s?“

" come tile o! the star Dacers Of lhe

where be became a successful sire.

.. £16595 r911 lizcd 0

' 1801. H S. Henry paid $50,000 for . Brown Anteo. E. H. I-Iarriman paid

.\_'.

0n mile and half tracks. With tabs .

" o1 1.5T l-‘z and 2.01 respectively. §l§,,,s“f‘,§§{,‘u{ff,f‘,‘,’°"’ 32 é f; Clll-‘ollsli’ it was another Canadian The Exyuose‘. (Jewell) 3 4 3 horse Bill Sharon 2 ll 1-4 that cnlurafln 1, lggny» 4 3 4 bronchi the next. highest price. Time 2 13 3.4 213 3.4 2,11 1 4

' !"'>.C."l. Fa was purchased b‘! Tommy ' __ ' ;,{,;;13f“,,f",g"_'§,’,~ $s25$5c?,2“kmn:ri}_ Charlortetovrn, P. E. I Aug can money equal to $27,500 1n 22m’- 19285 Canadian currency. Bill Sharen 2-15 Tm‘ 1m l. rcc'rd of 204 1-4. went Fir-d Medliim ‘Mic- lame was retlrerl. brought back to Kimmm 1 ,1, 3 tile lvrzlrltlmcs and won all nlong “m 5111""! ‘Camfmm 3 ~ 1

' the lino until he hit Chnrlotte- Jack Dwnps’? ‘Gemm z 3 2 1mm where he was defeated by Hatollette (Holmes) 4 4 5 ¥rvd Medium, best time 211 1-2 Agbnnigf the we“ ‘Mim- 5 4 ,_,

his WIM 1-4 semnd slower than P“? Wm Tm 6 6 6

‘Lure so popular it may be interest-

: _ch'ck won with Highland‘ Ash in

- “'i‘°“1>. the "realest from a mrnev , yglur Dolntbelng The Hamhletrulnn

_ Coshcn. - has reached the mono mark,

jlelit‘

. 1m"!!! horse-Aitkenhead/Phe more

_ gird dam of Peter the Great. Dixie

I black filly . grandam of Peter the

‘ "ha. bacin

i able

‘UR;

. time horsemen

,' erican horses carried cff the hon- , ors in no uncerta-in manner.

-~ wards became a champion gelding

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THE CHARLOTTETOWN GUARDIAN

DOWN y

-THE-

BACK STRETCH

Track members of the Nova Sco- i

cing Circuit are meetinK 1X1 was)!‘ Wednesday afternoon, May 51h, In the evening a banquet will be given in the Sc-tia. Hotel. Mari- wlll be WGICOMGC to

my; get-together.

‘o?

ls Neck Farm, the 5500 acre 551g cf the late C. K. G Billingfi disposed of after his death to A. B Ruddock. has been resold for 993,900. In Mr. B1ll1ng‘sdayworld‘s champion trotters sped over its mile track and munchec its luscious pastures. Stars such as Lou Dillon 1.58 1-4. The Haryg-iter 2.01. Uhhm 158 as well as many lesser lights were housed in its elaborate stables. 1t was Mr. Billings who did s0 much 1c popularize the American truer in Europe by his triP t0 Moscow. Russia, in 1912 brinkih! the stars of his stable to compote with the best of Czar Nicholas Ro- mannfrs Orloff trotters. The Am-

i Adi

ago this 513F118 0° 05$ $0111.34 was being trained at saneusky, Ohio, for another cam- pgjgll, How many remember that he had been purchased three years previously by ‘Kid ONeil, Halifax, having :11 the time, a half"m1le track retard of 2.07 1-4. The Kid w}, ‘was a pugilist, o! some con- siderable note, raced Adioo a couple or tlmgs then succumbed to an of- fer 0f $2.500 which showed him a profit. Adioo Guy went ou to be-

Granri Circuit taking a close to two minute record and heading a number of summaries. Later he Was’ sold to an Australian horseman

110i-

When we hear of a. homo b81115! rcld at auctifn tpoay for $000000 we think it a wonderful price but it; snail change compared to t he years ago as the

lowing will show.

ln i886 John H. shults paid $28. 00.1 for the stallion Pancoast. E. H. Harl-inlnn nrted railway magnate paid $41,000 for stamboul 2.07 l-4

$19,900 for John R. Gentry 2 00- 1-2. In recent years $28.00] was paid fcz" 1hr pacer Winnipeg that after-

tre n-lwck record of 2 11 1-4 set up bv Full Sharon nritr to his 5Ri€ for the big money.

110-12

New that colt stakes or _Futurities

i"! t" so bnck t: their origin. In; 11156 Tito iurf paper "Spirit if the.’ Tl-nes" offered a stoke race for foals of 1855 to be trotted in 1858. Twenty one subscriptions of r500. half-forfeit were received. When ih: bell rang for the race. Oct 7. 1808 only five of the twenty-one 71°m"1u'Cl's answered George Hit-

Q

2-48. From that day on stake races fr?" colts have been featured every-

13 Tear old trotters racer! at‘

N Y in August. Its value

ioi n compartlvely trivial event llrcat consequences is shown i" fir‘ h's‘ory of Peter the Great 2.07.- world’s outstanding har- iiers horse progenitor and‘ family rllunder A slave on a southern Davltatlon in 1851 made a mistake ‘"1" matfirl a valuable mare to a

How

went thro a campaign as a cavalry gloount and later foaled a. black Bet named Creole that mated to

ltv Wilson produced Dixie the

ed to Octrrnon Jr. produced a

Great. It was 60m Octoroon Jr. that Peter the salgtfllt inherited a. great deal of his 00:" "B. It is recalled that

°Y°°n Junior vwn three races

one day at Nashville Tenn. one 7°!’ oacers. one for trotters and M over the hurdles.

-_Q_. Tlle blood linen of Sliihdil B- "~ Bent el mum

Peter the fooled 1895 by Santos by Grand

Time 2.19, 2.201;. 2.20’.

ness Racing Club will meet ill an- nunl ccnclave 'n Tuesday afternoon May llih at 2.30 P M to arrange matters in connection with lhe seasons racing. secretaries all over the province as well as other horsemen members will be ‘n hand to take part in lhc discussi

paper has disposed of several hors- es, wagons. carts. harness etc‘. Hi5 patrons appear well pleases" with the gmds rent them.

kids have made a wreck of a large, part. rf the veranda of the race; stables at _ Others wanton damages have taken: place whv one cannot tell except to cause expense to the sharehold- ers, or is it plain perverseness.

a/da. By all means sea 1t.

Bill Sharon 2.04 1-4 his fastest perLrmer was out of a mare named Nal-roway W. 2.20 l-4. She was raced by Bill Sharon of Fredericton and the writer drove The Rexall Girl in a. race against her in 1013 Bill Sharen gave all his early train- ing to the son of Captain Aubrey up until he was four years old when Mr. Alchorn placer; him in ghe hand; cf Peter Carroll of Hali- ax

Bill Sharen was a magnificent looking horse and carried himself 11-: an Equine King He had u. bold stroke and covered a lot of ground with every stride. His disposition became bad and its was n) easy task to handle him but Peter car- roll seemed to have the “key" and a “real” from him got results Below will be found summaries of three races he won at Charlitte-

and drivers many of the latter have answered the "bell" for the last time but have left‘ memories of the stirring battles of the turf they $00k Daft in as precious souvenirs. Z01

In this Province Peter the Great is breeding on thro his son Kalrnuc 2.15 1-2 and grandson's 31151008’ 2.02 3-4 by Peter the Brewer 2 02 1-4. Real Money 2.09 1-4 by Peter Volo 2.02 and by Great Grandson Plavdalc 2.04 l-i by Svtlalld 1.59 1-2 by Peter Scott 2 05 bv Peter the Grout 2.07 1-2 Time 2.19, 2.20 l-4, 2.20.

__0__ Charlottetown, P. E I, sent 1919: '

26th,

3 Minutes Trot Stake Bill Sharen (Carroll) C 0m r11 o dore Cresceus tMacKinnom MlFs Belle Rico (Nic- Arthurl 7311C‘?! Bee (Purvls) Mac Cresceus (Hooper) ‘oitic Axvlrrthy Harry Mac Juanita Aubrey Don Bailey "“H1p“", 111-- Rnlzh Aubrey ll/Iir: nlrw-c-l Ry-ipue 11191.11

hI-J L h. ,¢ oara3u1wlua .5 b-A IQQ H qa-Qasw-un no M Q22» .11 'f'®<I:hUI-IIQQIQ IA r-A

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i0-- Charlottetown, P. E I. Oct. lst. 9'10

Free For All Trot

Timc 2 11 l-2. 2 12, 2.13 1-2. _o_. The Prince Edward Island Har-

Track owners and

13. i01- l1‘ Bu'mer Advertising ihro this

io-i

The storm last fall and playful

Charlottetown track. '

“W2 “we "w "m" °f h°r595‘Cl~rl<e will patrol the parade

Calumet '

Horse Parade 0n Tuesday;

iiletails- Given

Tm‘ E-Pllnfl hOTSe show will be held his Tuesday afterglow, yes- tefdfly officials gave the route of parade and other information.

Saddle horses and ponies will u- semble a1, Market Square, All om- er horses will assemble at the foot of Queen Street where the parade will start at 8.30 sharp.

The parade will go by way of QM" street 1° “WW. to Great George. to Grafton, to Pbwnul, m Kent, to Great George again, to

‘Grafton to Qrzmn and back to the place of corrlmencemem,

As the horses pass Mar-keg Square W. H. Beaten will announce _i3i'LP name and driver of each.

. ‘lhe lineup of the parade will be

as follows: Frankie Clarke, pony .Peggy: No. 62 C.A.B.T.C. Band from Beach Grove Iml; carriage stallions: racing horses: carriage horses: heavy draft. stallions; hem VY team horses; light delivery hop- ses (express): milk delivery teams; trvckmen: saddle horses, ponies.

Cpl. Deakin and Mr. Frank

The band will Prowse’s Corner.

assemble at

[S’Side Airman.

WillS Bout

MONCTON. N. 13., April 30 (CP) _I_.AC Jim Wedlake, light heavy- weight wlth the R.C.A.F. at Sum- mersioe, P. E. 1., scored a fourth round technical knockout cvcr Cur- ley Lutes, shediac, N. 13., in the

' main bout of a boxing card here to-

night.

Sports Roundup

By HUGH FULLERTON. JR.

Assmiatcd Press Sport ‘Vritcr NEW YORK. ADrll 31] IAP)—— Chamberlain Brown, the movie scout who put Lou Nova. idpictures thlnjcs he has another find 1n light- wslght Bobby Ruffin. whom he calls “the most photogenic fighter I ever saw." ....But Bobby's date with the Army today has priority-

One minute sports page‘

The Reds need only three more victories and thcyll have the Na- tional League pennant. practically clinccd . . Ill enm of the two years they won the pennant, 1939 and i940, they won seven of their first l0 games. The count so for i5 4 and 3 . Henry Vasquez. WhQ iiuhrs Bob Montgomery in Holyoke. lvlassn. next Monday. W05 Si-Ticke" with infantile paralysis when he

rebuild his muscles.

‘s nest star

giglggyc Igarrar, Woonsccket (RI) Call: “How to bring Gunder Hoes! and his record-breaking associates c-yer to this country from Sweden still is one of the biggest problems tho National A.A.U. truck 11nd field officials have confronting them. Perhaps the Scandinavians 9-16 awaiting a U. S. commando r- formance before they "1512? He" command appearance heli-

Scrvice Dent.

Middleweight Stove 132110156. 110W an atheletlc instructor at the New- port, R. I.. naval station; spends his furlough: in Stillma-ns gym. training for the time when hell be allowed to right again-

Oyerblddinlz his hand

When comedian Bob l-Iope was plavino golf and selling war bonds in Fart Wcrlh. Tex. the other day AP sports scribe Harold Ratliff stood by complalnlno that the high wind was about to blow his hat off _ "wlw don't you null it down tlrrhter?" someone asked. "scar- ed m," he rrnliefi. "If I raised my hand above my hips I might, dis- cover I havc piflhled nflyflfill t0 hill’ $15000 worth of bonds.’

110i i Next Tuesday afternoon at 3.301

Charl-ttetown citizens will Witness the largest Horse pflfflfie in its his- tory, Plrms are being mace by the, membersof the Victoria Driving‘ Club. the Brackiey Point Club and others to have this lvarade] worthy of the Kentucky of Can-

Driving

SIIHMERSIIIE HORSE RACES

DOMINION DAY JULY 5th

Frown the above you will see that M" Pfiéflregdlghcovnrbénatglon trott- . a a oroug - flfldilélluwu muot bavglhad a which vroducql e 110116 In HI

fol-d

at“ All

we 11w“ 1914 1n Charlottetown. um i» 1,15%“, R. .Bmna and‘ "nmem w he Nova 800th Gov. ohm h, “h” lu- ho wu

Willard MacDonald Secretary‘

FOR_ SALE

' Arrived today at Mc- Neill’: Stables, Buntain 8f Bell's wharf, 40 choice

horses. Terms to suit purch-

889 l‘. »

Wellington McNeill & Son

Men's Senior Hoop Finals

VANCOUVER. April 30—(CP)—- The Canadian senior mens basket- ball finals will open 1n Vancouver May 5 if Windsor (Ont) St. Pat- rick's accept the invitation from Victoria. R.C.A.F.. Charles Mc- Lachlan of Vancouver, President of the Canadian ‘ baa-ret- ball association, announced here last nlizht.

Pntr ck's, Eastern champions. have been guaranteed all expanses and 1t, l; amost certain they will

ee to come west for the hree-

Jive-game finals. Mr. Mdfiaoh- lan said.

Softball

Y terday the Commando base- balleiquad defeated the RDOhfOfd

Di moms 1n a. swift me of soft- baflb aocorooflm- camou- ford an.

lowing In Ilmw cl In ailtzrs=irrc auras It Donna, 3. , Ilium: Uuahdycn. l’ lineup. °-'wm| 55$’: cream: Swim.“ “'a.h"m'°"'- Dtlurlnndl, C. ebt. Cumnandol, B. motion-

The Kentucky Derby, classic of the United states turf season is scheduled to be run today with Count Fleet, hailed as the greatest thoroughbred since the days of Man 0’ War, expected to flash under the wire over a fleldffftrxry entrants.

But a, lot depends upon whether the Count has recovered sufficiently from a, hoof injury suffered recent- ly to be able to start. It is like- ly that he will go to the post how- ever as he shower‘. plenty of speed 1n a recent test over the full derby route although being shaded some- what by the performance of Ocean tVIVave who battered the Counts

me.

Count Fleet StrongFavorite In Today ’s Kentucky Derby

By SID FEEDER. (Associated Press sport: Writer)

LOUISVILLE, N.Y.. April 30- (AP)—'1'hls strangest of all Ken- tucky Derbles came up with a new wrinkle today as Count Fleet and 11 other three year olds were en- tered to run the mile and a quarter tomorrow for a necklace 0f roses worth $60,725.

Topping off such developments as a shadow of doubt surrounding the highly regarded Ocean Waves chances of getting to the post and derbytown almost weirdly empty of the usual mobs of noisy, jostling out-of-town celebrants, the new touch of confusion DODDeG up w- day when a. “mysterious” entry blank showed up and then had to be “lost" again.

This was a blank made out in the name of seven hearts, the horse wi-th the ailing foot from the barn of J. Graham Brown, local hotel

D2111." __yy_l'l__en_the_entry_box > closed, _

I 1 1 1

l

only 12 horses were supposcd to be nonllllutcd to start in the blg waltz at Churchill Downs at 6.11: pun. E.D.'I‘., tomorrow. Tllell, in the draw for post positions, the slip Ior Seven Hearts was discover- ed and after he drew a lane it was withdrawn again because his train- er didn't know a thing about it.

It is almost unanimously agreed that Count Fleet, a tail rangy brown lightning streak carrying the canary and black silks of Mrs.

llnusual War Loan Meeting At Georgetown

At the W111‘ Loan meeting in Georgetown lust night Mayor N. D. MacDonald acted us Chairman and referred 1o the large number of men who hull enlisted from ‘GQUIgDI/Oliil in the various branch- es cf illc armed forces. lie then in- troduced Mr J1... Dcvizlr who had been chosen by the National War Finance Committe headquarters ll_l Charlottetown to be illc prin- cipal speaker oi tile evcllillg. Mr. Dewar ill the course of his aci. circss said that ill other wars 1L had been a. wllflllzt of soldiers and salllors but U111’. this was in oddi- ticn u “Peoples War" and that we were all ill it. There is 1:0 doubt of what our soldiers, sailors and airmen are doing and giving and there positively must not be any doubt about the way the civilian population will back them up. Just as Mr. Dewar finished his speech rile Province-wide blackout occurred and Mayor MacDonald

John D. Hertz of Chicago, is a sinllle cake-walk for the big pot.

and several A.R.P. officials had to leave the hall. The meeting was

World record maker at two, the Hertz hurricane was installed as the shortest priced future-book favorite in all derby history, and lle has lived up to that ranking in his two starts so far this spring. romp- ing to two triumphs at Jamaica- one of them the Wood Memorial- as easily as eating oats. Tile result has been that his odds have drop- ped almost weekly. until they've vhit,_rockbot_t0m_lNto 2 right now.

Glamor Softball Circuit

out

Count Fleets sire Relgh Countl overcame a. pro-race hoof injury to,’ go on to a. Derby triumph and the= question puzzling the fans now is whether the Count can duplicatr The perfrrmance of his sire who led home a field of twenty-one start- ers on that ofcafion.

I

It is a rich stake the thorough- breds are racing for too. The purse is worth $75000 to the winner which isn't no hay by any means and today's running of this classic is expected to be a battle from post to post with Count Fleet, Ocean Wave and Twoses being expected to fight. it Cut for the top spot in what may be one of the smallest fields ever to start,‘ . .

The batters and club owners can stop worrying for there's going to be a new and livelier baseball in the major leagues.

O I I

Answering widespread objections <1’ baseball men that the new ball was deacer than the one approved by the major leagues‘ committee in December. Lou Coleman, vice-pres- ident ol’ A. G. Spalcling d: Brothers, the manufacturer. admitted today that the baseballs sent out for the opening cf the season did not meas- ure up to standard‘.

But, in a prepared statement from the office of President Ford Prick of the National League, Coleman said the fault had been discovered and that the batters woulc.‘ have a

better ball at which to swing in abiut two weeks. , a 0 a ,

When enough of the corrected

balls halebeen manufactured they W111 be ShIDDEdI w all of zllc clubs the same time, and, so far as

Planned By

CHICAGO, April 30 - 1A?) —.- rnllip K. Wrigley, owner

of the CLUCHEO Cubs, has peeled off $101),- 00o to organize a Elamor circuit called the all-American girls soil.- pali league

"The need for additional recrea- tion in towns busy with war dc- fellléit! work prompted the idea," he 'a

He has sent talent scouts to hunt down beauty as well as playing ab- lllty. Trials have been ileill in l0 midwestern and southwestern cities, and the search has reached into Canada to sign players from salalries {ranging from $50 to $80 a.

wee .

Upwards of 100 girls will report at Chicago's Wrigley Field May 27 for spring training and wlll get paid for 1t. Sixty will bc selected, 15 going to each of the foul" teams in the league. A loo-game schedule, including many exhibitions at U.

. Navy and. Army bases, will start May 30.

Racine and Kenoslla. in Wiscon- sin already have been selected as league members. Each will start out. with $45,000 bank accounts made up froln their guarantee funds of $22,500 which were matched by the league.

“The league is a non-profit ven- tureflexplalned rigley. “Proceeds will be used to expand. We event- ually hoc to build a structure or minor leagues. The league itself will control the players. rather than the clubs, to maintain a bal- ance of talent assuring close com- petition."

Revolutionarv softball rules have been adopted to speed up play. and each team will have its girls arrayed in pink, bluc, green o1‘ yel- lew uniforms with three-quarter- lengtll flair skirts.

the National League is concerlvci at least. will be put in play on tl1c_

was a km and rook up boxlnk to-

same day. I

I I Club owners as a whole breathed; a wllective sigh cf relief that a new . ball was in sight. Undoubtedly they had visions of their long hitters 1051118‘ crowd-appeal with consequent losses at the box office. I I I Branch Rickey. head of Blroklyn P0138913. EOt off the day's best. crack “Dead ball!" Rickey exclaimed. why it never even was born. 1t had no lire t0'begin with." I I

‘I'm glad they have found out What-S Wrong." said Commissioner Landis. “I think this will settle the wh le matter. The thing I couldn't understand was that the balls did- n't seem to befll. the same.

I

"Giles was the only one to my B-hythingio me about the ball being dead anr. Jimmy Gallagher of the Cubs told me only yesterday that he had found the i943 ball had more bounce than the cld one."

I I I

The batters, who figured to lose must b." a (‘Mid ball. told how well- lilt drives. apparently tagged for distant fences. suddrnly stoppcd in their flight. Roger (Doc) cralner. veteran Detroit outfielder. pointed out that the ball called for a off- ferent type of outfield player. He said he had been playing about 25 feet closer 1n than last year.