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The fall and winter meeting at Dufferin Park. Toronto, was con- cluded the third week in March. The trotter Makeway 2.0091 from the Jimmie Cruise stable. was top money winner with earnings of 51.465. He is a son of Peter Astra 2.0115. He was closely followed by the Canadian owned pacer Can- ada Direct 2.0613. owned by Ed Burtch, Smith's Falls. Ont., with earnings of 31.450. In this place was the trotter Projectile 2.04, owned by Armand Plouffe and Edmour Hudon, Three Rivers, Que., with 31,440. Another good winner was the trotter French Song 2.10'i's from the Ed Jones stable, that was driven in all his races by Jackie Quinn of Char- lottetown, with earnings of 31,- 207. Jerry Lee Volo 2.10, owned by A. A. Jabaiee. North Sydney, N.s., won S602; Wilkin 2.08. own- ed by Richard Jabalee. won s550. Pablo Hanover 103'.-3 from the Ed Jones stable and driven by Jackie Quinn. won 8788.

On the cover page of the last issue of the Harness Horse is 'a photo of Joe O'Brien driving the Irotter Dams Dee at Santa An- ita. March 29. and nosing out Clipper Hanover in 2.03-the fast- est mile trotted this year, and a new record for Dama. It was in the feature race that day with a purse of 36.000. Reporting it the Horseman and Fair World has: "Dams Dee was home in 2.03 in this one, besting Clipper Hanover by a head. Teamed by Joe O'- Brien, the California mare was no factor until the pay hne when she moved up to catch Volo A.C., the long time leader. and then held the fast closing Clipper Han- over safe. The battle for driving honors in a tight three-way go with Dick Williams hold- ing down first place both in mon- ey won and the victory column, which now stands at seven. Both Joe O'Brien and Harry Burright are right with him. each sporting six winning efforts.”

The same afternoon Rush Hour 2.00, owned by the actor Charles Coburn and driven by Jake Rod- man, that has never disappointed his proud owner in the three .vears that he has raced in his colors, won the Free For All Pace with a mile in 2.00'.l. last half in 59".-the fastest mile paced this season. In doing so he bested a. trio of 2.00 stars. Mighty sun, Direct Rhythm and Brother Har- mony (the latter had won im- pressively during our recent visit to Santa Anita), and in addition he. headed the Golden West win- ner of 1951. Irish Hal 2.0033. Irish Hal was back a length with the nthers a considerable distance be- hind.

The story was going the rounds at Santa Anita while we were there that after Leonard Buck purchased the highest priced yearllngs of 1951 at the fall sales. Tommy Murphy wired Rodman an offer of 315,000 to train them and that Jake took it up with Mr. Coburn. and said that he re- alizied he could not expect Mr. Coburn to pay money like that for training one horse. to which Mr. Cobum replied that he had just as much money to spend on horses as anyone else and that Jake was tostay right on the Job. Last year Rush Hour made 20

starts. was seven times first. seven :

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earnings of 811.366. His all time earnings are 826,042.57. we were talking to a California horseman who had quite a string with only a few that seemed to be able to make the grade. and we men- tioned that he must have quite a big loss in running such a large stable. He said that in his case he had a big profit from his farm and this offset his racing deficit. In the United States owners of racing stables carry them as part of their business and the loss, if any, is deductible from their in- come tax.

Several Miiritimcrs are plan- ning to leave for the Standard bred horses and equipment sale at Saratoga Springs. New York. April 15 and 16. Quite a number of chancy trotters and pacers willl go on the block and we would not be surprised if some of them conic to the Marltimes. Last year at a similar sale Roy Bevan bought the three-year-old trotter Pet Hanover. that later took a record of 2.l7?5..but the real prize package that sold for a song was the 11-year-old pacer Dick Erla 2.045;. that had been laid off for over a year due to lameness. but made a wonderful comeback trained and driven by Roy Cream- er. The fortunate owner is Nor- man Acker of St. Stephen. Dick made 19 starts, was 12 times first, four times second and once third withecarnings of 51.900. I-ils win- ning career came to a close-- temporarily we hope-at St. Ste- phen. August 24th. where he won the first heat in 2.09 and then had to be drawn. Later the trouble was found to be a nail that ha! gone a considerable distance into his foot. We are glad to report that a recent letter from Roy Creamer states that Dick Erla is right in the pink. as playful as a kitten and sound as a dollar, which will be good news to the thousaiids of admirers who saw Jiim in action.

our good friend Cecil McGiii- ley, Houlton, Maine, writes: "Bob Ryan has shipped to Brockton, Mass. and plans to start racing at Yonkers meeting in April. with Colonel Dan 2.06".-. and Jollity Girl. that was timed in 2.087”.last season. He will find it hard to get them in shape for such an early date. The horses that raced at Duflcrin Park, Toronto, will be about the only ones fit to go as

the season has been cold 1 and backward all along the North Atlantic coast. 1 had a letter

from Earle Avery last week and he said it has been a very good training season in Florida. He plans to move to Yonkers about April lst and hopes the weather will not be too cold for the Flor- ida trained horses. He has a good Hoot Mon two-year-old, the one we have been reading so much about in the iiorse papers. He has been in 2.20 with him and about the same time with a couple of Calumet Plngo's two-year-olds out of Bert Abbe dams. and he has a real good pair of Fingo's three- ycar-olds that have been in 2.16 with last quarters better than if: seconds.

"Foals are beginning to show up on the farms here. George C. O'Donnell has four. three by Bill

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gArt Perry and his juvenile Ab- bies hung their skates up for the season Thursday night after max- ins a strong bid to win the Marl- time juvenilc championship. The Abbies came close to bringing the Island its first tri-province crown of the season and although they lost out they should not feel downhearted. This team has hi.-ti a good year. winning both the Island and N.B.-P. E. I. Juvenile crowns. In the Maritime finnls against the Halifax Toppers they lost both their games by two gonl margins and nccording to reports outplayed the champions in both games. . a . Coach Perry was well pleased last night with the showing of the boys in Halifax. "They worked hard and in my opinion they had :1 slight margin in the pluy,", he commented. Art thought that per- haps the lack of proper compctl-! tion prior to ilie opening of the series meant the difference be- tween the Abbics winning and losing. This was particularly true as regards the Halifax goalie and defensemen who were better than Bnythlng the boys had encounter- ed througliout.thf year. he statcu, .

Art didn't single out any partic- ular forwards or defetiseincn for praise but he did say that Forbic Kennedy had quite a. number of scoring opportunities. The third line of Carroll, Gregory and Davey worked well, he said. and young Billy MacLei1nt.urnt-cl iii a good game in the nets. Billy had little chance on any of the drivcs that beat him, stated the coach. I 0 0

Perhaps the brightest point about the Abbies' showing is the promise of what the future holds. Most of the players are in their first year of Juvenile competition and one or two of them. we believe, are of midget age. It is probably safe to say that most of iliesc Players are as good as any other players of the same age in eastern Canada. Next year they should be ready to take the Maritime juve- nile crown and the following year many of them will be moving into the Junior bracket. Given the op- portunity to play plenty of hockey and with proper guidance they could well put Charlottetown back on the junior hockey map, pro- vided of course that they don't take a notion to rest. on past laur- cls.

And for their showing this year we wish to congratulate Art and the boys. They had to give up a lot of early morning sleep to work in much of their practice but in the end it paid good dividends. They earned for themselves a good hockey reputation. and ac- complished a lot of feats that should make both themselves and their supporters feel proud. . . .

The Saint John Betivcrs. alter nlmost six months of solid hoc- key, have provcn beyond a doubt they are lhe best team in the Mnrltime Provinces. Actually it had been if prcfiy well establish- ed fact long licforc ilic six months had pnssctl. From the time the league opened last Oct- ober lhe Benvcrs were away in the front rind they stayed there to finish 26 points ahead of the second place lslnndr-rs. in the semi-finals nnti finals they pol- ished ofl! the Glace Bay Miners and the Halifax Saints in five games each. in each case they saw to it thnt the series was fin- ished in Saint John.

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Next week the eyes of the Marltimes will be watching the Beavers to see how they make

out against the Quebec Aces or the Chicoutiml Sngucncens. The

Saint John Beavers

Win Maritime Major Hockey League Title

SAINT JOHN, April ll .- saint John Beavers. injury-riddled but still the best team in the Mart- times, defeated Halifax Saints 4-3 here tonight to lift the Maritime Major Hockey League title. Beav- ers shot a goal in the first period and never looked back. They caught the Saints in a dis-organized frame, outplayed them for the first 30 minutes. then had enough left to hold off Saints desperate ral- lies.

It was a. pair of veterans - Pete Langelle and Johnny O'Flaherty who sparked the Beavers tonight. They turned in outstanding per- formances, kllling off penalties and figured in three Saint John goals. Langelle scored twice while O'Pla- hcrty set tip two on neat' plays. Along with those two. Nick Nicolle, Matt Mesich and Carl Smelle play- ed strong games. The other Saint John scorers were Johnny Ubriaco and Howie Lee. Billy Watson scor- ed twice for Halifax with rlughie Campbell getting the other.

Saints went down fighting. Trail- ing 4-1 late in the third. they took control of the play and fired two markers, both by Watson. it was too little and too late but the Saints comeback was at least a face-saving operation.

Sweet Revenge

To lhe Saint John fans. who for lhe last three years had seen Hali- fax teams ellmtnate their Beaver: ill league playoffs. it was a sweet. victory and the crowd, largest of the season. turned the old Forum into a bedlam. The crowd was es- timated at. over 4,000 paid. .

Saints used juggled lines through- Br-:n-:-rs. who have lost only three ganics in their home rink. should be very louizh in Saint John. But in Quebec the shoe will probably be on the other foot. If the Que- bec League has improved as much in the past yenr as it is report- ed then the Beavers hopes of winning the Alexander Trophy tire not loo g:)od..

There was more truth than fic- tion in Halifax coach will l-'ield's statement that the Saints were lucky to win the third game of their series with Saint John. Field. of course, was borrowing a leaf from Conny Smytht-2's book and at- tempting to use a little psychology on his team in the hope of spur- ring them on to greater things. Next year if Field obtains what he wants he will be coaching But- falo. And also if he gets what he wants he will have Ray Frederick and Willie Marshall playing for him. A few hours after the Saints had eliminated the Islanders in Halifax, Field was talking business with Frederick and Marshall.

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As to what will take place in the Marltimes next year is anybody's guess. There is not likely to be any meeting of the Big Six executive play-offs have been completed. it was stated last night by Islanders Club President. Dr. F. C. Dougan. It is not likely that many clubs will be in favor of a league similar to that which was operated this year. Reports out of Sydney and Glace Bay indicate that these cen- trcs are desirous of playing in an all-Nova Scotia league.

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Those who have any desire to fake a. few practise swings with their clubs are asked to keep off the local golf course. Last night Mickey Price stated that the ground or. the course was very, very soft and that. any movements on it would result on the course being marked up. He hoped that mem- bers and youngsters in particular would cooperate with the club in keeping off the course in order that the links might be in as near perfect condition as possible this summer.

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out the game in an effort to stop the high flying, Beavers but they failed to click except in spurts. it was only fight that enabled them to draw within a goal of Beavers in the third. Their plays lacked organization.

Beavers led 1-0 when the first period finished and matched a Halifax goal in the second. They fired two in the third before Saints hit the score sheet again late in the last chapter.

Beavers got two tgoais while Saints were short-handed and one while they were down one man themselves. Halifax had a man ad- vantage on two of their goals.

Beavers started the game with- out Jack Meldrum third Saint John player casualty, Meldrum suffered cracked ribs in the game at Hali- fax Wednesday and joins Bill Mc- Cracken and Al Buchanan on the sidelines. Halifax defenceman Car- roll Bloom was not dressed for the game. Johnny OlFla.herty was chas- ed for tripping 21 seconds after the game opened but Saints failed to get a shot on Gordon while. they had the man advantage. Field was using well juggled lines. He sent out the following forward strings- Grant and Billy W rwick with Johnny Morrow: Leswi k, Ford and Watson; and Campbell, Thompson and Bowness.

Summary:-- First Period I-Sziint John. Ubritico, (O'Flnherty) 9.09 Penalties: 0'Flahert,x. Hosking.

B. Warwick, Morrow. C. Smelle. St-enml Period 2--Saint John. Langclle, (K. Watson) ...................... .. 5.52 3--Halifax, Campbell, (Thompson. Hoskingl .. 10.03 Penalties: Nixon, Lee (moJ()ri,

Morrow (major), C. Smcllc. Thompson. Third Period 4-Siiint John, Lee. (Mulligang Nicolle) ........ .. 1.10 5-Snint John. Lanzeile. 10'!-Tlnherty) 4.13 6-Halifax. 8. Watson, (Leswick) 10.36 7-Hnllfiix, B. tsoff. (Thompson, Lcswlck) .. 19.23

Penalties: 13. Warwick, Hurst. Mulligan, Morrow, Gordon. Stops:- 0'1-learn 3 5 4-43 Gordon 413 7-24

lnler-Y Hoop Toumamenl Here Today

Basketball fans will see sane fast court action here this after- noon and evening when a Y. M. C. A. tournament between teams from Charlottetown, Sydney and saint John will be staged.

The tournament. the first of ts kind to be held here, will see four or five games being played. the first commencing at one o'clock this afternoon with Charlottetown playing Sydney. An hour and a half later Charlottetown will meet saint John in the second game.

Both the Sydney and saint John Y. M. C. A. teams are highly re- garded. The Sydney team was narrowly defeated by st. 1'. X. in a two game series two weeks ago.

An official welcome and ban- quet will be held at the Y this ev- ening for the visiting teams.

The evening game or games will get underway at seven o'clock. It depends upon the outcome of the afternoon games whether or not one or two games will be necessary in the evening.

Inst night everything was in readiness for the meet. The Y floor was in ship-shape as the re- sult 6f a cleaning and polishing job. The saint John team arrived in the city last night in order to be rested for the day's play.

New York Flghls

Nlfw YORK, April 11 -.(AP) - Del Flanagan came from behind tonight to gain an upset 10-round decision over Arthur King of Tor- onto at St. Nicholas Arena. King. a 13-to-6 favorite. weighed 13 1-4 to Flanagan's 145.

The crowd of 1.734 booed and stamped feet during the first half of the bout as dancing Del back- pedalied and side-stepped away from the aggressive Canadian. who holds the British nnpire light- weight title.

Nocltey Scores

By The Canadian Press

Montreal 0 Guelph 1. (Guelph leads best-of-seven series 2-1). '

SNAP SNOT FINISNINI

The Il'i.shersnen's Mid Winter Dreanr is about to become a real ity. In less than three days blobs of wiggling worms will drop with a soft plop into night shrouded waters and the soft slurp of wat- er hurrying seaward under over hanging alders will sound loud- toiicd in the pre-dawn stillness. Lines from an old School Book poem "The Brook" come to mind ...."Til.l last by Philip's farm I flow to join the brimming river. for men may come and men may go but I go on forever..." Yes there will be babbling brooks and speckled trout long after the present generation of fishermen have passed on from this world into the Great Unknown. I like the 1ndiari's conception of the hereafter as a Happy Hunting Ground in which buffalo roam in endless herds; where while capped rivers tccrn with trout and salmon and flights of geese and ducks darken the sky and dome shaped houses of beaver and muskrat dot countless lakes and marshes.

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Prospect: are favourable for good fishing. Many pools are known to be well stocked with large trout that are lively and full of pep. The rash of holidays pre- ceeding the opening morning havi- put a severe strain on the will power of many anglers but. we hope. the first trout on opening day will be the first of the season. The usual reports of pre-season trouting have come in but I sup- pose this is only natural consider- ing the deep snows. that blanket- ed the countryside l-his past winter. isolated many outlying communit- ies. Poachers feel more at ease squatted behind their 'wlndbreaks' on the ice when they know that motor cars are immobilized and