and several others.

2.10% and whfle the has never up; asked to srgad yet she has a is; way of gluing and will no doubt make the Jicadiines. in wonderful caratitlon. I-Zer owner

by Samvlou Hal 2.02% is another non-record hold- er- that Mr. Arbirlg likes. iced on the pace

or better. With tt-hig winter's cal-e- nll joggilil and Some brushin she ial the slow cusses

Wheatley. grocer.

of New Brunswick. iibi the sport will be able

1 .. of the fastest horse! o see Joule

2'01: ‘

lend James L. Read oi weather 15 bank

“illé".“."'i”t-‘tt a; c» or

of tlle- __ *0“ our friend Frank Boutii- BY the way. I almost forgot to ad known for some time "i" YW that there is an ex-P. E. I. been 11-1 very pm, mare here. I tilink she was owned did not consider Lin; 0r bred by J. Leo Praught. Cherry the low mark. case critical. Ho was a great hol-sc- "lley- Her name is Nancy Bud- every way and successful long and she n m Red Tilderrs ht flvéfailc and besides he smblv. I do not believe she has times. Stall-Ed yet but hope she will melee g n“ urnnngy the headlines as she is from good 1050a; whom it could ill aflord 01d P~ lil- 1-"

c.

Imp Guy. completes the qullrtatte which “Jiggy" dttvotca his atten- iian to. This is a_ nice gaited. nice mannered and 111cc loo

silt ls owned by lane Ma w” “ '°““°"‘°“ ‘i "1'

lfiarness horse racin

The St. Croix iffirlliélnil’ Club of St. C

meeting in the Rotary Rooms De- eember 15th, with Presliéient C.d\V.

on February 8th and to have more: d Mmag" “ace?”

fnee racing as often as possible next season and a three-day meet th a 81,000 Fnie For All. Junior liree For All. Bree For All 'I‘rot and six other classes. et will be held the we? following

eo ille dates wii|' be August 22-23- 14. A new sounal system has been purchased which will be much ap- preciated by spectators and all

agree it was a fine a sport. Before readi letter to you I had and noted that he‘ had greatly iln-l t is mucl peter. . than at any prev Boutillcrs na Election of olliicers resulted in President C. W. Handley being-re- th K J. Thomas First Vice President, and J. Orville Mit- Secreturp - Treasurer. Executive Committee consists oi r. 1). J. Graham. Chairman, Irvine llastey. Roy Crvamer and Harry Haley. ‘Track Committee. F.D.J. Graham. Chairmzn. James Barnes and George WhJker. Committee, George Classifying Conl- mlifee. Roy Creamer. Hasley. Kames Brown and

Sackville and Practically all gricultural Socictyflllofic days have passed on. for in- owned iize track and it was a very stance in a race in plant where SUCCESSIUI ialltllt Charlottetown. fairs and races took place which with Starlight. We were greatly enjoyed. Due. how- low 2-2-3. owned by Oliver Mason. ever. to what seemed to be lack oi|$0tltl1llcrt. was driven by R. J. interest or lack of co-operation and Steel: the use oi printer's ink it was dis- by P. S. Brown: Lady 51m by Those who have had Richard Hebiert. Moncton, and to do with Exhibitions. races. etc. Dcerbcrn Jr. by James Reid. All will no doubt agree that the above arc esentiai to success. The visit to the track and the reading 0i . turned my thoughts to the days w

n and m" “m ‘ 54"" many places. Sackvillc was a rezli

Ha py New Year

with their presence at their three speed

fill-m five stables. were from sires of g sucll as Administrator. All Right. Baron Duncan, Clayson. Dearborn. Gr Chester. Sunny Clime and

breeding

meeting of harness place last week in lfoncton which resulted

Brunswick racing circuit. Horse- from Mancton. Sackville. Ohatham. Buctouche. Sussex and 8t. Stephen wane present and the greatest entlc-rlialsm prevailed.

turned out to see the sport. Prac-

Racing in blflt six town circuit lll Chatham on the uly 3nd and will con- fiirlla Sussex during the pcriod

be The Allowing board of '

Alexander. Mono Glen Jenkins. Chatham; firs. Séactkville: Murray Carr. Sus-

Later he was placed in the hands Maine, who reduce and Roy Cramer. 1'1"" Jmlmy Mu“ The schedule drawn up at the as hollows: Chathanf, 10-15.- Buctouche. ly 9-14. sept. 17-27; Moncton.

6-21. Sept. 8-8: Sussex. July 28 Oct.

. 21-29: St. Stephen. ‘period from August 13-18 was dat

the pace, giving him a recfird cf 14H.

“My good friend W. S. Teed. p0 of some weeks ago-stories written a is still e. resident of Sackville and Frank trained and gave records in to. Suffice to say that of all Marin two foals. Easter Dawn was bvjellitime trainers ilc was without a by the late Hedlcy T- Fulton. an- was sired by Captain Aubrey 2..07-. and her dam was Helena Mat-g- tine 2.12%. by vomtahtlfle- sf is therefore a iuli sister to Pa c1‘ Gvgendol%v ‘Aubrey 2.08%. Helen Au rcy - 12- Teed. as yo" Wm’ __.Q___ know. is B blacksmith by callingl and is endowed with a love fog horses. He pill-MIN! ""5"" m all times and has been ful in shoeing ma! do; e . He has owne ‘lll ‘.’i'c“e%"‘§n§fi§ duood ones. including a the trotter Doc

of Easter Dawn and her

Was announced that work on Monoton tuck on the site of r1" "can": new gran e n Ind barns ll be litim for eflioierlt nu- lmlé of s race track will be

present at the meeting h. '1’. C.‘ Ooiiet. Char-

8

Webster Jar-dine. mull from a ood fie 1/

Pat Ht‘ 1i hi’ Pmtesctor. 12gb! 1:107“ Monc- He Wouldbe a worthy opponent Ci Charles Watchim 2.06%.‘ Lee Brewer 2.06% yder. plonald Dic- and Lee McKiilop 2.0955. Howgvg

mple they want to be good go ard I-ic is owned by J. .w

C. Ml‘. Brown bought John

I Years ago.

--0@—

-_-0_- I Pat McFadden of Buctouclle act- "Glad to see tn t outfielder wit '1 ell Irma r ta ov o l a “my 3"‘ its and cw“ Alexander “so meeting er an Milie Kalmuck were 9°“ ahead

No representatives from attended and the town

secretary. given the boost the l -

SilliltJilllll deserve. The track ergo lnarfiP-l o1 511511“ onto has been very 30911.1", “m” crs 133» for two successive W dIOD from the circuit, the recent snow storm and you

. . p , tllls -; 800d stepping tbi 1 1 lowcrsnaoi year. The Dctrolts til»??? igallagg Vim‘? 91M“ $9311 2.05%. formerly owned by m the e late a in. radio-fl‘!°E..f'ii..2§iiifé‘°“ “mg ‘° W“‘°"“‘ "mes an import rcm the United Sta

H. T. Fulton. bears

_lfrom various points. when

"Mk gets cleared off and theft” to normal I look

__.o__

_ V Friends from Halifax and vicin- nmes ity gathered last Saturday after- which you may publish if you wish. "W" i0 Day their last sad respects The item in Down tneglwgsn-flch to the remains of Prank Boutilier. December 2nd regarding the Sack- Frank had been ill for some

ll months and death was not un- ing summer was- Expected. His connection with the of interest; to me 1n n5 much as horses started back in the late Sackville ls my home town where I witnessed my first race and many ll _ good ones in years gone by. rlllt Sulky. His principal patron was R. so long ago Raoul Potvin oi Mont- H. Edwards. who did a large pro- k real raced a string of horses there. duce business and supply business

I llhlhll you were present and vrilllto ships. etc. It ended when Mr. fternriolrsEdilVarda died in the early 1920's. Mr. Traceys, ited the truck:

these drivers ilnve passed away.

iot-

Barings son Brage became the] gwiii-yeaf-Old. lhrce-year-old and m" Jiihw ' 12351335311. l°§.‘“{tli’<i°‘.'....°’.. .323

‘peer as n conditioner, trainer and

driver of trottera. but he also ind

great success with the pacers and

fave many of them fast records, nciuding Miss Simusi 2.0011. which Mr. Edwards grad and later

sold to Dr. F. R. Lit e.

I It is a pleasure to record that in our many years racing experience

against Mr. Boutiiier he was in- variably fair and square and never

dmvc contrary to the rules. In our Review of Harness Racing which

appears nextBaturday we will give] wage

more particulars regarding onedhat the

whom we consider the greatest Wake l1 n

t

Through tllia meeaage we want in reach the Manda-old and new-wile have so generous- ly patronized ua and we hope to have further opportunities of aerviag you.

EHearticet Christmas Greetings A Happy New Year

JACK CAMERON

ldlMtl: first ode '° ice80 i?-

ever produced th

Q qua: “mum” NYE. The Revenue Mmia

_o._ Christmas is almost at hand and

la ‘filllowlilll! our usual practice we 21:31:11: nositl 0 C 0 - would ke to extend to readers of 5‘ "ovum" h made for mrmm ng increases in exceptional ciir- Chrietmas. Our Maritime l-lamesscm“. I “m”. w n anti lilv alto ed b N180 ‘e in thglvdutlles and reuoon-

tllis column and all friends, our sincere wishes for a very Happy

Racing Review appears neat Sat- urday.

PRODUCE

l0 . Dec. 22 — (W) Produce prices todav bv the Dominion Deoa Agriculture follow:-

EGGS: Graded shipments: {ct A Large 30-37- A Mediiun a Pulle at: n. o

34° t! lggei, Nod l oietedneu as del ti: No a u CIQ.n“rv l3? I: price aesge: I?“ ma’ m dualism: '

' the ‘a rise igyigetwylgtmgcm heavyweight championship-

YEAST SUBSTITUTE

nrrnonud palm wine is cite

assist; mama". “w” ' - . S - . POTA us: we lb. bails local no‘

I 1 1.504. : No 2 1.70: No 1 e .3. l. 4.18. P. . Illa! mat! g

1.45-1.56; N I'M-LU.

raced for him by Frank Bmitilier “and the pacer.

rar- cnear-murw GvAsuaN

SPORTING ll. i

duri Duflerin Perk track a few weak; ago. "George seemed to b, Qnjgy- lng himself looking over 919110;", ""1 Watchlne the racing. Chnppy chaliman has a real trotier in his string now, Earl's Playboy 2°51‘

I saw him win 1 ' Glen Jenkins. Al- Hamburg. lv.v..{'r'll'oltm:.f fvfi: l

Bill Nicholson ilanliiest At Plate, Figures She

new YORK De . 22 - (Am - - ‘T N t ~ - ; . ~ - 5‘ '

Eilldliicthoison '01’ Chicago was ttle q.$éi%jgl9fiéulzs°‘iagg "l: hifllgzm-g, ' ‘m es a ‘mm League‘ a“ ‘m’ _\\ill'lill’l‘il3 baseball season with more" lllfllllwwcl‘ than a: any time since although the Un ted Slates entered the war.’ w“ Alntissociated Press survey toga

1.. .113- “WW-ll ~12 Dlflyers on the majors .

recoil/Le {For i945. the National:

gging championship, are; W?‘ fixgifatoiltlglii ‘ W0 b m c m 4 |rcscrve- list v 69. when tllc Junior h laufiéi lll/EYES? 1gp‘: 'g§°.'m 19d Wm‘ 359 l9 343 1°? lllt‘ oi Nicholson who bc- P camc the first man to sot tteil in (122) and hom-

IIP. I

plate when n run ind

b b . in, the official RJB m e an“

.I. figures rc- oi‘ . awarded his second straig 2.08% from Mr. Sweeney some ‘ma’ c ratio of total bascs

yczl :5.

Hardest man to pitch

who for the second drew the most bases 10__ ggio of Pittsburgh rc- _'7 , _‘ "Strikeout “‘. rm“ championship by wlliifing B Mlks“ “"13 to lead for the third straight and mm W"? bitch bridlss. There 5935c“- . l5 quite a lot of interest develop- George Gay of lug in racing here because of tllc.

15'8"? "umber 0f horses which come‘

Confirmation that Ernie Lolli-

most double plays, 23, me~hardly news but it was interestinzr i"-'>l@="~~'l 0f illc

note that Nicholson into only thgceMtwin killings

lants. Jolllnny Rucker, also n

bourcrfi “"931 t

n l Clncin- llillli‘ na as a cub grounded into 12d . . _ _. ly-killing double plays, leugllc Thrntn-qq 11--1.~_g=¢_-_n_ 10-. all C11“? and (“mt-‘lmas Jl-‘im-llailvvcn the high. and Boston rapped into 92. "iirh 41 “lovers. tic“: YcrL-jfiiqn

St. Louis continued its sireeo oi honors with a .402 team slugging percentage. tops for the third suc- ive year; went to bat

nineties and until s. few years ago

tot

We looked back into the records 0f the long ago and we ilnd Frank rne in the headlines in i900 and 190i and no doubt he was winning even rior to that. of te drivers of 154 which he won Sept. 24th. i902. find that Part:-

Roeemont 4-4-2 was driven Pom“: B‘ a‘ E 4' cartage- L

_ looking further along in the h» §i‘.‘é‘".‘.“s§‘;%i‘.f.~.;‘.“..”§ r“.i'.=..r::..2*:s horse centre and many fine road rgigrdéjggngf tail‘ ggfilfierlgwpgfégf hurscsvpai‘ driving’ opponents in the Free gooalmis uilere he raced 811115551 - ’ we T Hi .

till-l a clty- 8 Noonfaceo “flit nigw til’: ,. ritimes was complete from then 30:1 unless Frank Boutilier was pre- isthiiti‘; ‘.‘.'§.."‘.‘.°..‘2“..f‘f.‘.?.i “Tile ' ‘ e o . e “Regular meets were held on the events. In i908 Mr. Edwards truck and during the winter on bought a two- ice and hundreds of people len ‘Farm called Baring. Frank mlcveloped him into the best trotter tlcally everyone was interested. in-iin the Maritimes and sold him for eluding some of our oldest families 85x00 to Walter R. Cox. He wo such as the Snowdons. Richard-traces on the Gran sons. Fred Ryan. Dr. Calkin slndltcok a record of 2.07 D. Teed. to name only a few. .___Q____ The late Dr. J. O. Calkin will remembered by many of your read erg as’ Ogle ownlelrnof that good wrot- er o nny e1. _ Conroy won a lot oi races witnl l,’ _ “d “V” mm a record or zlugiglxlg gifaszligtltergd lfyregextlifilaaxzerbldf skowhegtuma second the same day and tllc ‘he remrd ‘o I race Smenb/Bllldlge lwaslnllltrildicslpxilfilfgg o. t» o- m 0- some: %1'..'t.‘;.‘.‘;’;’“wf“if€..§.‘§l ‘was disposed cf for big money to ml American who raced him on the Grand Circuit and sold him to» lpzlriics in Belgium. Dozens of horses could be singled out and bout them that

High single-F‘. Lafferty. High three—J. Strain. 63 . Points: Strikers 4, Rebos 1.

year-old colt at Ai-

Wartime Salaries “I Order Amended

cl Circuit and ‘.4.

0T1‘ 22—(CPl _-Fln- ance ivliinister llsiey and Revenue lvflnlstsr Gibson jointly allnilullfed 5813...; flanks o.‘ the German drive- ordutand gntendfilti w provmc gm. Echternacil ln Luxcmomlrg nnd a con roi t at W be more slml- ‘ .. lar in principle to the control over hf"'llfhcdwl_ltrl.l(iil tho llilstilflllf wage rates than ilas been possible M" "f-W‘ ° ‘*5 ‘T’ “H so r.

The principal new the amended order arc:- . S11 es paid to pointed officials must not only con- spccwr of income tax for proval within thlec

. All persons eiiflilll’? lets tilan _ , $251) per month are to be excluded N°n~ "r “

Control order and are to be coversg tinfitleardd bvpthc

time n re er. re- , viously. persons earning between 40'M"° Ad““‘" $195 and $250 Der month came un- der one order or the other. depend- ing on whether they. thenkrank of iorcman or comparable a

r . . , 3_ The Revenue Mmme; 15 w. United States 1st Alnly rallied to 115mm a. call irolll (ion. Eisenhower to ‘bled w “““‘°'“_°.,,“‘“ m“ m turn this "great gnmblc" into the uloyees who enemy's "worst defeat." Roving German detachments. d. N‘), tho extent sometimes powered by more than

were above

of-

have race ved a fzenernl increase in

h v- muns” m for renewed bIOWS “ed "nus u’ some nf the heaviest fighting

on which the

ago a S.

itelnelllber When

I! The CTu-‘Idian Pres : whmlg" “will reek Deulpaey. fuilv aware of rfiaetcurised fr and a e Que

“m; ' rtment oi

IMaIor league

' Manpower lip‘ wfor Next Year

CIIIPI‘.

the Dace‘ Iclllhws. the influx of i7 and 18- '

l ;l:‘s and (lirchnrged w‘.= lrnrc than offset tile 1 vi f

l. iilvo v"-_1

o. '1 I; a ‘h o l

Greetings From Prime Minister King

nounced tonight.

157 “No words can add to the pride which zlll Canadians feel in 122 the achievements of Callnlirfis 125 107

annals of our country.

don. MAY BE MASSING-

iCcntinuclifian page 1.1

Paris.) By Wednesday evening tilc United Sinics lines on both

Monschilu to the north-had

stabilizer‘. and temporarily’ elo-

o; Cliff‘, Supreme Headquarters ' said.

newlv-ao- It \vn.; said llllll l-‘lcid ltlarsilal w L In f m Von Rulldstotfis drive. while not lozxll no refzua oils o e or- gto pad. ppcnred to have been d“ but 9150 mU-il’ b? Temned W ‘he singed dolwn and illc Germans

w‘ were belicvedlnovillg up antimass-

inrz armor for the next punch. accounts covorfiliy lcc Wednesday cv-

developments of activity oi the last 48 hours.

A front diapatttl slllzi lllf.‘ oflfiuws- ive up to today had ground 40mil- es across Bolgiiiln from its jump- .oiI point seven days ngu. ns the

30 tanks. still were spczlring through soft spots into rear areas

W“! l 1"“ 91mm‘ despite heavy costs, but it appear- ed that the enemy High Command

was pausing and gathcringstrcngth

raged on ihc northern finnk cast

which illc Kaisel-‘s llrlnies struck in iuli-where for 24 hours tllc Germans banged without success

5 against a wall of infantry that rc-

fused to give an inch.

West Gallagher. on Associated Press war correspondent, said this stubborn defence was slowly break- ing the back oi the Colman offen-

iar from complete.

The report that the enemy"! offensive-which has brought the Allied winter drive to n halt-has lost a rent deal of ita force came rom British- Cnnadian headuuartcla. which first reported Thursday that. the push carried 32 miles in- side Belgium up to Tuesday noon.

(The German communique tend- ed io agree with tllis estimate in

had thrown several bridgcheads Thursday across the Ourthe River.

1 i- t» Cry. Foul» C‘ a-omnll ~ which srme idra of illi-

t 11in the re<ervc lists raised w yor}; G151"; m1, m“ frzm ~10 1o 48 ulliil June 25 \'|lf‘ll t...“ i-he mks must pare riolvtl to 30 _ ions b. ‘w cm ; . i7 and lil- ‘Your. n11 old". ca: gu-jm- Lgqguu d1a_ the. Infill" ‘ sou n‘ a 9”" C w ti‘ -. llcst 0-’ farm‘ ° ‘lll i0‘: iny-"oedlcll in addition .~ Harrv ‘lawyer 2nd

n lll the American " corrzllicd =t

‘ . , ufliin Pili‘a'iel.nl‘h'.=, "~ “film” ti“ !0'\\' in the itrlrridze

OTTAWA. Dec. 22 - (CP; -- 258 Prime Minister ltlaclzcnzc King 132 has sent a Christmas nlessngc to heads of the three armed services extending cordial greetings for (lll? New Year from the people of Can- ada, h-is colleagues in the Govern- ment and himself. his office uu- I 5'15 m‘? first W0 Ol‘ t

ills message. '-‘Youl' magnificent contribution to the cause of free- High single-H. Herlnessey. 337. doln throughout the years of war

M rtin 6'74 is very vivid ill our minds. It will remain n glorious heritage in the

"Be assured that you. onc .-.».lu _ all, are constantly in the lhoucntw 13b of your loved ones and mat-y friends at home. We. like you. are _ counting the days when you will b be returning in triumph. That ‘the time may not bc lcllg distant is the wish. above all others. we shall be 151i e i: i111; with you on the eve of the 157 .llcw year."

132 ‘ Messages reciprocating Mi. 238 King's greetings have been re- 167 ceivcd from Gen. H. D. G. Cfifffll‘. Commander of tilc lst Canadian Arlny; LL-Gen. Charles Foulkes. Ccmmancicr cf tilc 1st Canadian Corps in Italy. and LL-Gcn. Pricc Montague. Chief of Staff. Canad- ian Military Headquarters. Lun-

clear uilether his developments were later than those released in

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