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_00 3-5, and the Breeders‘ Filly 3.: ake, $16,228 at Indianapolsis in .59 2.5 at California.

-_ Diamond Hal, that has race-d , 'gh such marked success for ‘ears, won several events and so placings and in one mile * . California in which he finish- - . third just back a few feet. was le'in 1.57 4-5. Among his vic- _ ries was the Laurel Invitation, urge $15000 and his season’s to- ‘was $30,870, which made his ‘ etime winnings $334,151. We be- eve that he is the world‘s IarQ est money winning pacer, of if t, then he is very close to be.

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.I ime Me, an extremely well<bvrecl year-old that now has a life. P., a e total of $37,933.

. In the 2-year—old class Joe had very classy pacer in Meadow .; that was voted “2—yeanold 'cer (if the Year", the Camp j able’s second such honor. He is free-legged pacer: by Adios and 9'. for colt honors at 2.00 3-5, 5 mark being taken when ITE on the $43.43 Fox Stake He so won the Ohio Standardbred Yr $13,740, the 9514.290 Meadow- L finds and the S1433} Arden u! wax wns Stakes. His total season‘s ,rniugs were $50,501 with 11 'ns and five seconds during the 'nnaign. The ‘otal wnnings of f p , C" 17 Stable in 1958 were _ 434, making the Stable the ‘ ng money winner fer this adult!) at

Joe's 1353 earnings were $417, , which places him in third ' for the ftp miney winning _ .s and he ias been in the » st five for seven straight years. ‘3 lost second place by a mere

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.V'ves the Clearview Stable. own- ' by Norman Woolworth of Win- op Maine, is another Maritime 'ver we have great pleasure ‘turing. Earle did not have as 011g a siable this year as he 'd last season but he made his _sence felt in many of the, big- _st stakes on the Grand Cir- " and also at Roosevelt and nkers Raceways. His best trotter was the 5<year— _ Egyptian Princess 3. 2.00 4-5, I" we understand has been _ n to Paris to race in an In- 1 national race at Vincennes, has also gone over and . be put up behind one of the ch trotters for a race or 1:0 get accustomed to the

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Hold record which still stands. won the $20,000 final leg of Buffalo Trotting Derby at I . . . ‘alo Raceway and the $24,150 for their coop Fallon 1“ loaning Harness Writers’ Trot at . selvelt Raceway. Her 1958 ear- give the accurate Summaries and v: total $56,904 and her to- . ' l eamings are $155,248. While that information we could not France she will take part in International free for all y. s. The first one will be the ' Sunday of this month. in the

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famed Prix d'Amerique at Vin- cennes, near Paris. ‘ . The other trotter that raced so well was Sh’Boom. that had 15 wins and in 27 starts was 22 times first, second or third. Over both the mile and half mile tracks he was the season's cham- pion 4-year-old trotting gelding. His top mile was taken in the Empire Classic where he step- ped in 2.01 35 and took a half mile track tab of 2.02 4-5 in win- Ilng the $7.500 trot at Brandy- wrne and he also set a new track record there of 2.03 1-5. At Yonkers on September 9 5h- Boom won the $12,650 Thruway Trot from five other excellent trotters, time 2.05 25. His sea- son’s earnings total $34,907.

In the closing stages of the campaign Earle showed up a 3- year-old pacing colt called Win- now, that looks like a better than 2.00 pacer in 1959. The reason they regard him so highly is that on November 14 he won at Yonkers Raceway in 2.03 1-5. The event in which he took part was for A Pacers anl some of the best at Yonkers were racing a- gainst him. In the above mile Earle scored from eighth posi- tion with him and he came the last half in 1.00 15 and the last quarter in :29 3-5. His season's earnings were $12,268.

Another good one he campaig- ned was Sova Hanover, 3. 2.07, record taken on a half mile track. AsIo Bonny Tell 2.06 3—5 and Dy- namite Direct, 4, 2.03 4-5.

AT THE ' SALES

Norman Woolworth has bought out his brother's interest in the racing stable and at the recent Harrisburg sale added some yearlings. They will be winter trained at Pinenurst.

We would like to say that our Island boys who attend the sales at Harrisburg always come back with the report that Earle has been very very helpful to them and is always ready to talk to them and tell them about any horses they are interested in.

We regret that not much in- formation is available on other Maritime drivers, but we do know that they have been doing quite well at various tracks in the Uni- ted States with some occasionally journeying to Blue Bonnets and Richelieu. Angus D. Allen. whose birthplace was Halifax, Earle Semple of Kensington. John, “Wendy” Carroll, Cape Breton, Joe MacDonald, Cape Breton, Don Larlee. Edmunston, John Quinn, Charlottetown, Len O‘- Meara, Charlottetown. and Ran- nje MacDonald, Cape Breton, also made godd campaigns. Later in Down the Back Stretch we will give accounts of them.

MANY THANKS

The above concludes our Re.

{Among the classy events won view of the 1958 season and we I the Princess was the Empire ; tting Stake at Saratoga half . '8 track where she won in ers. For years we have been the ‘y‘ 2-5, which is said to be the recipient 0f mud] kmdness from st of the year for an aged v reon a two-lap track. She had "‘I n a record of 2.03 1-5 in the . h t ding Futurity for 3-year-old Back Stretch. and We “’15' ° "iters two years ago and it . ' there that she took the 3- helping us that w‘ay'

trust it will be interesting to our horsemen friends and other read-

correspondents in the Maritimes and also furter afield who 5 it us items of interest for Down : e

thank them very sincerly for We want also to give our most sincere thanks to the secretar-

ies of all Maritime race tracks

us their Judges’ Sheets which

times for all the races. Without

compile this Review. We also want to thank the

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credit for the earnest efforts made by the managers and sec-i retaries to give good purses, good? racrng opportunities and good en- couragement to owners and dri— vers. Their difficulties have been very considerable yet our read- ers will notice that they all have paid. out more money than any prevrous season.

PHOTO CREDIT

This Review would be very drab but for the photos of out- standing trotters and pacers which appear in it. They have been given to us by Mr. Rup- ert Godfrey, importer and pro- prietor of the Godfrey Photo Chart System and an expert tech- nician, whose worth has been widely recognized in the Mari- times and elsewhere. We have had an opportunity of seeing Photo Charts in Upper Canada and also in the United States and we can say in all sincerity that Mr. Godfrey‘s pictures are equal to any produced anywhere. During the racing season Mr. Godfrey and his staff are very busy and it is a tribute to his system of organization when we say that we have never heard a complaint because of failure to provide the Photo Service or have it perfect it every way.

And now we would like to ex. tend our best wishes to our read— ers and horsemen friends every- where for a Happy and Prosper- ous 1959.

Our Drivers Away From Home

As usual, the feature driver away from home is Joe O'Brien. He continues to fill that spot in the limelight year after year and this Year he has come up with a world’s record and many other sterling performances that have placed him in the very top rank among the race drivers of Am- erica.

At the first of the season we were of the opinion that the S. A. Camp stable would not be nearly as strong as usual but as racing progressed we found that we had not taken into account the two 3~yrear-old members of Joe's string—Shadow Wave and Raider Frost. '

TO A PEAK

The 1958 campaign started at Santa Anita in April and wound up in November back again at Hollywood Park. Joe‘s younger stock had been brought along carefully and slowly. as has been his custom for years, so he did not get into the limelight with any of them except Shadow Wave which caused quite a sen- sation when he won at Holly- wood Park in 2.01 last half in :59 3-5. He had not raced as a 2—year-old. It was not, however, until months later that he reach— ed his peak and that was in The Little Brown Jug. purse $65,252 which he won and paced a pair of miles in 2.01, terrific speed over a half mile track. He also won some wonderful miles at Lexington—1.59 2-5, 1.58 1-5, 2.00- 4—5 and 1.58 2-5 in two different races. and did not appear to be extended. He' also defeated a great field of aged horses in the $75000 American Pacing Classic at Hollywood Park in 1.56 3-5—

a new worlds record for a 3- year-old pacer. I

Two others from the Camp sta-: ble took fest records It that; meeting, Raider Frost, a Iii-year; old that had been very active in: the 1958 campaign took a record

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SEASON'S GREETINGS

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Harness Racing Centre of The, Maritime; (IUST OUTSIDE HALIFAX)

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Facts Show How Suckville Downs Lend ' The Maritimes In I958

. FASTEST MILE ON PACE FRENCHMAN 2:06

' FASTEST MILE ON TROT RUNNYMEDE BEALE 2:08.4

. ALL TIME HIGH IN PURSES $138,046.50

0 MOST MILES IN 2.10 OR BETTER

. MOST HARNESS RACING CARDS 65

2 I959 PLANS INCLUDE 3 \

MARITIME PACING CHAMPIONSHIP . . . COLONEL DAN PACE . . .

AND OTHER SPECIAL EVENTS TO BE ANNOUNCED LATER.

O BIGGEST FREE FOR ALL IN MARITIME HISTORY O

0 CONTINUATION OF POLICY OF PAYING BIGGEST PURSES

O "HALIGONIAN" FOR 3-YEAR-OLDS

Good Fortune . . . Good Luck . . . Good Racing . . . To One and All!

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