This week negotiations i-oncluded which resulted in the sale of track, buildings and grounds of Moncton Raceway, Ltd, owned by George B. Gay And others. They were taken over by A new and very enterprising group of horsemen headed by William Stiles of Woodstock as President. W. B. Cluii, Vice President, and Frank A. Ryder of Moncton, Sec- retary-'I‘reasurer, Work will com- mence right Away on the track And grounds and it is expected that it w.ll be one of the fastest ovals in the Mariiinirs A lsirge modern grand stand will be built \|'lOh accninnioclation for pari-mut- iiel booths and refreshment ser- vices. The stable‘: \\lll be re-mnd- ell-d and new ones built, the grounds landscaped and nothing will be left uiitionc to make the plant one of the most attractive in the pr0VlllI'(‘s.

WEI‘!

Monrton has oeen A great ru- in): center as iong ago as the \\‘ri'.ei' can f‘€,‘2llEi‘l‘ll.)v”l'. in ‘act in our Iiirs we car find summaries cf races held there in the early 1890) and some of our own hap- piest !‘9COll€Cll0115 are of racing

there in 1012 and after the war in the 19'a<i:-. We understand that Earle Aver_\- was called in for consultation aboiit. the layout of

the txack. the l.g'ntuig and other problems whirii lie is familiar with because of nls racing experiences at Roosevelt and Yonkers. It was Earle who gave Royal Bank, own- ed by Mr R\dFr, his record last year at Roosevelt 01 206 l 5.

The remodelling is expected to take between two And three months and the first racing dates will probably be August 1st. fol- lowing Woodstncks Old Homi- Week. We mentioned the matter 01 ‘Jghting to Mr. Stiles iii a tele- phone conversation and he assured as that the plant they will put up will have the most uplo-date sys- tem prorurablt-. Everything will be first class, said President Stiles.

President. Ff-HP! is doing his share in providing good horses for racing this season and has just recently received from Florida the 4-year-old gelding Poplar Veep, that took A record as A 2-year- cld in 1952 of 207 2'5. He is by King's Counsel 158 and is eligible to the 2.23 class pace. Before the end of the season it is expected that St. Stephen track will be el- ectrically lighted and Fredericton is already installing them so that will make five night racing plants in the province, the others being saint John and Woodstock.

Dhnldon Campbell of Borden whose Aplendld campaign with the pater Campbci'.= Buddy 2.11 3/5 in 1962 is iam liar to horsemen. is paying A short visit to his home in Borden and motored into Char- lottetown Wednesday. He is now training a stable in saint John. which includes True Bingo 1131/5 and Spencer Key 2.12 1/5. Shel- don gave us the information that Hmvard Johnston, i'ormer owner of Joeedslc Clipper 2.08 1/5, has brought in I. new pacer named True Oy uld he is A very glib one, has the real type of speed and was phomed nut. in 209 in one dash and in 2.08 2 5 in an- other.

The many friends of Walter Onlg will be glad to read the fol- lowing: "Camp Val Cartier, May 2nd. I am Just back from visit- ing’ Quebec where I had the pleas- ure of driving the paecr Showman 2.10 4/5 I. mile. 1 was told to work him in 2.30 And let him step the last eighth. He did it so eas- ily in 15 seconds that. I believe he can pace an eighth in 14 seconds. I saw A lot. of other horscs there but Showman was :n my estima- tion the best“. Craigia ends with. "Please remember me. to all my horsemen friends and others". Showman is seven years old by His Ma.Je:-.t,v 1593/, Last year he made 36 starts. was 8 times first, 1 times second and 5 iimss third.

Saint John Raceway in plan- ning A full season’: racing And ex- peiitaiions are that it will be an even more siiccessfiil srason than last. year. The Face Secrctary and Manager is D. R. Neal and he is very highly remmmendrd and we ha A heard many nice things spoken of him. We extend to Mr. Neal our best wishes for success in his interestliig work, and we also thank him for sending us the following particulars: "It is expect- ed the opening meet will be held About. the first week in June. [hiring the last two years. the Ex- hibition Association has undert.ak- en tu revive harness racing in saint. John after several futile at.- Iempts by other parties prior in the purchase of the oval by the Aanociation. Last. season Aaw har- ness racing prnqres: to such an extent that it. “rs one of thelead- ing attractions in and around saint. John. Plans have been un- den way throughout the winter months to present even better rac- ing than lAst star And several no horses have been purchased by.local horsemen. some of the not horses now At Coldbrook Track includn...

"Billy Direct Heli’—parpr, ma 1/5, A bay gelding purchased by Kifkpatrick Brm; Spencer Keg. An‘ 5-year-old pacer, 2.12 1/5, by Long Kc)‘. purchased by Al Rob- erta; Peter Lee Brcwer, A 9-year- olrl pacer by Corporal Lee, purch- ased in Ontario by Mlllett. Cough- ian.' He his I mark of 2.10 2/5. Coynetfs Ou_\. (‘hestnut gelding purchased from William Keyea in St. Stephen, by Mlllett. Coughlan. Bye hr Now (MacArthur Astra) 2.12 4/5. Lrottet. 9 years old, pur- chased by the Bye Flor Now stab- l aunt John; Betty's Princess, 21 3/5. pacei, 5-year-old chest- nu mare; Donald (1.11. 2.0! 2/6.

DOWN THE BACK

STRETON

horses have been Added to the Lloyd McKinney Stable. Gage- tcun. Golden Amber, pacer, 6- pear-old chestnut gelding owned

bv Harry Mclnloshl Saint John. 1-lle ms a niaik of 213 4. 5. Mighty Anna, 6-year-old bmwn more by Malcolm Forbes, brought to Saint John by Doug Colwell from Que-

bec. Walter Federal. 3-ycar.old brown gelding by Federal, purch- ased by Dick Armstrong. Saint John.

“In addition to the new horses man_\ of last )¢a:"s faioritcs are Bll'PflC1_\ at the Park. They include such horses as P.anioiia Chips. Piney Boy and DLllll‘,_\ Dale Boy.

owned by the Bright Spot Club of Saint, John: Milton Do\\'nt‘,\"5Th91' n.a I_ou;'Moiil;. Bfldliilifl, called by Dick Ariustiong. and Morris Direct from Lloyd McKlnne5's_ Stable. Stall space is at a prem- ium As most of the 98 stalls. housed in f:\'e stable buildings, are either occupied or booked by horsemen. who are expected to ar- rivc dflll_\, \VlLl'. stock C.il‘ racing not appearing at the local track this summer, it is expected that fans in this ar-ca will see more harness meets. Definite plans have not been completed as yet as to the actual da'es of the races, how- ever, races \\il‘ be held each Wed- nesday night, throughout the sea- son. It is expected that with the retuni oi harness racing to Fred- ericton this Sllillmel‘, and the pos- sibility of the Muncton oral re- suming l)peI"lll()ll5 on A larger scale, A good circuit will be oper- ating in Now‘ Brunswick and therefore new entries from out- side the NB border are anticip- ated. Crews arc now busy on the grounds and buildings at the track in order to bare e\'(-rytliiiig in readiness for tlir season. The in- stcillalloii of A photo-finish booth and the necessary lighting will get under way very shortly and will be in operation for the first time at the Saint John track."

Brewers Gellln 200 4’.‘i h_\- Bill Gallon is of‘! to the wars again. Although only nine years old he has had A long and very great career as I. trctter. Brought to the Maritimes as'a,2-_\-ear-old by B. C. Cruikshank of Halifax and developed and trained up in a mile in 2.10. he was then placed in the stable of Joe O'Brien and became one of the promincnt trot- tcrs in the United States, compet- ing on New York tiacks and also as far away as Santa Anita. Calif. He raced against. the fastest trot- ters in the world including Pronto Don, and always gave a good ac- count of himself, His total win- nings are $40,lv.'i.t§5 and with al- lowances he is eligible to the 2.10 trot. We understand hr is :n good shape, as might be expected as he is in the hands of the well- -nowii Jack MacMl1lnn, who got him ready for many of his races in thc Maritimes and who is ac- C0il‘lD£‘iIl_\’li‘i;: him to Quebec City Raceway where he is staked in two of the fast trotting events. He. may also race at Blue Bonnets in Montreal. The chestnut pacer Just

Rita 213 1/5, owned by Mr. Cruikshank, will be in tho same truck and will be raced at the same tracks.

New England lost one of its

leading harness horse figures with the recent passing of the veteran owner A. J. Wills of Lawrence. In his 79th year, he was associated with the sport for over 50 years. Fastest of the Wills horses was the rugged pacer Peter Look 2.01 3/5. who, in his 3-year-old form held championship honors. Among his other stars were such top performers as (‘ram 2.05‘.-_-, Carl C. 2.05‘., a pair of hardy pacers; Gleaming silk 2.073,; and Pales- trina 2.09%. She was purchased in the famous Old Glory Sale at New Ynrk for a mere $185 and turned over to Wes Gibbons, Palcstrina developed into A top race mari- and. when retired to the broad mare ranks attained championship

ILITTLE seonr 7 I ".

The year 1954 has been good to

many athletes. Leohnrd "Red" Kelly of the Detroit Red Wings may remember it as the greatest year of his outsiniitiing hockey Carver. Few plu_ver.< ever enjoyed a better season than Kelly had this year. The Red Wings rushing de-

fencemau earned $6,000 bonus money in addition to his regular salary and any bonus arrange-

ll‘.E‘llI.S‘ he may have had with his club. He obtained 11-l7 out of a pos- siblc 190 votes for the N.H.L. All Star team for his play during the League schedule. He climaxed the season by scoring five goals in tlie piayloffs to lead the Red Wings in goat scoring.

it as his last. great year. the schedule opened Dick figured the Rocket for 25 goals. Rlt'lll1l'd responded by scoring 37 and leadiiig the League in this de- parinieiit. Bar. O'Meara of the Man- treal Stair picked Richard as the most valuable player ii) the NHL. He opined that Richard with his goals was the big man responsible for the Canadians second place finish. Richard may have several more good years ahead of him but it is doubtful if ever again he will score over 35 goals in one season. . . . Roger Bannister and the sports world will nl\\'n_\'s rciuember 1954 as the year in which the four ml- nute mile barrier was cracked. Bannister‘; performance undoubt- edly will go down as the monumen- tal sports performance of the year. There will be quite a few horse races this slimmer with the time for the first half being about 1.10. Bannister covered the first half in 1.58.2 on Tnursday. Bannister cov- ered himself and merrie Old Eng- land with 1 lot of glory. . . .

Closer to ‘nine there's I boy who is having a great all-round year. He is Billy Purcell who has been offered a professional base- ball contract with a farm club of the Philadelphia Athletics. Billy won't go to Kentucky and play ball because he believes the cli- mate would be too hot for him. It. is to be hoped that some deal

have looked vcrv good At. Savan- nah Beach .to earn the contract. He must have been hitting that ball in the manner he promised to do when hc broke into organ- ized ball here it few years ago. We felt then that he might have A future in baseball And we are cer- tainly glad to Ace that he merited A professional contract. . . .

We read the letter-coiitract sent by the managcr of the Kentucky ball team to Purcell. The writer made no bones about the fact that Purcell belonged to them and that if he didn't play in Kentucky lie wouldn't: play organized profes- sional baseball anywhere. Billy is now training with Ottawa in the International League. He's in very fast company and claims he is learning plenty.

.

I . It's not. only in baseball that 1954 has been rood lo Purcell. He's done pretty well in hockey and in his studies. He held down A reg-

honorl. being the dam of Dean Continued on page 7

ular defense post with Eastview 1n the Ottawa Junior League and

DIATINEE

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GARDEN BROS. THE FORUM — MAY 17 and 18

the City ball player a letter-coir §_ home to his parents

the property of . the Club and mentioned his refusal to join the team. "I wish to remind you that by not reporting to our club you will in no way possible

Billy Purcell of Charlottetown has been offered A professional baseball contract with A Class D Farm Club of the Philadelphia ‘ Athletics, it was icsrned here last‘ night.

Purcell has been Assigned to the Hopkiiisvillc Baseball Club in Ken- lucky but has declined the offer due to the fact that the Kentucky climate is too warm and he would have to play too many ball games.

Purcell is now in Ottawa work- ing but with the Ottawa Athletic). i when the Hopkinsville managers learned that Purcell did not wish i to play in Kentucky he forwarded .?

tract. Purcell sent the contract this week. ‘ that he was

Hopkinsville

It notified Purcell

be Able to play professional base- ball with any other letter stated.

Rocket. Ricliard may reruember ‘or [H mm summer‘ you would be

B"’°“' the first Canadian boy to play for ]'V”‘ us," stated the manager of the

Philadelphia farm club.

adephia training came At Savan- nah Beach, Georgia for well over ll. month. He was the contract while in the U.S.A.

weeks ago, spending the first week in hospital eye infection. He has been working out with Ottawa for the past week.

Richard Purcell, Ohai-lottetown. He played junior hockey with Eastview in the Ottawa League last winter. Eastvlew won the League champ- ionshlp and Maritime Champion North Sydney Franklin: from the Memorial Cup play-offs.

G passing his high school examina- tions.

not known. with A Triple A ball club in Of.- tawa which is only A step Away from the Major Leagues,

Andrade-Savoie Bout Tonight

BUFFALO, N. Y. Andrade of Compton, put

sa.V he is." lightweight champion, said Friday. "I fight. better when the other guy is tough."

The 10-round memorial auditor-

at the same time plugged Away at his books to pass his high school CXETII5. that few boys ever have.

kind of year for which A fellow : deserves coiigratizlations. -

club," the

“We would like to have you play

Purcell worked out at the Phil-

flrst tendered He returned to Ottawa about two

(0 TCCOVEI‘ ITOIII an

Billy is A son of Mr .and Mrs.

later cliniinatel the

While in Ottawa Billy attended lebc Collegiate and succeeded in

His plans for the summer are

He is working out

(AP) —Clsco Ca1if., will

an undefeated professional

Savoie. the Canadian

This is the kind of A year Its the

FORU

run of

Andi-ade.

Cyclonic was sold from Walnut Hall Farm, Don- erall. Kentucky.

Hell: I

Billy Purcell Offered Pro Baseball contract

Who’s A Liar? _

sea trout.

"'I‘uddy" MacKinnon And "Mickey Finn" pull a fast one on the first When they‘re hooked they're in the bag. Three weighed 9 lbs 14 oz and the big fellnw went 4 lbs 5 ozs, The law reads 10 lbs of trout plus one.

-—Bartcr Film Lab.

ium fight will be televised ally (ABC. 9 p. m. EDT). a 22-year-old Californ- ian. rocketed into the lightweight. contenders’ with a decisive victory over Percy Bassett. the interim featherweight king. He'll be after win number 22. A single draw is the only blot on his record.

Savoie,

picture last

and

handsome and and registered

bred,

splendid

1200

Montague, P.E.I.

ANNUAL MEETING

The Annual Meeting of the shareholders of the Charlottetown Forum, Ltd., will be held at the Rink

Building, May 19th, at 7:30 o'clock.

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F. W. BOYLES, Secretary-Treasurer.

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Although only 24, ringwise veteran. He has had 63 pro bouts and won 44, 23 of them by knockouts. He won decisions from Jimmy Carter Saddler, but was knocked out by Carter in A title fight last. fall.

IN THE STIID

The bred Cyclonlc 2.08, by Protector 3, 1:50

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month

Sandy

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stallion

be ' k d t ithi th ,

gatzlemu uxgrng (‘)“.'h”$y lurcefi ring record on the line tonight, A 1/4; dam, Taurlda Abbey by Guy gets me oppolmnny to play m fact greatly to the liking of his Abbey; second ‘dam, Taurida by some mom. Mm’ opponent, Armand Savoie of Mont- Peter the Great, third dam, Eva

. . . rcal. Bellini by Bellini; fourth dam,

The point here ,5‘ pm."“ mu“ '‘I hope hes as good as they Expressive by Electioneer.

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individual. sound as A dollar, with good man- ners and disposition and weighs in the vicinity of should be An outstanding cross for the blood mares of this Province. For further particulars §ee——

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on times, even I most casual observer, sees peculiar tracks im- printed in 1 brookslde sandbar, in the goo of a marsh or cross- ing a muddy highway. They are of different sizes and resemble a child's hand, a roundish impres- sion like the heel of the palm with claw marks spreading out like fingers. I have often been asked about such tracks and what animal made them. Those are the tracks of the racoon. I have spot- ted some monster ‘coon‘ tracks that were close to 4 inches in width and could be mistaken for those of A small bear in A province where bears are prevalent. A bear tracks has A longer heel print and bears A close resemblance to the bare foot of a man. Years ago I. hired man working for a farmer at Alexandra had his em- ployer in A state of nervous ex- haustion. He was somewhat. of a wag and had the ability to wall; a considerable distance on his hands. One night he walked across the corner of the farmer's potato patch on his hands and took care that. his fingers dug deeply into the soft ground. The farmer had spent some time in Nova Scotia in his younger days and was familiar Continued on page '1

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