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Snlairdny, Feb. 19, 1955

DOWN TH BACK STRETCH

R is a great pleasure to hear from Jim Mclntyre. formerly sec- retary of the Montague race track, who is now residing in Toronto. Jim's letter should be read by all horsemen as it shows the value of winter training. The writer re- members when we raced over the ice circuits in Toronto and Mount Clements. that there were horses which had been unfit to race due to some form of lameness the pre- vious year that were got ready during the cold weather and in January they were among the best raced at these niects. 'lhe train- ers told us that cold acted like a bondage and that there vlas noth- ing better for a horse than to con- tinue training over the snow and ice during the winter months. A real example of that was Fern Hal 2.05 1.4. that was raced by owner MacPhel'son winter and summer for many years. then. sold to Dr. McAllister and placed in the hands of Fred Cameron she won most of the free for alls in the Maritimes for several years.

And now we hear from Jim: "A

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Moncton

AMHERST, N. S.. (CPI-Anv lisrat Ramblers scored the only goal of the third period here Fri- day night to edge Moncton Hawks 3-2 and tie their best-of-nine At- lantic Coast Senior Hockey League semi-finals 2-2.

The fifth game of the round is

scheduled for Moncton tonight. 1 First period goals by Shermie White and Paul Saindon gave Ramblers a 2-0 lead. Dewar '-Thomson and Bill Sinnett knotted the count in the second for the Hawks.

Dave Kiley netted the clincher at 9:47 of the third.

A scheduled semi-final game be-

concerning the young horses during severe winter conditions. impressed me so that 1 am sending it along. Coming from Jim Brown. who is it.ops' in the standard horse breeding field, his opinions are always highly re-

conditioning of

tween Fredericton Capitals and Charlottetown Islanders at the New Brunswick capital was post- poned until tonight because of a heavy storm.

Charlottetown leads the best-of- nlne series 2-1.

Lineups Amherst-Goal: Frigon: defence

Ramblers Edge

3-2

1.. Kiley. Rogers. Reid. Parr: for- wards: White, Schmidt. D. Kiley. Leclerc. Therrien, Saindon, Ken-I nedy. Bernaquez, Demchuk.

Moncton- Goal: Pidsodny; de- fence: McNeil, McLaughlin, Le- pine. Weaver. Michelin; forwards:! Houle. Sinnett. Lacroix. CBmDE8il.' Bowness. Hirschfeld, W atters.. Thomson, Watson.

Summary

T Game Postponed

FREDERICTON (CP) - The fourth game of the Atlantic Coast Senior Hockey league semi-finals between Fredericton Capitals and Charlottctown Islanders has been postponed until tonight.

Islanders lead the best-of-nine so- rich 2-1. The fourth game was slated for Friday night but post- poned because of a heavy storm.

NHL Standing

W L 'I' I A Ptr Montreal 33 15 I 182 13 T

garded and worth the '”

ation of your readers. many of whom are in the process of de- veloping yearlings and other young prospects for futurity classes. Win- ters are definitely much more severe around his Glendale stockll farm than anything experienced inl the Maritimes. I know that to be

winter in that vicinity some yearsi ago." The article that Jim refers to appeared in the Globe and Mail, Toronto. incidentally. that paper that was sold recently to a Mont- real financier for SIO,500.000 - a record price for a Canadian paper. It is entitled Cold Develops Bone and Muscle. by Don Delaplante.

New Liskeard - Egan Grattan 2.01 1'5, the fastest 3-year-old pacer ever loaled in Canada. was born in a big red barn four miles

part of the enclosed article. that

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Veteran Ch'town Horseman

Trains, Drives

By GERRY MARTIN Canadian Press Staff Writer CHARLOTTETOWN. (CPl-Here

in the Maritimes where harness racing is king and cagey veterans drive at a ripe old age. Dan Mac- Klilnnon is the grand-daddy of them I

Today. at 711. he still trains and drives his three horses.

Dan MacKinnon, soldier. phar- macist. newspaper columnist and fox-rancher. has had a varied and colorful career.

LONG MILITARY CAREER

”Cnlonel Dan” carries himself with an erect bearing that speaks of a long military career during: which he won the Distinguished' Service Order and the French Croix de Guerre. in 1954 .l MacKinnon raced his horses 17 times. driving five winners. three seconds and two thirds.

In addition to his driving he is rated the top authority on harnessl racing in the Maritimes and his: weekly column "Down the Back Stretch" has appeared in the Chart lottetown Guardian since the '90s.

He started racing in 1912 when he was 36. an age when many are) calling it quits. and since then 12 horses have carried his colors.

He recalls his first win during the 1912 season at the old Exhibi- tion Track in Halifax. : "I was cotisidcred a Joke. I uess," he said.

he top horses got mixed up and "I hreezed by on the oilt.sitle.” Two years later he was the top driier at Halifax. when the Ex- hibition Tr.'-ick was considered one of the best in the east.

LIKED WILD TROTTER

Lonkin" back. he recalls some of his ord-breaking horses and one "that never won many races but I gut-ss he was my favorit

That was "Doctor Sharper". outlaw horse and the

in the Dl8I'IIlI'IlFS. ”'.l'Ii.v it It-ok three men to get lhc harucss on him. but this usr-d up it lot of his energy before the race eicn ltartcd."

One of his host hor.-cs was tlir

:8Cfea1'nt;:i!:'(lenrP:'."n:lIt' "')el:ItIrIn(;(Il l.”k;-V II;nna(lt.l, F. Curtis. Jas. Cameron. . winning .- ac g g , ,

heats in 14 days back in 1913 LYVIP-lclll izjlrimflm 9., 'mf”2LR. Spine". Mm" ML this including time for SlllPIiiPfIll M:hm't' (.mm- ' "2 B. Burden. Dr. Morcside vs W fAi'rt'irr,1'ihe'Hal:t'aa:( ltflrhp (.lVl.arlt':t.l.clowhiiI;y hwnmnd VM e ;,2ji'Vr;'rth.MS. Bi-aton. J. E. Burnett.

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set it wnI'l(l'.s mark of 2.l)FII4' on.2:::::t M 0181-; Bu,-dc"! In M, the ice at Mount CI('mE'nlS. Mic1i.. -' ' --1'. G1ll';nn' Leigh Dmaydl My Ken

in 1924.

Col. Mac-Kiiiiton hotiuht a con- trolling interest in the Charlotte-

Fiiiiilgigni v; Win Game I-5-I

BERLIN (Renters) - Pcnticion Vs. the Canadian entrants in the world hnclzey championships. de- fealed a side of Canadians. Swe-tics and Germans 16-1 here Friday

If t. Vs. playing the second of ff pro - tournament exhibition In Euro . outscored their

titis-in the world cham- p watched the same. . ave . u't:h:Itld!.l;Iibvyvoar1n1 ' . prhldoot of the 5, Kathy Association.

P Soviet

Own Horses

town Exhibition Association and)

founded "Old Home Week" in 1940, the greatest single week of racing in the Maritlmes. He re- tained control of the Exhibition Association until 1947.

He also was part-owner of the Charlottetown Guardian.

FINE WAR RECORD

A crack shot with an uncanny eye. he joined the militia in 1904 and served with the artillery. Going overseas in the First World War he took command of the 36th Field Battery from Syd- ney, N. S.. in 1916 and in 1918 was appointed commander of the 9th Canadian Field Artillery Brigade.

He won his D.S.0. in 1916 at the Battle of the Somme and the French Croix de Guerre after the Battle of Passchendaele. He also was mentioned in dispatches on several occasions.

On his return from overseas he went back into the hotel business

-Big Centennial Bonspiel Here During Last Of March

The Charlottetown Centennial-

I I801 35 I SP9"! 0118 Very Coldliionspiel which promises to be Tilesrlay attcrnoun headed by one

one of the most outstanding citr-

ling events in Eastern Canadag and one of the highlights of the)" City's Centennial Year celebra-

tions will be held at the char-l lottetcwn Curling Club during the week March 21-26.

Rinks from Ontario. Quebec. Wisconsin. U. S. A.. New Bruns-j wick and Nova Scotia will join Island rinks in competition for the coveted Bonspiel champion- ship and trophies.

The entry list is not yet com- pleted and officials are quite hope- ful that Winchester Cuuiitry Club. Mass. and Newfoundland will also take part in the matches.

As usual the Bonspiel will get underway on Monday morning and continue until midnight Satur- day. The Big Week opens with in one day Bonspiel for three trophies and on Tuesday morning the curlers begin competition for the CenteiinialBonspielCh ,inn-l ship. The champions will be de- clared on Thursday.

MIXED CURLING

The mixed curling begins on Friday morning with curlers com-. peting for the Bill Dunham Trn-; phy and prizes along with the T. Eaton Company and the M. F. Schurman Co. prizes.

The R. T. Holman Limited Tro- phy and prizes will be presented to the Bonspiel champions who will also receive generous prizes from the General Motors Pro- ducts of Canada Limited. The winners of the Reserve Champion- ship will receive prizes from the MacDonald Tobacco Co. Limited, Montreal.

There will be generous prizes ,donated for all competitions. A- lmong those who have donated (prises are Simpson-Seuss. Ogilvie

First period: 1. Amherst, White Detroit 32 11 9 155 117 7 IL. Kiley) 5:15; 2. Amherst, Sain- TOW!"-0 22 13 17 115 108 ti don lDemchuk, L. Kiley) 15:112. Boston 1') N16 138 I51 5 Penalties: Rogers 1:46. MCLaugh- New York 14 2715 125 I61 4. tin. minor and major. Therrien, Chicago 10 3418 181 198 33 Regan 19:18. T--e:

Second period: :1. Moncton,

Thomson (Lepine. Campeau) 1:19:

4. Moncton, Sinnett (Lacroix) 4:511.

Penalties: Bowness. - minor and g ' G A 'Pta. misconduct 5:01. Rogers 12:22. Bellveau. Montreal 32 so 62

Third period: 5. Amherst. D. Ki-tRicllard. Montreal 33 24 57 ley (1.. Kiley. White) 9:47. Pcnalt- Geoffrion. Montreal N M 55 ies: Watson 3:46, Bowness 10:19. Olmstead. Montreal I 41 49

Stops: Mosdell. Montreal 21 M 47 Pidsodny 7 912--28 Smtih. Toronto 25 18 46 Frigon 10 4 8-22 liowe, Detroit . 23 3 45

Sullivan. Chicago 14 32 45 N.H.L. Leaders 8.1! THE CANADIAN PRESS

Standing: Montreal, won 33. lost

15. tied 3: points 74 be a curlers strcet parade on Point: Bclivcau. llonlreal, 62 Goals: Richard. Montreal. 33

or two pipe bands and several of Charlottetownls beautiful girls dicssed in highland kills. After the parade the curlers will lie guests of a short reception at Government House.

The Bonspiel Banquet will be held on Wednesday night and on Friday there will be a moccasion dance at the Curling Club.

Local M-inor

Assists: Olmstead. Montreal, 41

Sllutouts: Sawchuck. Detroit. 10

Penalties: Flaman, Boston, 134 minutes.

HALFBACK SIGNED

MONTREAL (CPI-Gordon Mal- lny, ace halfback with University of Miami. has been signed by Montreal Alouettes of the Big Four Football Union. Alouette vice-presi- dent Vic Obeck announced Friday.

Obcck said "we're delighted to

Hockey Results

Minor hockey results yesterday at the Charlottetown Rotary rink

were as follows: (All games in Bantam class):

Parkdale Royals 5. QC.H. Braves 1. Royals' goals by Mac- Gee. l.eClair I2). Maclnnis. O'- Brien. Braves goal by Ferguson.

Parkdale Regnls 7. Q.S.S. Hawks 2. Rcgals' goals by D.

Storey 16!. F. Robertson 1. Hawks

goals by Sherry. Dunn. P.S.S.-W.K.S. Dodgers 1. 0.5 5.

Eagles 0. Dodgers' goal by Smith.

NGWWGIOSQOW Wins Opening : Game of Finals :

NEWGLASGOW. (CP)-New Glascow Rangers put on n third-period spllrt Friday night to capture the first game of their APC Senior Hockey Lea- gue finals against Pictou Roy- als 4-2.

The teams, meanwhile. an- - noiint-ed they will play a best- .

of-seven series despite an order from the Maritime Amateur Hockey Association

to make it a best-of-five affair.

get Malloy, who was one of the top college draft choices and an excel-

Welshmen

Today, Prince Edward lslaiid's championship school-boy curling foursome from Prince of Wales College leave for the Dominion School-boy Finals which com- mence at Sydney, N.S., Monday afternoon, Feb. 21. Accompanied by Mr. Rankin McLaine, the pro- vincial representative of the Do- minion School-boy Curling Asso- ciation, the Welshmen team skip-

lent o f fe n s i v o and defensive player."

ped by Barry MacDonald, leave Charlottetown at 7 a.m. today by train and will arrive in the Cape Breton city late tonight. Competitions will start Monday afternoon. the boys having had a short practise session at the Syd- ney rink earlier in the day. The regular first stone player of the

first Queen Charlotte High School Ice Sports were run off success- fully before a large crowd at the Charlottetown Forum last evening. The program included almost everything from a snow-shoe race to s pie-eating contest and gave ' the fans lots to be enthusiastic over.

In the hockey game which fol- lowed the other events. the hosts. Queen Charlotte, dumped the School Unit No. 1. 4-1 in a fast and rugged encounter which was handled by Art Perry. Archie MacFadyen scored a hat-trick for

Tall

Knee lniured

. . . lot 11198. An accident gave him that win.

an. Herman Bur-ll wndclq 1 Annie Blicll trntter ever to appear on a truck Di”-"no will”

and IOX T3"0hln8- lFlour Mills. Royal Bank of Can-

In 1922 one of Vlmy ranch foxes 3.13, Canadian sank of com. W00 U19 Vl'0Fld CIIMDPIOHSIIIP 5'-ymerce. Bank of Montreal. Bank the Royal Winter Fair, Toronto. oi Nova scmiag 3, A. on com. At the same show he won anlpanyg M, c, A” jmpe.-.31 on, Piilfllilfinlll 59"!" flr5i5- .Morrison and McRae and Prowse

Whlle horse racing was his isms, Chief interest. he has a keen All curling events will be sup- knnwledize of all sports. A run- ported with prizes for the runner-l,

ner of some note. he held the Maritime mile record from 1897- 99 and was a member of the Mari- time championship football team

up rinks and in most cases fori third position rinks. l

()n the entertainment sitle ofy the Bonspiel the curlers will be well taken care of. There will

York Rifle Club curling News 511001 Results ,From Local Rink

The following are the scores forl ' l Fehriiary 16. 1955: ' Following are the latest resultsl of play and draws from the Chart

Class 1 i Arthur Brown . . . . . . . . . . . . .. lf)0ll"”9i"WI1 Rink (;e(,,-ge ,v,,d,.w., . R. Carruthers 9. C. Mat-Lean fl; . gee” Vt-3,15 - 93 R. Giddings 8. F. R. MacLain 4; Jack Andrews . . . . . . . . . . .. . :R- Winning 5- H Atkinson 5: El

98 mlspcllett 11; A. Howatt 7; W. Ill g(;'Burnet1 it. Dr. Gallant 7; W. R”

95:.llacNeill ft. Dr. Maclntyre 5; R. 9Gl1'arent 7. K. MacNutt 9.

9', Draw for this afternoon 25. 95 cents to nlay. Every winner gels 95 grape fruit.

95 2 P.-"--

95 ICE. l---I-7. Tantiin. Hal Spillt-ii.) H.'irper. Dr. Brown is .1. S. Mac-

ll'-lynliiittl Watts 11 T. Vcsey Alan Swan F.di.-inn Watts Che.-ley l'Iil' its Louis Ye -:cy

IJ"-in (”""smhle . nctly vs A. W. Hyndman. T. Mil Cllll I .on. S. Duncan. Bill MacI(ay

- 99 1C1-I 4-Dr. W. MacDonald, 97 (Tlcaler lllaclmali. G. Macknight. 97 R Rccies is W. F.. Mxtclnnis

96 1'-m. Wr-Neill. R. Partridge, s

Howard watt.

94lIil')bIIlSfl11. Wilfred Constable 94- 3:30 p.m. 1.:-ish Vessey 91) ICE 2-Dr Pi-owse, 1), 0'.

9llRourke. Don Seaman. H. Man. 119 Donald vs S. Saunders, R. Jones, as H. Sear. E. Gillespie.

liarold Taylor . A. .1. Cluncy Gcorizc Proud

Big Lloyd I-Iinchberger, the steady and hard hitting Islanders delencemen will be out of action for at least a week with injuries. it was learned here last night in a telephone conversation with For- est Clow in Fredericton.

Hinchberger injured his knee late in the Islanders-Capitals game on Thursday night as he attempt- ed to body check an opponent.

Preliminary examination yester- day showed that Hinchbergei was suffering from torn ligaments. The big defence star was unable to bend his knee and physicians were dist-iissing the matter of put- tlng his knee in a cast. He will receive further medical attention

Horse Races At Millvale

On Thursday afternoon the Mill- vale Driving Club held its first race of the season on the river ice. The track was in good con- dition and keen racing was wit- nesscd by a large crowd of spectators.

Horses competed from Fl'ederic- ton. North Granville, South Gran- ville. lllaylicld, New Glasgow and Millvale. New entries are expect- ed at the next meet.

(YLASS A Tommy Shanter IParsons)

the winners with singletons going to Currie of Queen Charlotte and Storey of the School Unll. Lineups: . School Unit---Goal. Ward. Gaudet: defence. Coles. MacAus- land, Simmons. Jenkins. Dewar. Sentner; forwards. M. Gillespie.

Gregory, Storey. Colt-s. Robinson. Thompson. Peters: coach, Larter.

Queen Charlotte-Goal: Downe: defence. Warren. MacLeod ,Mac- Lesn. Henry; forwards. MacFad- yen. Burgoyne. Lanlz. MacKenzie. Kennedy. Watts. Murray. Ding- well. Macltusland, Buntain. Blrt. coach. Turner.

SUMM-ARY

. 1 2 Norma Dale (Dlckcnson) . 2 2 as soon as he arrives back here. 8 3

Granville York tGamcster) Winning luirse owned and driven by Alvin Parsons. Millvale.

Game Ca

CLASS B Whi7.-Over (Weeks . . . . . .. 1 2 2 Billy Price l.Coles) . . . . .. I I 1 Mickey Buillong (Parkman) 3 3 3 Winning horse owned by Eddie

Coles. Mayfield. CLASS C

Dianne ('1:-gg (Corbett) I 2 tie Jean Calmuck (Parsons) . 21 tie Babe Guy (Chappclln) 3 .1 .1

The officials were as follows: starters -- Kenneth Duggan and Peter Gallant: Judges Peter

in New Brunswick forced the postponement last night of the Islanders-Capitals game in Fred- ericlnii. The game will be played tonight.

Forest Clow Manager of the

Buchanan. Sheldon Stewart. Fred Ch3I"l0"9l"W" Ffmlm 3'15 Dr ('h,,Wc1le; Announce, D M1,”, Everett Chamers, Manager of the Parsons. Fredericton club agreed yester-

day afternoon to a cash settle- ment to the Islanders in order to postpone the game.

Last night Mr. Clow reported that the heavy snow storm'hnd practically stopped all movement in Fredericton. He stated that it was practically impossible 'for the players to even more back and forth to a nearby restaurant.

The Capitals requested the post- ponement of the game in the afternoon. The islanders agreed for a cash arrangement to take. care of their extra expenses.

Mr. Clow announced that the Islanders withdrew their protest of Thursday night's game. He stated that the Fredericton time- keeper was not keeping the time properly and had been ordered removed for the game tonight.

Hockey Scores

American League - Providence 2 Pittsburgh 7 Atlantic Coast Senior Moncton 2 Amherst .'l (Best-of-ninc semi-final tied 2-2) Aiitlgonish-Pit-toil-Colchcster Pictou 2 New Glasgow 4 ' (First game of best-of-seven final) Ontario Junior A Hamilton 2 K” ” r 5 St. Catharlnes 5 Guelph :1 Northern Ontario Senior Sault Indians 2 Sault Gief North Bay 3 Pembroke 2 (First games of best-of-seven semi- s)

final Ontario Senior A Illagars Falls 3 Chatham I

nds 1

"""""'3"” The Islanders had protested on

the grounds that the Fredericton

-Leonard Ford . . . . . . .. 87 ICI-2 3-4.. Turner. H. Maclnnls. Frank Watts . . . In S. W. Willis. D. Shaw vs R Ills-rril Marnonalo sa Bevan, John Wilson. A. Mac- Douglas Moore to Donald. John Dlnswell.

cl." 3 .1 IEE D4'-,-E.MMxaclNutt. "What DIVM M H” . 04: . It If: nyre. . ou C Cm, nlvs -N. Nlcblson. F. Hobbs, A. A Louis Howatt 91lM"L'”d' 5' C"”bY- Joan Vesey .

Willard Murray Prank Vessey . . Grove MacMlllaa Vivian I-Iowntt Donald Crockett ..

5:: Charles Wins

NEW YORK. Charles

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came back from two

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Toronto 4 McGlll 3 7 o 0 official had announced there was By one minute remaining in the

lfirst period while there'wna two.

over the cut. Norkuii dripped red TM CID” I then acortd with a from the nose in the last four I '"F "7-F7: ' rounds. , Norlius had won three in s i-owl :

over Cesar Brion, Charley Powell. F N s .

and Roland La 8 I'll. 18 TO 10

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