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BACK -- STRETCH

-Wa were delighted to have this latter from one of the top reins- men in Canada. .liilcs (iigucce. Quebec Ci(y.....”I wish to thank you for the Cliarlotlotown Guard- ian which I received. 1 hope ilir. Roy Bevan will be perfectly satis- fled with the two horses he bought from ny stable--Jerry A. Hanover 2.06 1-5 and Ralph llal 2.11 3-5. As you probably know. I have not iiezin driving since June :10 when l Iiad a severe accident. 1 am now feel- ing fine and back again training horses. I have twelve head. if you see James Macfiregor please give him my best regards and also Rankin Mt-Laine." Mr. Giguere has had a most distinguished car- eer as a driver andllrainer and. prior to the above accident lie was: always among the tops as he has the ability not only to select good horses but also to train them. drive them and give them last ieronls. As an instance. H.B. Chief. 1.58 3-5 that in 1954 driven by him l!l'lLIe 34 starts. was 22 times first. 5 times second and once third. We feel sure that all the horsemen here who came in contact with him anti ex- perienced many kiiitliicsses at ills bands will be glad to know that he will be up behind a good stable again this season.

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Johnny Mulligan of Kinkora. own- er of the famous stallion Jollity. holder of the track pacing record at Brldgewater of 2.05l-4 and vict- or of many battles on lvlariiiine tracks. paid us a visit this we-.-k.. Jolllty is now looked on as a lead-I tng sire because of the large num- ber of his get that are heading lummnries or winning places throughout the lilaritimcs. At his home in addition to Jollity -I(')Illllly has the promising pacer Golden Dawn by Jolliiy. a half sister of Joey Harvester. The dam is a Bud Axwortby mare. Golden Dawn will race this coming summer. Sun- kist Joe, a 5-year-old baygzelllllll by Jollity. dam a full sister to Major Aubrey 2.10V:. Sunkist Joe took a record.of 2.17 at Tum t August. Then he has Jollity

, a 8-year-old trotfcr by Jomty, dam Queenie Spruce by King Spruce, grandam Mabel the Great. a 2-year-old full sister to Joility Spruce and a year-old with the same breeding. Johnny has the brood more Queenie Spruce and anotlie by His Majesty 1.59-7'1. He says that the people in his locality are stiffening from the inconven- iences due to the big sleet storm and it makes farm work twice as difficult. He, himself. looks right In the pink and wears the salne happy smile that all his friends like to an him with.

We are glad to welcome back to this column Bernard Peck of Syd- ney Mines. N.S. who has given us a lot of information in the past about the horses in training in Cape Breton. ..."Enjoy your column very much. The 1955 racingseason was well summarized and it must have taken a lot of time. I must tell you of some of the horses wintering on the Northside. -

Joo MacDonald has a barnful. all in the pink of condition. They are True Linn 2.04 3-5. Troniu's Bob.4. Mr. Waldo 2.09. Sandy Fingo. Dir- cct I (luv 2.11 3-5. Becky Counsel. 3. 2.11. Price Tag 2.05 and Maid 'Dillard 2.11 3-5 for a group of Sydney horsemen. These horses were purchased at the Delaware aale and are all for sale with the axceptlon of Becky Counsel. now owned by Elmer Thompson of gdgzy, rand Maid Dillard. owned aser.

Elmer sold his J.W. Abbe 2.10 1,5 as the Reid, Brothers of North sydnay. Bob-' Fraser is looking after Domlnator's Pick that was on tickets for a parish in West- xnoiuit. This horse was won by 8 Truro lady. 1-Ia raced in "'9 3-.V.fi-Bl” old pacer at Old Home Week last summer and has a. mark of 2.12 4-5. He is by John Dillard. Joe. also has Judge Morris 2, 2.09 2-5. winner of six best: the DESI S93-?"ll- V01” lctor 2.13 2-5 winner of six dashes and Grey Eagle 2.10. winner of aaven dashes and close to 51,600.-

NEW HALF MILE OVAI. . ”Normle Matthews is setthuz Lady Raemore 2.10 4-5 re-iiriv for rter mile dashes in New Wnli-r-

. scheduled to start. Janunr I. They have a new half mile ova out there. Dr. Lamond is training his own 3-year-old named Basil by Bull Hanover out of Grace Abbey This is a nice looking chestniit lily. Bill Young of Bras d'Or ls wintering his own horses Vi-"s Judy Hal 2.09 and Inkus Trilax

kin 2.08 ready for ti dash or two over the'ice, that is if we get any more frost.

"In North Sydney Wilson Collins jogging the tough and durable tty Boy. that reduced his record

it 2.13 this summer. He also has A 2-year-old colt by Basil Hanover

2.19. Hughle Young is gettinlz Wll"

2-year-old Adios filly. paced a mile

in 2.41 over the half mile track. Eigiily-ycai'-old 'l'omni.v Berry has eight 2-year-ulds to educate for next season's coll eveiils. also the 3-year-old trotter Cllnrlolle Frost. 2. 2.03 1-5. winner of lllitcli 526.000. Tommy has what looks like a champion pacer in the 2-year-old Andy Byrd. Not in years has Tomniy had SllL'Il a .-Iriiil. of 1110")" ising youligsters to train and it is due to the ('(lllil(I("ll('f' (lint Del Miller and (lie on-iii-1' of Frost Farm places in him.

FAMOUS NL'ltSERl' .. Lawi'eiie(- Brown. for the ll35I- fnltly 1 ;(l'.s' lll.'l'l(liI('l' of ille Ilurse department at li':ilnii( llnll Farm! Donnerail. lx'.v.. retired January lst.. but will ('0llIiIlllt" as a consult- ant. lle is siici-ceded by Ted Wood- 1033 31,-, Bmiin lins hot-ii associated with the 'll&(llfl'J”lllDlli of stock farms for llll)r(' IIl.'ill half a cent- ury. When IlE' uas fifteen years Ivid he went to work at the internation- al Stock Farm of Dan Patch fame. In 1910 lic lH.'llI i() work with Harry Bill-giiyiiii .tl Walnut Hall Farm and in with III' was farm superintendent at Hanover Shoe Farms. remaining iIlt"l(-? for" five and a half years. then going to Walnut Hall Farm in I03-l. He has a world wide reputation in Ills line and during the years Il(' has been associated with Wnlniil ilall Farm many of the world's greatest trott- ers and paccrs have come from that nursery.

At Del Mar tr:-it-k. California, llundreds of 2-yeai:-nlds. 3-year- olds and aged liorses are being trained. in the Joe ()'Bi:ien stable Rosalind Frost 1.59 2-5 has been in 3.16 and several of the '.l-year-olds have worked around 3.00. The fast- est mile stepped over iIlf' track was by Paris Post. ii 2-year-old that went in 2.37 4-5. The O'Brien stable has never been noted for last work- outs this early In the season but I ,kl::g over the list we find there are quite a number of other owned 2-year-olds that have been in 2.50.

Walter Michael. owner of Pick- wick Farm. Bucyrus. Ohio. where several of the top harness horse stallions are quartered and who races quite extensively. tried tak- ing a flyer at the thoroughbreda. At the recent auction at Keenland he had the contending bid of S125.- 000 on Segula, the dam of Nashua. who recently sold for more than 81,250,000 Segula finally went for 8126.000 to British interests and is the highest priced brood mare ever sold. She is carrying a full brother or sister to Nashua.

In the latest issue of The Horse- man Is a picture of Sugar Candy, a new son of Victory Song that has tllc honor of being the first 1956 foal to arrive on terra firma.

LOSS T0 RACING

Harness horse papers all pay tribute to the late S.A. Wathen who passed away recently at Fort Farifield, Maine. :at the age of 66. For thirty-five years the S.A. Watlien stable has been one of tho first names in racing throughout New England. Mr. wB1Il(.i was a native of Canada and moved to Fort Falrfield in 1910 and interest- ed himself In the potato industry and became one of its leaders. He had a great love of horses and ten years after he went there he sent Billy Keyes of St. Stephen to Ohio to buy him a race horse. The first purchase was the pacer Sadie 5. She was followed by Ruby P. 2.04il.'i and she took her record in a great battle at Fi-edericton. NE. on Sept. 22. 1927. her miles being in 2.0434 and 2.05.

Others flint he bought and raced were Lee Slralllniore 2.06”;-. but the one he loved best was Eula H.. that set up track records at several places including a 2.0!! mile at Charlottetown. When retired to the brood mare ranks she became the greatest matron in Maine. her off- spring including Guy H. 2.00124, Volo H. 2.02": 2.04 that became the sires of early and extreme speed. Others in the Wathen stable of the early years included Calumet Elam 2.07V4. dude Poteinpkin 2.07ll4. Alloway 2.()-W4. that set up a track record Eat Cliarloti .'.owli of 2.07l.z. Calumet ,Abbcy 2.07. Dale H. 2.06. that was afterwards owned here by Walter Hennessey. Billie 2.08. and Maud Abbe 2.10.

The above were followed by 5 larger list of outstanding perform- ers tlief have rnrrledjhe Wathen colors to victory year lifter you, perhaps the greatest of them being the linme-tired Chuck Volo 2.00 that had earninzs of 51.56.9112 when

out of Sister Henley. called Uncle AI that is coming along nicely. Ilka Jabalee of Marjorie M. fame. ha his own Jolly Jim and Jolly lore. full brothers by Jollity.

Alden Young has the Richard hbalee stable in fine shape.

&?: Volon 2.11 2-5. Handbook

and David Caudie 2.09 1-5 I was purchased at Harrisburg. E:ltiokslikaa good one for the . iclams this summer. The dam abould have a coil season

retired. Mr. Wathenis love of horses was inherited by his sons who have continued to keep the name prominently before the rub- llc and also their record for food sportmanshlp. We would like to ari to the mnnv tributes paid to the late Mr. Waihen our own regret that such a splendid man. in hunt- nesa. in the home lid in should have been taken from us I such a comparatively early age.

SACKVILLE DOWNS

A very welcome letter from Ken Macboiln Race Secretary of Downs rive: In the latest

and Mighty 1-19

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Saturday. Jan. 21, 1956

St. John

When St. Dunstan's basketball squad hit the floor at the Univer- sity gym tonight they will be look- ing for their 29th consecutive win at their home stand. Since the gym was opened for activities back in 1951 the Saints have played I total of 61 games there while drop- ping 3. They have come out on the winning side in their last 28. Tonight the opposition will be fur- liished by the St. John Atlantlcs for an exhibition tussle slated to get underway at 7 p.m. Last year the Saints tangled with the Atlan- tics four times. winning two here and losing both in St. John.

The following is a thumb-nail sketch of the S. D. U. players as they will lineup against the Atlan- iics tonight:

John Kelly an indirect product of Bear River. now a resident of the U. S. the jumping ball centre artist of the team can always be relied upon to give a spectaculiir perforniaiirc. John is the acting coach of the team.

William Farmer. in local Char- lottetown boy, is Captain of the team, and plays guard. He always gives a tireless performance and rises often to great heights during

Pag36.Th'oGuardian

Saints To Play

Tonight

ciiicii Morrison. a native of Plea- ”

sant Grove and regular right for- ward of the team and although one of the many rookies of the team

he always laces his passes to his teankiermates and is a splendid play-

ma .

Pete McGonne1l. aiiothe Char- lottetown lad who is a peppy and asdressive ard and one of the most pi-omis ng rookies of the team, who gives his very best and fights it out to the very last.

Robert l'eaI'oII. I miner from Minfo. who plays guard. "Dead eye Bo " has the best set shot of the team.

Michael swift. plays regular left forward. who played guard last year. He is one of the boys from Minto and always a strong support- er of home products.

Wlllain Kelly. he also hails from the City of Charlottetown, plays forward and although not a acvcn footer. often confounds the ooposi- tion with his uncanny shooting.

Thomas Lcdweli. a boy from the Bay, plays forward. is the young- est member of the team whose un- tiring pep talking duing a game would revive the drooping spirits

the game.

of any team.

Beavers 6-I -In

AMI-IERST. (CPI-The second- place Amherst Ramblers snapped a four-game losing streak here Friday by clubbing the league- lcading Saint John Beavers 6-1 in an Atlantic Coast Senior Hockey League game.

Saint John native Dave Kiley sparked the Ramblel:s' victory with one goal and four assists. Jackie Schmidt fired two goals and assisted on a third. Other Rambler mnrksmen were Bob Gray. Bob Reid and Lionel Bot- ley. Frank Kiizma collected the lone Beaver marker.

Botley connected for his first goal of the year in the first per- iod. Rcid put Amherst two up at 5:16 of the second I when he blasted a screened shot. KUZMA LONE MARKSMAN

Kuzma put the Beavers into the scoring column at 13:19 on a play with Brklacich and Jones. Dave Kiley scored uigssisted on a breakaway at 1.3: .

Play rauniened up in the sec- ond period with Kennedy and Smith going off for roughing and then Lou Kiley and Kullman go- in: off for the same tactics. The second and third goals of the per- iod came when both teams were playing five a side.

Bob Gray fired goal number four midway through the third. Only 48 second later. Jackie Schmidt added the filth from a faceoff In Iron t of Shirley,

Minor Referees

Resume Course

This evening at the Sports Arena at 7:30 o'clock there will be an- other session in the school being conducted for Minor Hockey Lea- gue Referees. All boys who attend- ed previous seasons are asked to

Amherst Ramblers Trounce

A.C.S.H.L.

lsaclglnidt wound up the scoring at SUMMARY

First period: 1. Amherst Bolt (B. Kiley. Schmidt) 7:10.

Penalties: Schmidt 3:19. Berni.- quez 6:33. 1.. Kiley lsri, sch. midt. Knllman 17:00.

Second period: 2. Amherst. Reid (D Kiley) 5:16; 3. Saint John. Kuzma (Brklacich. Jones) 13:18: 4. Amherst, D. Kiley 13:50.

Penalties: Brklacich 5:31. Pal- ladlfto 7222. Kennedy. Smith 12:39. 1.7. slgiley. Kullman 16:12. Kullman

Third period: 5. Amherst. Gray (D. Kiley, Powers) 9:02; 6. Am- herst. Schmidt (D. Kiley) 9:50; 7.

Amherst. Schmidt (Briliant, L. Kiley) 13:07. Penalties: Brklacich 4:87. 10:21. Stops: Shirley ...'l 0 8-24

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Boston Shuts Out Chicago

CHICAGO (AP)-Boston Bruins scored three times in the final period to defeat Chicago Black Hawks 3-0 in a National Hockey League game Friday night.

First period: Scoring: None.

Penalties: Fogolln 13:45. Fla- maii 14:00.

Second period: Scoring: None. gPenalties: Heinrich 9:35.

tin 12 56 1. Boston, La-

Third 'period: bine (Bolvln. Armstrong) 2:28; 2. Boston. Gardner (Stasiuk, Boiv- in) 6:11; 3..Boston. Peirson 10:21.

Penalties: Walt 2:11. Clesla

Sawchuk .. Bassen .. .

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St. nunsuiru uidvgniiiy an. in

Intercollegiate ,

rvhen tan' up taunt 41. icon

Arena. : avg"

Knocked out of oialtuition for tho title early)!!! season. A. J. Mao- Adam has added a lot of laying talent to this year's version of the squad and after-wa perform in 4 garden of In

F 3 E E

the first Maritime title to the Isa- land in 1947.

At any rate fans wiiil get a bat- tcr idea of the strength of the team when they crou atickswitb Mount A.. who usually can be counted on to tee a contende

Asked last night to make a pre. diction on the outcome.ooach Mac- Adarn would only say that his team is a much improved outfit over last year's version.

”we've got seven new players lin the llneup." said A. J.. "and I know they have made us stronger in Just about every department."

The seven new players. six reg- ulars and a sub-goalie are sub- goalie Earl Shepherd. defensemen Ray 1-Iache and Jack (Miner) Mac- Donald and forwards Jack R. Mac- Donald. Buck Davey. Ed. MacDon-

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JACK MMDONALD

GOAL '- sl p-ah t Wilfred (Bunny) Giliis. 19 (150 3 0- lbs.): a product of Summerside. Raymond Hacke. 21 (1Nlbs.); now in his Senior year at S. D. U. Il0llI9l0Wn is Bathurst. N. B. Play- An agile Ilctnliiidcr Wilf put ml a ed two years of Junior hockey will! spectacular show of puckstopping Bilhllrit and last YER? lllled IIP in the last s. 13. ItI.iIslanddI;cague ilyltlialiathiirst Papermakm of the game against on ague an s cur- - - . I renily the top goaltender in the Ammd ixliyol Mllllllllu W (I35 league with a 2.50 average. lbs.); a n Charlottetown boy. has DEFENSE .. played with the Saints for the past John (Miner) MacDonald, 21 (180 two seasons.

BUCK DAVEY

Louis MacDonald. 23 (170); an-

fanseman and possessor of a hard

in; his your

all! (Buck) Davey (r. wing) 20. (ml); a Charlottetown native who started in minor laagie hockey be- fore entering S. D. . first year wltbuthe varsity squad,

: Buck has been one of the outstand- d fie areas on several occasions with

lag stars for the saints in him League play.

Jack MacDonald (l. wing), 19, (1155); another Charlottetown native makln his debut into senior hoc- rangy winger has already his gal scoring ability

: local circles.

Joan Maurice Voillaux Ir. win ). 10, (175)) from Shawlnigan Fa s. is another member of S. D. pace-settln French line.

Rodney aclnnls (r. wing), 21. (170); in his Senior year Rodney comes from Tigniab. Pull. I. Con- vertod from a defense ' '

,oui-farinerstookiri

Playing his 9V9l'Y dlli”

do "Cuveyy . an calamity Passed by and IT1ISSeE((1.I 1;; the closest of margins. The Winter is not over yet but we can keep our fingers crossed...1t might in loaf age well. up rs are as g th . "whlgffe Weel':uPl' covey's hiding during the open sea. son? Men who have hunted spa.-1.

a brace of experienced hunting dog.

found no Huns blinked their eyss when as many as three and four coveys. some -holding ovel 2: birds. showed up alter the l-'

in crust sealedu their food. No (tong

er they are as log questions. 1 Ilave been hunting Hungarian pal'Il irlug for 20 years. with the aid of a hum

U. lng dog. and every season discover

they have learned new tricks.

With the hunting prE5SLlle in. creasing every season and elfirv something bigger '

to better in the line of hunting em”...

a forward he has played the past ment and ammunition being manu. three seasons with the team. factured game birds. be they ('IiI('IKS,

Gerad Burns (center). 19. (160): geese. Hulls. pheasants or uhnt comes from Quebec City, Gerry is have you, have to keep up with me a boldover from last years squad. times if they are to survive. Hvrg

aid and Jean Velleux. lbS.l; hails from Antigonish. N. 5.;

rlottetown product Lcuis

Game time tonight is 9 pm. sharp. .

Curling Draw For This Aflemoon

2 P. M.

ice 1 - C. MacLeaii. Don Mac- lniyi-e. G. Wellener. J. MacKeuna vs Ron Parker, Eric Gillespie (sub). L. M. Robinson. J. R. Wil- liams (sub).

Ice 2 - W. Melllsh. A. Tait. J. S. Taylor. W. Scantelbury vs J. S. Moore. Rubt. Pitt, D R. George. G. Bennett (sub).

Ice 3 - H R. Carruthers. Em- mett MacDonald. Maynard Mac- Mlllan. Stern (sub) vs R. Parent. J. E. Burnett. Don Smith. Chick Williams (sub).