i BACK ‘ DECEMBER 16, 1944 STRETCH N", horses continue t6 roll on-rsscmo to / to the Mlritimel. the w, Kai,“ m Ilestic Grattsn i; o chestnut raiding by Grat- oimkes that has been an iron- ‘ffjfjpn, he best in battle array , m Qntsrio and very frequently " "nquishing them. Just to give you m idea of his usefulness we may w, m; in he took part a events, starting on the 31th of my and ending up just prior to W,“ 31,1, or December. He is el time u, the 2.08 class, therefore mus; be considered as a free-for- sllel‘ on the pace. This season he been changed over to the trot as been doing very well at gait. Another new pacer has rchased in Ohio by a Nova 35mph, party who at the present 7 docs n '. 11312:], and two more, a trotter and .. g pacer are travelling or will be my shortly Maritlmeward. _|)_.. [8- MacArthur. Kensington. :11 brief visit Thursdaynnd n conversation earned that he has two very won- ‘ derful fillies that he is raising for "Alderman Frank Adams, Halifax. Both are out of Grattan Queen 4121', that took her record at Charlottetown some years ago. . 51,8 15 by Orcus Gl-attan and her Udam was Beba Grattan by Grat- m, Royal, Tile oldest. is a year-' 01d fllly, jet black, with not awfllte s‘ m1, on and very handsome. is a suckling bay filly, a Both are sired by Ab- ner T, Clegg 3, 2.04%, owned by ~ w, Adams. Abner T. Cleki; was .1 51m; by Jim Abbe and as a three- year-old was one of the most sell- .'sstional rovers in the U-S-A- He ‘was injured in travelling to Prince Eduard Island after being purch- ..ased by Mr. Adams and although f he raced around 2.08 was never ! 51,19 in get back to his three-year- i‘ cld form. t _._oi S. Thane Belyea writes from Jredcrictcn that he went down to] i. see a yearling colt that was ln who box car at the station on its . wily through to Earle Avery,Wooli- 4inch, While supplying it with some hay and water he looked it *‘ over well and says it is a nice in- .. dividual cnlled Hope Hanover by . laurel Hanover 1592-2. dam Val- 1 el-ie Peters by Lee H. rvester 2.101%. dam Valerie Todd. The littlc cnnp r. had come all the way from Onto- rio and is owned by T. V. Holda- wly, Houlton, Maine. A telephone message came from Earle to 'I'i1une that a horse Oi‘ colt was on its way .from Illillois for Earle to rake charge of and get ready for next season. He states that Lee Jones eiwickhllnl has purchased n swa- yesr-old ly in Ontario called Lillian volo by Corporal Lee 2.04%. dun Lulu Axworthy: This young- vis a trottcr and will be three in i945. Thanks, Thane, for the 1 news. n i1 i0- _ Halifax staged the latest race oi .,the season on what is known as " ‘Common" Thursday 001i. Permission of the City Cou , cll had been obtained and nco "to ~-laid out which was about 150 feet short of a quarter mile. Quite :1 _nl.lmbcr of people turned out,most- in autos, and watched the fun. ..lt was certainly a novelty for the ‘sold Garrison City, reminiscent of iihc days when the English soldiers ~werc quartered there and running "races were held every week. h-mlltch rrlcc between The Great G .702“. and Victor Ice 3.07% rc- sulted in a win for Cyril Dauphi- ~ne:'s The Great G. in straight thesis. besttime 29H seconds. Flora Direct. Hlll Britten, Bud the 7ramp and Previous were ‘mary was 2-1-1; l-lal- Britton i- .t-"' Bud theTramp3-2-3; Previous é seconds. Flora Dircct ‘is owned by G. Turner. Dartmouth and l-lnl Britton by C. Nicholson. Tile Class B, was won by Harold Grattan in straight heats; Hurry Kane 2-2-2, Deleware 3-3-3. best time31 seconds. The above is 111st l starter but much greater things are expected from the Halifax and Dartmouth Clubs later on in the season. Just received a letter from Jack Scott, Halifax. saying: "We have a. wonderful quarter-mile track rm the Commons right in the heart of the city and we expect to nee the Island boys over here af- ter ille first of January; then w‘: will no back to the Island for the Championship." ‘o1 A abort time a we mad lion of l2. J. Bgoker, St. éharles. Illinois. 0wner of the world's ilumoicn trotter Greyhound 1.55%. Kings Counsel 1.59%, and various other champions. As our readers Ire aware, Mr. Baker has been one of ihe great figures in the harness horse world for some years. Inci- e a son-in-law of John W. Gates. whose name bo- tsme famous on two continents. Where he was known as "Betcha Million Gates". Here are some lu- icrclting things about Mr, Gates ll gleaned from a recent article W tat! Correspondent Ned Brown! 101 "John W. Gates was an inordin- iis Rambler, would back his opin- 1°u on anything with oodles 01 l "'11- yet knew when to atop- Where other plunger: were one '° overoet. Betcha Million ates “l quick to sense when t0 P1111 "iit- Losing bets of 825.000 and ‘ i FOR SALE whi R1371- ‘ i xio Bmllong S, 2:26 1-4. H Calumet Budlong, 2:02 l . dam Lena Worthy, 2:24 f;- i Bud Axworthy, znz h‘,- T |l mare fl fulfils- l to the 2:20 lflllrggg * Milton McARTITUB. Remington, PJ-LT. BINDING cam signer for several years. $1 ot wish his name pub-- A. bookm ca“! Blaculafedraku {ion 398111212110. The mare was 7 Burma "s "is only four other . ‘Ulmarliaytlegail cl m’ they his led’ t rre . While Duhabulg flmtlllgd fiialges were on. t -|)_. wlgralwiewcotnmhghnd m m“ Overhearin 1d cup w“ mm‘ w, Gates 8w“ 10¢l9y mention San- shécked m fig‘; t0 the races and i 8 ' bookies by dump. 11B Wflsers in bales on the horse Santoi won and Gates was richer by many thousands_pqum1g not on a rinhsiiim“ In a hotel “mm Se“ by bgmgg- giants-s aagrlusellllhim- which l d ' a ° 1' °" n...- M535.‘ L"? n'.'€"‘3l..fl'§$i“"h-’.' Gamblin with Gates was notlsa gig-e was an outlet-quicker. the sliéwillflct and dramatic than ‘mm/WE. responsible op- erations of big business finance ggxl-"gggvd Vfliilkloriously when 11¢ . was a nonchalarit loser, De —O—- Spite if . tie l. out‘ iii.'iz'"r.s.l;l".'; Huge than one sport. r-re liked w 1E0 . was a crack clay and live ipigeon shot. A hearty. jovial man W h a keen eye and full mous. tache. he told a good story, wer] tizgored. he exuded prosperity, m; sessed an u anrlv insight into umarl nature. duced everything to mathematic relativism Gates fiillililirreg the nickname. "Betcha “illi- He and John A. Drake, ano er plunger, were in a friend- 1y argument in the old Waldorf- Astoria bar. ‘Betcha million you're "vrons. challenged Gates. Drake was about to accept the challenge w en a friend tipped him by a wink that he was in error. so the bisgcst single wager between two men never materialized. But Gates gained a soubrlquct that was des- tined to follow him to the grave 111111 linger ever after. -0- _John W. Gates was born 0n rm -llinois farm in i855 qr Wcli-tc-(Ig but not wealthy American pioneer stock. At 21 Gates married Dellora Baker. belle of st. Charles, Ill, whose father lent his son-in-law $2.000. This was all Gates ever had in the way of financial help. At fifty he was worth $100,000,000. His fortune founded on barbed Wirc. he became a. tycoon in steel, railroads and oil. Gates. illougn honest. loved to circumvent. In his later years, when afflicted by illness. his doctor ordered him to limit himself to smoking three cig- ars a do)’. whereupon he put b. a Supply of Havnnus. each the slzc 01 u young baseball bat. It was an all-day task to smoke three of these monsters. and Gates chuck!‘ led over his cunning in obeying the letter of the mcdicos ordels without denying himself. Plunger to the end. Johr W. Gates staked his life against the physician's di- agnosis. and for once outfoxcd himself. The doctor was right.‘ Gates died in 1011 at 56. ‘I guess. you‘ win. Doc‘. hc said. Ben-ha’ Million Gates paid off the greatest wager of llis meteoric and spec- tacular career with characteristic nonchalallce." i0; For some time we have been holding in reserve for the festive season a rare tidbit of horse lore by the one and only Elmer W. Fri-- guson. sports columnist of iile Montreal Herald. We need hardly remind our Maritime readers who are familiar with the facts that Mr. Austin Charters must have had a very pleasant night before he conversed with the great Elmer, as there never was a $2.500 Frce for All at Charlottetown and Grandma never wona race at Charlottetown. i0.- “Austin Charters, who emerged from last night's somewhat storlny mccting of the newly-formed Que- bec Breeders. Owners and 'I‘raln- crs Association still holding the positior of president, wasn't al- ways in the business of racing thoroughbred horses. -oi "Austin Charters comes from Chartersville, near Moncton. New Brunswick, in a province. or col- lection of’ provinces known as the Maritimes. where running horses are practically unknown and har- ness horse-racing is religion. Trot- ters arld pacers are paramount. in the cquiue division of sport down that way Running horses have been a dismal failure in the Mari- times. possibly the onl spot on the continent where t e runner has never supercedod the trotter or pacer. .._o_. "some years ago, fulfilling the ambition of every good Maritimer, Austin Charters bought some har- ness horses, establishin his own modest stable. The pr ces of in! horses ranged up to 22,500. and. to complete the deal. he purchased an eleven-year-old mare. named Grandma. for S400. Grandma had been a pretty fair winner. in her day. She could knock ofl’ l fast mile, when me was in the mood. And the only thing that could get dissolute old Grandma in the mood was whiskey. or some such alco- holic beverage. For Grandma was an old lush. If she didn't have a pint or so of whiskey warming her innards. Grandma sot sulky, and wouldn't extend herself. io- "With the help of a few shots oi the crater, Grandma, won some races in Nova Scotia and New Brunswick. Then she was taken over to Prince Edward Island. a pic- turesque rovince completely sur- rounded y water, but very d:y otherwise. It is the last outpost of complete prohibition in these Do- minions, a place where it is prac- tically impossible to get a. drink, unless you know a doctor with an unused prescription. (You're tell- ing me). __-oi "'Grandma.' said Mr. Charters. ‘is not one to pick and choose. Grandma is a sport. She will drink anything. Bring on the rum.’ -—o _‘"Ihere was a $2.000 Free-for-Ali at Charlottetown. and. in the first heat the indifferent Grandma ruc- ed a deplorable last. A coup ‘the sharp-shooters of that pitiill-NO 111°" SPORTING u; THE CHARLOTTETOWN GUARDIAN WS Ruffin Gets ' Canvas To Earn Draw In Great Scrap NEW YORK. Dec. l5-(APl- Bobby Ruflin, fancy-fighting 137- Pounder from Long Island City, climbed off the canvas twice lo- 1115m- to 911111 a draw with Johnny Greco of Montreal in a thrill- packed IO-rounder before a near- itiilfiiplty crowd in Madison- uare Garden. Greco weighed 143 e. The attendance was 17,957 and the sate" sad-lac. Referee Billy Cavanaugh voted Ruffin the winner. six rounds to four. but Judge Marty Monroe saw it five rounds for each, while Judge Frank Forbes gave each fisgiter four rounds and called two ev n. The Loni, Island lad, who lost a close verdict to Greco in Novem- ber. Was down for counts of two and seven in the rugged second round which had the fans on rheir seats. but came back strong. Several times the err-Canadian soldier had Ruffin in trouble, but rnch time Rufflll. who never llas been knocked out. battled his way out of trouble. and was the strong- er by far as the bout ended. Rutiin took the first round eas- 11y. his left playing a tattoo on Greco's face, but late in the sec- ond the Canadkm hooked a left to the chin which sent the New Yor- ker down for two. He came up groggy and ran into a right to the chin which spilled him through the ropes, where he took a seven coun . 1n the third Ruffin shook Greco several times without a return, and for the next three or four rounds they rested their heads on each others shoulder and slugged avmy. In the eighth-s, wild left rirelv plenty of blood from Ruffinsmore than ample nose. but Ruffin coun- tered with a rigllt which almcsiu, closed Grecos left eye. Ruffill suf- fered a slight eye cut in the ninih, bu‘? won the 10th by s. country m e. Snapshots from Canadian Sport Scenes By SYD THOMAS Canadian Press Sfafl Writer TORONTO, Doc. 15—(CP)_1A(1- vonce) —T‘hat recurring problem that always bothers Montreal Can- a. ens fans is perplexing Dink i-li ontreal Gazette; Carroll again, namely, why do Toronto Leafs ni- ways put up such a fight when they meet the Habitants? That, says Dink, is one of the "mysteries of a league full of mysteries." it must be itlose extra doses of blood and iron the Leafs were promised before tile season started. Migration South: . Reports from the west say that New Westminster Indestars, lust season's western Allan Cup final- ists wllo were edged out by Port Arthur, have moved ill a body to Seattle south of the border to car- ry on their activities. It's also rumored the boys may try for the Allan Cup again next spring. COlll- illg back to New Westminster and playing from that base if the rules permit it. Long Walk: I George Rcdding oi Hamilton. Ont.. who spent some little time on the hockey front ill Britain be- fore th. war, told Red Burnet of the Toronto Star how he quellcd a threatened strike of players on the other side. Redding quickly brought the boys, all ransplantcd Canadians, into line w en he told them if they didn't do as he sold their contracts would be broken and they would have to walk home. Here to There: It makes the next-to-the-ycung- er generation feel like Old-timers to learn that Hap Day of Toronio Leafs has been around the profes- siollal hockey ranks for 20 years now. .».Leafs are expecting John- ny McCrcedy back any day now. He has applied for his discharge from the R.C.A.F.. . .Neii Col- vllle, former New York Ranger, is well on the way back to the Biff League also. He will soon gradu- ate as aircrew member and go ln- to the R.C.A F. reserve. . .Th younger player who starts now to learn the goaltending trade will have far more chance of success than any incipient forward or de- fenceman, says Al (Montreal Her- ald) Parsley, looking over the cur- rent sparse crop of netminders. esque old city had wagered on her at attractive odds. When she fail- ed to raise any speed at all in the first these city slickers came the Charters barns. and wanted to know what had-hap- pened to Grandma. why she didn't trot any faster. tagi "'f'hey brought on the rum, and Grandma guzzled a pint of 10': over-proof without batting an eye. although Mr. Charters insists she winked at him. a bit unsteadily, after gullng the swig. _.o-_ "Grandma," said owner Chart‘- ers. "isn't trotting any faster, be- cause she is mud at everybody. Grandma, in brief, has no liquor. She won't extend herself without her whiskey. and. in Charlottetown I can't get any whiskey. This town is drier th°n the Sahara desert.’ "'Would she gc for a spot of mm?’ inquired one of the operat- ors. ‘I have some rum in my car, the old black-strap. one shot of which will raise hair on a bald- headed rnan.’ .-Q_. "She went out. won the next heat in a romp, took another slug of black-strap, won the deciding heat handily. and the $2,500 purse. After that. she won $25,000 in in purses. against which had to be written of‘! a few gallons of whis- key. although every time they gave Grandma whiskey. she cocked an le of enquiring eye. as if to ask: ‘What! oi that 800d ruml"' ‘ to the Pacific Up Frorn With Greco iifiilleasant ' Team Capture Hoop Series Outscorlrlg their opponents 30to 23, Mt. Pleasant Air Force basket- ball team last night captured the exhibition home and home series from No. 2 A NS. squad of Chor- lottetown, taking the total-points series 65 to 61 after the Charlotte- town team had come through with a 38-35 win in the first game, play- ed at Charlottetown. Last night's game was played at the Mt. Pleas- ant station. The game last night W85 6105B from start to finish with the win- ners cozning through in the latter part of the game to pile u}! their series victory margin. G lchrlst, fast, sharp-shooting forward of the Mt. Pleasant team led the scorers with 16 points. with Kaminsky leading the No. 2 A.N.S. attack. Snead, Tied For First Place In Colf Tourney 1 RICHMOND, Calif. D60. l5- (APJ-Slammin’ Sam Snead. the lnan with Vthe biggest punch in golf, staged an old fashioned garrison finish today to jump into a tie with darkhouse Jimmy Walk- up, San Antonio, at the halfway mark of the 72-hole Richmond open golf tournament. Snead, the Hot Springs. Va.. hot- shot of the game. thipped in a 20-foot shot from ofi the green for an eagle 3 on the 18th hole. fr. gave him a second-round 69 and a ggéholc deadlock with Walkup at Walkup, playing with second- hand clubs he purchased last week and unknown. unsung and there- fore lightly regarded. finished his second round early in the day. He had added a good 71, ppr 36-35 for the Richmond course, to his superior first round 6B. which put him to‘ the front of the field yes- terday. Another low round racked up was a 35-34 made by Byron Nel- son of Toledo, Ohio, who with Snead and Sgt. Jim Perrier, Camp Roberts. Calif, was a ore-tourna- rlnent favorite. Sgt. Ferrier had a 1. Toe Blake Moves Closer To Cowley In Scoring Race Toe Blake of Canadierls collect- ‘ed two points Thursday night as Montreal tied 2-2 with Toronto ‘Maple Leafs. Blake now is only three points behind top-scorer Bill! Cowley of Boston Bruins. Ellncr Loch of Canadiens. who collectlrdl Smith of Chicago and Gus Bod nar of Toronto. Maurice Richard of Canadians with 16 goals to his credit holds fourth position while Bill Jennings and Herb Cain, both of Boston, are sharing the cellar position. Leaders:- Cowley, Boston Blake. Canndiens Lach, Canadlens Richard. Canadiens C. Smith, Chicago Bcdnar, Toronto Cain, Boston Jennings, Boston Baitolo In Decisive Win Cver lloache BOSTON, Dec. l6 — (AP) --Sal Bartolo of’ Boston ut on an artis- tic display of rig skill Mnight to ain an unanimous decision whi defending his national box- ing association featherweight cham- pionship against rugged Vlfilistlin’ Willie ltcache of Wilmington, Del. ‘fin e. 16 round bout at Boston Gar- en. @m:;m=52> u: "F Remember When By The Canadian Press NEW YGIK Yflélke? went, do‘: oas neague years ago today to pluck Tonv Laz- mi for the second-base position He handled the second sack untiI given his release in 1937 could become coach of the Chicago Cubs. Tonv is now out of basdoall S0 Britons To llave More To Drink IONDON. Dec. lS-(CP-Reuter) -Britons will have more to drink next year Spirits and wine are to be imported from Australia and) South Africa-l20,000 bottles of 1 brandy and 720,000 of hock. bur- ililhdy. port and sherry type wines every month. Arrangements with these domin- ions have been made by the Min- iatry of Food. that he in Thursday night's City Hockey League game between the two Ail- Force teams was ihe talk of the town yesterday as rabid followers of the game discussed it pro and con. but always winding up with the opinion that it was one of the best hockey games seen here int recent years. O O So close was the battling that the game could have gone either way and everyonewould have been perfectly satisfied. that is from the - spectators‘ viewpoint. Summe rde very nearly went into the lead in the last few seconds of the second period as they broke through, but the timers bell saved the winners at the time although the puck did roll into the net. but after the referee's whistle had ended the period. O O It was happenings such as this one. plus the rugged brand of play that the two teams dished out that kept the fans on their toes through- out every rninute. Times without number the puck would slide a- cross the open corner of the net just a matter of an inch short from going in. The crowd would gasp and then suddenly the tide would change as the play swung back to the other end of the rink with lightning-like swiftness. 0 4 u S-ummerside naturally were dis- appointed at the outcome. They expected the toughest sort of a game but thought they had enough to win on. No. 2 A.N.S. changed their minds on that score but when the two teams meet again Flu-Lt. George Kusiar's squad will be faced by a puck of determined airmen from the western capital that wll'l be out in full force to try and avenge the setback, un- expectd as it was in n. great many‘ quarters. a "Thursday's game marked the end of regular scheduled league games until after the tul'n of the New Year. Examinations make it impossible for the Collcglans to play, while Christmas and New Year's leaves will no doubt inter- fere iviflh the service teams’ per- sonnel. In view of this the league executive felt that it would be in the best interests of the fans and clubs alike to mark time during the holiday season. a o o The open dates also will give officials plenty of time to arrange for games with outside clubs. Al- ready the; are planning if it is at all possible to have the Dartmouth R.C.A.F. team here for an exhibi- tion game on Tuesday night next when the classy Nova Scotia. team would play an All-Star team pick- ed from the two Air Force squads operating in the City League. a o .. And that should be a drawing card all thc way. The Island could certainly ice a very formidable squad, one that would be strong from the goalkeeper out, and one we would say that any team would have plenty of trouble with, I O nothing definite has l However. are working on the matter and a definite statement should be forth-y coming in the near future. | a n a l In the event of the Dartmouth visit not materializing it is expect- ecl that Charlottetown and sum-f merside will stage an exhibition game here Tuesday night and that; also should go over big. There l will be nothing at stake but when; thrown at each other these ‘twp- one point, moves ahead of Clint Air Force teams battle as if rhelwhil Veilwd 1115 1115919 - world's championship were being lmceltm" mimner- N°1 fought for, and remember Sum-i merside won't be satisfied until they have stoned for that Thurs- day night beating. ' I r A move that is finding much fa- vor with the fans attending City League games is the printing of programs for each tussle with the competing team's personnel and the numbers they carry. The first, two games fans found it very dlf-l flcult to keep track cf the playcrs ancl this innovation has helped materially in allowing the fans to get a better line on the players. O O O The matter of announcing the players by the loud speaker sys- tem was mentioned a few days ago. Talking to Manager Archer of the Forum the matter was broached and C.F. was all in favor of it. However. the microphone at pres- ent available at the Forum is not in working order. One has been ordered and Archer assured us that once it came the announcing of the players previous to game time, to be followed by the naming of inc scorers, would be put into effect. l a n a Both Leafs and Canadiens face tough assignments in tonight's National Hockey League games. At] Toronto the Leafs take on the everi dangerous Red Wings who are, crowding the Toronto team at present for second place, trailing by just one point and that the one that Leafs picked up against Can- adiens at Montreal Thursday night. ' o ‘ Detroit has been having goal- tendin difficulties all season long and ready have tried three net- minders. Lumley is the present one doing the job and has chalked up two victories. and if he turns a ‘good performance tonight Jack A ams' crew may find them- selves perched in second place a- bout l .30 tonight. O O O Canadians have no soft pickings when they tangle with the up‘ and coming Boston Bruins at. ont- rcal. Bruins have been gradually hitting their real stride and their three victories in a row over Leafs proves that they are definitely to be considered in the league race. O O O TiiE HUNTERS’ CORNER I0 CONTEST ‘7131335 c w ANNOUNCED F i no c co test sponsored by the P. E1211 and Game Asso- cmgon ciqseq on ngvember 7thand wi V6 176911 110m‘. m‘ Pm‘ m“ nunstarx e. wag the winner of the Grand Pr l of atom with a total of 130 crcwsi feet. The 2nd prize of $06-00 W116 won by Harold Jenkins, Charlotte- town with 74 and Isidore Gallant. made a. good showing with 48 feet. W. McKenna The monthly prizes of $5.00 were‘ H. Power won in the following order: A.pri1—, E. MacDonald Urban Gallant, M-ay —- i-La: Id Je tetown: June , "Se Plsquid; August - Earl d‘ ; September - lor-St. Peter's Island; Octobe Lloyd staffn - C hie interest wliI 111E111- fested in the Contest. particularly toward the end, and the prize money was evenly distributed on the whole, although Kings count/v fail- ed to win anv of the grand primal 0r monthly prizes. The shortage of ammunition held the score down. 8 warmed up and if the contest petition is bound tobe keen. in cu few feet were not sent in as parties concerned considered number foo small to win s. the in t0 the Game Committee. It h zes that a small courage all in send in their quota. , No one. the Contestants included. would wish to see the last. crow. slhot. but the concensus of opinion is that We could do with less crows than we have now. Farmers sometimes heard condemning the crow for his early spring and sum- mer r-aids on their chicken ooops 1v planted corn and potato grudge the crow the black duck eggs and duoklinzs he consumes in SCAR-NOTE: the, W. Mullins numbers every spring. After farmer starts seeding the crow consumes la of harmful grubs, etc. but d Alpril and early May Jim Crow looking for era's and the Black duck is one of the principal suff- erers. Well boys, here's wishing you luck if the contest is contin- ued this coming season and we hone that Kings count-v gets into running next time. ADVERSITY MAKES FOR STRANGE BED FELLOWS On clear winter days the music- al buying of the hounds may heard. denoting that Brer Fox getting a run for his mfliity, | so long ago a party of hunters from hound soon struck the fresh trail of a fox and for several hours the| chase went on. Finally. hard pre-S- B. & B the J, Mart season's J. . holed up and in doing so H. Hennessey the J, Doyle been heard on 1g B; ye; 951C131; den might have another occupant. C. Small sed and becoming panicky. fox, a young one of this uheloing, didn't stop to consider that Soon the hunters gathered at the spot and after a council of war placed a. guard on the hole in the ground and despatched one of the Points: B. dz members for shovels, axes. hoes etc.[ 1 1-2. REBOS- lgh, C. MacQua A G also Soon the dirt started to fly and thei hopes of all were raised to a h pitch by a. glimpse c-f black fur. “ black fox? Surelv our luck is tcday....." Further digging alas the bla a skunk. a mean customer at that. asure in no_ hint: daunted‘ our valiant hunters killed the skunk and continued dissing and eventually unearthed a nice red fox, nice in appearance but not in smelL g3 James skunk ‘had eviden- tly resented the unannounced guest. For once there was no Wrflnitlfil? over who would have the honor of carrying the prize. However. bv the time they reached their destinat- ion all members of the party were high and not in spirits eiiher- Paperboy ls Favorite For Race Today By Frank Frawley INGLEWOOD. Calif. Dec. l5 — (AP) - Paperboy, Okana. or M205 A Long Shot. ‘That's the way the so-caiiod 9X. perts. the owners and the trainers tonight sized up the $75,000 1 1.4 mils Hollywood Park Gold C11‘ Rage here tomorrow. l Paperboy, Irish bred son of Papy. l ms, is indeed the solid horse. He‘ runs in the stretch and at the azi‘, of six he has an unexplainable two-_ pound break in the weight! W91‘ m; California Comet. Okane. which is only three years o1 01mm, is a, great front runner. and can ggfry weight, but W119. flier h¢ can wile the 1118111 lmlmfitl over the Gold 911D distance is something else. Paperboy can. arid has done so, and 60,000 onlookers undoubtedly will back him down t0 a small price tomorrow. I While Mrs J B Blll1l5ib1f‘l'5l Okana is out of the pace 011d 011111111 i is laying back to make his stretch drive. there may be, and cert ly could be a long shot with the front runners who sticks on in the wire. It might be First to Fizht. trai ned by J. R. (Redi Gregory. First To Fight gets in as one of the 13 competitors with the feather im- post of 102 pounds. He has carried l5 pounds at 1 1 4 miles to win. Charles S. Howard's Lou Bre, an even running sensation which has done everything asked of him. pro bably will be riot-it. up in the van On Sunday night the Canadiens travel to New York for an engage- ment with the lowly Rangers while Detroit goes to Chicago to on the even lowller Black Hawks. Anythin can happen in the Sar- urday right games but. according to form Canadians and Detroit should come out of Sunday night's games with a victory apiece. "ikflllwhc rides Paperboy. has won three lnrevious Gold Cor) races. H» and there doesn't seem to be much lkielihocd of him fading. Georgie Wolff oi Cnrrlston. Alta. had ‘Seabiscult in 193B. Kai-a II in 1939 all’! Chnllericn in 1940. The wroihcr man says rrclug con ditions will be excellent . The track , will be feet. Oyster J0 Birt, C. Costello Mullen. L. Des-rcches Lloyd Tay-, Rev. RE. Ellsworth r - C. McQu id a McCallum. Dunstaflnageq E. McCarey November -,Lloyd MoOallum, Dun-_ F. Macfntyre I I CLERKS: The contestants have just gottenlP. P. Curley . M. A. Farmer continued this coming season com- A. Ward M. ite a R. St. J h tlhc L. prize MAR-NUTS: and didn't bother to mail the feet g1! D0y1e as been suggested that in addition to E. Gallant the Grand prizes and monthly pri-. W. Brawders bounty be paid 0n Ben Gallant each pair of’ feet and that will en- Alf Kelly are, ACES: H. Conway E Doucette F. Hennessey and for his tendency to riig up new- S. Tralnor sets.‘ E. Corish Sportsmen on the other hand be-, B. Callaghan operations C. rge numbers, Reg MacDonald urine, J. Coady s. spends the greater part of his time B. Bradley the Bowling League has pleted with the Scar-Nuts whining Class b1? STICKERS- 151J. Herrell ... Not G 15 ,F . Powrlal were out after foxes. ‘Their, J_ Strain C. McLean in o.' Gaudet and S. Duncan . ck fox turned out to b0 M. Richards J, Hennessely L. Doyle . M. Young G. Taylor M. Dockendorff .. P. MacKinnon .. E. Holmes E. Cox . L. Cleworth . M. MacLennan .. S Smith J. E. MacLeod To Saturday l: ilallllv 111v FOR YOUR SKATING PLEAsUlRE 1. WARM, COMFORTABLE onassmc ROOMS 2. GOOD ICE. l. FINE MUSIC 4. CHEERFUL COMPANIONS. TODAY-SS-S-IO flown The Alleys IU-IU-IN 172-155-175 179-139-172 . Smith. 186-252-1831 Total-MM. KERS: 174-lN-189 112-284-155 155-124-105 180-142-167 165-166-110 181-136-215 v. Pr. Cass 308-109-107 Total-MW. High single-I. Smith, 26.3. High three-W. Smith, 621. Points: Darts 4, Jokers 1. PLAY- OFFS 137-199-148 R. MacGuigan o n J. Butler Total-2772. 156-193-128 104-160-113 172-176-157 142-147-162 135- 85-113» Total—2557. High single-A, Ward, 200. High three-A. Ward. 506. Points: Clerks 4, Mar-Nets . Kelly l. 187-130-233 123-147-136 141-188-139 176-180- 235 152-163-238 176-206-148 T0tai—3062. 141-256-139 LeClair 312-188-136 23-205-14 Doiron 0 196-147-178 Total—3 146. High single-W. Mullins, 256. High three-S. ‘Trainer. 581. Points: Aces 1%, Soar-Note 8% ‘The first section of the K. of C. been com- “A" and the Clerks Class .B.._ C. N. B. BOWLING f Lafferty ' I Total-meal ' ' Bradley Total-sole. ' High Single I-ligh Three, , H. Henlnessey, g. MacLean, 635. e. . 3 12; Strikers id "e I1 Total-MOE). CARTAGE- d; 120 . Woo . . Total-2109. Duncan. 265. High Three, M. Richards. 600. Points: Rebos 4. Cartage 1. BUSINESS GUI-LS BOWLING LEAGUE FIREFLIES- 185 227 123 65 . 136 205 120 M. MacInnis GLOW WORMS- Kielly M. MscKenzie . G. Hooper 1 BUTTERFLIES- S. Shaina . J. MacLaine R. T00 133 igh Single. P. MacKinnon 227. THE FORUM Patterson To Cat - Return Fight ._._... IDNDON. Dec. 10-(6? 05b -Jackie Paterson, world's rim weight champion, who sufleredth: first knock-out in his carica- 15y MEN-in the seventh round of ml, non-title bout with Petty Ofiiceg Ben Duffy-will meet his conquer- or i.n a return bout. The youthful Paterson. n former Glasgow dockyard worker, was N. cently beaten in the third round of a non-title bout with Lc-Cpl, Danny Webb, Montreal negro. but it was no knock-out. is mau- 5891‘ $111811‘ in the towel It the end. of the third round aftd’ Paterson, who said he had an injured hand, trailed in points. Paterson also wantl s. return bout with Webb, now under su|_ pension until February for an in- conclusive flgllt Nov. l6 with Kid Tanner, British Guiana flywei h bantarnweight and featherwe gh cilamplon. , Canadian Farmer Beats All Records By JAMES MQCOOK Canadian Press Staff Writer OTTAWA. Dec. 15-(CP)- far as the Agriculture Departmeg 18 130110911106. Canada and her ale lies can call the Canadian farmers the best Santa Claus that even filled a bulging stocking. For. officials said today, 1944 i mail! Ways has been the kind o year they always want and seldom get. a year of pleasant surprise! after hard uncertainties. For in- stance, they were anxious about drought conditions in some eastern Sections. but the rain came, whe it was needed in most areas. The , were concerned about feed r-e< fexryes. but now there are Sllfllfin 8 . As they riffled the pugcs of Sig. tistlcal record, authorities sai that the Canadian farmer in often did not mean a ltalwa man with corded muscles. Wit 400.000 men and 100.000 worne gone from the farms to the arme services or war industries, th Canadian farmer frequently was man whose years had earned 111a rest. or a child who should ha more time to play. Some records: 1,320,000 beef cab tie to be marketed against 1,044 000 in i943; 1,100,000 sheep 8-11 lambs to be marketed 897.000; egg production 374,771.50 dozen against 332,527,000 dozen i 1943 and an annual average 237,001,000 dozen in 1936-40. Sum 75,000,000 dozen of this year's nroe duction will go to the United Kinge dom. 1 Poultry Melt ; Poultry meat produced amounted 239,000,000 poun against 263,500,000 pounds in 1943. The 1036-40 average was 202.000.- 000 pounds. Production of milk in 1944-l7,000,000,000 pounds, an ln~ crease of three to five per cenl over 1943-15. meeting vast increas- es in home consumption and grow- ing demands overseas. in 19 of war. now going out at the rate of 190,000 a week. include a pound of whole milk powder, a pound oi butter and four ounces of cheese. Cheese—l250,000,000 pounds of it- now is being sent to the United Kingdom along with 300.000 cask: of evaporated milk of 48 one- tion estimated at . pounds for 194a. against 162,000,- 000 pounds in 1943. Because o: the enlarged chess production. butter output for 194 will be down, being estimated a! 296,000,000 pounds against 312,000,- 000 pounds in 1943. _ _ Fruit is abundant in 1944. “will; apple production 16,500,000 bushe against 13,000,000. Peach production in 1944 1| placed st 1,730,000 bushels againsl 633,000. Limitations in sugar sup- plies and canning €Qlli])11lf‘l\l_ still restrict the amounts on {no stores. _ Corn production is 83.301. ton against 45.500; beans 13.000 ton against 8,560; peas 40,000 tons a- gainst 21,000 and tomatoes 250.000 tons again ' 167.000. Oflicinls said that in addition to continuld labor shortages, farmers had to face difficulties obtaining machinery. But sinc the war began overall farln pro- duction had increased 40 per cen and exports of agricultural pro ducts to the United Kingdom nod 123 . Cox . H High Three, P. MacKinnon, 537., _increascd 226 p61’ Colit- i ‘Store SmaiilGarden Crops In Cold Garage or Shed Storage of vegetables from email Victory gardens after frost has put an end to the harvest need not re- quire any considerable equipment. An unheated shed or garage will , serve as a place to keep root crops, including beets, carrots, turnips, ' potatoes and rutabagas, for several weeks. They must be protected from freezing and from drying out. Carrots, beets and turnips may be put in boxes packed in soil, peat moss or sphagnum moss, and this lhould be kept moist. Sand is not so effective as it does not retain moisture so well. Until outdoor tem- peratures fall much below freezing, this storage will be satisfactory. Parsnips and salslfy may be dug, sorted into lots, each sufficient for one family sewing, and each lot placed in l paper bag. These bags may be placed in a box and left outdoors in a place sheltered from rain. The vegetables will be im- 1 proved by freezing. and can be ob- t tained easily as needed, one serw; ing at a time. _ l Squash and pumpkins should be‘ kept in a temperature higher than} 60 degrees for a week after bar-i vest, to harden them; then stored} in a dry basement or attic in a tern-r perature not lower than 40 dcgreem, 1t is now recommended that stems‘, be cut off close to the plant. OnionI. should be stored in a dry place pro-i tcctcd from freezing, where the all; circulates frccly around each bulb. Storage in shallow, slatted racks, or hanging in braids or bunches will accomplish this. It your garden surplus of root crops is so large that it will last- until low temperatures make an unheated shed or garage risky, some other mcons of storage rnusl be provided, In any event, potatoes should not be packed in sand or soil, as this will not benefit them. Tomatoes should be placed on tables or shelves in a temperature of from 50 to 60 degrees, where they will ripen slowly. .._.__..._._._... .. _. .. Red Cross parcels for prisoner!“ pound tins each. Cheese proguca.