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We have received from James knead, Truro. a description o! tire-proposed changes in the ‘rruro race track which are scheduled to tale place in two weis when vorkmm will start digging holes lcr installing fifty high poles to tan-y the wire and lights. The electric system will be one of the

110st hsCanada and race fans will

have a clear vision to'i‘ollow the horses down the back stretch, homo stretch and finish line. Stables will be repaired and Painted white‘ and a cinder path is now being Laid on outside of the track to enable trainers tojog their horses for exercise during the wet weather. All the fences will be‘ white washed and every- thing given a splc and span look so as to form a background for the lights. A new pari-nluiuel system will be installed so that has who wish to spoollats will lave fiery opportunity.

The new company will be known as the Truro Rsceways, Ltd, and it will have the sole privilege to conduct races over the track. both night racing and afternoon racing including the Provincial Eblhibit- ion meet. One of the top pro- moters is Fred Lsiley of Darl- fnouth. N.S., whose name is fa- miliar to race fans all over the Marltimes because of his owner- ship of great trotters and pacers including Jollity 2:051!“ holder oi lhe Bridgewater, 11.5., track rc- lord and one of the fastest free- Jor-allers ever brought to the Maritimes. The flrst night racing meet is scheduled for June 18th.

At present there area number of hon-sec stabled at the Truro raceway Qn-clruding Johnny Con- roy's stable with Sandy D. 2:09, iosedsie Clipper 2101M, Quakel-‘s 50y 2:14, Single Streak 2:10. Anti- Aircraft 2:08, and Johnny Camp- bell's stable. members of which are Marjorie Hanover 2:10 and Kerwin Hanover 2:15. ‘rhcse two were raced at Dufferin ‘track, Toronto, and won several events there dining the winter. Johnny expects to have twoor three more horses in the next few weeks. The new company will have a number of ‘rruro stockholders and the track manager will be Curl MacKenzie, well known and pop- ular ‘rruro race horse owner. who was secretary of tho Exhibition races two years ago.

We thank Dr. l" C. Dougan, Charlottetown, well known presid- ing judge and starter. for his ooolclet with 1940 eligibility list sf trotters and pacers now owned or raced in the Maritimes. Up- wards of 500 horses are placed in their proper classifications start- ing with the tree-for-all trot and free-for-all pace. 71" h8rse's name and record is g\ an, then ibis winnings and class eligibility. The trotters and pacers are sepa- rated. There is_als0 a Question and Answer on the most Import- ant rules that the driver or own- er is required to know. ‘Iihis feat- ure is much appreciated. also the other matter contained in the book. which must have taken con- iderable time and effort to com- pile. Cm page one there is an 1n Momoriam. paying a tribute to the late E. F. Acorn, J. Wilfred Bculter, William Brown and 111lo- mas Holmes, which as it states, ‘truly will long live i-n our mem- ‘irry as enthusiastic followers of the Sport of lClngs.”

‘ We were delighted to receive in

the mail last evening tho fgllgw- in; short letter from Cedric Boul. W’. son oi our late friend J. wil- fired Boulter, who is ,_oiessor of "chwolvsy at the University of Cincinnati. Cedric writes from Lexington. Kentucky:-“Just a WW1 0! Erecting from the Blue Grass country. 1 think you would find much here to interest you. The meadows are exceptionally beautiiu1—more green than blue though-st least just now." lin- closed was a picture of Calumet Farm residence, situated among beflumlll tees. and Calumet Farm stables and grounds, gm; g book. let entitled Tours oi the Blue Grass Where Romance and Trad- ition sull Live. Particularly feat- ured are the thoroughbred and harness horse farms which attract hundreds of thousands of visitor each Year. All are made welcome and shown around by attendants and given every courtesy. Thanks, Cedric, for remembering us.

Joe Hennessey. son of Whl Hen- 1195891‘. W-ho has in the past few seasons drove some oi the fastest horses in the Maritimes, will this year conduct a public training stable and is ready to accept hor- sos to be trained or raced. Last he campalgbed Kavola 2061/1. Bee Budlong 2:i5,Roy Shelburne 220091 and also drove s few horses for other owners. Kavola. won four races with a total of seven heats. Joe also nla-ced two horses in the 2:10 list. Frank Dillard and Junior Hal and won the Free For All Trot at the Provincial Exhibition. Charlottetown, August 11th, with Fast Train. Nell Kalmuck won the first heat in 2:13 1-5. Fast Train winning the next two in 2:11 4-5 and 2:11 2-5. Marjorie Hanover was 3-2-2, five other starters. Fast ‘Train was owncd by Vernon H. Irving, Shediac. N. B., and 1s now being trained in Florida where Mr. and Mrs. Irv- ing are sojourning. Joe has a1- zeady received a new in-mlite to his stable in the pacing mare Eleanor G. 210% that has raced in the ownership of Urban Giilis. Miscouche.

Commander George H. Buntain and ms. Buntain returned earl; this week from a trip southwhich took them as far as Florida. We thank Commander Buntain for the following news? 80°05!“ i‘! their enjoyable holidayz-“Prob- ably some of the readers oi your column would be interested in hearing aboutmy trip South and the visits we made to the differ- ent naming tracks. I called at i-lamver shoe Farm en route South and inspected the stallion stable, saw the niares with foal at foot, also the yearlinss which were out in posture; the sur- rounding country was lovely land wonderful pasture land.

“Called in Sunday afternoon at Macon. Ga, but not much activ- ity at the trackihat day. They have a half mile track and a mile track all in one, and on the back stretch if you want to so the mile you keep to the right. saw the horses oi’ Wayne smart. Ora Dunkin and others. After return- ing from Nassau we called on Mr. and litilrs. Joe O'Brien at Orlan- do, Florida. We were the first Marin-nerd they had met since last fall and they were very kind to us. We went out earlytwo mornings to the track with them and saw the horses training. at

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With the American Baseball at St. Iouis and Detroit on April‘ 19th., with Cleveland and Chicago respectively being the visiting teams, many fans are wondering who is going to do what to whom in the American League race, and of course there is a wide varia- tion of opinlon._ Doug (Windsor Dali-y Star) Vaughan, for instance. picks the Indians to repeat last year's performance and the i01- lowing are his reasons why, which are made up with a long string oi

"becauses".

"Because they have the best pitching staff in the league; be- cause they have the best infield in the league; because they have d good settled outfield made up of young and speedy talent; be- cause they have power at the plate; because they have 800d catching; because they improved themselves by trades over the winter and because they 81'; the chaciws.

O O “On the questionable slde- of the ledger we must consider: (l) The Red Box forced the Indians into a sudden-death playoff last year before losing out in the flag race and the Red Sox should be im- proved over last year; (2) The KEY players of the Tribe, Manager-don BOUdiIEBU and Joe Gordw. ill-d their best years last season and age and physical handicaps may cramp their style; (3) a possible let-down in pennant fever and a tendency of the players to live on their laurels; (4) The sopho- more jinx which may catch up with Pitcher Gene Bearden and Larry Doby, the Negro outfielder and (5) Injuries to ‘key players.

“So, you are leaving yourself an out in case the hledSox upset your choice, you say? Of course we are. We'd be nuts if we didn't. Boston will be dangerous and might easily win in a breeze if Manager Joe McCarthy can come up with a serviceable pitching staff. That was all that beat the Bosox last year. -

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"But w; still lean slightly t6- ward the Indians because they have added to their talent and should be better than they were in '48. The winter trades added Mickey Vernon to play first base, Mike “fresh to help the catching, and Pitchers Frank Papish and. Early Wynn to load the staff with first-rate flingers. Of the rookie pitchers Mike Garcia appears to have the best chance to stick.

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should be settle . The‘infleld has capable replac menls, ' including

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By Jack Sullvan DEPROIT. April 8 --(CP) -Joe Klukay tonight lifted Toronto Maple Leafs into a one-game load over Detroit Red Wings in the Stanley Cup finals when he fired a back-hand shot into the Wing net after nearly l8 minutes oi overtime to win the game 3-2: .

The ieft-wi-ngelwtook a. pass from Ray Timgren and Detroit goalie Harry Lumley didn't even sea Klu- kay's shot. Gus Morison also got an assist.

Few oi the 13.445 ‘crowd saw the comer shot as the two teams got away ill their best-of-seven final play-off. .

Toronto, defending cup holder, defeated Detroit in four‘ straight games in last year's finals. This year, the Leafs finished fourth and disposed oi Boston ‘Bruins in five games in the semi-final plsy- ' off. Detroit, the league champion. edged Montreal four games to three in the other bracket.

Tonight's game was slow in the

first two periods with close and heavy ‘checking. At the gud of the second, Toronto led 2-1 but defence- man Bill Quackenbush sent the teams into ovetrlms with a Detroit goal late in the third. . George ‘Gee put the Wings a- head at 4:15 of the first period but Toronto's Max Bentley nullifi- ed that one at 13:15 on passes from Timgren and Kiukay.

Deienceman Jim Thomson of‘ 'I‘oronto hit the scoring column with a lower corner allot from five feet out and the game appeared to be on ice in the final 20 minutes or regulation time until Quacken- bush netted on passes from Ted Lindsay and Gee.

Gee, who sparked the Detroit of- fence throughout, was, particularly hot in the lost eight minutes of‘ the game when he drove into the Leaf territory time and again to give Broda a few anxious moments.

The “big three" line of Gord Howe, Sid Abel and Linda gave the Leafs a lot of trouble. 'l‘he light "feather line" of Bentley, Timgren and Klukay was the belt for the Leafs.

Lumley had 32 shots against 21 for Broda.

The Leafs, who had been stay- ing in a downtown hotel, moved to suburban Dearborn immediately after the game. The second game will be played here Sunday,

First. Period 1—Detroit, Gee (Lindsay, Howe) 1:15

P-Toronto, Bentley (Timgren. Klukac’) 18:15 Penalties - McNab, "Kennedy, Gee, Bsrilloo (3), Mackell, Abel. Second Period

3-—'1‘olonto, Thomson

(Bentley) ._ 16:02 Penalties -.Th0mso , Pavelich. Abel, Morison. ‘ , Third Period :4—DCUOH, Quackenbuan ‘ (Lindsay, Gee) ....@ 13:56

Penalties - Psvellch, Thomson, Watson, Stewart. First Period Overtime 5—-'1‘olonto, Klukay

Toronto‘ Leafs Take g 3-2 Overtime Victory a

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8.0. ll. Wins lloo|l Game. Al Chaiham

OEATHAM, N. 3., April 8 -- (OP) — 5t. Dunstan’: College ol Charlottetown tonight handed‘ M. Thomas College of Cbatham a 85- 15 defeat in an exhibition basket- ball game here. - '

The winners displaying a super- ion all-round attack. ware leading 12-2 at the and of the first quarter. and increased their -lead to 1'!- points at half time. 21-4. 8t. Dunstan's were ahead 27-8 at the three-quarter mark.

Buckles: paced the winners with i8 points, while Stewart, with six, was top man for.the losers.

Bonner of St. Thomas received l" l"!!! 1111111’! in the third quart- er. He was carried from the floor.

8t. Dumtanb presented a smoother attack, passing wall gnd making good on many shots, while Ohatham was not able to match the showing. failing to make many shots.

In a preliminary game the New- castle Juvenile "Rockets downed the 8t. Thomas High School squad 55-3 in a display of power.

8t. Dunstan's — Buckless, 1s, 300118 3. Noble '1. Mullln 5, Ready 1. Bradley 2. O'Connor, Reardon 1. .

‘St. Thomas — Mulherin 2, Mock- lar. Riley 1. Breau 2, Stewart s, Beaulieu, Bonner, Sweeney 4, Doucat. »

Juvenile YMCA iloopsiers Win From Abbies

‘me Juvenile YMCA. batetball squad nosed out the juvenile Abbiu 21-25 in a closely contested game at the Y last night. TbelY sugars led 18-17 at the end of the first half and matched the Abbles has- ket for basket in the last half.

‘Lineups:

YM.C.A., - Macmillan, Coyle, IdadPheI-aon, McAndrew, Burgess, nine, l-lurray and Cameron. Dalsiel, flcllfilvbilrv. Burke. Jar-dine Nevin, Warren, L. Glover.

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Just seven more. days m.“ tubing season opens MW!!! . gdgmy Apil 15th. The fishlnk lice now are on sale at all 391d; Police detachments in the pmvinco- as well ls- I-t the P31- ‘rrsvsi Bureau, Charlottetown. liishinflicenses are a var! W"? tial part of an anllln Nlllllflflt so ‘don't ‘overlook this nemcaafl‘! item. "Don't delay -— buy wdw" la an appropriate "sibgan. If Y0" an a chance and tryfivwr lwk without one there's no tsliin’ which Millie first... thefilhor the game warden.‘ . .

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Prospects are favourabl; for a good catch on the oven! _ Mm- lng. ‘me danger of ettl is considered past unless there i! l dgggfln chm“ in wee/flier con- ditions. m watar movem- w b‘ king into the ifmllnd. The heav? snow and rainfall on Wednesday night and Thursday mornint 41d not sffact the stresmmas one

amidst‘ suppose. Th9! W!" 1111mm:

fairly anon! but were far from railing‘ torrents full from bank to hank.

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Everywhere one sees silnl v! partridge have paired of! with few excel)- tions and some sections are wei stocked‘ with potential breed

stock. The Buns wintered well. About the only effect. thg severe March weather had on them was to weed out the weak and aged birds and thus we arq assured of strong and healthy breeding sto& lor the comingseason. A few scat- tered casualties have been re- ported, one hen and a. pair than, but on the whole the storms may be considered beneficial ii not too prolonged. Nature has her own way of culling out undesirable breeding

Favoured with ‘s. ‘normal breed- ing season it is this oolumnisrs opinion that we will have double

nnmbeiuof-Huns this 00mins f than we bad last hunting "sea- son notwithsiandinl the thous- ands of foxes at large in the PKW- ince. If the red fox was half ll hard on the partridge as 11s is al- leged in be b? some. m?!“ b9 hard put to survive lot alone in- crease. If my prediction _ comes true and we have two Huns this fall‘ for oven one wq had last, um in itself, should sive the Ila w"u‘rthu moo; peous about the red fox menace in retard i0 W!‘ ‘Hungarian partridge.

'11., mm; juilnf»: wild geese oesitration. One afternoon the week Its too early to hazard a guess ls

to bow the number Pr!!!" m1! '-

aprlng compares to what we had lost. spring. In sound,‘ districts, one may see flocks oi geese on the wingatmoatanyhouroithe day while on many tidal estuaries and

Quebec winner ---either 51m- brooks or Ottawa Senators -- to; the right to play the wdstq-n Canada champions in the Align Cllpjinal. '

five Eastern Canada semi-final 8-1 v games with one a , Millionaires ' m’ u“ ‘ n came within Q ss 1i in feilllation time - adeciding game would have been Monday night,

game in the hard-fowbt seri . Th‘ (‘P9111118 match was an ova:- time‘ 1-1‘ draw and Sydney won u" "l1"! same 5-4 in "extra time. Marlboros’ other two viaories were by 5-3 and 2-1 scores.

sent the game scored an earlier goal and picks‘; "l! two assists. One of them cams on McCormacku ‘w ‘ y’ scored. from \a bi

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