N5HH5H55555H T 00WN THE BACK STRET-CH In .-.-.-.-.-.-.-i.-i.-.-.-.-.-.-wv.-i.-.-.-.-.-.x-.-.-.-.-tn.-.-.-.5.-bu.-.-.-.-.-la.-.-.-.-P Earle Sample left early this week for Bangor. Maine. where his ihree horses. Mona Clegg 2.16 325. lfary Mark 2.08 225 and Dean Gal- lon 2.15 1.5 are staked in I large number of events. Earle and his trio left here with the best wishes if a host of friends and the ex- prctatinn that they will more than make good in Maine and else- wliere. Great. regret is felt over the loss .-.usiaincd by Willard Kelly of his vrrv handsome and valuable stal- lion. Playdala 2.04 1x2. Playdale, raced as a three-year-old in 1939 and took a record of 2.07 3.4. In 1940 he reduced it to 2.04 1,14 and was sold at auction in Lexington. Ky to Willard. He was foaled in 1.0.15. by Scotland 1.59 V2. dam. Ellvabctll Rives by Guy Axworthy .203 .'l 4. His second dam was the 'cl0bl'nlEd race mare Mabel Trask I01 1 4 by Peter the Great 2.07 1M. Playdalc was a first. at exhibitions uhcrc shown and was regarded bv innci horscinrii as the handsomcst -inllion in the Maritime Provinces. llc was a perfect gaitcd trotter. and had raring brains of a high -rdcr. As a shore he has been successful having produced the pacer Early Dawn 2.05 3,'5. winner li ovcr 517.000. and another good pin-iiig mare. Janette Dale 2,06 225. amiicr of sll.000, also Mildale 214 ll 5, Yankee Dnle 2.14. Miss lilayfair 2.16 4,5, Joandale 2.15, and others. Statistics from Roosevelt Racc- uay rccently released shows Wil- liam Haughtoii as the leading dash driver with 27 wins and 567,091.45 to his credit. Joe O'Brien is sec- ond with 552,091.25, Jim Jordan third with 551.533. John Simpson fourth with 546,189.90 and Henry Thomas filth with S21.287. The first harness horse to fly the Atlantic to compete against the best trotters in the United States is now stabled at Roosevelt Raceway. She is Cancanniere. win- nor of the Grand Prix de l'Am- eriquc in January and is now be- ing trained and will start in the 325.000 American Trotting Cham- pionship on next Thursday night. Wu hardly expect her to beat Pron- to Don. that holds the world's re- cords river that. track and has been unbeatable by the best of the Am- erican brigade. Cape Breton harness horse fans are all talking about the little four-year-old pacing more June Bee and her success at Foxboro. At the Harrisburg sale in Novem- ber. 1950, Jimmie Ferguson, race secretary of the Cape Breton Turf Club. bought the three-year-old pacer June. Bee for 5400, brought her tn Cape Breton and sold her for price and expenses or bring- inc her there - a total of some- thing nvcr 5600 - to Malcolm Monroe and Harry Lavatie They placed her in the hands of Ronnie MacDonald and last year in 32 starts she was 11 times first. 5 2.14 1.5. Rajah Hanover was 2-2. Question V. If-3. two other start- The 2nd and 6th races of the ers. Clamifisd Trot were won by Maudine Reamore. owned and driven by Neil MacAulay. Sydney. with Peterkin Aubrey 2-4. Jack Clyde 3-3. Mack Stout 4-5. Celia Sharen 5-2. time, 2.16 4l5. 2.16 4x5. This is a nevwrecord for Maudlne Reamors and both heats were very creditable for a. trotter. Barbara 8. Law (Gregori and Dorothy Won't Tell (P:-ttigrewi won the 5th and 8th races respectively. the former in 2.23 3x5 and the latter 2.21 3.5. Last. week at Island Park Race- way, Woodstock. N.B.. Myron lilac- Arthur of Kcnsington. set up it season's mark for other Maritime drivers to shoot at by winning no less than six of the eight races programmed, with the following horses . . . Race No. 1 with Jock Martin 212 25. owned by George Carpenter, Woodstock. in 2.20. Bon- nie H. 2. The 2nd race with Do- minion D. by Abner T. Clcgg, owned by Herb Lindsay. in 2.21 2 5. Heinie Henley iLingilt2t 2. the Ilrd race with the irotter Card Shark. owned by William Stiles. Woodstock, in 2.19 4-5, the 5th race with Jock Martin in 2.19 2.5, the 6th race with Dominion D. in 2.21 and the "lth race with Card Shark in 2.16 3,15. The other two races were won by Donald G. 11.. owned by William Flemmimz. Juniper, N.B.. and driven by Frankie Carr. in 2.11 1 5, 210 3'5. Abbeland, driven by Wib Jardine was 2nd in both. Dick Erla (Cream- eri was (1rd in the 4th race and 4th in the final dash. The pacer Brighton. owned by Hendry De- Witt. was 3rd in the final and fastest dash, Our congratulations to Myron on his splendid showing and also to Jimmie Smith. noted trainer and ex-driver. who condi- tioned the horses and sent them out ready for the word. Saturday night Miss Commando 2.12 4,15 and her daughter Money Royal 2.15 2'5. will be racing on different tracks, the former in the 2.19 pace, first division. at Char- lottetown and the latter in 3 S1.- 200 stake for three-year-old pac- ers at 'l'ruro Raceway. Late last night. Archie Llewellyn left by truck for Truro with Money Royal and there she will meet the top two-y ar-old pacer of 1951, Royal Bank 219 1x5 and other speedy ones. At Charlottetown Miss Com- mando will be driven in her stake event by Blair Andrew of New Glasgow. P.E.I. Both the above horses are owned by Dr. Preston Mclntyre of Montague. A warm welcome was given horsemen visitors W. G. "Bill" Stewart. New Glasgow, N.S., and Alderman J. Harry Breen of Hali- fax. who were over to see last Saturday night's races. Bill was one of the mainstays of the sport some years ago and bought the time.-: second and 7 times third, wiiining over 51.200. This spring Fannie persuaded her owners to srnd hcr along with the other hnrscs in his stable, to Brockton to train preparatory to racing at Poxboro. Not too many expected Jiine Boo to race with success against the fast brigade that would he marshalled there. but she has rxcrcdcd all cxpectations by win- ning for the third time in less than two weeks. and her final effort was first in a 31.500 stake. It was ovrr Fl vcry but shr. nutiooted an excellent. field in 2.13. She had two wins previously and was a close sec- nnd in 2.09 N2 in another event. Second to June Bee in the stake we are glad to note was Harry Hirsr-h's four-year-old pacer Globe Trotter 3. 2.11 215. so Cane Bre- tnnors won the largest proportion of the money. Globe Trotters new mark taken at. Foxboro is 2.10 U5. The snmcwhat. erratic pacing stallion cyclonic set up a new track mark for the season at Cape Flrcinn Sports Centre last Satur- rlay night, whcn he won the -1th race. on the card in 2.11 2 5. He was driven by Joe MacDonald. The 1st dash in this event was won iv Wilkin 4Ratchfordi owned by Rn-linrd Jabalcc. North Sydney. rho 3rd and 'ltli races for trot- rrrs were won by Cobblestone. own- ed by 1". J. Cadegan and driven or Worrcll Lewis. time. 2.16 Mb. muddy track best horses procurable such as Mighty Hanover 203 1 5 and oth- ers of equal calibre. and he has lat present ii. colt by Billy Dircct lbred in the purple that he may iput in training next year. We would all welcome him back to the ;game. Mr. Bret-n saw his trottcr iBona-Boy perform very crcditably 'in his first start. Welcome. too. were visitors Cecil McGlnley of ll-Ioulton, Maine, owner of Sudden fMary 2.11 1x5 and half a dozen lothers that are being trained to race later. Cecil's real purpose was to have a look at the full sister of Early Dawn 2.05 2.'5. daughter of Playdale 2.04 1x2 and Dude Potempkin 2.07 U4. owned by Lester Johnston. Fortune. Cecil was accompanied by Bob Brown. owner of Skclter 2.07 and other pacers. Lester could not be per- suaded to part with the latest ad- dition to Dude's family. but in few days after. he sold Feather Duster 2.10. an eight-year-old daughter of Abbe Worthy and Dude Potempkiii to the writer. Last Saturday night's race card at the Charlottetown oval was one of the best we have seen in a long time. Particular mention must be made of the middle heat in the 2.18 conditioned pace which Cmdr. George Buntain and driven by Len 0'Meara, in 2.09 3,'5. Shc had won the previo dash in Continued on page 7 T0-NICHTIS RACING - CARD FEATURING Abner Tho Great; loiinny Commando. Min Donna Mn. Buddy, curl Aubrey, Calumet Onward. ' 1:19 rsoii -. 2nd DIVISION Also 8 Classified Events - FIRST man 3:30 2:94 Kalmuclr. Yankee Dale. Min Now Look, Duo, Campbell's I in was won by Miss Knox. owned by' ,' By Rouson 1- THE GUARDIAN, CHARLOTTETOWN Winners 1. Argot Pointer it sleek brown stallion. and Milldale, a trotting bay mare raced on with double heat victories in last night's under the lights meet at the Charlotte- town Driving Park. Argot Pointer, owned and driven by H. B. Willis had far too much for Time Table. Billy Mcvey and company in both heats of the Free-For-All. In both heats the Pointer moved up in the back The Abegwelt, Juniors their first taste of mainland com- will get petition Sunday afternoon when they stack up against the Dart- mouth Juniors on Memorial Field. The Curran and Briggs Juniors SWEQCII t-0 Win e05H.V'- - from summe,-Side hes.” the Milldale. owned and driven by Smmgh.” Tankels in R doubleg Willard Kelly. Sout.hport. won two heats of the 2.20 trot. with Feather Duster winning the other heat of the event. Feather Duster. who was recently purchased by Col. D. A. Macxinnon and driven by the header two weeks ago by EOI'lVll'iC- in: scores and if the Abbies can take the measure of the Darl- mouth boys it. should mean that local Junior ball ."0mpa'.e5, pm”-V fcoloncl last night, won the middle favoiab.y with junior ball in Nova heat and placed second in the 50”” other two. ' ' ' g Two long shots won the first Just what agreement. will be gm, dashes Of the meat. caium- reached reszaipliniz the ages for ctta. a bay mare driven by R. Junior players competing in the MacFaydcn led all the way in Maritime finals is something we winning the first race. At the parl-mutuels she paid s46.70 for a uni ticket. You'll See. dont know. In other years the age. limit on the Island has been mi years while that in New Brunswick a bay mill"? OWHFCI Milldale And Argot Pointer Double Heat ast Night by A. B. Cutclifle. Charlottetown. and driven by :8. Andrew. moved up from fourth place in the back stretch to win the second race. You'll See came under the wire followed by Propane who was A close second. Youlll see and Milldale paid a total of 5534.90 for a daily double ticku. There was only one ticket on the combination. over this season. pole to win the first dash of the event easily. g In the second dash Princel Bud- long led all the way followed by Dale 13. Miss Knox moved up on the back stretch but the best the Len O'Meara-driven mare could do was finish second. The H. B. Willis driven Argot Pointer came on from third posi- tion to win both dashes of the Free-For-All. In the mist dash A. G. Scott set the early pace fol- lowed by Mannister Direct. In the second dash Time Table led un- jiconlinued on Page-13):: where pheasants were not report but this year those vacant "pack ets" are expected to fill up. in Queen's County for Miscouche. spring...nine to 11 on the aver of Premier Jones at Bunbury. con tains from 12 to 15 chicks. Premier himself saw the moths and Nova Scotia has been 21. Even at that Island teams have done very well as will be recalled by the showing of the Junior Abbies last year against the Springhill Tank- em. Intermediate 0 0 The lifting of the age limit for junior players here to :11 would permit such capable performers as Lorne Henncssey, Arnold Mac-. Callum. 1-Elmer MiacNeill. Desi Trziinor and Donnie MEICLERII to Freddy MacCabe's Intermediate Abbies set their sights on the Char- lottetown Baseball Championship yesterday evening by defeating M.C.A. 4-1 in a round robin ser- joln the Abbies for the junior , pxayous. The”. addition would iss game played on Memorial Field. definitely strmgmen the local The Intermediates win leaves them team and their chances of w1nn- tied with M-C-Aw each tmm hRV' ing two points but the Abbies have a game in hand. A sixth inning run with Willis with these players it would be) Hermessey scoring provided the Ab- possible for fgacli Ev. l1vIacNeill tot :1:-:(e11"llEh l&lgar'1E:gn8b;I:YI:3rlRl1'k1S move Brian wis back nto centre- i I7 i (geld and tighten up the outfield Mi pitchers duel between Merlin Mac- uhe along with Joe Coyle and Elmci-I Kcn7.'c of the Abbies and Fred Keil- lMacNeil, tor of the M. C.A. would make an effective combination in the outer gardens The 903"” were W35 1'1 tzoinil ing the Island and Maritime crown would be reasonable good. . . . Down. M. C. counted 12, maybe 13, young. Later Abegweitsi A. 4 - 1 iinto the sixth as the result of ti run by the Ahbi'es in the first inn- ing and one by M.C.A. in the third. tlater estimate until a -pheasantls nest holding 16 this spring. This nest. was kep under observation for a week bu or was killed by a predator. H s r ti Abbi . ihrtflllgrlle sweslythca shengle hello TO data this is 3 mwrdi in '5' field in the sixth after Jackie 51”” I” We "umber '” 9335 held Cairns had opened the inning by i reaching first on an error and I Wally Shephard reached on a field- ers choice after Cairns had been forced at second. A walk to Reg Hughes moved Hennessey to second and Shepharcl to third. shephard was caught oil base and tagged out by Glen Math- eson but a single by "Buck" Whit- :' '(Contihii!ed'onSPag"e--10')VHS the number of young hatched. grown young. on his farm at Morell. wLal Hennessey could take over his old position at second base with KMacCallum going behind the plate and Des Trainor to first, This :would also provide MacNeill with A plot of bench strength. While this r.niglit'hai'e the nec- essary results of winning the Pro- F .title it could be debated wlietliemleave .or not such it move would be a; G T lthink and with 51 lot of good rea-i 0 son that it would be advisable toi .... UNIPY 20 .VMT5 of 8:0. This fer-iDon NTEPDOHHIII. Tom Rogers and ytoinlv would he a good practise if "Toby" MacMil1an left yesterday :vincial and possibly a Maritirnr-I .::ood one. Thcrc are some who plimit the junior players to those! Three well-known City Rollers. carried out throughout the Mari-pmorning to compete in the annual times. lN. B.-P. E. 1. Golf Tournament ' 9 ' .whlch is heing held in Edmunstori. Softball fans and players will New Brunswick. The tournament .have a chance t.o see some firsI- will he held over the week-end. irate softball Sunday afternoon: ----i------- ;when the Air Force team froml . Summciside play: an exhibition M d F doubleheader with an All-star team from the City softball Lea- gue. The Summerside team and a ycharlottetown squad met already .t.hls year with the Airmen coming iout on the long end of ii 15-1 score. . . . o 1 Al Belvedere Course Today 9 A mixed foui'some's golfing com- petition will be held this afternoon over the Belvedei-e Golf Course The Airmen excel in their pitch- llng and this is where they have .held it over the local ball players. ;Coach Andy Andrews has at least -Q t h it he” hum he links. it was announced last night. X3 ui)ii.)sn.n0I;olhp ocl thesew play.” This afternoons play will get ,in. have plenty of speed and one of dS"”lY 35 W” Pemck with ""3 pm' .mem has Ex chem Control as we". ceeoingi; being handled by Mrs. isundav nlcrnoon the local players. S3nd0W- Wm? M ""3 Chm Woks" lmamed hv Elm" ward, Wm hm... slonsl, Marc Sandow. The draw inwl. chm.” ,0 sec what they Cant will he made this morning and will do 'nm1nM mm hu,ung' be ready before the competitions Baseball Results (Canadian Press) Final Shoot For Queen's Prile Chicago Nil 000 IIO 3 I2 (II . NPW York ons con 01: n B I T d Stobbs. Judson (7) and Shecly. 0 I.ollsr (7); German. Satin (8) and Silvers. Berra (9). BISLEY. surrey. England. Jilly &j:"""' :33 2;: 332:: 1; I 18 -(OP)- Six Canadians join 04 Brut” "Hum; .6; and Hen". other Commonwealth rifle men to- McDermott Brickner (5) and "'0"'"W A” ""3 ””” ”hO”." .1” ”” whim ' Queens prize. the Empires out- Dem,” - - g 010 190 990.; 5 a standing test of marksmanship. Philadelphia 000 000 010-l 7 2 Lleut. Gilmour Boa, M-year-Old Toronto civil engineer and an of- flcer in the Cadet services of Can- adi-. who last year won the most coveted individual award for mai-ksmen. just. failed this year to qualify for the finals. The group of finalists is known as "The Queen's 1-Iundred." in it.- self an Empire-wide badge of dis- tinction with the service rifle. Canadians in the Queen's Hun- drerl are P0 K. 5. Fox. Verdun. Que.; Mat. '1'. w. Hall. New West- minster. B. C.; Sgt. G. C. Wilson. Ottawa; wing Cmdr. J. A. Gordon Houteeman and swift; Byrd. Ku- cab 49) and Murray. St. Louis .. .. 101 out ozo.-s 1.1 0 Washington 211 000 20x-6 15 0 Overmlre, Madison l2t Hol- combe tsi. Paige (8) and Court- ney; Clumpert. Sleater (8), Con- suegrs (8) and Grasso. National League Brooklyn .... .. 110011110 010 01 Pittsburgh .-. 000 100001 2 0 Loes, Black (0) and Cami” Iinella; Friend, Fisher. (9) and McCullough. Danton .. 000200000 2 0 1 St. Louis ,.. . I02 000 00! 'I ll '!i ( diottawa; Sqdn. Ldr. Dave Rey- Cciazlxongurrlghfiglvagredlgzen Nhd "9ld5- 09'0"": "d owl" 0' 3' D. RIC; ' Gamble Winnipeg. Philadelphia 000 000 008 1 ll 1 ' Cincinnati 800 (no 001 ll 14 o A stronl Team Fox. Hansen (1). Konstanty (7). Meyer I91 and Lopatn; Perkowski. Hiller (1), SmitIi.(9I and Semin- On the eve of the big shoot, LI..- col. .1. 1'. Steele of Guelph. ont... commandant of the (Continued on Page 13) Murray. Burtchy (0) and Wat- llngton: Pordes and FJOTIIIIIII. Springfield on no 000-0 4 Baltimore .. . 000 000 311-4 0 I Besse, Jacobs ('1) Lary fl) and 001000010-2 9 2 Meek; Starr. Thompson (0) and 1010320 001-! 10 1 lbakemnn lck. New York at rain. Chicago postponed International League Buffalo at Toronto doubleheader poliponed, rain.- Rochester at Syracuse postponed. wet grounds. Ottawa Montreal in iPa1mer Takes Strong A Canadian -' iecord at present. 0 C Black duck broods are later than usual this spring but are above average in size. constitutes a record for a beaver dam. The observer who -..-- spotted them was sure of his By Fraser Macnougall count. He was fly fishing for trout at the time. Two other WTNNIPEG. July 18 -tCP)- Johnny Palmer from North Caro- lina. shooting the three hottest consecutive rounds in the 43-year history of the Canadian open golf championship. took a commanding eight-stroke lead today in the 515,000 tournament. Palmer. helped along by a spec- tacular putter toured the short. tricky St. Charles Golf and Coun- ry Club course today with a six- undei--par 60 to go with his open- ing 95 and his second-round 65. He finished with It 54-hole total 01 197, 19 strokes off par to carry into the. fourth and final round tomor- i-ow. His nearest rival was Doug Ford of Harrison. N. Y. who shot a 8'7 to go with his opening rounds of broods of black ducks with 14 in each were spotted this spring, one at Whitlock's Pond and the other in a beaver dam. Dams built by beavers are patronized to a great extent by black ducks intent on rearing a brood and ocmtributc greatly toward the fall duck pop- ulation. However. they seldom re- main long in El beaver dam after the brood is able to fly but hie themselves to larger and more open bodies of water. There is a wide disparity in the ages of this season's duck hatch. The earlier broods are able to make short flights and are prac- tically inuistmguishable from the mother duck but many others are not yet; out of the down stage. Crows. coons destroy the first two settings be- Riegel of Tulsa who slipped to '11 from 66-69. blonde Dick Mayer of St. Petersburg.- Fla.. with 07-09- 70 and Dutch Harrison-1949 champion-with 69-67-70. Three more stood at 200-Al Zimmerman of Portland. Ore.. who had 9. 60 to add to 00-71', Fred Haas. Jr. of New Orleans with 60- 60-71 and Roberto De vlcenzo of Buenos Aires with 09-6'!-72. Cdiiinued on page '1 SNAP SNOT FINISNINC Bolil printed. 24 hour service. also prints. Any points only I0 cents. I cents each. Mall Film Service. Charlottetown. St. Peter's Horse Races WEDNESDAY, JULY 231-d RACES START AT 2.00 P. M. FOUR. CLASSES, 01,000.00 IN PURSE5 Number 1 Clutified. Purlo 3400.00- Numbsr 2 Classified. Purse 0400.00 Number I Classified, Purse 8400.00 Number 0 Classified, Pin-so 8400.00 winncn, balance to be divided 40. I0, is and 12 percent. 825 to the driver of the bone pnlng 4Iie futon best. Donated by best. Donated by Albert Qnlgley and son. 012.50 In caretaker oftlm-no trotting futon. beat. Donated by Albert Qulgley sud Don. Entries close Saturday, July 19. Three percent to enter. I ALBERT QUIGLIZI Josllrll LESLIE. Manning Owner:-. CLIFFORD MMDONALD, Agent Rlng-necked pheasants may be expected to take King's County Broods have al- ready been seen at East Point. Black Pond and East Lake in the extreme eastern tip of Kings and ed. although some may have been present although not actually seen, Pheasants have been established several years and have spread into Prince to a point several miles west of Broods are large this nge...but one covey on the farm The bird with tier family on the high- way that blsects his farm and another observer spotted the covey in a cut. over clover field and reported 15 or 16 in the flock. Truthfully I was skeptical of the Vernon River farmer told me he found 11 eggs one day the mother bird failed to show up. She either left the nest for a pheasant nest and the covey at. Bunbury holds top honors for I have spotted two coveys of pheas- ants in my time that held 11 half Hungarian part- ridge have long been noted for laying large clutches of eggs-24 to 28 are not uncommon--but the record nest holding 33 eggs was found by the late Hon. Harry Cox 2!! Hun chicks in a covey is the standing What: possibly black ducks is a brood of 15 hatched in and skunks often 39459 I01” 395- 11 3”'0k95 17'5”" fore the duck is able to success- Illln 11113 , fully incubate a clutch. A sports- TIW39 'l)1Bl'9T5 U991 at 305-5399 man at Commercial Cross who of Film developed and Double roll of 8 u- Reprints starting gate will be used. U. 9. 1'. A. rule: to govern. All noes will he on the three heat plan. Money division. 10 percent set aside toi- . l. L. Barge. 325 to driver of horse trolling the fastest hut. Donated by Dinxvvell and manner. 312.50 to caretaker of bone pacing tutu: The Dartmouth Juniors and the Charlottetown Junior Abbies will meet Sunday afternoon on Mem- orial Field in an exhibition base- ball game at 2:30. The game is the first of a home and home series between the two clubs. Abegwelt President G e o i- g 2 Francis was hopeful last night that A large crowd of fans would turn out to see the boys play. The Dartmouth team are a fairly highly regarded outfit and it is expected that they will dish up Dartmouth Juniors Andi Junior Abbies Play Exhibition Here, Sunday a good brand of ball here. For the local juniors it will be their first chance to test their ability on mainland teams. Th. Abbies. who have been Ildltilnl their own in Island League pin. are quite anxious to take on thy visitors. Coach Ev. MacNel1 of the Jim- ior Abbles will probably use Don. nle MacLesn on Ithe mound. It MscLean does not get. the nod it could be Johnny Silllartbrigggl Junior MacLeod or Jackie Burks. HELSINKI, July 18-(AP)-Heb Miss Knox and Prince Bu long 4 by yd 1 th , , split honors in the 2.17 Pace 9Con- azoareli c”f,”;'3,y:..,,':Ef,' Eager" Mon? smk” 3n3""'l”3 Wm” Olympic dm0n'3d- MISS Km” 3'3""? "P 1mm tague sections. Last fall there Smdium more closely guarded fourth position at the nvbeighthg were some dismcts in King... than a lot. of state secrets. throws open its gates tomorrow for the start of the biggest Olympic Games in history. . The 70.000-seat arena will be jammed to capacity for the solemn opening ceremonies starting at 1 pm., local time, (7 am. EDT). A record 5.1170 athletes from '10 countries will parade into the sta- dium. For many of them tomor- row's show will provide their first peek into this showpiece of the city. The stadium has remained lock- ed behind wire fence: and barred gates. Although this year's games are so huge that preliminary competi- tion has been running since Mon- day, there still was an air of ex- pectancy in Helsinki this evening. The side shows were over. The main event was ready to start. On this final preliminary day. three more teams qualified for the basketball tournament, the last 14 flags were hoisted over the Olym- pic village at. Kaepylae and the International Olympic Committee -the outfit responsible for this show-adjourned its three-day meeting. Cuba outraced Belgium. ' 71 - 63, to grab one of the last three bask- etball spots. Hungary outlasted Greece .4744. to qualify and Egypt edged Italy 68-62. I' I. t At its final meeting the Interna- tional Olympic Committee received ' .'r MAPLE L 2 Pairs Pants. .Men's Sport SHIRTS. Beg. 02.50 .. .. Polo SHIRTS. Summer SOCIIS. Reg. 500 MATINEE RACE EAF SPEEDWAY MacIIEILL's MILLS .WEONESIlAY, JIILY 23rd I 0 . . Good Classes - Well Stocked saloons, Come and Enjoy an Afternoon of Fine Racing For particulars. write- IIOY PHILLIPS or RAY MacNElLL. Ma.cNeiII's Mills WEEK-END SPECIALS AT GREENDAUS Men's Summer SUITS. Reg. s39.5o ...... Men's Gabardine PANTS. neg. to 33.95 ....................... Reg. 31.00 ......... .... ....... .... SHIRTS and SHORTS . . .... .......................................... Biggest Olympic Games In History Open Today At Helsinki Stadium formal invitations to stage th. 1960 games in Philadelphia and Lausanne. Switzerland. Informal bids were made by Rio de Janelro. Brussels. Karachi. Mexico City, Tokyo. Rome. Athens. Lisbon. New York, Chicago, Minneapolis, De. troll. San Francisco and Los An. gelcs. No decision will be mad; until 1955. The stadium, groomed inch by inch for the last three weeks by painstaking workmen. is ready for the cieam of the world's nthlctcs. A plaque of two stones-one from the original Olympic stadium on a hillside in Greece. the other from the ancient Coliseum of Rome-was dedicated on a stadium ivall today. Daily Double Pays 3534.90 The daily double combination mi You'll See and Milldale at the Charlottetown Driving Park last night paid 5534.90. The only daily double ticket sold on this combination was shared by Herbert Steele, 278 Grafton Street, and Walter Ferguson of the Can- adian National Express. You'll See, it long shot in the second dash, paid 521.20 to Win, Milldale won the third dash and paid 38.70 to win. ADDITIONAL SPORT ON PAGE 13 129.50 - 6.95 1-95 89c 49c. 39c - i low. on: ALL MEN'S SPORT - COATS and BLAZERS .. (- 0oys' S on SHIRTS. Reg. to Ioys' Summer PANTS. Beg. to 34 2.50 ............. ........... Tiie.GlIEENllAi: co. Ltd. MEN'S Ii BOYS' WEAR - I44 01'. GEO ST. 1.49 2.88 2.. ....q