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MARCH 13, 1950 Back Stretch

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old timer was Ano"k!1‘::;u§]ree,Itlo\Ih0Ie career end- FW.' 1361 she made 112 starts ‘d mm, She cracked the and'ld‘,‘s tram“; mark five times. mi it down from 2.2? made by ukini in 1855,10 2.19 3-4 in 1359. T“°"’§-ample was finally dethron- nom Dexter. that reduced the fogs ,ec,,,d to 2.17 1-2 August

14, 1867.

ue was the first trot- -Bi‘.sou:lt‘epB(li mile in three minutes. M L was in 1818. He was not a Thai horse his principal job was ruin“; ..,.'.. boats along the Ken- ‘°m mm between Auausta and waterville. M-‘|l“‘-'- 0'” day his n\v-nfar had need to make a visit to 3 ncighboi‘ some miles away so he saddled Boston Blue and 'mund that he had a natural trot- ung gait with quite a turn of gpeed. After giving him some secret preparation he made bets um he could trot a mile under “dale in ‘three minutes or better. 51-1,; event took place at Jamaica. NY“ and the mile was in exactly three minutes.

Our horseman friend F.'H. Coop. M 1.1)” writes from Miami, Florida

'--Mm Copp and myself had Hnrilnlonla in late fall and are spending considerable time in H115 warm climate cn.l0)’lniZ' the 311"‘ mine and swimming and are both greatly improved in health. We pxptcl to leave St. . Petersbilffl March (list and arrive in Frederic- ton Easter Monday for the balance of the session. ‘I was out to see the races at Gulfstream Park Sat- urday, Quite naturally they do not have the same enjoyment for me as sulky races. Prize money on the main event of the day was 51,500 and as quite often happens, the favorite did not win. Other- yme Wynford 2nd would not hm paid $76.20 for $2.00. I am arndzng you a picture of the en- trance to each race track. The Hialeah closed February 28th and Gulf Stream opened March lst. Saturday's attendance was over 1.0.000. The last day at Hialeah the attendance \vas about 40,000. Both courses have lakes and in the infield they carry on water sports where skiers present most of the entertainment between the heats." .. . Thanks, 1''. H. for refnemberlng us and we are glad that you and Mrs. Coop have improved so much in health.

A letter received from Cecil H. McGinley. Houlton. Maine. gives the latest news from the Pine Tree Stute....""i‘he troblei‘ Clyde Hanover 2.11 2-5 has been sold by the Merton Roberts Estate, Eaaton, Maine, to Roy Gantley, Gorham, Maine, and Ralph Haley has sold Guy Majesty 2.09 to Clarence Seeley. both of Fort Fairficld. The high class pac- lug mare Nancy Wyeth 2.06. that earned $12,932. on the pace and re- duced her record to 2.08 last year over a half mile track. has been sold by Lee Ervin of Houlton to Verne Devlin of Lake Placid, New York. She has seen an outstanding race mare since she was a con. Mr. Ervin has had numerous offers around $8,000 and while the price paid by Mr. Devlin has not been divulged it must have been consid- erably over that figure."

in conversation with Willard Kelly we learn that he plans to change his pacer Lucky Number 2.11 1-5 by Kalmuck 2.15‘/4. dam. Jane Azo-ff L59‘/1. over to the trot.

Willard says he is I good trailer and no doubt he hopes he will follow in tho footsteps of his halif-brother

Wait N'See. that took a record of 2.11 1-5 at that gait last season. I-l_lCk.V Number was first to the wire eleven times last season and his total winnings of $2,085. places him in the 21 class. As a trotter he

' seaaon on the pace he would take

will be eligible to the 2.30 class. While we are hoping that Lucky Number makes good on the trot we are confident that with another

a record of better than 2.10 as he is only eight years old and still in his prime. Any one who saw his whirlwind finishes could’ not help but admirevthc son of Jane Azoff.

Our old pacing friend Peter Budlong 2.10. by Calumet Budlonz. after defeating the best they could put up against him in the state of Maine on ice this season. including Mabel Patch 2.11 4-5, and being unofficially declared chamiplon ice pacer of the Pine Tree State. had his colors lowered by the New Hampshire gelding Peter Ax- wort-hy 2.07. that had beaten all the pacers on ice' brought against him the past two seasons. Follow- ing is the sumrmary....I’eter Ax- worthy (Haddock) 2-1-1, Peter Budlong (Clarke) 132-2. Time. 30. 2-8 45. N 4-3. Another big betting race the same afternoon was be- tween Yankee Son-g and Roland Hanover. Harry Coleman was flown from Trenton N. J. to drive Yankee Song and he made him a straight heat winner in 29 2-5, 30.

Harness horse racing is a big nport now in the province of Quebec. Of course it has always been popular with the habitanta from the earliest days when the horse was the only means of loco- motion. In recent years Quebec buyers have picked off most of the "ripe cherries" at the auctions and now they are going in for breeding on a big scale. As an ex- ample we may quote the fact that the Volornite stallion Curly Smart 4, 2.03%. over a half-mile track. has been placed in the stud by J. A. Morin at St. Henri dc Levis. Mr. Morin owns a select brood mare and of fourteen and other breeders there will also patronize his stallion Curly Smart. and an- other stallion owned by him. Spencer Abbe 2.09.

This n.fternoon's program of ice racing staged by the Victoria Driv-

ing Club promises to be one of the best of the entire season. The fast pac-

ing mare Rhodola D.. owned by Dr. Austin Delaney of Summer- side. will be here to tch strides with Billy McVay a d Johnny Kalmuck. The latter has shown some sensational bursts of speed and is not to be overlooked. Sever- al of the other events are also ex- ceptlonally good.

‘ ‘Many Island friends will remem- ber Wilfred McQuaid. whose let- ter appears below! Thanks. Wil- fred, and we hope you will let us know more about your activities late.r......“This small state of Maryland is going in for harness racing in a big way. There will be four tracks in operation this sea- son. I thought you would be [inter- mated to know that some 250 own- ers and drivers from the states of Maryland. Dclware. Pennsylvania. and Virginia have recently form- ed an association to protect the substantial interest and investment that they have in the sport, which as you of course, know is very rapidly becoming big business. I had thevhonor to be elected first secretary treasurer of the Associ- ation. I am very happy to tell you‘ that my interest in harness racing which began as a youth in dear old Charlottetown, has continued through the years and that inter- act has been greatly stimulated by my reading of your column Down the Back Stretch. Very shlcereiy yours, Wilfred T. McQuaid;"

REMEMBER vmcu ,

By The Canadian Press

Oaanbmidge and Oxford univer-P ally crows chalked up record times in their annual bout-race classic is years ago today. Cmibrldge stretched its winning streak to 11. finishing the 4'/i-mile course in i8 minutes, three seconds. just 15 sec-

onds better than oxford. The Light Blues lowered their own scores in 1910. by covering the

course in 17 minutes 50 seconds.

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wick retained the Maritime collegiate last night by tdglng University of Halifax 15-14 in total

of Nov: Scotia Tech. mind to ap-

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then did the big owl take to wing carrying what was left of the Hun

Snowy owl was observed circling over some scrub bushes not far from the track. '-

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skunks are beginning to take their regular spring constitutional: in alarming numbers. The skunk presents a problem in this prov- ince. They are definitely on the increase and it is evident that the one month (April) in which a bounty has been paid on their snouts is not sufficient to hold them in check let alone cut down on their numbers. This is B matter that demands immediate attention. skunks are inveterate egg enters and are continually on the prowl all spring and summer on lookout for nests. Whether it be nests of game birds. terns (a species of the gull family) or ground nesting song birds it matters not to Jim- mie’ sk-unk. Farmer.’ are not im- mune from his iuwelcome visita- tlons and its surprising the num- ber of eggs g skunk -will steal be- fore his thieving is noticed.

. . . Crows aro beginning to flock to the province from their wintering grounds farther south though a falrlsh number remain with us all winter. The crow does his greatest damage in the sports- -men‘s eyes during April and May when they make a dead set on the nests of black ducks, pheasants and Huns, etc. Once farmers start till- ing the land the crow eases up on his hunt for eggs and nestllngs and spends the bulk of his time fol- lowing the plough nr harrows. At this period they consume large quantities of harmful grubs. etc. Whether or not the good they do overbalances the harm is a ques- tion we hope to have some light thrown upon during the next. tam or three years. our nesting black duoks took a bad beating last spring from some source and this columnist would like to see the campaign against the crow that was started last summer re-open- cd during April and May.

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Methinks that a system of don- sting valuable prizes to those bringing the greatest number of feet would result in R. competétlve spirit and produce more satisfact- ory fesults than the payment of lo cents per pair of feet.

Keén Racing At Millvale

their sixth race of the season on Wednesday afternoon when a large crowd of spectators turned out to witness some keen racing on a well-conditioned track.

There were three Classes run off with an entry list of 10 horses. Lady Blondcll won the Class A event with Bud Abner coming a close second. In the Class B event, Jerry Worthy took the race in straight beats. with Golden Bars making it a nip and tuck battle for second place in every heat. Princess Scott took top hon- or; in tho Colt Class in straight ht-ata.

Silver trophies will be awarded to the winning horses tn the A. B, and C classes at the end of the final meet of the season which will be held next Wednes- day. Officials for the meet were: Judges, Kenneth Duizgan, Gerald Smith: starter, Eric Parsons; an- nouncer, Leonard Mclnnls.

The following nI'eA!hr results:

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Lurly Blondell (I, Maccoubrey) 1 1 Bud Abncr (A. Weeks) . 2 2 Bob Burns (H. Keeling) . .'l (:1

Winning horse owned by "'8 MacCoubrcy,

Class B Jerry Worthy‘ (S. Corhelt) .. 1 1 Golden Bars (F. Taylor) 2 2 Betty S. (B. Gamestcr) . .. 3 3 Winning horse owned by Stlrlln

Corbett. Colt Clllg

Princess Scot (S. Biunar) Trixie Culmuck (B. X-lynesl Buddy C, Cleug (A. Paraona) Betty Dale (F. Taylor) . -~ Winning horse owned by ley Bigger. '

|l.ll.B. Retains Boxing Title

U N B REJTATNS FR.lllDERlIC'II3N. (OP)-University of

1 2 3 8

March 17 — New Bruns- inter- championship Dalhousle

boxing

points. Nova Scotla Technical Coliegc, the only other institution represented. trailed with two points.

Two titles were won by dcfault.

Dlck'Gorhr.-Q. weighing 169 pounds.

with it. At this moment another

The Millviile Driving Club held

Garrison Rifle League

In the matches fired on Wed- _neaday 15th March the winning teams were the Signals Rcgt. and the P. E. I. Rt-gt. “A" team, The line-ups and scores of the teams are as follows:

FIRST MATCH

Signals Begt.

Off, Cdt. J. Gallant . 95 Cpl. E, G. Mullins . 92 Sgmn. L. V. MacDonald . 90 Lleut. H. R. ‘lennessc-y _ 87 Sgt. A, A, Week: 87

‘ 451 Low svsoro counted out . 87

N.” uAu

AB. J, E. Macxenzic 94 OS. D. MacKcnz|e 89 Off. Cdt. J, E MacRae u . 38 P0, D. T. Milan .. . 88

CPO. S. G. Bowie;

445 Low score counted out ............ _. 78

sscorzn MAN!!! I’. E.-I. Begt. “A"

90 90

Sgt.- V, Dousc SSM. B. Shaw , Sgt. J, H, Stanley

Tpr. C. C. Gallant SQMS. Orford

Low score counted cm

I‘. E. I. Regs, Offlcorn l Capt. E. R. Burke . Capt, L. G. MncNcvin Mir. E. K, Kennedy Capt. R. J. Mahnr Licut. G D. Mncflne

Low score counted am 77 League Standings \ ’ I) L Phi. Signals Rout. 3 0 1 16 PEI. Rest, Off 6 0 3 12 P E. 1. Reg! “A" 6 0 .1 12 28 LAA Regt 4 0 4 8 Navy "A" . fl 1. 5 7 R. C. M. P. 3 ' 0 5 6 R.'C. A. M. C. , fl 0 ."i 6 Navy Officers 2 1 5 5 Navy “B" . 2 0 6 4

Bowling

\'.M.C.A. ALLEYS

Ladies Friday Afternoon League

Team 1—2480——.'l‘.~i points Team 2-2596—4 points

Team 3-2526--1 point

Team 4—2166—1‘,~'_- DOITIIS. High single Mziry lvos 227 High three L. MacDonald 619

3'. M. (7. A. ALLEYS Y's hlennette Bowling League No, 1——1024-3 points No. Zl—1796—2 points single Mrs. Barrett 174 three Mrs. Burrctt 144

Team Team High High

Team No. 2—2686—5 points .Team No. 4—242-l—-0 points I-ligh single Mrs, Wilkins 261 High three Mrs. Walklns 583

HOLY NAME ALLEYS

Big Four League All Sbars—3239. Alerts-3486. High ‘single, Dr. L. 1’. Duffy, 365. High three. Dr. L. I. Duffy, 846. Points: All Stars 1. Alerts 4.

K. of C.,Leaguu-. Wizai-ds-——.'i.’3l?9. Saints—2954. High single. Rev. Fr. Simpson. 281.

High t.-liree. H. T. H. Power. 633. Points: Wizards 4%, Saints City Slickers—3l56. Canadians—3224.

High single, F. Coylc, 270.

High three, J. Butler, 648. Points: City Slickers lié, Cana-

dians 3‘/é.

DownlGowners—3073.

Western GenL~.—2877.

High single. L. Butler, 1244. High three. L. Butler. 586. Points: Downtowners 4. Western

Gents l.

Islanders—al5l,

Royal Canadians—3055.

High single, Lcn Dcsflcchcs. 250. High three. Len Dssllochcs, 622. Points: lslan:'l'*i's -.4. Royal Cana-

diana i.

Y. ALLEYN

Wednesday Afternoon Ladies BOWLING LEAGUE

Team l——1890—D point:-.

Team 2l—2397—5 points

High single Mrs. Carter 2-I8

High thrce Mrs. Carter 650

Team Ii--2076-0 palms Team 4—2l80—5 points

Lenten C-uideposts

Personal Messages of Inspiration and Faith

Edited by Norman Vincent Peale

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GET . WHAT YOU ASK FOR’

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YOU'LL

By Luclun Humphrey

Totally deaf as a’ boy, Lucius Humphrey was lnfiplred with a faith that one day he would hear again. And the morning came when 1 he heard his mother’: laughter. l since then Mr. Humphrey has be- come the spiritual monitor of hun- dreds of important and successful people. He is author of "It Shall Be Done Unto You." i “I do not believe in miracles--I l have seen too many of them." This bit of cleverness of Om! Wilde's is not amusing to me butl true. I deal constantly in miracles that I know themvto be the_ re- sults of spiritual laws which are as relentless and as beneficial (accord- ing to how they are used) as na—: turnl laws. « “According to thy faith it shall be done unto you." That is all.

If you ask with anydoubt what- soever. you will not get your re- quest, or your prayer will be only

partially answered "according to my faith."

Jesus said, "whatsoever ye shlll ask in prayer‘ believing ye shall receive.’ And again “Jesus said unto him, ‘Receive thy sight; thy faith has made thee whole."

If then, you are not receiving

"miraculous” answers to your pray- ers. you are. not believing . . . be- lleving that what you ask for you will receive . . . believing in the Will of God and that your prayer is in accord with His will. and that you will use it for His Holy Pur- pose.

no Believed

People ask me endlessly liow It came to have such faith. W-hen I} was a small boy, I went totally (eaf

through scarlet. fever. My mother

however, refused to accept this

deafness as final. “If you and I

pray with all our hearts.’’. she in-

ststed. “your hearing will be pei~

fcrt"

Every night she'd write on our talk-pad, “Remem-b-.—r, Lucius, in the morning you will hear.”

That sent me to sleep believing. And the morning came when I heard her laughter . . Within a few months we needed no scrlbled notes between us. I have never wozn a hearing aid, have never since had pain, and unless I'm feeling ill or very tired, I have never had the slightest difficulty hearing.

But that was not all. “God has given you your hearing through prayer," my mother told me. “Fee to it you listen _ . . to help Him." Since this miracle of prayer I have spent much of my life listen- ing to the troubles and confusions of others.

Two Brothers

I am reminded of two bro‘liers who came to me for help. They were very close in age, well-to-t'o, of good family and personable. George from earliest age was popu- lar, handsome, succtssful in all he did, keen nnd full or the joy of life. He came to me first because of girl trouble, and i was able to straighten him out.

Then he told me of his brother. Ted. whom he adored Ted was far from handsome and lately far from well. he had always “played second flddle" to George. He passed in school when George copped top honors. He got hurt in sports al- though he had ablllty enough. while George was a football hero in col- lege. He had gotten a good job in a bank. but George went out and mode a name for nlmsclf at six times the money. ' The two brothers were very ‘ close and all had remained har- monious until Te:l's health beganl to fail: George was engaged to be' married--brilliantly married to the girl he adored Ted too had met the "one-and-only" girl but she was only "fond" of him '1'h’s last blow was too much for Ted. He slowly began to lose his grip his health‘ and now . . . now George knew for 4 n fact that Ted was comtemplatlng - suicide.

"Mr. Humphrey," George earnestly, “could you. . . would you somehow manage to see Ted and save li‘m?" ,

asked

A Lit Ir l'Iut

so George and I tlxed up a little plot whereby I would arrange to see ‘red without seeming to be in , any way concerned about his af-

lali‘s. I prayed for guidance in my ,

lbelleve. How about my'challenge?"

efforts to help the young man. Asi if in answer--almost a mlracle-- Ted stopped in to see me, of his own accord.

His eyes were rimmed with worry. fatigue and despair. Ill-at- ease, he ‘avoided the issue at first, but soon the whole story began to tumble out. Then as a climax he reached into his pocket, pulled out a small packet and placed it on the table before me.

It was a. packet of olson!

Before I could say a ything be rushed to tell me that he definite- ly "was not religious and never had been."

A Trial

"Well, I am." I smiled. "And 1

Several minutes later he began to show interest and soon h agreed to give my way a full me.

"You admit your outlook has been pretty dark," I said.

“Darker than you will know!"

“The definition of darkness is lack of light." I replied. How about letting the light in?

"Start out." I continued. “with this simple statement: ‘Let there be understanding and satisfaction in all that you do.’ I want you to say that and promise me to repeat [that ten times this afternoon and _ten times before sleeping and ten 3 times on waking. Then come to see me--lunch with me tomorrow."

There was a broad smile on Ted's face when he walked in to have lunch with me the next day. I knew God was answering my prayer and that my work wl‘h this boy would be good.