Has High

Tmtfillg ASSOc. Official

Praise ‘ For

Old Home Week Racing

_ n; non xsnvmcx fuhion. coming dawn

or United sum Trotting under siburst of lpeedtiliatflrilem Association ignlnlymbgl-lgve she would so nieces

.....;,., ....... ....~ a 2.1.: .2" 1.12M"- tti."‘:.3.'§."%h' mun conian ch s11 i . ' our. wen-n- o. 1w n? "folio fvfiifiieid til§“§e..f§l§‘a°§i 3%}; "1' 3”" J Wm! plenty of more nor Wdtchim k001i were"

"I

color, Westbury. 11.1.. has its . 000 Invitation Trots and at?“ with record breaking turnouts and mutuel handles. and Santa. Anita, OIL. has its on. heard-of-belfore tsbt and, p“; dashes for $0.000. but it i; the safest W080i’ 0f 51.1 thst there lg more “usias-ln for the $1,090 free-for-uil .trot and pace a: Charlottetown at Old Home Week titan for arw other race anywhere in the United States or cannon,

Yes. ‘sir. every on Prince Edward Island. and t has a pop. ulation of only 93,000 and is only 140 miles Iona and from 4 to 40 miles wide. is harness-horse mind. ed. They sleet!) and eat and talk trotters and pacers and a (s1;- ldea can be had of how they turn out for the free-for-all, when 1t is realized there. were 16,812 in the grandstand, alum the rnmp in front of the three stands and in the infield when Anti Aircraft won the championship thdg yggy,

With the populalon of Char- lottetown figured st 16.004 by the police. it can be seen that more than the population of this thriv. ing little citv was on hand go,- the classic.

Ami all laid at the door of lwo men. They are LL-Col.‘ D. A. MacKirlnon and Wilfred Boulter. who were nqmgd president and secretary respect- lvclv of the Charlottetown Fair

0n hand to strut their stuff. Bothl were down in the States and thus the Bland populace named s great treat for they stand out well over the trotters s1 the Mn;

l es.

Tracey Hsfnover. the flfteem, year-oldwlonder. which is sched-, uled to meet Ouster Voio. the Illinois wonder in an Intemat- tonal match at the Lexington, trot-s. obeyed up the season a bit| sore and up to the time o: the Charlottetown meeting had not: “filled i0 be the Tracey of for- mer years. '

However, in 194s he did noel start of!’ too well and 1t was well lilo-nu in the season before the found himself and his owner John 5001i 0f Halifax hopes that the old feller wlrl soon hit his stride, for he is anxious 1o have "Dick" as he aflectionatelv calls ‘Tracey, right in the Dink for the Trots.

l ‘If Woolly were as good now as

the was lust fall I would feel pret- 7 D

,v_v certain that he could beat‘ 'Oulier Volo, but I'm sorry to say that he has been off form for a‘ couple oi’ weeks. However. I hope‘. ‘that-he rounds into good shape for there are more than fifty per-l iplaauling to take 1n the Trots and rwager on ‘Dick’ if he is in good shape." ‘

l There is mom than s remote, possibility that Del Cameron, the,

AUGUST 26. 1940

Interest in the Charlottetown Tennis Tournament steadily in- creases as the finals near. Saturday alts-moon a large crowd witnessed the afternoon match and it is ex- pected that alarge gallery will be on hand this afternoon to witness the Boudrlas-Reddin match and the ladies singles title match bc~ tween Mrs. Wran and Miss Audrey

eBlois, is Il- 0 0'

Frank Hansen and Earl Smith will be battling it out on the other side of the tournament sheet, the winner o-f this match to meet the victor of the Boudrias-Reddln

this interest can be'sons from the Maritlmes who are seen

O I O Bill Moreslde, the only seeded player of the tournament will be on hand next Saturday afternoon to take on the finalist o-f the above

Association nineteen years ago and clever driver from Harvard. Mass, , matches. to decide the 194g ch,"-

llave worked zealously lhrough the years to bring 1t to the great heights it attained this Y6!!! when every record ashcd.

Maminnon Dflhlpl horse-minded th n Boulter and he has cverv reason to be for he is one of the thirty-three directors of the United States ‘Plotting As- sociation and was very olctilve gt the annual meeting of that pun ent horse racing DOGS’ st the wal- oorf in New York City last March.

MacKinnon rules the" racing in the Maritimes with s wlrsilp hand. He wants honest racing and he has instructed his officials to 11y the law down to those who stray sway from .the rule; o! honest racing.

This year when the $1.000 flee- fcr-oll stake was raced MacKin- non had four patrol lu ea on each corner of the half-mic track

at Charlottetown to watch for in-l

iillgemenla of the nlles. like car- rying horses wide or blocking the

legs out from under the horses 'orl

cutting in too close.

“We believe that w! have the elennest racing on the Island that there 1s anywhere in- the United States or in the mes." nid Ool. MacKinnon. “We are always on the lookout. for rule breakers and we immediately call thsmln-to the stand and question them when anything looks ofl’ color. We would like to have the photo- nnish but we cannot siIord it for all of the meetings. However. we have judges with good eyes snd We~ believe that we have msda very few errors. if any It s11 in the last few years when it comes to deciding the winn ."

of the

turnouts we let Chsrlottc- town." continued on. “for we hm about one person out of every seven on the Island on hand the day ws raced our free-for- sll"

ithe Macdonlald Tobacco company

will be asked by! Scott to,get up, behind 'I‘raccv anover. for many, Islanders who ltave seen Cameron; in the sulky have urged Scott to!

more try to land the driver who is 1111,1801“ 51118168

behind Octave Blake's horses.

1 Col. MacKmrion see-s a bright: outlook for racing in the Mari- times. I-le even looks for one or f more tracks to put up lights and‘ halve night rsci . One of these ltrsclls is at dgewater, N. 5.. where they are now dickerlng .w1th a lighting company for highi ‘class equipment. There is also! talk of putting in a chute for ‘ralcirlg like the Wiswull chute in use at Saratoga Raceway. I I Ihere are four tracks on Prince, Ilidlward Island with the (nary ‘lottetown twice-around. of course. lthe top number. Others are at? -Oovehead. Summerside and Mont- lsgue and all are within 8o mileli 'of Charlottetown. - In the province of Nova. Scotis Ashen are nine tracks and they are located at North Sydney. 91rd-

ney, Bridgewatcr, New Glasgow. Truro. Parrsboro. Pulrwash and Sprirlkhill.

! There are six tracks in New Brunswick with the one at St. gtephen being sixty years old this year and by the way the 1949 meeting drew the greatest throngs in the history of the meetinili 8t t.h-at place over six decades. ‘The other New Brun "Pick tracks which plan races this year are Saint Jogn, sockvlllle. Sussex,‘ Chatham an Buc ouc c.

‘rhere is one driver on Prince Edward Island who, onllv 39 Yelllf old. lfiuconsidered one of the lie-f» anyW 1'- | l-Ie ls Joseph O'Brien of Alber- Jon. P.I.'.I. and st the Clmrlotte- town Old Home Week meeting he gtulg out like s sore thumb. He 1m m, dg-fvgrg m4 at the con- clusion of the meeting was Elven- ‘t-he handsome trfllllll! “hated by

like everywhere else in the 9d Montreal. ‘ vol-id the horse owners of the Joe. who 1s skinny faced and Maritimes want to own the N6 does not tin 1110 00"" l‘ W" 135

trotter snd ulcer snd rikh! 1W" pounds. is (curled.

in the

over s score of owners Maritlmes are dreaming ting a horse to knock 1A "m!" mi of ‘Main ormer no l-

Whon John I1. K0119! of Ian- sor. Mo. sold Anti Aircraft pacer which was driven- by Harry 811011 years for 87.000. to O of Murray River, P. privately before George broad started auctioning trotters snd mm

e

pslocr the aplinion thst wel sod.

Possibly smiling John Kelley did get s pretty good price for Anti Aircraft but Horton wanted to set s horse that could beat any- hins in the mritimes. and 0

nu, Ali-crest has raced better than he ever did for Short. He has won condstently and the Otnlv race that he had lost up to the Charlottetown mretlnl was st Ant-lum-

Unfortunatcly Horton. who is I comparatively younl - V" siri-olcen ill several weeks no Ind is in a hospital and could not be on hand to sec Miller. hi! trainer and driver. win the second nnd third bests in 2:0'l% and 2:10 alter Wilkin. driven by the color- 0d roinsmsn Harry nsllev hi!

of! Anti

for seven . H. 17.1., lest fall Swine- of! the were of one was

hmll ID‘ pa"; m n; same ‘clan with the tonnes K0111 Win10!-

‘rhsrc m s. few 90mm. hw-

sicm to “link W“

farm? trottsr which

or . . -

of mica-sum. I- mo

"i4 H MW N! v {it'll Wllufifietfl? 1131s’? she has bad more sinuses in the hfibhl

a 7 v . . - . nllfiiivfm‘ " "t o: elu- Weine m” m: seven“ selfish?» elhffikifmk’ "W in vi Ill “flu li°l"‘ second piece m The mm n. Junior Championship for 18 lettetowa mo). °l have l1 games left to ow. If"! srs ‘and unsel- will be played char-mm. who was an. n‘; gum a twin om with fruition: ". m, m M,“ ,0 b, ‘PM. "o... .. . much s.- asarmv. n» y" k m“ h Lg-gvjedqgdhlsst l-esllll. - z

m.‘ ole no: twins a olirlrcwn .- (w) - ‘Nice in

tvm d I the record for t kNew

‘)0 0

the to? Des- throw the reins sway finish

, theimount s. lot of snd‘ Much will

He races into

the turns like h D9 Plllmfl

of get- need to rip into the turns at old

He does not

irémst close guides the er or

cleverly and Ii"! ml

hello.

be heard about O'-

futurc and if ht

Shecoehesd Bay.

but

Brien in the

Horton {canes to only of the mutuel racing

tracks in the United States he wlll b; u great favorite for he never gives up on a horse snd can rate one u good es any Ont 1n

at the glltarloiite- town track are not too hi’!!! 11° as can be seen by the owing Milli of 2:005‘: which was made by E811‘ Avery with Bud Wengcr back n i000 snd the 141m!

1m

2:0'I% made by Wilflllm Wm‘ W~ Hood in the sullry lest year. ‘I591 the track has bee-n sandy Ind yea: Col. MacKinnon Dill 2i n lauds of clay on the ovsl and "":..‘".2l..s.:"i.$.""'nl'°"s evfllwhywlznggd 1:" i fast track fo e 0

inn," h more interest than ever h5g0" in racing in the Maritlmes and there will be manv horsemfil from down East who will be at thelssles akyliatzri-igllézfl-“Pllk "°"""°"'.... ' n. Mssftflslns Off snd mire will be more than n 1gp scouting around for a pawl‘

f nratrotterfibuv in ‘$191,329’ "f, GUM.

Royals Wln International League Flag

neat at Rochester Sun- vrimng tl-c nilhffl °l l

are bill s-s e114‘? the Wlnll the ls-luutn own-r H-

dacistoa for ., r ofty Joan i ":11 ‘ti: ogener for York-goo o» - "scalar:- ,, ‘£5131.’ c1121‘ menu with

SI V10 lads s my! in l8 days, lifiixlmil shsv-

i‘ finilol: flit... $111‘, livilhnhl so?" Ionic s1 Royals clinched their ' - ~ ' "' “f no ' smiths Innnl-"mfl iicliiiffiiall-"nhueiwmi “mm

o s41 - scandals '01". i‘

lottetown Tennis Club men's sing- les champion.

Miss Eleanor Bourke, unbeaten [All

champion of the Charlottetown Club. declined to enter into ‘single competition this year. but wlll be seen in the ladies doubles events teaming with Miss

Carrie Sinclair. '0' 0 0 O Anchors got off on tihe right foot in their drive for the City

League baseball tl-tle yestorday when ‘they downed Ev. McNellPs hard-fighting Legion team but though they captured the all- lmportant first game of the best of three series Inglon will offer plenty opposition yet and fans are confident that the series will go the llmit before the team that will meet the Rovers wlll be known.

+ + 4- O

Probably what was the bbgges‘. crowd in years watched the two teams perform yesterday snd de- spite the errors that were chalked Hg a slnst each team the fans saw t e oys stage a heavy hittin snaPPy brand of ball that kep spectator interest alive right to the final out,

ll- 0 0' '0

Tuesday night they clash again and fireworks can really be ex- pected as the Legion will make a determined bld to force the series to g third game and keep nlivc their hopes of yet copplng the league title. '

Mar. Ladies

5-3. 3-91 6-0- n t 05 d 10 oints. His total

Trainor defeated R, King d-Z. s“? 12?“; V251,,“ Fm‘?! were . A O 80E 0 E C0111‘

l I. Borrlsln dual"! l" 3°""""Y- petltlgn mtg/u: Andrew Likely

I54. 5'1 _ . who for the afternoon's play card- ,J- Mvlyflellllx defined I- Bflngan ed an 80 for a net '71 and three

g_-2.D5"g'03;l5- d t Med A Hughes points. His io-tal points in the

~ 93 C 95 9 9 - ' competition were Z2.

Lidy lfr f th id 6-. 6-0- st u "s esult fllow: Droviraego szesre roncfonvfiingeas Ulel W. Bhellhlrd diff!!!“ P- Kl" 5"’ a “r a) r Emil. Nct Pts Charlottetown over the weekend 111 6- m R. Peoria - . ll 65 1° preparation for the opening of the W- Shepherd defined F- “ S. MacDonald 9'1 07 9 annual championship meet of the Emil" 54- 5'0: t S o I. Prallflht 93 ‘l3 3 lgimagtilntgggailch of the Canadian y.‘ Qlllen “sieved -‘-~ P° e" ' » 1:11am him g2 g

es‘ Union which will get ‘ - i‘ B" gngfirvaay today at the Bvlvederc 5- 5mm‘ ‘hum-ed J~ Haiiem’ 5'1’ is‘; gnkilrll; g1; gill g . - . ow s

limtriea from outside club have A Lllfl-‘ly 5° 71 3 bee? slow coming in but it‘ ex- J Kenny 13:?‘ Dgnlblllegln dunk J 51.51253?) t! a 3% a peced when the tournament prop- Joe and R" Henneney M). 6* The standing a ‘he conclusion:

er gets underway there will be some 15 visiting lady golfers uith a. probable like number representing the local club participating in the tournament. The meet was not held during the war years.

Among those arriving, and go:- ting in the odd practice round was Miss Pat Bailey of the Ashburn Club, Halifax. she toured the local links with an Bll. Par for the 18 hole course is ‘l6.

Other representatives arriving from Halifax were Mrs Tom Lagan, Mrs. OD. MacGregcr Mrs. Hogdsbn and Mrs. Coolen also of the Ashburn Club Representing Brlghtwood Club, Halifax, will be Mrs. George Tippett snd Mrs. Don Himmelman.

The program for the flvr day meet follows:

MONDAY, AUGUST 26 2.00 pm. - President vs Vice- Presldent Match 8.00 lam-Annual Meeting. TUIDAY. AUGUST fl

2.00 .m.—Qus11fy1ng Round i0 holes, 1 Play.

WIDNESDAI‘. AUGUST It

M0 am. — Ohsmpionahi f t. hound m. av: and no llilghil 1st. Round.

2.00 pan. — Championship. 2nd. Round. F1 ts 2nd. Round. 1st. and 2nd Consolation. 1st Rounds THURSDAY. AUGUST so

10.00 . —Driv1 , Aopros h- i lntfgtf-inl. m c

I

IIIDAY, AUGUST so 01:00 l-Ille-Hkhil and Consola-

Robln» at Joliet

Anchors Win Opening Game 0i Semi-finals From Legion Squad

Husky McOalblfz the openln; gnme l-filflue semi-finals Rionalres Vets

Hill CHARLUI

Anchors of the

yesterday outlastlng in a free-hitting contest

win a 0-7 decision.

The Legionaires went early lead 1n the first innings when they pushed over two runs but af- ter the Anchors countered with three tallies lrl the second and five ln ihe third. were unable to threat-

6h

into

the Anchors‘ load until

closing innings,

Elmer Larter went all the way for the Arnhors giving up fifteen hits. three of which went for extra bases: he struck out four and iss-

ued three free passes.

Jackie Cairns hurler for the Llegiohaires. pitching $11911 innings before being relieved

by

eleven hits and struck while lteady granted one ‘nit 111

the

Teddy Strain, Ixzgionaires’ centre fielder was the batting star of the contest hitting safely five times. Irving McKinnon was the Anchors’

was the 50y Rfiody. Cairn: lmve

two innings he worked.

took Cit from the Ln-

losing

out two

ll’. lU\\’N GUARDIAN

xx J, Ready p. xxx E. Mclsaac Totals 40 1

x Batted for Calms 1n xx Relieved Calms in th aullfxXBfli/ifld for Goodwin

Anchors

0 1

OO

Y

WON moo

0 0 '7

qpco Q Sp

the t0

5 t e

:5... D‘

» 5 Q t!‘ 0

Ell

Ab

O >- Q§mNOOObw° >

H. I-Iennessey c J. Gallant if.

the I MacKinnon 7b.

NHOwwg l .-

J. Stanley as. E. Latter . ‘Ibtals

8w»A§§#m0m Ofiwwnmoowp H ~

NOw~

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4¢uMOh»-m

SUMMARY

Earned Runs. Anchors 5. Legi

up 011

H. Currie, V.

P’

Goodwin, Sacrifice Hits,

6. 3 Base Hit. 1.. Ja-y.; 2 Base Hit. Blanchard, M Will- iams: Stolen Base, E. Latter, Strain MacKlnnon, Ryan. Me-lnnis. Runs Bat- ted in, MacKirlnon 2 McInnls, Jay.

wo»-u¢o¢OO¢ l1!

PACE SEVEN

Rovers Practice;

Tm" ‘"111 b0 Practice for the

Rovers baseball team tonight at

the Park diamond at 6.80 sharp.

. Baseball Regslts

SATURDAY GAMES

AMER] Cleveland

Philadelphia "

Feller and Dcsautels. Detroit , .. Washington

Mastetreon, W Earl. First Game

Chicago Boston

Grove, Caldwell Harris, Dreisewerd, Zuber, Browrrarlce.

CAN LEAGUE

110 000 003 5 i0 1| 000 000 000 0 8 0 in a three set duel 6-4, 1-6, and while Frank Hansen was far

Hogan; Harri-s

410 200 100 8 13 3 O20 010 100 4 S 2 Benton and Tebbetts; Leonard,‘

ode, Kennedy F102 02o

000 01 and

and H. Wagner. Second Game:- 100100 010 3 i)

Chicago Boston ........ .. . Papish and

1000 000 1 7 2 MacDonald and quarter finals. In the men's {oun-

00 ‘Fresh; Bagby

Partee. H. Wagner.

Yvon ‘Boudrlas scored the first mayor upset in the Charlottetown Tennis Club tournament when he defeated highly rated Ivan Cm- nors 1n a gruelling three set 39- game match day afternoon. One of the largest crowds in recent yesrs witnessed the 2-hour battle and the enthus- ilasm of the spectators was shown with loud bursts of applause as .f1l-st one than the other contes- tant gained .the advantage. Throughout the entire fixture ‘right, up to match point it was anybodyls game with the "breaks" deciding more than their share of the points. Ito meet Ivan "Lefty" Reddin this afternoon in a semi-final match which will be a main feature of today's play.

Earl Smith and Frank Hansen advanced to the semi-final stage on the other side of the tourna- ment sheet and playoff today for the right to meet the winner of the Reddln-Boudrlas match, Smith defeated Club President Ned Wran 6-2, [O0 strong for Walter Cullen P5 he |came through with two straight victories 0-0, 6-2.

In ladies singles, Audrey

the and DeBlols defeated her sister Beryl

000 5 12 1004 6 9 0 for this afternoon at 2 p.m. and Hayes; will be a second feature perform-

2

0

6-1, 7-5 gaining the right to meet rs. E. Wran for the champion- ship. The finalist match is slated

The mixed doubles also were lunderway Saturday with Reddln and B. DeBlols and George and J. advancing into the

8-1.1; 6-33 04 Satu_'- 6-2

Boudrias Secs-ea Upset With Three-set Match Victory Over Connors

Men's Singles

0-11. 0-3. 8-4. F‘. Hansen defeated W. Cullen 6-0,

a smzlth defeated N. Wran s4.‘