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eelt developer has sold the four- ymuold trotting filly Jennie Kal- mueg, that performed so- brilliant- ly on the, ice at Summerside this "mm, to George rge. 8t. John, 11.13. Mr. hlllips had pre- qiuusly sold a colt to a Mr. Scott in Saint John and lt fulfilled all

éxpefilhtlflll. i9; The Charlottetown Driving Park lmeg gates are now open and the horsemen are us it. The go- ln; Lq pretty heavy but judging by ihe rapidity with which the snow aring it sh uid he in

l; distill» o fliape ior stiff Jflkging by the middle of_ next wsek. There does not seem to be -much frost in the ground and the probability! is that the sea-son will be no la r, if d; late, as most years. What a jubilant feeling it will give to o out there around the first week n June and see the horses taking their trainln daily amid such hap- py surrOundn , birds singing, - -~ "towing t. eir nice new spring foliage and the air so Pure and Lek... . Mi

John Herve has written a great ml-v about he life of Joe Pat- chen 2.10 1-4 in a recent issue of lloo! Beats. He was one of s trio oi super- cers that raced through severa seasons smashing worlds records and creating the reatest interest in the harness horse sport. The others were Star Pointer 1.50 l-4, the first horse tn beat two minutes, and John R. oentry 2.00 1-2, whose soubriquet little red horse from

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Joe Putchen has another bid to fame in that he was the sire of Dan Patch 1.56 l-4 in all prob- ability the greatest pacer the world has ever known. Borne weeks ago a correspondent asked us to write a story about the life of Dan Patch. The following taken from The Two Minute Horse, by Millard Sanders. gives in brief the highlights of his great career.

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"Dan Patch 1.55 1-4 was before the public ior ten years and in that time paced many races and two minute miles, making a clean sweep oi his Grand Circuit en- lasements and taking a record of 1.59 1-2 in i908 in the hands of the late M. E. McI-lenry. In i903 he was sold to M. W. Sav. Ilse of Minneapolis, Minnesota, and W“ Plijged in the hands of Harry Hersey.‘ hen a hard working train- er who-had been quite successful will such material a; had up to that time come to hand. Mr, Kristy cave Dan his best record and drove him so many exhlhl. ticn miles around, at and below two minutes that he lost count.

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In conversation with w, Icy he said that ‘when “like first spoke to me in regard to purchasing Dan Patch I en- eouraced him, though his banker and other friends advised him to

away from him he finally "Mt the purchase and the horse ed to be a veritable id min! I01’ him. Alter he ed made the deal I tried to induce

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him to give the horse to some other trainer as I had nu ex. perienca with exhibition hcrsu.

lie would not listen to me so I decided if he was game enough to rive the the horse I ehould be W"! "iollsh to take him, as the owner had everything to lose ahixlxrleethere could not be any loss,

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P" m! Dim kept big and strong Ind took his work ve , ills fastest mile befoz kindly ahcl lllrm for exhibition work will‘! be around 2-04. l do not m evc in the seven years I had 0m he beat 2.04 more than 1110a in his preparatory training.

worked him fast halve; say in

Rounds to one minute with Quarters in 20 seconds, but never filled for a mile at top speed un. l; "f was going for the money.

é: showed that this method suit- gaflllm pretty well. He had an m l’ Ehsflkement at Gaylesburg, “m: {and his best evious mile an}, '1 111st 2-04. ve he paced at hmtslzurz in 1.57 1-2. the last ’~ in 5'1 l-2 seconds. ‘That same W" he blaced in 1.55.

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h ‘Ill!!! him up for an ex- mlgltmion r would work hlnn goug- nrs: at: H‘

- o rve every- fjhiens. look-s the grand stand l" ""1""? and saw everything

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K0 could folio my horse I eve‘: 339% '9"? w“ b9 Within three inches or the back of the driver of the run. hgrvzla: entire mile. He was never or excited or anything different on his exhibition days filer? what he was on other days. break?" Willi to attempt to “v w record with him I would . Bet a fast mile _ 3,00 e,- beim - We days ahead oi the time 0i the effort. In other words I "mud "Y t0 set a fast mile on “Wily "Y i! he was to go on Thursday and not lafor than m. day, as he went but one y”; ilrlllllgflifirlblglisglexh-ibition. . ve meg under that oyster?’ l’ ‘u’ I h av alIa figure P-‘dllbnllleli s? was adrgttdgi like a morouahored in t e matter oi trai . It is a question of speed but they lose it, in e, few hours, so I figured that a. horses best effort would be mode Wm, °Yle IiiIY-ilerhaps two day; ._ he- tween a fast workout mile and a gun-st "exhibition mile where only ° 1Q l! t0 be dune at extreme Speed. If after a fast exhibition mile I wlnted an exceptional wogxdanvléeek the next workout I were c :1 imrt 2.12 with him. we n V‘; 9° d W kc many fast m es tn him and 1c en the cars within three OX‘ your hours afterward. vet under those conditions he would go right out; ltlxlligkgliie ‘another great mile, All cannot 2i edthgltlkhetoevleli-m an? I Wining mile. wen . --Q—_ TAKE TWO ' 1ec§~~ -- I18 In uring the wln- El...'“?.“‘..“: we Mc- m- y on a covered track. whfll Spring came I y. him elude 4.. u _hemeu about three minutes every week gradual- 1y dropping him until 1 began n, repeat him twice a week, dmp. Pl"! him to or three seconds a Week until he went in 2.10. 1 also gave him five or six slow r"r.:"...v'""* M» H- he reguon its that needed cor. an “nieswfina wonderful feeder so nev h; a wonderful doer. I e1" W him. except in case of illness. to refuse a meg] and he Was sick but once, at To eka .sll§vfliiere he was ailing or a o h . record at figmihllgeat the worlds her, about six weeks after that filvge 5P9" he save an exhibition h 4M at Hui-mailers. m, then w" lhlplied l0 Memphis where he got two weeks preparation and lowered the world's record, m He was infatuated with women. g9 “W111 Give careful attention 5V9?!’ WOITiB-ll who visited him " "l"! were many L d "Wm- Ha was very fond or sheumd Pflnies. ed to got right close up to everyone he f"? Briilw. and would pull his groom 0W1? .= "mush §Z".-.”'.'L“-"r’£'e'§.r’.“'“ W" u

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to say that r do not believe "i" Went a mile at nu best still think he was too smarffor mo. I laid awake many nights flslirins how to get him go nu limit but the problem was never solved. I used a Faber suiw weishlna about so lbs._ win, n, inch shafts and very high an h; had tremendous hock action. I-lc wore very light quarter boot; and VH7 lllht knee boots hut I sel- d° on t enmtrrgy Y

Bo wore iive ounce l-ioe; round and all had sharp grabs, The lcusth of all his toes was 3 5-8 inches with 54 ankle in front and so ankle behind. His L‘.;‘l‘.‘°‘€.ol.’i.;3. i‘.%l2ll.“h°.°“‘° "° and hm“ mum‘ b". . c n strap $4?-

We would start our tours in Au t, usually a wind up on or abou the first of Novena her and that was the program 1o;- seynen are. He paced tn the; t e a ut ‘l0 miles that averaged two minutes and my he“ "eel. lecticns is that I drove him in so of those miles. After he we; once i" Tum! B mile in two minutes seemed Pretty comfortable for hlm- Ht liiWe exhibitions from Boston to California and opt §§$3.’.‘é{f"..§?“i;1d“?f" "’°“'.,,,,""

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CHICAGO. A il Montreal Canadfilhs Q0’???

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" ' “Mufti. star Canad- "h It" winner. registered all of m3 “"18 Bulls. connecting about mldwfly in the second period to put Montreal ahead, then hitting twice in the final chapter.

Goalie Bill Durnan of the Can- Bdlehfl. who played a sensational lame i" the net-i. missed a shutout by One second. At 10.59 of the fin- a1 Period rookie Johnny Harms. Just up from the Hershey, Pa. club of the American League pu one into the case to give Chicago its only score.

The slime was delayed almost 20 minutes after Richard's final goal at 15.33. Hawk pla ers contended Elmer Lach of ontreal. who earned assists on two oi Richard's markers. was holding Clint Smith on the scori play. When officials missed to d Row the Lghrot ‘and

DWQ-Dohayon c,ans showered ‘ ‘ ,, cards, rlewupup. ers and other articles on the ice. Play was resumed after ‘ Gcttsellg. veteran Hawk, appealed to the customers to cease their throwing. -

Apply Power Throughout most of the score-

CI-IICAGO, April ‘l-(AM-Mer- vyn (Red) Dutton, president of the National Hockey league, declared today that a repetition of last night's missl throwing a by fans during the Stanley Cup game betwen the Montreal Canadians and the Chicago Black Hawks would result in forfeiting the game to the visitors.

Dutton issued this statements-

"in a response to a graphic vote which I requested from the Board of Governors of Nation-

Hockey League result ng from a 20-minute delay in the third per- iod in the Stanley Cup game in Chicago Thursday while the ice

' was being cleared of debris thrown

by fans, I have been empowered to forfeit any future game to the ‘ club ii a repetition of this

Memorial tup Games Tonight

Memorial Cum to%nt (Saturday . s 2-

shstem Canada final-Oshawa Generals vs Montreal Royals at Montreal. Third game cf best-of- five series, QSITBJWB leads 2-0.

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Western Canada final — Trail Smoke Eaters vs Port Arthur Fly- ers at Win . Third game of best-of-ffve ser ea. Trail leads 2-0.

) play-off games

- Bowling REBEKAII BOWLING LEAGUE Play-offs

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E. Mitchell 1N 191 E4 E. McPherson 129 121 128 J. McLean 130 OR 1B1 E. Cam ll 100 100 U O. Lowt er 142 14'! 145 B. Stewart l7’! 1'12 135 J PS-

C. Smith 181 160 201 H. Turner 116 13f 106 J. I-Iowatt 283 ill 14d H. Finalyson 08 15'! 103 H, Harper 1M 104 J. Crockett 145 ill’! 121

High single, I. Mitchell-lid. High three, Eiditchell-dli. POINTS

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exhibitions alone and that with incidental earnings on Interna- tional Stock Food products ad- vertised through Dan Patch made him a pretty cheap horse for Mr.

Savage. Ali thro those seven rs Dan proved if to he I. orse oi wonderful constitution

with a disposition of the very best. He never worried or fretted. every- thing was all right with him.

Next weak we will continua the ltnryofDlnPltohll l-dtoits conclusion. Perhaps wa uid have said at the bell not only was Dan Patch a re- markable horse but he was own- ed by a remarkable man, M. W- savage, who it has been stated was a native of Prince Edward Island. whose famil had moved to On- tario in eary life. Ba was a energetic man at that. ved the idea o‘. a lino of

his company th International Btoc Company. It do into the greatest o u to that time, t a window dis- rays stretching from Apo- hocaries i-tali (f-Ion. . Ii. Hughes) Charlottetown, lan nrnoisco, California, to all intervening hamlets, towns and s es.

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and tremendous capacity for wor possessed b Mr. Savage cut short a very bril iant life, one that re- dound-ed to the glory of harness horse racing and increased its pub- llcfty in great meaatlre.

SPORTING NEWS

Canadians Sweep Into Two-Game Lead, Beating Hawks At Chicago 3-1

spectators at Chicago Bta- g

Dutton Issues Ultimatum As The Result CFMissIe- Throwing Event Thursday .

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less first period Chicago we; in Montreal territory but in the next stanza, the canadiens applied their power to f: into th , .

Until R land's second goal the ame was close and bitterly 1° hi. but calla Mike Karakas °1 M11580 af r turning in a good performance to that point, was beaten on successive shots within is: than three and a half min-

u . The teams meet here again Sunda , then return to Montreal to fin h the best-of-seven series. Montreal won the first game on its home ice 5-1, last Tuesday. SUMMARY First Period

Sccrlnl- None. Penalties: McMahon (a), Alen

Second Period

i. Montreal, Richard (Lach. Blake) 13.00. Penalties: Wiebe, Allen, Third Period

g2. Montreal, Richard. ‘(Lamour- a-cux) 12.16.

.3. Montreal, Richard (Lach) 15.30.

Chicflxfl. Harms (Allen, Smith) 9-59. Penalty: O'Connor.

kind occurs in any of the forth- coming games, and I definitely in- tend to exercise my authority."

The shower of playing cards, s pers, pennies and other art- icles-including at least one wo- man's compact-came after Maur- ice Richard, Montrealolght wing had scored his third goal to put th- Canadiens ahead 3-0

Bill Durnan

TORONTO, April 'l—(CP)—'I‘he sensational goaltending skill rookie Bill Durnan has shown all season had its climax today in his unan- imous selection as goaltender for the 14th annual Canadian Press All-Star team. He is the first rookie to place on the first team.

Twenty-eight hockey writers in the six NILL. cities participat- ed in the voting and they gave Durnan, 29-year-old native of To- ronto, 756 of a. possible 756 points for the most emphatic endorse- merit received by an c! the 11 players and two coac es.

Only foul- members of the 1943 team was given all-star rating again, all four holding the same positions on

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cooling into its own. Sugar ration- ing and a very keen demand for hone/y is turning the eyes cl more and more farmers in this province to the bee as a source of income.

In 1943, despite an unfavortbie year, as beekeepeis ,. “ ‘ ‘<1 their hives a total of 32,000 pounds of honey, representing in hard cash

list, Harold Newson, whose hives are on the Mount Ed- wand Road adjacent to the Charlottetown Experimental Stat- ion, had a total production of 8,000

pounds.

This year approximately 160 per- sons in the province will keep bees. An in the first Couple of weeks of May some 450 two-pound packages, each containing enough bees for a

ucti e colony, will arrive here roan Bunkie, Louisana. The Pm- vincial Government "is assisting bsekeepers by paying the exp on shipments and in ition the Wartime Prices and 'I‘rade Board has announced a subsidy of 50 centsl per pound on package bees imported! from the United States. All mks-sol bee; coma from the states, was’. A few queens are produced Canada.

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Dlffkillit To Obtain

Last fail it was found to be almost impossible to obtain package bees hit finally one firm was contac

providing they were paid for immedi- ately. ‘Ilhat was in November. The Prudncial Government put up the money. some $1.830. Since then all the amount, contracted for has-been bmzht by vlduals here.

In recent years the local govern- ment has been assisting the infant pa express and by arranging to do f eldwork which is especially needed by beginners. ‘The Provincial department oi Agricul- tun has arransed to have Mr warm Burns, a member of the staff

the Charlottetown Experimental Station do field work. i-ie carries on lnsoniunction with Mr. Stewart C.

ght, provincial fleldman for the Department of Agriculture.

Mr. Burns said that 95 per cent oi the beginners in the business were person; who had no previous ex- perience with bees, even in an in-

t way. amateur as a rule wan very successful Mr, Burns eon- tinued, since there was literature available from the depurhucut on the subject and that, in addition to the help given by the fleldmen,

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the first team. Eight ton); Coach, Day (Toronto).

Beekeeping Coming Into Its Own In Province

160 Persons To Keep Bees This

in exceaghcf $6.000. The man who h 6

we has 100 colonies, other top men in which agreed to supply $50 packages, ""9 l" m“

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illlan tup Games Scheduled Tonight

AllanOun piay- if gam to- nuéalggasaturday). o u

Eastern Canada nual-eudoury open Pit vs Quebec Aces at Toron-

to Second game f-five series. Quebec ends 1-0.

Western Canada. final — New Westmlnister Lodestar vs Port

s Arthur Shlpbuilclers at Part Arth- ur. Fourth game of best-of-five series. now tied at one win apiece, one game tied -

Sydney Midgets l Win N. S. Title

SYDNEY N.S-. April 'I—(CP)— Sydney Shipyards won the Nova Scotia midget hockey champion- ship Thursday night as they hand- ed a 12-2 trouncing to Oxford Street School of Halifax to take their two-game final series by a 20~'7_round score.

Detroit Red Wings and Toronto Marple Leafs set a modern play-oi! scoring record eight years ago - night when Red Wings defeated the Leafs 9-4 in the second game of the Stanley Cup series. The scoring record for league matches was set this season, l9 goals being scored on two occasions.

Women, Children Back At Gibraltar MADRID, April 7 -- (AP) —Chi°lt-

dren are playing in the streets Gibraltar after an absence of al-

most four years. dispatches 90mg I

iimea said today. Two ans? brought 1.400 women, children and other non-combatants back to "The Rock" last night from an unnamed place of refuge.

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are making their first appearance on either the first or alternato teams while two others have been on All-Star teams b ore.

l-Iere are The Canadian Press te

ams:—- First Team: Goal, Durnan. (Mon-- treal; right defence, Beibem (mi- cago); left defence, Pratt (Toron- to): centre, Cowley (Boston): right wing Carr (Toronto); left wing, Bentley (Chicago); Coach Irvin (Montreal).

Alternate Team: Goal, Bibeault (Toronto); right defence, Bou- chard (Montreal); left defence.

r (Boston); centre, h (Montreal); right wing, Richard. (Montreal); left wing, Cain, (Bos-

~ ' ' . Arsenault. Interment was in the Year, Financial Returns Good mm camel,” 6mm“. ohm Iii past the lottetown. , u 1i t e comers --- ,1§,‘Z§,k§§§§§l“4wf‘y lflmfigusli-firii ‘tifipsy. émirir". ounce the roam arm rumor - m Edmond Island a. few years ago is bees did the rest. m?‘ 12ft 30rd?“ 0h Thugs‘?

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Mr. Burns gave a few fisurfl 0h what it cost to get into the industry and the present averase return-i- A liWO-(Dollnd package of sees. enoush for one colon-y, costs $4.28, less the $1.00 subsidy provided by the Fed- eral Government. Such a hive on an average produces '10 pounds of ohey, Equipment needed approximately $20.00 and would last for years, Honey under the pre- sen-t ceiling brings the product?! from 15 to 20 cents per pound.

Mrs Bums said little trouble W85 experienced in this province from loss of bees through poison SPHYB on fruit trees and other crops. It was found that dust sprays were far more likely to cause high casualites among bees than were water Sprays- Xeny little dust. spraying is done

ere.

Recalling the dlffieultiee laat year because of wet and cool weathe during the summer Ml‘. Bum! wig that in July it looked as though there would be no honey crop. Act- ually it was ,,_ ucad in August and

clover, usually eluding practically a July, Here clover honey is the top

grade. In addition to Mr. Newsnn, who

beekeepin industry province inclu e RE. Moose, Ken- slngto and Brewer Johnson,

Il Bedeque.

‘Ilhere is rather rather odd tbini about beekeeping. A farmer who ha, his hands full with other farm work in bhe winter and does not