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den and one 2-year-old. Birch- wmd, started. won thesfirst and second heats in 2.1993 and 2.18lls ms was not among the drawn or distanced at the end of the carn- uey getting his little old third money of 5150. of which 850 was

t after entrance fee was taken

1. There were 11 starters in that ,-ace and only two of them were distanced. Three others

'the end still finished bac "money. Here is the summary:

Dandy 0, 9-64-7-ll-3-7-0-4-1-l-1: Maud M.. 3-7-7-4-1-l-4-7-3-6-2-6: Birchwood. 1-1-8-10-7-7-3-445-5-5-4:

'Rahletta. 7-B-2-2-4-1-?r5r-'l-4'5 Th"?-

.,.19a;.; 2.1311. 2.1m: 2.1934: 2.1sv:: g.17y.; 2.19514; 2.22: 2.25Va: 2.25VAI

were

after going five beats and- it-iwleat winners that s yefduto o e

3. fourth. in the next best .u.e.c. was first. Emma S.. driven by E. W. Hartnet. third. The third and fourth heats were captured by J. E. C. with Emma second. Time. 2.57. 3.06, 2.14. 2.05. This story of an old time race will no doubt be of interest to a number of the per- sons who took part and are still living. also relatives and friends. Parrshomremained a good racing center for many years. They had an excellent track. nicely situated. and many took a lively interest in the sport.

Friday night, May 13. at Roose- velt Raceway the top event of the night was the 36.000 handicap trot with seven starters. The favorite. Katie Key. finished only fourth and Dean Gallon, that had been given the biggest handicap on ac- count of his having the slowest record. finished last. Torch Key. 2.029.. winner of 327.000 last sea- son and driven by W. Dennis. was

2.25: 3-3354? 2-309'” 2'29”: 2'31: 2” 1: Lord Stewart 1.02. winner oi

aim. The above were all 3-year- .aids with the exception of. the one .7..year-old. Did it hurt him? Not that anybody ever heard of be-

cause he raced to s 2.21 mark lat- er and sired a lot of speed.

A horse that had I great reput- ation as a stayer W35

ford he ramped home first in a 6- heat affair. at Poughkeepsie the celebrated Ed F. Geers was .up behind Stevie. Here is the sum-

Mlss A I l c 9. 9-10-3-l-5-8-l-2-3-3: Goldenrod. 6-1-1-B-4-5-4-6-4-2: Globe. 1-ll-ll-2-l-6-Q-8-7-6. Time: 2.20: 2.- zil-1: 2.1!-W42 213; 2.22; 2.22; 2.23; 2.l9'-Q; 2.3); 2.2395. '

A horseman friend from Parrs- bnro has sent us particulars of a race meeting at the Parrsboro Driving Park in the fall of 1896. The judges were W. Gibson. D. 8. Young and A. B. Etter. The tim- crs were W. E. Calhoun. J. W. Butler of Amherst, and A. B. Etter was the starter. In the 1890's Mr. Etter was one of the most prom- inent horsemen in the Maritimes and Amherst was a great racing center. The first event in the al- ternoon's program was the 2.50 class and it was won in straight hosts by Billy O'Brien. owned by James Brown of Amherst and driven by J. D. Gillespie. Paul Giilespie's Maud G.. driven by J. L. Cox. was second in the first heat and Little Billy. owned by Bliss Thompson and driven by J. B. Glendenning. the two other heats. Time. 2.49lri. 2.54. 2.53. In the Free For All All Mahoney's

Kale Derrick. driven by York. who the first and second heals and the remaining three heals

were won by Day's Bessie Ram- part with Cox handling the rib- bons. Time. 2.44. 2.43. 2.46'h. 2.45. 2.46. The concluding event was the Green Race and the horses start- ing were Brown's Billy O'Brien. Cotit-nlail. owned and driven by J. H. Gillespie. J.E.C.. owned by J. E. Crow. Springhill and driven by tfilendenning. and Emma S.. own- ed by W. C. Holder of River Heb- ert. Billy O'Brien won the first heat but fell as he was turning

' around near the judges stand. so

was withdrawn. .l.E.C. came sec- ,ond. Cottonf.ailA third and? Emma

iricl

called "Stgvig", on July 3, 1890. he won a 7-heat race at Tonswanda. N- Y. July 31 he won two heats of a 7.heat race at Cleveland. August 19. at Poughkeepsie he won a 10- heat race and August 20 at Hart-

S8-'s.700 last year and driven by D. Williams 2; Daisy Astra 2.013s. winner of 316.227. driven by Jim- mie Jordan. was 3: Katie Key 1.- Sim. winner of 834.865 and driven by the Canadian Clint ffodgins. was 4; Lanier Hanover 2.0486 was 5; Royal Pastel 2.0294 0. and Dean Gallon 2.07l;t. 7. Dean Gallon ,of course was racing out of his class gand with the limited experience he has had it would be too much to expect that he could win or even place well in such company. Dean had won three races against the medium fast trotters at Roosevelt and hence had to be moved out of his class.

Among the winners that night was Betty French in the 8th race. purse 32.500. She was driven by Earle Avery. Time 2.0534. A pict- ure in the New York Times shows the finish of the Dean Gallon race. with six horses showing al- most in line and the following: An upset in the making. Torch Key nearing the finish line in the feat- ured handicap trot at Roosevelt Raceway Friday night with the other horses in line. The 328.10- for-S2 shot defeated the others in the 36,000 contest. Another picture is of two horses nuzzling each other and below the picture is: Small horse, big threat: rquinton Scott. a 2-year-old trotter who stands about 4 feet 6 inches. with Sister Song, who is 5 feet 8 inches high. Both are from the Ben Tur- lington stable. now at Roosevelt - Raceway. Quinton Scott. known as the midget racer at the Westbury track. is said to be one of the smallest harness horses ever to reach the races.

In the openiig races at Rose- croft Raceway. Md.. Chuck Volo. bred and still owned by one of the sport's leading father-son combin- ations. S. A. and Wendell Wathen of Fort Falrchild. Me.. stole the show. The son of Volomite 2.03V4. that will later be retired to the stallion ranks. captured the first racing of the free for all series of the Maryland Circuit turning in a sensational 2.02 mile over the half-mile oval. The oldest horse- man cannot recall any New Eng- land standardbred ever racing as fast as this so early in the season. Certainly never did one. perform so sensatlonally in an opening en- gagement of a new campaign. It stamps this stallion for what he has shown himself to be ever since his 2-year-old form as one

in site tour or rive groans! pacer: ever to come out of the eastern states. He took on a Km "able field which included The Engineer 2.039s. one of the best of the early racing at Roosevelt this season. Wilmington Star 1.5tl'ls and Walter Mclflyo l.589li. Chuck Volo is be- ing Pointed for one of the top pac- ing stakes of the year, mg ungw. al of the SEMI! American pacing derby at Vernon Downs. N. Y. on July 15.

In the first ofithese events held last summer the Wathen star took on probably the greatest field of aged pacers ever to face a starter mmfm fiva rug ed heats came on e winner wi a new record of 2.00 flat. This year's du-by has attracted an entry list of nineteen and is rated as the top aged event of the season. -

Jimmie Larente. young Cuta- dlan reinsman and one who is a

Brent flvorite with the fans at ml”9d

Foxboro, rode home to victory Monday night at Rosecroft with General Meredith in 20656:. Jim- mie moves to Foxboro when it opens June 13th.

The writer remembers very viv- ldly buying a trottar at the Old Glory sale. Madison ", a Gar- den in Novem . 1911. The price was 3225 and Lon MacDonald said he had trained and driven him in 2.18 and as he was only four years old and expected he would greatly reduce that time. Later. we were approached by Percy Grey who of- fered a trade for a mare by Bing- en. She was very attractive and had made a fairly good showing. I traded for this mare and she was later called The Rexall Girl and raced fairly well at Charlottetown and Halifax. The Greys have al- ways been noted horse traders and owners and have probably owned hundreds of them and at this date have several racing pros- pects. .

A few years ago Johnny Simp- son was the top harness driver and winner of principal stakes and leading driver at Roosevelt Race- way. Then he took a contract to train and drive the Hanover Shoe Farm horses and for a time faded out of the picture. but is now back again. At Roosevelt Raceway a few nights ago he drove the 5-year- old stallion Torrid, by Knight Dream 1.59, to a win in 2.025s. That same night he had a trio of winners. one second and two thirds in his six races. Dick Wil- liams. that raced My Darling successfully a few years ago and gave her her record of 2.0ll'A. the same night won with the trotter Lord Steward 2.02 in 2.04'ri and increased his earnings to 3220.000. It is expected he will finish up the season the second largest money winning trotting gelding to date. The top money winner of all har- ness horses is Pronto Don. I geld- ing owned by Fair Acres stable. Du Quoin, l1l., with 3313.114. He is just about ready now to begin another tour of the racing wars for trainer Benny Schue.

And now we welcome agaings. Thane Belyea of Fredericton with news from the capital of New Brunswick. "Just a few lines to tell you that Roy Sadler of Calais, Maine. shipped his two horses in here last Saturday for training. Mr. Sadler came here last week and had his nice house trailer

Walter .R. Shaw . Candidalei for Councillor Third Div .

of King's ever cm i one

ttaadavdfiiaa

hooked up our elect:-icily and be and Mrs. Sadie! have a lovely home. They both help on the horses and I suppose you knew that Teddy Weir is doing the train- ing. They have Mlghw Bud by Volo if. out of Rosa Budlong and Homeatretch Ade 2.1095 by Me- Ellen. out of a Spencer mare. I saw Teddy working Mighty Bud, and he in a lovely looking horse and la a full brother to law Mer- rill 2.17, that James Barnes raced here last year. We are expecting Frank Carr here Sunday with ten horses but I understand he will. only be training six of them. Aa' soonaslfindouta tit tlieml will let you know. . Raymond Crewdson. secretary of the Fred- ericton lixhibition, Ltd.. received a wire yest y that Joseph H. Hughes of the George A. Hamid Co. had passed away. Joe was a great friend to all of us when he was here and will certainly be

We deeply regret to learn of the passing of our good friend Joe. who we have known for many. many years. Joe paid a short visit here some months ago to arrange the booking of acts for the Cen- tennial celebratton and Old Home Week. He also made one the larg- est contracts for vaudeville ever in Canada with the Quebec Ex- position Association. Joe was a master descrlptioniat and in con- versation could picture the qualit- ies of the acts that would appeal to the spectators. lie was honest and sincere and you could depend on what he recommended. The George A. Hamid Co. has been furnishing acts to the Charlotte- town Exhibition ever since they began using them in the days when the late C. R. Sinallwood was sec- retary-manager. Not only here but everywhere Mr. Hughes travelled -and that takes in a lot of territ- ory-he made friends who will in- deed be very very sorry to learn of his passing .

We had the pleasure of a phone conversation yesterday with Carl Mackenzie. secretary of Truro Raceway. Carl informs us that there are 110 horses t " d at the track now with I) more .ex- pected prior to the opening of the racing season, which will be at 2 p.m. on May 23rd. For that six races they have received 40 ent- ries and expect a good afternoon's sport. Night racing will start on May 28 and will run twice week- ly, Wednesday's and Saturday's throughout the season. Among the new arrivals at the track is Mighty Boy. recently purchased by H. E. Whebby of Dartmouth. from Keber Sweeney of Brldgewater. N. 5. Mighty Boy is the winner of al- most 334,000 in his racing career and is a bay stallion by Volomite 2.0315. He was purchased by Mr. Sweeney at the flarrisbury sale last fall and is figured a top per- former over a half-mile track.

Another new arrival in Adomite. by the sensational sire Adios. This horse took a record of 2.28 in the mud at Duiferin Park last fall and is a very promising pacer. e is owned by Elmer Bragg. Coiling- wood. N. 5. Both the above go into the stable of Clayton MacLeod at Truro Raceway. Another high class horse that is on the way from Chicago by express is Jose- dale Double 1-lal 2.05li. a 9-year-

raceu in uucago a raw nights ago and was a very close third in 1.08. The new owner in AD. Napke and we understand Mr. Napite has dia- posed of Future Counsel 2.o4v.. Additional speed brought in by Frank Daniels from a recent trip to Maine is Gideon Hanover, an ll- year-old trotting stallion by Law- rence Hanover.' with a record of 2.06. He is eligible to the 2.16 class. Another is Dr. Brodie 2.03. a 15- year-old pacer by Guy McKinney. Dr. Brodie in his long racing car- eer has won over 346,000 and is still a pacer to be reckoned with.

Then there is Miss Kitty Bunter. that took a record as a 3-year-old of 2.l0. She is now 15 years old and ll eligible to the 2.17 class. Flllllly. there is Foxy Grapes 2.- (W6. a 15-year-old pacer by Bonny- castle. He won six starts last sea- son and his total winnings are 520.- 610. We also learn that the pacer Time Counts 2069i has been gold to Donald Rankin. North west Arm. C.B.

We were delighted in have a lot. ier from Ray Phillips of cam. bridge. Mass. who asked us to get an eligibility certificate for his pacer Star Watson. that he plans to. racetltis season. Ray's many friends will be glad to learn that he is in the best of health and eagerly follows the harness racing news-in Down The Back Stretch. I-le wishes to be remembered to all his friends here. especially Len 0'Meara.

In a letter to James Flood from his daughter Mrs. Joe O'Brien. we learn that -l0e's stable has arrived at Roosevelt Raceway where twenty of them are stabled and the remainder eleven 2-year-olda. are at Goshen in charge of assist- ant. trainer Walker. Assistant trainer Richardson is with Joe. As the distance from Roosevelt is not very great Joe can run over and train the 2-year-olds in addit- ion to fill driving It Roosevelt, The stable arrived in good condit- ion and looks like a formidable one for the season's campaign.

. The biggest opening race card in the history of the Cape Breton

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limit in I) trout regardless of Ilse. Reliable information indicate: there are those who forget all about the count - N. 15. D. 40 - its all the same to them. There even if the wind is unfavourable. when trout go after bait like nobody's lsiialnua so...justbearthiaiarnlnd- twenty per day is the quota and limit. When I'm counting a catch and I reach the stage fill: count sthusly--SI. . .-'

like :3" have a nice long needle

are occasions.

and ms run away: use ease in March before the spring break-

up.

Here is a case in point. When the geaae first arrived this spring excellent feeding conditions ex- isted at Newton Creek between the old Portree bridge and the main bridge above on the Trans Canada highway. An estimated five or six hundred geese were congregated there and feeling quite pleased with themselves un- til one evening there was a crash of gunfire from the bush lined bank and hot lead biased and spatttered on the water amid the ' ” birds. The flock took off

and "my in, It with loiuflick commotion leaving on huaxz 3'0? In :3 the water or kicking in an ever

governed by sound conservation principles when they are afield but by the fear the game warden will appear on the scene. This spring 1 would have liked to be able to be in fifteen places at the same time. The migratory birds, wildgeese in particular. un- derwent quite a bornbardme '. In March more harm is done. in one sense of the word. by drlvlll where food is plentiful and readily avail- able than in the number actually

birds off feeding - S

Sports Center has been lined up for Monday. May zard. featurlnx eight dashes with the cream of the Island harness horses going to the

post. Well over a hundred trotters and pacers are available in Cape Breton for the Sports Center card this season. Forty of these will take part in Monday's race: which will be held in the afternoon. Night racing will get away in June.

Torch Key 2.0290 winner of the Queens Handicap Trot. purse 310.- 000 on Friday night. May 13 at Roosevelt Racawa died unex- pectedly in his stall May 15th of intestinal virus. ills mile in 2.04 against some of the fastest trot- ters in the world had raised hopes that he would trot in 1 minutes this year. Particulars of the race will be found in the early part of these notes.

SATURDAY

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narrowing circle. one member flapped over the estuary in the direction taken by its mates and honking loudly. Translated into our language: "Wait for me. wait for me".

For minutes after the shooting the air was crisscrossed with skeina of bewilde ed geese. Rag- ged flocks loomed above the green of the spruce woods or stood out in bold relief over the wide expanse of the Bay. A few re- turned and circled high over the " scene for a look before pulling out - a last futile ges- ture to locate missing family members. A week later. driven by an acute food shortage, the flocks began drifting back and the

.ing or evening in open country and

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geese until - the spruce bushes once more sprouted mushrooms of range flame. That ended their feeding at this spot. The flocks never returned. The words: "Still Under investigation" covers the incident up to the moment

Newton Creek is not the only place where infractions , '

tnbain.Idacidedtohavaaloob- aee.'l'hafirattwostafadthay

having a race piloting two blocks on the outgo : "Do you

of the pair

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this spring. Fifteen others of a like nature are in process of be- ing sorted through in an effort to pick out the meat. When poachers will fire a burst of 8 to 10 shots in broad daylight either morn-

under observation of farm houses and hang around for some time to run down and shoot wounded birds it 0 "' tes no fear of being re- ported by the local inhabitants. This also occurs in areas that boast a goodly number of Game Association members. A pointing Members of the three Branch Came Associations ex-officio game officers was a showy gesture - nothing more on the part of the members. The authorities didnit press this office upon them . . . they requested it. Why not dis- pense with the talk and give us some action for a change.

The following is an incident thatti Ldicates the way the wind is blow- ing. One afternoon early this spring I spotted three youths out on Lougheran's Marsh cutting a lot of didoes along the channel.

sheltered creek was again dotted with black windrows of feeding

The tide was running out and it

place. "What are

a little salt he replied: who's going to stop me.

"Or is be?"

May 23 at 1 p.in.

was about the time for the smells

M" "r.:::;:-.; picked that up on ' 0

evidence as did was that. The third youth was some distance away. I was wear- ing dungareea and I guess the guy didn't suspect who I was. not at the beginnin at any rate. The following brief conversatitl took you doin'?" Sailing boats". "You wouldn't be after smells would you?" "No, 1 don't like srnelts". Well don't". in a tone that was badly in need of

Jenkins isn't around." -pauae-

li0llSE RACES

com. to Ilia iiena race at Hazelbroolt.