We were delighted to have a letter from a very old friend, (mini Harding, who is now in Alberta. Gavin was a great horse lover and owned some good ones in his time. He writes - - - ”0ut here we are living in an oil boom, the equivalent of the fox boom iminy years ago. The government has been taking in enough money in relire their debt t5l00.000,000) and it is only started. With 'lll lwsi wishes, Gavin." hen Mm'Dou:;ali. Presiding .'iid;:r and Manager of Sydney '5p0l'lS Center, has issued a let- Ivr to all horsemen from which no quote - - - ”The goose that lays the golden eggs will be at Sidney race track in its program of 1033. Our patrons have im- imi-ied one of the largest and finest group of harness horses to Maritimes at. one t-mr in any ,' track has liccii sca: ii liberal mat of soil and manure and will imciie an application of sand in iiie Sp:-ins. This should provide rnnl lr.'iiiiiiir,: and racing. surface -vml one that will produce record time: next ,ie:ir. We will have a full season of racing starting wiih ilir: 24th of May, '2nd of June, Sih nf June and following through 'l'ursil.iy and Fl'l(l.'l)' nights until 'lilianks:iiiii,:, including I fea- ivire neck being planned for mid- tiimnier" There are iiiany other features mentioned in the letter and Ken has written on the bot- "l.1nl;s like ii great We liave about 30 that can go be- 2.l2. It won't be hard to build good race pro- piams around that lot. Ilavc nhout 90 to 100 being winiered lirrrx in Cape Breton." Thanks, hen, and congratulations to you hurt tn the horsemen of Cape Bre- tmi iilin-liave invested so much - ,gdI..d,s FOR SALE David -McLean, T!r.(i.. by Scotland. 1.59 U4. dam by Mr. McEliv,vn, 1.59 N4. Record pacing 2.07 M4, trotting 2.12 ITS, fixed 11 years. A large flashy xaited tmtteij- perfect behind the gate.-will trot. roinr: lo the Mm - - - )"iil' in '53. horses iirirc now tivcrii 2.07 and air mute In front or tricked In- Priccd to sell quickly. -ALSO-- Mabel Patch 2.10 1-5 Winner of championship over ice at Monctovn. N. 13., two years ago, Also winner of one of the great- raf. loo race: ever held In the State of Mains--Kind and good mannered-A perfect fun mare. Both are priced to- SELL QUICKLY Myron MacArthur Phone 84 Kenslngton, 1'. B. T. aLAcE BAY DOWN THE BACK STRET-OH kH55 Vo'n3'-'oVhVhH5 H'E money and who are such great patrons of the sport. We trust that your enterprise will be fully rewarded. From Ann and lfarry Hirsch is a very cute card showing Harry standing alongside of Super Hal 2.01 25 with George Mauger sit- ting on the siilky. Harry is just as natural as life - - - And from Lorne E. Britton, Harlland, NE. a reproduction on at card of Lorne's handsome face with the following - - - "Give me a horse and a sulky too, On i-i half mile track to win or lose, Those 'singiiig wheels' are music sweet, With the rat-lat-tat of the horses feet.” From the President and Direc- tors of the Woodstock Driving Club. Ltd. operating the Island Park Raceway. Woodstock, N. B.. is an attractive Christmas card announcing the 1953 program- "Twenty nights racing starting June 22nd. Racing on Mondays and Thursdays. Each horse gets two dashes each night. Increased purses. Consider this your in- vitation to race at our track in 1953. Arthur Kelley, Secretary- Treasurer." The many friends of Lloyd Palmer who was so well liked when he sold papers at the Ex- hibition track and nearby some years ago. writes: "Dear Colonel: Just a little note to let you know that the mare is in foal to Pagliaccl and that I sent away the breeding certificate and reg- istration papers fnr Paper Girl's ”First Edition" by Pepper. I should be getting the, papers soon. Hope you have a Merry Christmas and a very Happy New Year." Thanks, Lloyd, and I am sure your many friends here will be glad to know that you still have Paper Girl. We also wish to con- gratulate you on your penman- ship. Harvey Corniier, who spent the summer of 1951 here training and racing horses and giving Argot Pointer his record of 2.07 on two occasions, writes from Rimouski. . - - - "Just a line to let you know some of my happenings the past summer. First I may say that I had a very good summer. I had a mare railed Adeline Pointer that had no l'tlf”I.' the '-76zEim;ue'c1'6Ti3a-gETeF:- .E...L.:.L.-..- D : In FORUM DATES DEC. 16 - 20 SATURDAY- Afternoon Skating ......... 3 to 5 Junior Hockey ........... ..... 6 to ll -FORUM- MONDAY, DEC. 22 SEAT SALE - TODAY AND MONDAY. GENERAL SALE - MONDAY AT 2. THE VISITORS WILL HAVE NEW PLAYERS FANS WILL BE ASSURING CONTINUANCE OF BIG TIME HOCKEY BY A BUMPER HOUSE. TODAY'S SPEOIAL S ( DOLLIS OHAIR BETTER QUALITY AT um anus: snap FREE YIITH EVERY DOLL OVER S3.00 BETTER PRICES ilimsn-van on name no DISAP M 188 Gk George . Phone 941 utmonsns AND imnnnsoir movs CHOOSE TODAY AND PICK UP liglf-AWAY PLAN... . . - lot Tlioltamotzlilapplay-Biff THE 0581 l.l'iTLE SPORT Almost crowd that ever saiv a Major League hockey game here, sat in on last 3000 fans. the biggest contest between the Is- landers and Atlantics at. the Forum. That crowd topped last year's record breaker by about 150. Early last season when the Island- ers played the Moncton Hawks here on a Saturday night; close to 2850 fans were on hand. The Islanders won that game .l-0 with Bob Gray, as he was last night, being the Is- landers star. night's out The Indian sign, which the Hall- gonians put on the Islanders last spring in the play-offs, apparently stilt holds on. Last night for the fifth time in the last five games the Atlantics defeated the Island- ers by B. one goal margin. There were several reasons for the Is- landers defeat with two of them being Joe Lei-"ine and Billy Goold. Another was the lack of hustle on the part of a number of the Island- ers in the last period and a half. . . . The game, although marred by considerable holding. produced a wealth of good hockey. The Is- landers gave it a great try in the first 30 minutes and the Alziniics. playing it wide open all the way although sliorthanded made the most. of their opportunities in the last half. Several of their goals resulted from smart plays while the others were of the easy var- iety. Billy Goold. who comes in at about 160 pounds gave his best performance on Charlottetown ice. Billy, playing on a line with his coach Diigger McNeil and Kenny Laufman scored three goals and assisted on the fourth. McNeil, who usually plays defence. shows that he can be zi pretty good for- ward. o o 0 Wes "Buckc'l Ti-ainor. stickhand- ling wizard of the Islanders for the past. two seasons has made a terrific hit. with fans in Grand Falls. Neivfoundland, according to the sports pages of the Grand Falls Advertiser. The Grand Falls team, of which Trainer is the. playing coach, played a. two-game series with the Sydney Scots re- cently and won easily by the scores of 6-2 and 8-5. Trainor did not play too much according to the reports, but when he did, he put on a. show that lifted the Grand Falls fans out of their seats. 0 O 3 Wilt Maloney. Sports Editor of the Advertizei-, had this to say the day following i-he series with the Sydney team: "Most. popular sport; in town today is 'Bucko' Tralnor, colourful coach of our Grand Falls team. During the Sydney games he saw little action but whenever he stepped on the toe it was 'Here comes Trainor', and his playing left little to be desired. Not; since Drlllon have we had a player like Tralnor. Byrne had it. upstairs but a back injury kept Joe from show- ing his best". . . Speaking of the first game Mal- oney wrote that "It. was the debut of our All-Star team and if. was a great one. Fans came away shout- ing the praises of coach Ti-alnor and the great play-making of Joe Byrne. The Tralnormen hit a sharp pace in each game outshoot- ing the Scots 31-21 on Friday night and 29-24 on Saturday. "Bucko" Trainor brought. out. a fast-skating aggressive team, schooled in his old familiar style to clash with the Scots in the first game on Fi'iday,night.. The locals gave a. very impressive dis- play ln the debut before the home town fans." The writer also speaks about the work of Rziy Marshall and Cliff Jackson. They are playing on ii. line with a. chap named Green and "held the attention of the fans during the first game." Jackson and Marshall each scored v. goal in the first encounter and Mar- shall acored once in the second game. Bucko picked up two goals during the series and his first goal was described as follows: ”Bucko Tralnoi-, who didn't see much act- ion, scored the prettiest goal of the game with less than two min- utes to go. He picked up the puck at. centre-ice and stickhandied through the Scots to score with a sizzling backhand" . . The Sydney Scots are n. team of senior calibre. This fall they play- ed several exhibition games with the powerful at. F. X. team iiiitl inmost occasions put. up 3 very fans. They number among their ranks many former College and senior hockey players. Last week Tralnor was almost ready to join the Islanders when he could- not obtain proper living quarters in Newfoundland. Ho was offered an Islanders contnctfand transporta- tion here and might have accepted had not I completely furnished house has mudo available to him and his wi e. IIIIDY nnioxmnn GKRGI. South Africa--(CP)- -my roux-la. 9. mum at an Ax- lmontal farm in this capo Pro- vino: town reuntly laid 1.906 lffekl in om day, ' good showing against. the Colleg- i A short handed band of Halifax Atlantlcs. led by Billy Gooltl, Dugger McNeil and Jollinl Joe LePine came roaring from behind :1 three goal deficit in the third period last: night to defeat Murpli Chamberlain's Islanders 5-4 and take their tenth decision from the Islanders this season. Little Billy Good. playing an a line with Kenny Laufnian and coach Dugger McNeil rifled home three goals, two of them in the final period as the Atlantics maintained their mastery over the Islanders. The Islanders raced into fl 3-1 lead in a lively first period, maintained their two goal lead in the second period as each team scored a goal and appeared headed for almost certain victory before the sharper and more eager Atiziniics pulled the game out of the fire in the final ses- slon. The Ilalilax upset. was watched by almost 3,000 fans, the largest ever to watch a major league hockey game here. The win moves the Atlanlics four full games ahead of the islanders. Joe I.cPinc and Dugger MiieNeil fired single goals for the Atlan- tics to assist Goold in his task Bullet Bob Griiy, the best of the Islanders forwards, sgorcd two with singles going to Ronnie Iiursl; and Lyle Wiseman. The lSlilll(.lPl'S started fast. in the first period and for a time it looked as though they were head- ing for another 10-1 victory. They controlled play in the rougii hard-hitting session and outsliot the visitors 12-6. In the last two periods, how- ever, they run out of steam us the big Halifax defense, holding, hooking and using their weight to good advantage kept the is- landers forwards out of the dan- ger zones. Billy Goold put on it one-man odensive show as he led his team from behind tlhe 4-1 lead which the Islanders enjoyed midway in the second period. He cut. the Islanders' lead by a goal in the second session by scoring on a long shot. In addition to orlng twice more in the last. p od he set. up Dugger McNeil for the tying oal. Murph Chamberlain used I-fub Beaudry, Marcel Clements and Bob Gray as his tlnrd attacking unit and they were easily the best line the Islanders had on tihe ice. They accounted for two goals and held their opponents scoreless while they were on duty. Goalie Al Millar had his good and bad moments in the Islanders nets. Al had only 21 shots directed his way but many of those that beat him were tough or tricky shots. THE GUARDIAN. CHARLOTTETOWN Atlantics Come From Behind To Take 5-4 Victory Over Islanders minutes old when Goold took Mc- Nella pass and fired a backhand shot that caught the short corner of the net. for his second goal. Sev- en minutes later he tossed a pass acres the front of the Islanders that McNeil batted into the corner Still not content Goo... combin- ed with Peanuts McLaughlin to fire the clincher. He skated across the front. of the Islanders net; and deflected home McLaughlin's shot. The game was rough in spots and tempers flared on a couple of occasions. Referee Ross Morrow handed out only five penalties, four to the Islanders and one to Halifax. Halifax played without the ser- vices of their star right. winger llughie Campbell. Also missing from the Haligonians lineup were forwards Frank King, Muckle Hollett and Doug MaoPhee. time Atlantics used only two forward lines. Halifax .- Goal, Mc'Meekin', de- fence, Lepiiie, Bergeron, Hayes, McLauglilan; forwards, Bowness, Watson, Ford, Laufman, Bloom, Goold, McNeil. Chariottetown'- Goal, Millar; defence Travis, Brklaclch, Mcl..ag- an, Lavell; forwards, Whitlock, Hurst, lloldaway. Gray. Gordon, Wiseman, B c a u cl r y, Fnwlshyu, Clements. Referee, Ross Morrow; linesmen, Art Perry and Johnny Square- briggs. SUMMARY First Period 1-Clitirloltetown, Gray (Beaudry, Clements) 2-Halifax, Leplne 3:14 ((Wat..son) .. ........ .. 1:43 3-Charlottetown. Hurst (Gordon) 12.10 4-Charlottetown, wiseman (McLagan) . 13:22 Penalties -- Travis 3:29, Leplne 5:38. Gray 15:50. Second Period 5-Charlottetown, Gray (Clements. Beaudry) 6-Halifax, ,Goold (Lepine, McNeil) 13:-10 Penalties -Gray 5:10. Bi-klacich 12:47. 4:32 Third Period '7-Halifax, Goold (McNeil, McLaughlan) 8-Halifax. McNeil (Gould, Laufman) .. 11:23 9-Halifax, Goold ('McI.aughlaul ................ .. 12:32 Penalties ... None. Stops: McMeekin 9 5 '1-21 Millar 5 4 6-l5 Make Desperate Effort Gray and Clements, tried desper- ately to get in the game during the last five minutes but tfhe Halifax team threw up an almost unbeat- able defense. For almost two minutes at one stretch the Island- ers kept. the puck inside the Hall- shot on the net. With only six seconds left in the game the Islanders forced a face- off in the Halifax end and Murph Chamberlain drew goalie Al Mil- lar in favor of another forward The Islanders got the draw but Joe Lspine blocked Bob Gray's slap shot: and broke up the play that might. have forced the con- test. into overtime. Gray opened the scoring for the Islanders in the first. period by deflecting Beaudry's back hand shot from a scramble. Gray did the work for the goal centering the puck from the corner. Joe Leplne tied it, up ; lime over four minutes later by beating Millar on a screened shot. along the ice. Ronnie I-fiirsf counted on A high 1) foot. drive from the side and Lyle wisemim rifled a 30 foot bul- let. past Maolvleekiii to put the Islanders out in front 3-1 before the period ended. During the per- iocl the fans low a lot of heavy checking with orval flavell stand- ing out for the Islanders and Joe I..ePine for Halifax. Gray's seco.-cl sperlod goal -was the prettiest of the night. Bob took back-to-back passes from Clements and Beaudry before drawing MacMeekin and running the count to 4-1. The Islanders were a man Ihort when Billy Goold started to roll. Billy scored his first goal by beat- lng Millar on I 35-foot shot. The hit the tawlnes along the top cor- FIRST STIUTOUT MONCION, N.B., Dec. I9-(OP) - The first shutout of the New season came tonight when high fly- in; Fredericton Capitals 4-0. ----------j... SNAP SHOT FINISHING . Roll: of prinud. ntu prints. pours only I cent: each. cnarfofteto ... Flinn developed and 20 hour service. Double Any roll of I u- M unto. luptlnu Mall Him Service. The lslanclers. led by Beaudry. " fax bluellne but could not get. ai V puck bounced off Millar'n pads and nor. . V The third period was only four , Brunswick senior Hockey League Moncfmi I-fawlai goose-egged 1 I T SOX Pure Wool All Nylons Fancy Patterns & Plat ' Sizes up to 12 will like. OUR STORE WILL PHONE I230 - date on both upland game THAT P Kroy Wool and Nylon In plain colours, new stripes, and floral patterns. We have a tie he HARRY .M The controversial question of the hunting seasons for 1953 has been 9. live issue during the summer and fall months but the pattern of the argument has fallen into a definite trend. It is now apparent that the vast. majority of hunters want 8. later opening date and that all four species of game birds ...geese, ducks, Hubs and pheas- ants open on the same date.. The three County Branch Associations have now voted on the question with the following results: Prince County wants the season on both migratory and upland game birds (geese, ducks, I-funs. pheasants) to open on October 15th. At least that was the final vote. Early in the summer a meeting was held at Cavendish and the vote was to have the 1951 hunting seasons restored. In 1951 the sea- son opened on ducks, I-luns and pheasants on October Isl; and on geese on October lath. This past season (1952) October Isl; was the opening date on all four, 0 . . There was considerable confusion connected with the vote at Caven- dish. Several prominent. goose and duck hunters told me afterward that they got. the resolution mixed up and thought they were voting for a later and universal opening date. I note that these same sportsmen attended the Game Meeting at Kensington and voted unanimously to have the season open on the fifteenth. Albertoii also voted for an October 15th and migratory. Queen's County voted to have the 1951 season brought back. This was not at. all surpris- ing as the meeting was held at Charlottetown and this city has long been known as the home of the Old Guard. . King's County Branch took ii more moderate stand and were also quite definite as to opcniiig and closing dates. The vote was October 10th as the opening date on all four. I-luns and pheasants ,to close on November 21st and geese and ducks on December 5th. Since the game meeting at Mont- ague last Friday week I have talked to a lot of Queen's County hunters and without an exception all expressed satisfaction with the seasons and dates as outlined by the King's County Branch. In- (Contlnued on-Page lli) LEASE The MEN FOLK we HAVE A woniirnrul SHOWING GIFT noxas ' ALL IN n Colors SYDNEY, Dec. 10 -(CP)--.syd- ney Millionaires tonight blanked Glace Bay Miners 3-0 in I. Marl- time Major Hockey League game, before a small crowd of 11:8 fans. It was the third shutout for color- ful Nick Pldsodny. After I scoreless first period, Johnny Morrow, back after a week layoff due to an injured ankle, fired what proved to be the winner at. 12:?! of the second while Hub Macey was sitting out a hooking penalty. In the final frame, Bill Mc- Donagh built it up -to 2-0. Then later in the period. when Miners were caught. up the ice, on a gang- ing attack, Eddie Marineau broke - out of his zone, and using the lone defender Lloyd Iiinchberger for a screen. fired the third goal past goalie Don Lockhart. Miners dressed only 11 players against the 14 for Sydney and Deal With Miners straightened Out GLADE BAY. N. S. Dec. 19 - (CP)-- The Charlottetown Island- ezs-Glace Bay Miiners player deal has been straightened out, a Glace Bay official said tonight. Connie Bonhomme and Jim MacKenzie, traded by Islanders tr Miners for Walter Pawlshyn are en route here to join the club. he said. Miners asked to have MacKenzie suspended when there was some doubt as to whether he intended to play with Glace Bay. The mat- ter now has been dropped. Minor Hockey Opens Al The Forum Tonight The Minor Hockey League opens at the Forum tonight with games in the Paper Weight, Pee-Wee. Bantam and Midgets classes. Following is the schedule for to- night: Paper Weight: 6 P.M.:- Hawks vs. Ramblers Bluebirds vs. Bruins Red Wings vs. Ranger: 6.35:- Falcons vs. Lions Tigers vs. Cubs. Pee Ween 7.15:- Hornets vs. Flyers Canadlens vs. Spitfire: Bulldogs vs. Rangers. 7.50:- Monarchs vs. Braves GLOVES Unllned,, fleece lined, wool lined. Tigers vs. Royals Dodgers vs. Ravens. Bantam: 8.30:- 1-lawks vs. Bruins. 9.15:- Eagles vs. Royals. Midgets 10.00:- Braves vs. Parkers. Greys, Blacks and Browns. 3: ohm WEDNESD AY AFTERNOONS son YOUR ,couvEN,sNcE SHOP EARLY FOR BEST CHOICE A. MacoouGALL I A BETTER MEN'S WEAR Millionaires Score 3-O Shutout Over Glace Bay they held to the pace until the final frame when the extra imc wore them out. There were three penalties, an against Glace Bay. bockhait was terrific in the opening heat. halting 11 Sydney shots. The game was scrambly at Lljneg Glace Bay. playinz shortstaffed with defenceman Bill-'Burega sit- ting out the fifth game of his suspension and Bob Cooper and Bill Mccracken on the inju;-ed list made it 3 close checking game early and managed to stay well in the game until the final frame, Sydney dressed Lorne Pirie for the first time, following A long layoff due to a broken wrist, Glace Bay - Goal. Lockhart; dp. fence, I-Iinchberger, Amadio, Macm- forwards. Schiller, Joss, ven-',e'r', Backor, Keller, Miller, R,aynak,- Sydney - Goal. Pldsodny; (19- fence, Maclntyre, Marlneau, we,-.. ver, Whalen; forwards, Robertson Rowe, McDoiiagh. Birukow, Gallal gher, Hildebrand, Hill, Morrow Plrie. . ' Referee - Charlie Goodq SUMMARY First Period Scoring - None. Penalties - Raynak 10:57, Hiiich. berger 18:53. Second Period 1-Sydney, Morrow (Macnityrc, Piricl Penalty - Maccy 11:20. Third Period 2-Sydney, McDonagh ii if l'lfi 3-Sydfiey. Mnrincaii .. ll:3l Penalties -- None. Stops: Lockliart. l7 7 'f-.,1l Pidsodny B 7 11-2a :i3.riairmmr' .FoicTA-iT.:i5iii'TiFi?iYiT.”inTi coupe and 9. two-wlicel Ford trailer. Box 934. Summerside. FOR. SALE-MILK COW, JI:IRSEl' and Shorthorn, six. years, fresh. on last; of May. Easy I'lllll(Pl', fllliet, good condition. Cheap for quick sale. Elwood Weeks, Precl- ericton. FOR SALE .. 100,000 on MORF feet boards, 2x4 to 2x12. Alsr. hardwood, pine and poplar. Wl'llP or phone Melville Weeks, Huiit'ci- River Exchange 27-3i. A (f()LLIE Pl'l'. WHAT A Christmas gift! Two licautlfiil sablcs. a male and female-a gentle pal for your boy or girl. Will spoy if required. Apply X, No Guardian. NOTICE - IVE ARE NOW OPEN for custom sawing and plmilnxz. Call and have your lumbcr haul- ed, sawed and delivered it pre- ferred. We will be open as long as the weather pcrniits. Melville Weeks. Write. or phone liiiiitrr River Exrliriiige 27-Ill. 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