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1 Volomiie 2.02m. In £'°'§'ri%% heebempur- u the f out Sonata s. i;- wlubywuggnbegiaclbear- whichwaadii ‘alblledneaday b‘ w... Michigan. from l.A. Wat-ban n m stable. Ohio, .t 56a. rort rairneid. Maine- Juat to Dr. r. . of this city, ‘w {BBQ IIO with!!! U 501i I010 INCH e; mm . f,“ (my n. 2.001s and chow John l - . . fltircutaiaatreoaadtro oraiuilaietarinPbo 1,591,‘, w,“ bought beck by W u p; -—o__ , last year for 00.000. ‘ pointer- 2.0m has “'0'-

i. § a i’ 5 5

,. e Brae lunariachon. pun?!‘ emu. vioualy from

P, .1.

and at four to 2.00% on a rn

“f track, and 2.00% on a haI-m e

track. ._-0i anty years ago Lou

in 1.56%. . i“ —o—-

When her phenomenal speedhsd become a certainty sh. was pur- chased ior nn immense sum by Mr. c.K.G. Billings, who once drove her a measured quarter mile in 251i seconds. said to bo the fastest quarter ever stepped by eltber a trotter or pacer. Oi an extremely nervous disposition she had to be

, handled with care and it was only '" through the kind and persistent ' efforts of her trainer-driver, Mil- “ iar Sanders. and her groom. Tho- mas Waugh. that she became the

champion that she was. p... 1.0-1 Twent years ago was the hey-

W‘ day of t e big stakes onthe Grand Circuit with Toledo, Ohio, III- Qgiil-ilflllfl l. $25,000 feature tn be

own as the Cieers Memorial

w, sweepstakes. Then Aurora. Illin- oir. came out with a 026.000 Amer-

ican Trotting Derby and a pacing stake with a value of $10,000. This y,‘ was followed by an announcement

at Kalamazoo, Michigan, was ..» renewing the $25,000 Reno Pacing Derby and the Milwaukee state

‘X Fair followed with a $10,000

Dace and a 80. trot. Yes. those

it. were the days when eat trottars ins

and pacers could hau in a lot of money ior their owners and driv- ers.

llL. u w" Bfwdlng farms for thoroifltbreil or harness horaea come and go. u,” Their lives are usually terminated with the death or insolvency of W» the wealthy owners who usually v establish them. Not so with Wal- ‘J1. nut Hall Farm, Lexington, Ken- “f lucky. It is now 53 years since - the founding oi Walnut Hail hrm . by Lamon V. i-iarkneaa, and I0 f1’ years since his . Old tim- t ers will rernem r that on his W death his daughter and her nus- ~ band. the late Dr. Ogden M. Ed- ‘ wards. Jr.. took overdhe fann and ~~ under their ownership it has .5 "Willy risen in fame until today r it stands as the fountainhead of r extreme speed production. Although Early ln the season seven yearling _ brothers and sisters to 2.00 er- iormers have been born at We nut

to H011 Flinn “his: the said 2.00 Der-

formers were m.

._ is interesting 00 note that one 0i the pillars oi the breeding

‘liellirth oi Walnut Hail Farm.

W" Moko. was foaied shortly after the

McKinney 2.11%, was Rrono

Filwrlty. etc. Walnut Hall 2.01114 . became the property oi’ the farm l" "Xflotly the same manner aa had Moko, his dam having been pill‘-

world's champion tromr. 1-0?

One oi the most

- Was followed by w 2.02

Wain ex ut Halli Farm as a source

h

. t . ‘ »h.."§*n.1n.:rr m

I'M- . n: . and io

dam Annie ‘liptolnoneoiihe

"'" .29 i

Prizes ll

mo Masons

T RINTIINIP.

in the stud and aired Walter

p, 2.02% snd several others. Wai- te; r. was named after his owner waiter Found oi Merced. Califor- nia. but formerly of New London. p: Pegasus Pointer was a eat success as a race horse aa in

f, tour years oi racing he met

the beet I his I89 and gait 1n

me Golden State and was defeated

4" but three times. As a two-year- _ 01¢ he took a record of 2.06% and "' at three be lowered it to 2.00%

Tw Dillon 1.58% died at Santa. Barbara, Cali- iomia, at the as! 0i 27 years. She was one oi the most phenomenal trotters that ever appeared on the turf wlih her meteoric gait and style and her beautiful chestnut eolor and fiaxen mane. It was in 1003 she came west from Califor-

geasonk end had eo peed all rec- w ords at her gait. In August of that ' year she became the first two- p‘. minute trotlter when in an assault

‘gems; time at Resdviile. Mass. _\ gilt! stepped in exactly two min-

utes. Later on at Memphis. Ten- ‘ nessee. she lowered this i0 1.58% . which stood as the world's record until lowered by Uhlan in i910. In 1m Nedda. by Atlantic Express. succeeded in displacing her world's record mark for mares by stepping

l, 2.0510, winner of the Kentucky‘

I Produced The Harvester 2.01%.

ruoeenhli etude "l Ban Francisco 2.01%. and he

m y e. - ‘i. and then by Peter Vole ,4.

.anditwaeiromtheabove five sires that the reputation oi

4. . I e-QSTIP-R

developing and also h dis aid‘: e scd oi meant in be a great horse but m

$13‘ I311: McKlllop. That left

1 t

tan. and Christene Direct.

definitely in foal. Bpencetta is not

in foal. ioi Mr. Hatch: sire Peter McKillop

but last spring was brought home

will finish his days in comfort and in kindly hands. Both Mr. Hatch: mares will be bred to him thlg shrine. Matias to note is that will! this winter when they were breaking ihe two yeariings at the farm and had hookedthern ior the second or third time. one oi the heaviest snow storms that can be remembered by the oldest in- habitant arrived and since that the only Way they can give any train- ml 9° ml Yelfllllfl is by exercis- ing them in line . . . . ..Thanks, Mr. Hatch. for so klndlv remembering us and as we have stated to You

will arrive when we can visit

deriul layout of droico brood mares. colts and niliee.

._.0__. ‘I110 Union Trotting and Saddle

en secretary is J. A. Mac- Dona d, 0i Warren Street. has very kindly sent us particulars oi the two stakes which they are romov . e first. lmown as t Sec- ond Annual Maritime Derby Stake, be worth about 81.000. is open only to Maritime owned horses and will be raced August 1st, i945. Nomination fe. for same must be sent in by February 20th with name

be known as the 2.1’! not or Pace Stake. is open. only to Maritime owned horses and will be raced a-

first payment is $5.00 and must be sent in on or before February 25th. $350.00 will be added money to

f $00.00 to

help lily expenses. Both these are worth while stakes and deserve the attention of every horseman hav- ing an eligible candidate to them. Don't forget the closing date and ior more particulars write Mr. MacDonald.

10.1 In a write-up in The Harness among the two-year-clrls he Jesty 1.50%. dam Blanche Va Relic. This youngster is owned by HM. Bweeney, Bridse-

water, N. S. -_nfl-_-

mons and Dartmouth Lakes be- tween horses representing the Vic- toria. Driving Club oi

Dartmouth and Pugwash Drlvin Club steeds. Many thousands o

and looked a

port of Halifax end

trestad

Prince Edward Island T roceede . . WATCH PIIIBTOR

0N M»

W0 "N dfllllhted to recelv in the mg! 511;" d!!! am a leetter

real horse lover andmtklres the greatest pleas in ‘ ding and

ummd “mm w‘ notgwvfigreliiue’ the arrival of a snow his

800d Bu! l-hlt was ‘stamped on it all the way. Led by the Kelly. Dew. Leberge ians hit- line the winners went into in the first period of play; they took control during the mid- dle session to outscore their ponents for a 4-1 advantage then were forced to sters ouiscore them final fifteen minutes of play. Dew led the winners at- tack iast night as ne potted lo ' of the five goals his team garnered while Robertson of the Coilegians dynamite line shot two of the 10e- wra counters with the other going to centre. Elmer. Blanch rd. for the first time this sea- Ison saw the awarding oi a minor penalty shot in the first minute of the game when a. Collegian player fell on the puck in the crease biTt Laberge was stopped cold by Jack Proude on his elicit. Swant drew the first penalty of the game when he was chased for charging and ei- bowing but Colleglans take advantage of the bdvantnge in manpower and the teams were at full strength when the Air For- ce team opened the scoring. Start- from inside his own defence post Laberge raced over the Coi-

the disc t0 Dew _ winger skating verv fast went m to within ten feet oi the net before ing a sizzling drive

Air Force drew their second pen- alty of the session when Riley drew a holding penalty but again the Collegians could not take tage of the break and they found themselves shorth penalty but this time the Air Force could not break

thrown up by the Collegians who last night were playing without the ace llefenceman.

24 seconds later Colleg urp their pants got right back into the thick of filings as Robert- son brilliant young winger taking the bit in his teeth swerved around the Air Force defence to go within twenty feet of blasting a. drive behind the Air Force netminder, to make the score read 3-1.

But before the session ended Dew had accounted for his third goal oi the game beating Proude on a- backhander as he again corralled, a loose uck to drive it high into the m ea. to end the scoring for the period.

The third period was more than three quarters gone when the win- ners struck for their fifth and fin- the game. On a beauti- ful passing play Dew shot fourth goal of the game when was on the receiving end of pass- es from Lnberge and Kelly. A little better than three minutes later the pressing back deter- mineuly were back with their sec- ond goal of the game Blanchard net- ting the rubber with Robertson and Nicolle drawing insists less than a. minute later the same trio were back again this time Robertson getting the counter with his two iinernates also bei the passing play,

t with n ac id nt i i1 o

and has slag scold ‘biismtiwofkgalrtflfl ohms

him

two-year-old Arion Grat. "in by Olly Iroquois out of Vera B. Crattan, the two yesriingg Laurel Gmttan by Laurel Hanover 1.59 out of the same darn, and

ther with the three brood mares,

oliyrood Pamela. Vern B. Grat- nother

--o—- “It autumn be aold the latterl two mares and later purchnggd slziilelgllg? gbglsbencer 1.50% out of

This mare is a full a, ma] or

the joint hold f th ' . old iiily recored 0011 s. ‘$13335. track. also Spencer- Gale 2.00% and numerous others. Rcgrettabiy the i944 foal out oi Giristena Direct by Peter the Grant's last surviving son Peter McKillop, was lost. Hols M0011 Pamela had a bay flily by Laurel Hanover and was bred to lihllow Up 3, 2.02% and appears

Collegians

had been leased -for three years,

and bred to a erw mares and is

still at Goodwill Farm where he Riley‘ mm“

Dew P

is and 3B seconds after the second session had gotten un- derwav the Air Force team '

before in s letter, we hope the day g

2..Air Force Goodwill Fhrm and see your won- o 3_Ah. Fomea

on a drive that the Coliegians goal- ie

see. 14 seconds later and threatenina! to make it a rout, Air Force were third goal of the game on a. pretty passln Kelly snoring the disc m own territory passed ahead to Lab- e: as the lather skated over the Co egians line he relayed it bnck to Kelly and the latter made no mis- take u he beat Proude cleanly with an angled drive that had goo ‘ Penalties — None.

Cruikshank Rink Are Winners of playoff} Trophies Are Presented

i Cu,vwas introduced by President R.R. Bell of the local Club. In addition to the beautiful trophy each mem- ber of the winning rink received handsome engraved sewing trays. re of the runner-up rink received handsome silver platters. Mr. Parks warmly congratulated the winning rinks on their great‘ efforts, stating they iuiiy deserved their victories. and also had warm words for the splendid s ship shown by the losing teams in the competition. Skips Anderson and Cruikshank, on behalf of their rinks. made suitnble replies to the presentat-

I15. Members of the champion rink

Cliéleb oi New Glasgow, N. 8.. whose .'

of entry. The second stake will

bout the 15th oi September. The

The Macdonald Tobacco British Consuls Curling Trophy, of the Provincial curl- ing championship yesterday affer- noon was presented to Skip N. J‘. Anderson oi the in lobtetown rink. victors in the Is- iel which concluded at ottetown Curling Club

is Charlottetown rink, this one skip- ped by W. R. Cruikshank. winning runners-up honors by virtue oi successive victories yesterday mor- afternoon over the two Montague rinks entered

P The presentation was made by lo . G. Parks. vice-Dresident oi the Island curlingzAssocintionfyvrho

at one time on the staff oi the Halifax Chronicle, and was the first to broadcast from the Char- lottetown race track. He has been a lover oi horses and horse racing since his teens and it was no efIiJrt for him to remember incidents of e past that entertained and de-

Membe

Horse of Bob Vellery’! stable. Washington Court House, Ohio.

trui teVll uvu by m!nil§‘we no e a e a

Last weekend was memorable for i the race meets on Halifax Com-

Charlotte- town pitted against Halifax and

M. Avard people turned out to witness iheq- w, n, c sport on the Halifax Commons and Darbouth Lakes. From the moment our horsemen arrived at Halifax until their departure they were most hospitabiy entertained

ite Greetings from our Mayor Blananrd to the May- ors of Halifax and Dartmouth were among the courteaiaa which our A1 horsemen bore with thm and these were heartily returned by the very dne city magistrates oi the

The races went principally Halifax owned horses. the Free for All to Victor Lee, owned by R- S-

owned by Ci. Fraser. Dartmouth: lass 8.. to Northern Prince. own- iliis. Pugwash; Class Q to Margaret Jean, owned bv A. Cutclifle, Charlottetown; A] to Hal Britten, owned by C. Nic olscn. Halifax: Pace to Rainey G. Henley. owlled by p. McAulay. Pun-wash: Class B- tn Walter Brown. owned by 5am Lulgartmouthii glagsnlomp Colonel an. owne - ' gen, Oxford, and Class D. to Doc- w; gudlong, owned by Horace Wil-

O

great the manufacturing town of Dartmouth. --o__

A grand banquet was given It which speeches eulogiring our Island bwple. their horsemen and horaea and the references made to the flne way they have always

visitors were reared

rt oi the arrangements

nd of the Dartmouth org- and to them and the ether-a who so heartily supported go a considerable pnrt dit for the splendid sue- of the inter-city meet. t in; was overlooked and every in- dividual member was taken care 9i in a most satisfactory manner. 51mg their return we have h d horse owners. drivers and grooms QQII on us and ask us through the medium of this column to express h, m, gtrgngelt terms their wann- est thanks to the Halifax and Dartmouth Clubs and 900910: 0f both cities for a most happy the.

Show Improved Form In Convincing Victorfy

msPlaYilll the best form they have shown in their ppearaneee No. 2 A. N. S. hockey squad last d the Collegian: 5-3 in a fast, wide-open ex- game staged at the Forum, 1° i118)’ the Pennfleld N. B. Flyers rnake_ihe trip on account of weather conditions, Collegians Bllbflllllilkd and as aresult, a fair crowd of fans saw a sparkling exhibition of hockey throughout each and every

The game was an hour and a half laie getting under- way the Arr Force team being held at their quarters until plow from the City cleared the road

Lineups: Air Force: Goal, Cormier; de- fence, Swant, Fridfinnsen, Jacobi. ' forwards, Laberge. Kelly. Horsburgh, Ashley V. Kelly, Webb. Hunter.

Collegians:

Gillie Irvine, Quiizley. Maclvlillan.

SUMMARY 1st Period

l-.-Air Force, Dew (Laberge). .. .4 24 Pfinalties — Swant, Riley, N o e.

2nd Period

3rd Period

‘ 6—Alr Force, Dew, (Lnberge, Kelly) ...d......l0:31

r (Robertson, Nicolle) . . . . . . 1-3 :36 oilegians, Robertson,

icolle, Blanchard)

1st stone. J. A.

l-‘raser;

stone. Dr. Wendell McDonald; mate, N. A. McLellan; skip, N. J. Anderson.

Runners-up rink includes: stone. Louis Turner; 2nd stone. C. : mate, P. S. Cobb; skip, ruikshank

Two Straight ‘victories

Montagueu R. W. Beck rink was the first to face the Cruikshank team as two of the three rinks tied in second place went to the ice in the morning match. A real tough battle was expected but it failed to the "ontaxue rink. in addition to falling prey to the great curling oi the Cruikshank team, also ran a- ioul oi some tough curling luck and were beaten 18-3. Winning the first six ends and _ including in them s four for an

ll-0 lead, the winners were seldom 1n danger. At times in the last half of the match the Beck rink threatened to build u always their opponen set the challenge although the last six ends oi the match were curled on a very even basis. Cruikshank aging to shade his opponent by a slim g-s m n.

econd ich TDr. L. _A_._Johnstone‘s rink. also

“ FRFSH UP”

GET MORE PEP AND VIGOR GOOD EXERCISE BRINGS RESULTS

SKATING YOUR 0912mm; THE

IS YOUR HELPER

Originally scheduled who were unable to

Corrnier beiore

nginon

e in the past toward the betterment of fishing and shooting, and we change his ruling.

Now, don't think for a. moment

a far greater degree. Morson's Dam, that those old beaver dams d: ‘t

315mm“... Dundas, for years was looked upon

Goal. Proude: de- fence, Hennessey, Wellner. McDon- nld, Burge; forwards,

, Dew . . . . . . . . . . . ..1:3'i Kelly (Imbergeylz-i’! 4- Collegians, Robertson..." 2'11 5~Air Force, Dew.. ..........5:50

Penalties -- ‘None.

out 20-6. In direct contrast to the

little to indicate in the first half of the encounter the big margin beaver dam in the woods

for end, with Cruikshank manag-

tngether two doubles and a triple. Even in the seventh Montague were still very much in the fight when Cruikshank had to show Feat oi any fresh water trout, or as some

eenth when the winning rink came through with another four for a qf memssee ing sportsmen Beaver are again coming into their own and sizeaizle again dofitlilg f-‘Qrtnlli There is u determined effort be- their high scoring effort. The sections of the province of which int: inndo to get Babe Ruth back twelfth and final end fllllhhvd “l! . in a deadlock.

lo-o lend iillCI then. practically un- stoppnblc, ngain curled in for four points in tlie eleventh to complete dams

Cruikshank 124 121 012 011-46 Beck 000 000 I00 200- 3

I Hockey Club do hereby challenge

by‘ the tans ‘ lira when

bis ends but would ofl-

THE HUNTERS’ - CQRNER Standings

displayed in th in e

t/wo irhtmd species of upland Phillips

game birds, the unsar an Part- ivfyric .

ridge and the Rlngmecked pheae- w=______-_ -

ant. The Hungarian partridge. in "Desert has again boesom particular, came at a time when the rose." Mr. Wnitlock purchased our Native partridge (Ruffed the Moi-sum Darn property in 19431 grouse) was at an elctrunely low and corrunen ,ebb in numbers, so low that it was ‘nieoess y to declare s close season j for some years. The elusive ‘Hun’ hoe certainly taken the bunting pressure off our Ruifed grouse. re hopes were held that - well as dividing the toll taken each winter by Goshawics, Great Horned and Snowy owls. Before the advent

In i900 beaver were first, intro-

Final Team

Yea-rs B80 lilcindusirlous beaner, milowing were the final team nature's engineer and dam builder‘ par elwellence, furnished the ans_ wer to the present cry for better fishing and nether shooting. ‘Douay (be general pliblig; i; more wildlife