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waa i111 vac-inc stallion Star Pointer which in 1997 paced the Eteadville, MSSS, ‘track in 1.59 1-4, Them were no more until 1902 when Dan Pfl-ifll took‘ a record of 1.59% which he afterwards reduced" to 1.55%. The first trotter to step in. to the two minutg list was the California mpre Lou. Dillon, who trotted in 1.58% in 1903. '

During the season of 1935 nine new additions were made to the two minute list, six pacers and three trotiers. The p10 ent list con- sists oi’ 45 paccrs and 23 (pnfljgrg who hold membership in the most exclusive club of harness horzedom.

Incidentally it may be mentioned that the 1935 season yvps the most prolific of all time mills production of new minute performers, the nine new additions establishing a record for a single season. of the nine one was the ihrce-year-old Greyhound 2.00, four were four- year-olds, Tara 2.00. Calumet Eve- lyn 2.00, Laurel Hanover 1.59% and Calumet Evelyn 2.00, and four were aged horses, Cardinal Prince 1.59%, J. E. Vonian 1.59 3-4, Dominion Grettan 2.00, The Guy 2.00, and for the first time in history we have a performer who appears twice in the list, the four-year-old filly Cal- umet Evelyn 1.59% as e pacer and 2.00 as a trotter.

Rapier Thorgren of Malmo, Sweden, who spent the past sum- mer and fall studying American horse training methods with Tommy Berry. has returned to Sweden taking with him Hollywood Dennis (3) 2.01%, older of the Hambleionian Stake heat‘ record.

It is ‘Mr. Thorgren’s intention to open a. public training-stable upon his return home. He says the purses in Sweden range from $000 to $1,000 with a few larger stakes, the larg- est about $3,500. The sport is pros- perous with three tracks in opera- tion. All "are 1.000 metre tracks, about 200 yards over a half-mile. The race meetings run from March toiilate in Novembcr, races being hold on Sunday with the exception of two or ihrze meetings which run several days.

The tracks are at succumb. Srmdweill and lllalmo and a new track is being built at Gofcborg. The trotting sport is gaining ground in Sweden and it promises to become a great market for the American trotter.

Bumadette 2.12% is one of the most prolific dams oi 2.10 pacers, and not only that but her get also race fast and over a long period of time. For instance Johnny Quirk 2.01% raced for fifteen years, Starve Rook 2.08% for fourtcen years, King Hedgewood 2.14%’ twelve Wm. Freddy C. 2.079% ten years, Bud Pettigrew 2.09% five years, an aver- age of eleven years racing for the five, and they made ejtotal of 46d starts. It is the toughest family in race horse annals!

‘W. K. Kellogg some years 8:0 endowed the Institute of Animal Husbandry at Pomona, California. with a fund of $000,000 and the ‘Univesrity of California provided the ranch for the breeding ca‘ resis- icred Arabian horses.

1mm experts are encased in studying blood lines and matlnBl with the object of producing the very finest types of Arabian horses. Our'trottlng history tells us that Imported Messenger, undation sire of the American Standard BN0 horse is a descendant of Barley Arabian, imported to England in 1706. -

The early history of the Arabian horse is shrouded in the vale of antiquity. For many, many- cen- turies horses have bPBn raised on the Arabian desert and long ago their families spread into Asia and thence throughout the

Europe, world. Most of the evidence D0111" to their having come orirlnallv

from the iibyan tribes of Africa and that by long and Coral!!! breeding a superior type or Arab- lsn horses has been maintained for more than 3,500 years.

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was founded by Lady Anne Blunt, mother of the present owner. Lady Blunt lived for more than thirty years in the Arabian deiert where she established a stable o; the choicest animals collectd from the leading ‘Bedouin breeders-later bringing them lo England.

September 15th, 16th and 11th have been selected as the racing dates in connection with the Fred- ericton Exhibition of 1936.

Braden Custer 2.04%. recently purchased by Billy Hood at Lewis- t-cn, Maine, for Mrs. Mazgaret Bal- lard, North Sydney, was raced last season in the ownership of E. P. Cray, Bellows Falls, Vermont, whose rtable was one of the leading win- ners in thc Eastern States.

At lihsex Junction. Vermont, Braden Custer paced three heats faster than 2.0’! to win. At Rutland, Vermont, he won one heat. He also won at Brockton. pacing faster than 2.07 in each heat. Mr. Crays stable was campaigned by three different drivers and it won forty-live races.

From the above performances of Braden Custer in 1935 it looks as though he will be a real bearcat for the 2.16 or faster paces in the Maritime-s next season. In fact he looks good enough to win our free- for-ails.

The many friends of Cliff Mac- Dougall, New Glasgow, N.S-. will regret to learn that his‘ seven year old mare Queenievictoria by Cap- tain Aubrey out of Queenie B.. which he raised himself, met with a severe accident recently and had to be destroyed. She had just ar- rived back from Charlottetown. where she was bred to the prize hackney pony stel‘ion~and Cliff was setting gzeat store by the ex- pected result of the union. He was also greatly attached n. Queenie Victoria, named so b°cause she was born on the 24th o? May, and hav- ing Queenie B. for her dam.

In the New Year's edition of the Guardian which will appear early next week, will be found a réview of harness racing on Prince Edward island for 1935, which will give a summarized account.of each race held during the season and the highlights of the sport. Starting with Summe "ie,,July 1st, and continuing through the racing season until its completion at Char- lottetown with the Colt Futurity Stakes, September 25th. If you cut it out and paste it in your scrap book you may perhaps find it in- teresting to look over in future years.

With this issue Down the Back Stretch will be completed for 1935 and the author or th*se notes hopes that you have been interested to some extent and pleased also by their perusal. It has been a pleas- ure indeed to give brief summaries of the news of the hbre world with more particular reference to the port played by local horses. May our last words be the hope that wu will find 193s measure up to your most sanguine expectations. Au revoir.

Professors Ignore “Slang” Language

(C. P. By Guardian's Special Wire)

NEW SORK. Dec. 2'l—Questions about the use of such words and expressions as screwball, lousy, paiooka, okie-doke and punch- drunk aroused a tremendous lack of interest among professors gath- ered today for a jo'nt meeting of the Arneflmn Phiiolofllcai Associ- ation, the linguistic society of Am- erica and the Archaeological In- stltute.

It may have been that the dele- gates were meditating on the open- ing business at hand, namely a speech on “Zeus the Father in Homer," but at any rate. a reporter who sought to learn what philoio- wists think about the way the King's English is used by an in- determlnable number oi Ameri- cans (including Canadians) met an

. almost blank wall

One professor mid. "I'm sorry. mv specialty is Hittite." A few others raised the old south eyebrow I. marine that seemed to say they thought the reporter a, er.

crew .

When getting close to the point of exasperation. the inquire: had the good fortune to run across Prof. N. W. De Witt of the ‘Uni- versity of Toronto. The Canadian educationist explained fill the phil- ologists maevnr here today are cla-micel men." Then he cleaved to the heart of the newspeperrmn’: quérylikethlez" 1 “ ‘

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B|ani0n Tops The National LeagueHurlers

(A. P. By Guardian's Special Wire;

“NEW YORK. Dec. 2'f—-De.rrell n. (W) 318mm. young strikeout artist of Pittsburgh Pirates, was the National League's most eggecg. ive pitcher in 1935, his first gun season in the majors, '

Blanton led all the regular pitchers in the official earned-run averages, announced today. HQ g1. lowed only 2.59 rilns per niheqn- I11!!! game and succeeded m4)“ crown held for the two preceding years by Carl Hubbell of New York Giants. It was the highest mag-k since 1931 when Dazzv Vance achieved first place with g 3,51 average. I

On the basis of games won and 108i. Blanton was 15th among those who pitched 10 or more complete games, winning 18 and. losing 13 as compared to the top mark or m victories and six losses by Bill Lee of Chicago.

The young Pittsburgher shared shutout honors with his team. mate, Jim Weaver, Larry French of Chicago. Van Mango of Brooklyn and Fred Htuimmons of New York. Each had four. Blanfon al- lowed the greatest number of sac- Tmce 111W. 24. and was fifth on the strikeout list with 143 whif- fings. Jerome ("Dizzy") Dean o1 St. Louis led in strikeouts with 182.

Bill Swift, another Pittsburgh hurler, was second in the listing with an earned run mark of 2.69, followed by Hal Schumacher, New York, 2.89: French, 2.9K! and Lee. 2.964. All the others were above the three-run mark with Hubbell drop- ping back to 3.27. ,

The elder of the noted Dean brothers. “Dlzzyfl again was listed as the busiest pitcher in the lei-Bile in most respects. He hurls? 29 cilmlllete Barnes and a total of 3Z4 innings; won 3B contests to top the circuit for the second straight V881’; faced 1,365 basmen and a1- lowed 328 hits. It was his fourth Suave-salve year as strikeout leader.

Bankers And S u p e r i 0 r s Meet Tonight

The two undefeated tcams in the Olly HOi-‘key I-Hsue, Sirpericrs and Bankers. clash tonight at the For. um at B o'clock and the game pf‘)- mises to be-a thriller.

Superior-a, to date the sin-prise team of the loop, have chalked up vfctories over Stewarts and Hol- man's and on the basis of these two performances are expected to give the Bankers‘ squad plenty of op- position tonight. Bankers also have two victories to their credit; the "monev" boys are without a doubt one of the strongest teams in.the league and are out to add number three to their string.

At '1 o'clock the L. P. U‘. team meet the Nine Mile Creek squad 1r an exhibtion encounter and this setto will undoubtedly (furnish plenty of action from whistle to whistle. ,

Record’ Entry List For Speed , Skating Meet

(A. P. by GuardlanpSpecial Wire)

NEW YORK, Dec. 2'l—An ali- time record entry list of 152, in- cluding all five membe of the United states Olympic team and Frank Stack, now of Sudbury, ‘Ont, was announced today by of- ficials sponsoring the MiridleAt- iantic outdoor speed skating cham- pionships to~ be held hers New Year's Day.

The Olympic representatives. Allan Potts of Brooklyn, Eddie Schroeder and Leo Freisinger of Chicago and Robert Peterson and Delbert Lamb of Milwaukee, will be joined by most of the other prominent American stars.

G.P.R. General Supt. To Retire

(C. P. By Guardian's 811001;! Wire) MONTREAL. Dec. TP-George T. Coleman, Canadian Pacino Rail way Superintendent of 1 ans-ports Lion, Eastern Linea. Montreal, will succeed Arthur Hutton. for 20 years General superintendent of ‘trans- portation here. when he retires at the end of the year, it was un- ncunced today. w. Hutton has been with the C. P. R. 45 years. The promotion of Mr. Coleman

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resulted in the following stafl changes: . . C. 0. Mclfugh. simarintendent

remnant. Qua, to be superintend- out of transportation. Eastern Lines.

Coleman. . W. It M00111, Anietuit Superin-

tendent, audourr. on)... tobeeuper- intendent at . ' n. s. Thompson. Assistant Sup- erinhhdent. Smith's Pulls. Ont... to assistant superintendent, Spd- bwy. ‘ J. 0. mrtier. assistant superin- tendent, Mcmtxeel Terminals, to be

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THE CHARLOTTETOWN GUARDIAN

Chuck Templeton '0

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(By Elmer Dulmage Canadian

Press Staff Writer)

TORONTO, Dec. 2'l-—Fritz Han- son, tiny ball-carrying halfback of Winnipeg's Canadian football champions, turned in the best in- dividual achievement of Canadian sport in 1935 on that December eftemoon in which the Manitob- ans tore gridiron supremacy from the East's grasp for the first time

in history. From an impressive string of performances produced by old

1935, sports writers picked out the breath-taking display by Hanson, an American, as the best by a two- to-one majority of votes in the year-end poll conducted by the Canadian Press- ~

His sensational running against Hamilton Tigers in the East-West game in Hamilton on Dec. 7 was the margin of Winnipeg's 18-12 victory. It topped any other per- formance by a football player in years. More than that, it caught the imagination of the country as a whole and attracted internation- al attention at the first Western triumph.

Scotty Rani-zines victory in the Berwick, Pa, modified marathon in late autumn ranked second in the list of outstanding achieve- ments. The Preston, Ont, runner is Canada's No. 1 athlete for the year, but it was his win over an international field at, Berwlck that brolught him high ranking in this po .

Rankine broke the course record set by Willin Ritoia. former Fin- nish Olympic champion, and a few days later entered a hospital for a hernia operation. Not until after the race. which he won easily en- ough, did an admiring public know Scotty had performed under difficulties.

Aileen Menghcfs sweep of women's sprint titles and Sammy Richardson's y record breaking broad jump of 24 feet, 11 inches were bracketed in third place.

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Achievement

Iilaribel _ Vinson To D e fe n d‘ Championship

(A. P. by Guardian's Special Wire)

NEW YORK, Dec. 27--With the same fine execution of difficult figures that has carried her to the top seven times since 192B, Mari- b_el V. Vinson of Boston today opened defence of her United

Hard Schedule

Rangers And Bruins Face

(C. P. by Guardian's Special Wire)

Boston Bruins and New York Rangers start of! a heavy week- end 1;. the National Hockey League tonight against tough opponents lathe Bruins meet Maroons at Montreal for the third time this season and Rangers tackle Maple Itfiaafs at Toronto also for the third

Rangers have yet to win against Toronto this season but are con- siderably stronger than they were in previous engagements with the

veteran Ching Johnson playing defence as well es he did four seasons ago and the Cooks-

Boucher front line in full scoring stride. The wide-open game fav- ored by both Lester Patrick and Dick Irvin should make the game a thriller.

Bruins and Maroons have split even in the two games played so far, Mbroons winning 1-0 at Montreal and Boston taking a 2-0 decision at home. Bruins leave im- mediately after tonight's game for a. Sunday night encounter with Rcd Wings at Detroit, and Rang-

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Roynls

Impmvlhk with every appearance and fast being regarded as a aeri_ cus threat for junior hockey laur- ele Abbleslast night forced chick Williams‘ Royals into an overtime session before bowing to n 2-1 de- feat in the second game of the jun- ior hockey league. ‘The encounter replete with thrills and bristling with rugged action throughout saw ‘hi? juniors display their. best ef- forts of the season. They skated fll? 00D speed the entire seventy minufes,_never letting up for an instant. and as the battle surged from end to end with lightning-like rapidity the rival defences and goalies rose to brilliant heights in frustrating the dangerous attacks.

Royals had to call on every ounce of power they possess to earn the victory and like‘ the courageous team they are they came through. Abbies drew first blood by scoring at the twelve minute mark of the first period and from then until

ers journey to Chicago for another Sunday night 't1lt with Black Hawks. _

The iuckless Canadiens will seek their first victory in 11 starts when they tangle with Americans at New York Sunday night. ‘Their last win was at the expense of the Americans here on November 23. They had beaten Americans 6-0 in their only previous engagement.

George Mantha. who .has been out with illness will travel with Ca “ and Rod Lorrain Ott- awa amateur recently signed will make his pro ’ debut at Boston next we-‘nesdas.

S h am ro cks Defeat Stars

(C. P. By Guardian's Special Wire) PITTSBURGH, Dec. fl-Fight- ing to climb out of the western section cellar in the International Hockey League, Pittsburgh Sham- rocks turned. back Syracuse Stars 6-3 here tonight, completely out- playing the eastern group leaders. The win put Shamrocks at the heels of the third place Windsor club.

It. was the flashy last-period at- tack that kept the crowd on its feet. The veteran Billy Hudson sank two beautiful goals during this rally and Benson got the other, ~

The speed of the eastern division leaders gave them a decided ad-

States figure-skating title and a bid for a plaice on the Olympic team. ‘ Although no standings were an- nounced. the experts who know a counter from a rocker generally were agreed that Miss Vinson shaded her six rivals in the series of six Olympic school figures. The men competitors, with Rob- in Dee of Minneapolis defending his title, will go through the same compulsory figures tomorrow. Since the school figures, in which the skaters are judged for accuracy and size of figures, grace- ful’ carriage and movement of body, count 60 per cent, Miss Vin- son will go into the free skating division of the championship with an edge over her closest rivals. considered to be little Audrey Peppc of New York, Louise Weigel, one of the two sisters competing from Buffalo, and 16-year-old Polly Blodgett from Boston.-

(By The Canadian Press)

To Jack Riley, well-known centre player of Montreal Canadians, Nat- ional Hockey League, born in Ire- land 25 years ago tomorrow. He joined the Flying Frenchmen in 1933 after three years in minor league ranks. Riley played most of his amateur hockey in Vancouver. breaking into the professional ran-ks

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vantage in the run period. Mickey Blake and Jack Shili made the goals, Eddie Convey drawing an as- sist. But Shamrocks, fighting fur- iously, went ahead in the second period.

Nick Wasnie blasted in one goal before the period was a minute old. Hudson and Scotty Martin got as- sists. Nine minutes later Stan Mc- Cabe shoved in the tying counter, PlCke and Desse Roche assisting. The veteran Harold Darragh drove a hard shot over goalie Phil Stein's shoulder for the third.

Canada Exhibits For South Trade

UITAWA, Dec. 27—S0me thirty Canadian industrial exhibits will be shown at the trade exhibition to be held at Adelaide March 20 to May l6 as part of next year's centennial celebration of South Australia. With the exhibition restricted to Em- pire countries and their products, the Canadian section is being ar- ranged under direction of the Can- adian Exhibition Commission of the Department of Trade and Com- rnerce.

Canadian commodities expected to be exhibited include: fish, meats, fruits as well as other preserved foods, leather goods, chemicals, automobiles. steelwares, stoves, bl- c-ycles and motorcycles, writing pa- per, clocks, toys, machinery, lamps. washing machines, carpet sweepers