a DECtIMBER 6. 1941

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BACK STRETCH

Exhibition Associa- mdegiffg‘, the very few in Can- W“ sseqgjng e surplus of casn.

pc-LQOW, $17,000. No races h have begin‘ held on 2 nice 193B. 0y We" '°“§‘.,“,‘ in Exhibition in 1980 a, was declared and the 5 and buildings taken over m-y, 53mg month; after- disastrous fire occur- destyoyed the main rqyding and other buildings, Flor wttely they We" “Wmd b!’ ' N which will enable them to ‘maxlltfwlten the W111‘ ‘I W" 3nd ‘M101, their very WW1" 1*" 5nd "h. prcgrgmmefi.

you would hardly believe it. but terse breeding be °g up nilli Ill) l" EmQIamiI a“ mush 1m stock breeders are al- grlldy planning how ‘he!’ "WY m‘ ‘wk Eul-Qpc otter the was‘. A sltlflft i e ago we mezltkned the re- gndgn; prices obtained for Clydq- ,5 a; tile auctions in GIMBOW. dmw we learn that when T8!" m 11-5 tile noted urveyors of krsaonvtibrsds held eir autumn Sggd Ztock sales at Newmarket, n-lglsmti. the 302 ihorouflhbfidl 11mg a grand total 0! 811110" ‘gum gilinezls, or an at/GNSB 01' 1 ‘imnms pfl‘ nead—equfvalent in cur mCney to 0W1‘ he“, Carpet Slipper. we great. sire Phalari My) guincas, which reduced to our ducats would mean between ‘$51100 and $75,060. This i! tbs highest flgilf? paid I01‘ I. bTWd m at. public auction in Englan iglloixlccn WW5 and “WW5 m“ nard-iieaded English 110118 h-eedefi have faith in the future.

thoroughbred: that have utcn racing in the United states late this fall had a, very on jolt from Uncle Sam handed ttihtfll. ‘Pilot. genial gentleman has “w, g7 1-3 per cent tax oflf every ‘mm-q dollars won by Canadlffil runners in reccnt mmllhfl- and 110W owners howl just about decided tint it. Wlii not pay them to send their licr cs across the line. This ‘,1; undoubtedly affect harness horse cwrcrs too, as quite B Blim- m ircm Ontario and Qufbef! hi!" teen racing 1n the 81111118 3199* h1g5 at Roosevelt Raceway and ozlier trucks. rt will have the effect. however. of koiting a lot olf 8°05 perizriuezs in Canada and thereby improving the sport.

‘rile season's track 190911!‘ at ituifcriil Pnrk. Toronto. is 2.09. set bl Carol Direct, November 17th. The items-t. to that noich has been ills 2.10 of Chestnut Bars 2.06 1-4. ll was nlarit- in the second dash of trace with Lasilc Grnttan 2.04 1-4. Toe cosh wt: a thriller, as the two lilestnut gcldings came through the tretch hood and head and only in the 111st low strides did Chappy Cllllntlazi succccd in getlhls Chest- llllt Bars‘ ncse lo the front.

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Quebec horsemen have been quzte active in lzoking over race material at. Dufferin Park, Tor- orlto. and recoilt purchases by them irlcltldcd Sister Grattan, Miss Graiton Hcnlcy, Grafton Henley 1nd Patricia Grattan.

Dr. Incite. foot mrrectionist of Wiiliambllrg. Ontario, a man who hi5 hclncd thousands to normal stop anti slridr by a s‘mple twist 0i tlic urisi. liad the satisfaction of herring-because he very rnrcly ltiellds rn*.'t.\--il:.=t week that his roan marr- Lilly Part won the 2.10 Pace at Dilffcrln Park. Toronto. harms: the best surrmary at. the ttrd of the third dmh. She head- Illrutli 51:" f2-l’.lii'pill{'l’\!3l'S as Chest- nut Bars 2.06 1-4, Lastic Grattan 204 1-4, urn Guy 2.01 1-4, June Grittati 2.08 1-4 and Miss Cold Cash 2.05 1-4 to the wire. Had the fwd Dncior been there and taken llew h-lndliulls of dollar bills- rllzch he sols for his treatments- from hi= capricious pcckes and llironn tllonl at the bookie he loud il-lvc wcn $20.00 for every flltlle gxiiuicd, for that was how »-_‘-' Pait was regarded by the - Lily Parts summary was Cite-tout Bars 2-5-1. Lsstic

Some-n Soft <4» 1.57 1-4, the “W? displaced Lee Ax- as the world's trotting stallion, has hen lc-zlsrd for the season of i942 l’ Hanovcr Sir-e Farms, Hanover. P“ urn‘ he arrived last week. 5i now give Hanover Shoo be-‘mr ill-o stallions with records “her ihnil 2.00. the others being Iggy Dzrect 1.55. Dean Hanover (3) N 1-2. Guy McKinney (4) . - and Mr. McElwyn 1.58 1-2. They

F" h. e the world's champion iflt- fl “alllon. the world's cham- mr" 9'1" v stallion, the champion

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lélfrltnr-otd trottcr and" the fcre- °~i "Vile site of 2.10 performers.

We? eight mares in the history

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been witlltwoor more two-min- mo i TWP". They are Margaret M; '8' 1.10 1-2 wl'h three, Miss - a Dillon m 3m 1.3 with -R0.vnl McKinney (4) 2.0‘! 1-1! my girce and Del Direct 2.06 1-2. m] rbes 207 8-4.. Justiryma ingafnktg Petite <2» 2.20 1-4 and m‘ Go‘, Dllngicr 2.02 1-4 each

Blx . rtzkétjhtfififlohrrrdersthierl pvggcrmir?! “hurl: "HQ as fcrcws: Harry ,_ Lv with Nbbl- Hanover 1.58 iyyutf swim with Bill Gallon mksw 1-7. Wcvne B -d m 2.00. lid Havens with ‘m! Pggplsgi étaanes difomn . . an o n ‘man with His Honor 1.00.

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1P,- J- Bhafanrheclerfi at‘ “hymn that excellent troilter yCl-glcgec “fig 1'4 by ‘IYUBX 11B 1-2, dam Queenig McKinney. by McKinney, from Ver. mint Bros. Victor, 1w. n, is known whether the Doctor intends ml"! his MW omhue or lac- ins him in the stud. He will, be equally at. home in either capacity.

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Goehen. N.Y., is owned 81g’ 1% land Hart-Imam. Honorary President of the United States ‘Trotting As. oociatlon. It number; 25 head 3nd these have recently arrived at Seminole Park Lnngwood, Florida, to be trained there during m, N. rriainder of the winter months. ‘Ihere are a large number of trwo- year-aids and three-year-olds, also 5°!“ filled trotters and pours.

White quite o number or one trainers of juveniles-two and ihI9¢'yt‘-8-l'-0lds-belie've that there is no place like Florida to develop speed. Walter Cox and Vic Flem- ing have consistently stuck to the northern climate. Vic ls located at Syracuse. N.Y. with l. stable that promises to be one of the largest and most, formidoble that he has had in years. There are 20 candi- dates receiving work every morn- ing and new recruits are expected from time 1p time. Among Vic’; en- thusiastic patrons are the well known horsemen sulllvan s; Maw- hinney, Machias, Maine, whose Dusty Hanover vio marked irl 1.59. 'I'nat. good trotter, Earl's Moody Guy, which Vic marked in two minutes this fall. has been chang- ed over to the pace and appears to be the makings of a high-class pacer.

Stalls at Plnehursf, N.C., will be at a premium this winter. Already some of the ntgular stables have arrived and reservations ivcn for all the other barns. Darrel Parshall is training there now, also Gecrge Hunter. Herman Tyson and a large number of horses are expected in next week. Pinehurst is sort of mid/way between the Florida train- ing climate and that of the north, and trainers located there state that horses condition better and hold their condition longer trained at Pinehurst.

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Walnut Hall Farm, Lexington. Kentucky. announce that the

stallion book of Voiolmite 2.03 1-4 is now closed for the season i942. Voicmliets get raced excep- tionally well the past season and he was the leading sire of new per- formers. Wntcllim. champion trot- ter of the Maritlmes in 1941 with a record of 2.07, owned by Alderman Frank Adams, Halifax, is sired by Volomite.

Torn Gahagan has a most inter- esting writie-up of Vic Fleming entitled "The Dundas Kid." in the December issue of Hoof Beats. Here are I few extracts from it: "We saw Vic at an early June meeting at Sandusky. Ohio. It was the year he had Gruttan Bars and that horse was due for some fast work, and as his fame had pre- ceded him the railbirds were out to see the Canadian Winner per- form. Our first sight of Grattan Bars was a thrilling one. He was gointg the wrong Way of the track in ront of the grand stand. His exhiblticn of kick rig the like of which had not and has not been seen on the turf since before kick- ing straps were invented. lie had unseatcd his driver and was vfc- iously kicking his sulky into the air and meeting it with another kick as it came down.

"S-a-a-y, the Dundas Kid has his hands full with that bird," drawled‘ a portly gent. "Why don't he get himself s cage full of moun- tain lions: safer than that pacer." But Vic Fleming, who had come up the hard way, from the little Can- adian town of Dundas. continued to wrestle with his charge and finally to subdue h’m. The double V kickstrap was reinforced with a strand of boiling wire and Grattan Bars got his fast work with Fem- ing behind h'm. Com'ng out from behind the fast pacer. Lauderdale, through the last eighth of a work- out, he paced the furlong in 18 1-2 neconds.

That. following week the sweep- ing i928 campaign of the great stallion started not to ire interrup- ted until lameness which caused his permanent retirement. overtook him at the Syracuse Grand Cir- cult meeting. But. that was not be-

ioa fore he established a money-win-

nine record for a season er, which still stand; u

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Forced down By sandstorm; Lost in Desert

MONTREAL. Dec. 4-40?) - In a borrowed overcoat and a suit made bv a native tailor for $8. fly- ing Officer R. C. Watson of Hali- fax sat at Rovnl Canadian Air Force headquarters here today and told how he was forced down by a sandstorm in the interior of Brit- hh West Africa.

1'0. Watson is en route home af- ter landing several flay.- ngo in New York by boat-still clad in the shorts, sh'rt and solar tonee which was his "uniform" in Africa. He was sent back to Canada after suf- ferinv from malaria, typhoid fever and dysentery when he became lost.

He said that I-o and two other officers were forced down from loci. of fuel when the navigating officer became lost ir. a foq-‘ike sandstorm which rose 12.000 feet above the desert.

"We had two olmris of water and we had our rations. Well. the waz- er ‘didn't. last tong. We found a stream bed and duo into it "Hill we found a seepage. We drank that and 1' mien that's how I got the tynlsnld and dvsenterv.

“w, hm a orettv hard time un- til two or three firm tat-r some nptlmsl dill-oven» m and tank m to th-ir compound 11"»- ‘PPV f"! no and the chief signalled with his drum that he had 910366 ND "if"

CHARLOTTETOWN GUARDIAN

| Habitants Only Team Well-known Hat Will See Double- Sportsman

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(Cuudhn Pres!)

If Montreal Cenadfens are sup- erstitious, maybe they figure that tonight's as good a night as any to start winning some National Hockey league games. They meet the Marple Leafs in Toronto.

Back in the early fall when the NHL. schedule was drawn up, Canadiens put in a strong bid for -and got-m large number- of Sat- urday night home games. Canad- ien officials figured that they would be- able to make Saturday nigh-t in Montreal a hockey night, Just. the way saturday night 1s hockey night in Toronto.

e plan has worked well so far u fai- as the box office is concern- ed. trouble is Canadians TODDIIIQ games with great regularity, with the result that they have yet to win a game at home.

‘mnight they play in Toronw, the first time they have been away from home on a. Saturday since the season opened. Maybe it will act as a jinx-breaker, although the second-place leafs are a tough ag- gregation to meet when c. team is trying to break a jinx.

The Leafs will be fighting to pick up the vwo points that would move them back into a first-place tie with Boston Bruins. even although l-hfl tie might be temporary because the Bruins play Sunday night and the Iseflfs are idle.

Canadicns are the only team that will see double-action over the weekend. After being entertained by Toronto they move on for a Sunday night engagement at De- trflli: against the Red Wings who moved up him sole possession of fifth place by defeating Americans Thursday night.

The Amerks will be in Chicago Sunday night to do battle against the third-place Hawks. The Hawks are holding a slim one-point lead over Rangers in the standings, but, Rangers have the greater week-end chore becausctliey will be taking on the Bruins in New York,

Strathcona Shield To Fernwood

Thursday. Nov. 22nd. was an ev- entfu! day for the pupils of ‘Fem. wood school for it was the occasion of tho annual presentation of the Stra ltcona Trust Shield which had been awarded to them in June when their physical drill work was inspected by Sergeant Major Irlam of Charlottetown.

Miss Helen Lewis of Freetown was the tienclrel‘ at that time and much credit is due her for nor ex- cellent work. Besides the pupils, trustees and parents were present fire secretary of school trustees, Mr. J. H. Maollnrlnne, occupying the‘ chair. Tile r tcrnoons program be- gan with a. fine demonstration oi prysical drill under the leadership of Sergeant Major Irlam. This was followed by a number of patriotic songs by the pupils.

Dr. H. H. Show, Chief Superin- tendent of Education gave an ad- dress in which be explained the origin of the Shield. congratulating the teacher and pupils on their good work and inspired them to greater efforts in the future. after which he presented the Shield to the pres- ent teacher, Dorothy MacTav- ish, who made a fitting reply ox- pressing in a few words her pleas- ure in receiving this award and her hope to continu work so well be- gun by the prev ous teacher. school Inspector MacKenzie gave a brief address telling of different schoo‘: that had won the Shield sine.- its origin in 1930. He spoke too of the fact that no school had won the Shield ty/ice in succession and en- couraged the teacher and pupils to make this their objective for this school term. Sergeant Major Irlam then addressed the children briefly stressing the value of physical de- velopment and offering congratula- tions. Upon request a short sketch of the early history of the Com- munity was given by the chairman. Lantern slides both entertaining and instructive were shown by Miss Hilda Gillis after which a vote of thanks was given Mis Gillls and the speakers of the afternoon. This memorable meeting closed with the National Anthem. Refreshments were enjoyed by all present.

SHIPPING LOSSES LOW

IDNDON. Dec. 5 —fCPt -Nava1 circles expressed belief tonight that November shipping losses rho Atlantic were probably the lowest since the fail of France, perhaps less than 100.000 tons compared to the 180M) tons a month officially declared lost from July through Oc- tober. New British shipbuilding ha! been averaging approximately ,- 000 tons a month, they said.

COSTLY FARTIIING

LONDON -(CP)- Small chisel- ltng brought big penalties in the courts here when a. butcher prvd 8445 for overcharging by twopenrc 5nd g grzoer $25 for taking one fcrthing (one half cent) too much.

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white fliers."

FO. Watson said that when word reached Head uarfcrs aircraft be- gan dropping ood to them and iat- er the natives guided the men to '4 e nearest British base, 121 mile: away.

1o e airmen, who had been flying in Canada and the United State] since 1926. enlisted in the R. C. A. F. at the outbreak of war and weal oversees at the lowest posslbll rank-Aircraftman. Grade 2, With- in two months he was cent to Africa, when he won rapid prams.

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His Job there wasto cdiilst Untr- ed States-built planes f0 local fly- ing oonditionl. .

Weekend

llighe signs 1942 Brooklyn contract

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JACKSONVILE, Fla" Dec. I —(AP)--Klrby lllgbe, right. handed pitcher who helped oar Brooklyn Dodgers to the Nat unul League pennant last season, disclosed today that he signed his contract for 1942 before President Larry Mac- Phail left town yesterday.

Hlgbe came hes-c from his home in South Carolina for the baseball meetln and was re- worded with a raise for his feat of winning Z2 games against nlne loucs.

"I got what I wanted," he said. "MncPhail Isn't hard lo deal with because he believes in paying what. n. player deserves.‘

Tribe» resigned To losing Rapid Robert

By Al Colletti Canadian Press Staff Writer

NEW YORK. Dec. 5—_(CP)- Week's Wash: Cleveland is resign- ed to losing pitcher Bob Feller to the U.S. Army draft (he's been classified in i-A subject w immed- iate call) and that's said to be one of the reasfln’s why the Indians

Enters hospital

Mr. Ernest McTague, popular desk sergeant at the local Police Head- quarters has entered the City Hos- pital for treatment. It is expected that he will undergo an operation

y. Mr. McTague is a well-known <

sportsman and an aithusiastic har- ness racing fan. Not only is he in- terested in watching a good horse race but lie also was manager for man years of the MacKinncn Stab es. Ernie also holds the dis- tinction of having raced “The Yank" to a. world's trotting record on ice ln January 1924. This mem- orable event took place in Mount Clements, Michigan.

Flyers take League lead

CORNWALL. Dec. B—(CP)- Cornwall Flyers omae from behtid here tonight to pin a 4-3 defeat on Ottawa Senators and take poss- ession of first place in the Quebec Senior Hockey League standing.

‘Trailing by 2-1 with less than l. minute of the middle session left, Flyers rapped in two goals to take e lead they never 10st.

Cliff Maundrell led the snipers with a. goal and a pair of assists. Cornvvalks other markers went to Punch Imlach. Llovd Ailsibv and Jimmy Drummond. Don Grant, Stan Pratt and Gordie Poitier were the Ottawa marksman.

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4 MONTREAL Dec. 5-—'(CP)— Paul Blbcaulf, youthful gccond- strlng goalkeeper of Canadiens who has been playing with Washington Lions of the Amer-

lcan Hockey League. has been recalled by the National Hockey Lmguc club and will be in the nets when Canadians play in Toronto tomorrow night.

Club officials said tonight that Blbeault would replace Bert. Gardiner, but that Gard- iner would be retained by the club and given 5 rest for sev- eral games.

Miners whip Millionaires

Gil-ACE BAY, NS. Dec. 6——((7P) Glace Boy Miners widened their Cape Bgeton Hockey League lead to six gomcs tonight by lacing Sydney Millionaires 5-2 for their 10th straight, victory.

Playing Coach Waiter Morison and Boots Baird led the way to the win, scoring two goals apiece. Allen Foster contributed the other.

The luckiess Millionaires, now in the league cellar, managed to ‘1ang on for one period. but after that they were left well behind. They emerged from the first session with a 1-i score, but Miners went, right. to work in the next period and got three without a reply.

Each team got a single in the last period. Jack Aichison and Lude Check accounted for the Sydney goals.

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§ Brooklyn And Giants Leave Sizzling Convention

As Closes

By Judson Bailey Associated Press Sport. Writer

JACKSONVILLE, Flo, Dec. 5- (AP)--'Ihe hottest trade left sizz- ling as the ll meetings broke up today was a deal between New York Giants and Brooklyn Dodgers which reportedly would send lefty Cliff Melton to the National League champions for third base- man COokie Liavagevto.

Negotiations were temporarily broke off while the baseball crowd shifted to Chicago where the major league will be in session next week, but there semed to be good pros- peCis that some such trade might be closed there.

It might have been completed here except that Brooklyn has been searching for l third base- man and p is loathe to part, with Lavagetto until Presi- dent Larry MacPhail can get his hands on another.

Brooklyn's greatest need is l. southpaw plwher and the veteran Melton. who won eight and lost ll

last. season. is about the 113s‘. port- sider available to the Dcdgt-lxs.

Lavagetto. 27, came into tile Na- tional League in 1934 as :1 second baseman and later devcloih-‘d 1m“ one 01 the leading third bivemen of the circuit, But last season hm batting slipped to .277 and lie was kept out of the lineup against lcfl- handers toward file end of the season.

There was some chance that the Dodgers are hoping to get Chuck Aleno of Cincinnati to play third base, however, as a preliminary to the trade with the Giants.