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l('t.lI'_'i .. H"? Club. \\_'\ ti nql 1n Eullo (l. garel Jean fir.» Czllunlcl Bucllu gill-oi. Ji-zlll “as Guy 207M. I'll" trailer of the En n Stiles and latterly owned by Czlltztill John L. Rood. B01110)‘. M: gal-rt. was the ice pacing cllunlpitlll of 1045. showing i101‘ how's fr» the fastest in the Mariilules. That summer 5]“. ragqd r-\';‘ gtiollzlfly Willi, re- ducing her record to 2.10M at Covehead Septombcr 12th. It l5 brood mares like hfrlrgarct Jean producing to sires like Calumet Budlong that will make this Province famous for its racing stock in thr- years to come. + + + +

Anothor exceptionally well-bred TlllY foal llns arrived at Harold Oudmoreb, Brackley, a full sister to his great pacer Prince Bud- long 3. 2.14. a record which he reduced to 2.12% last year. The breeding of the filly is Calumet Budiong 2.06%. dam by Bud Ax- worthy 2.14. Bud Axworthy was a full brother to Lee Axworthy 1.56, for years world's champion trotting stallion.

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Quito a numbor have inquired regarding the breeding o! Jimmie A., owned by Percy Alibing, Rocky Point. and trained and driven by his father James "Jlggy" Arbing. Wall. here it is:-By Alibe Wor- thy 2.04%. dam nn-a Guy by G11! Axworitly 2.08%. dam llma Jay 2.04% by Jay MnGrzgor. Jhnmie A. is out of tho aamo dam as Christie Budlong 2.00% and their mutual granddurn Irna Jay 220i". was one of the greatest trottcrs ever raced on the Grand Circuit. holding tho world's record for an eight hoot raoo. Jimmie A. paced in 90 seconds over the ice recent- ly and won six events. ono at Dartmouth where ho was driven by Willard Kelly and the other fivo in tho Victoria Driving Oiub events hero driven by ‘than’.

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Our friend John A. MacDon- ald. New Glasgow. N.S.. secretary of the Union Saddle and Driving Olub. has very kindly sent us his am of featruro ovents which in brief are as follow!!- Juiy 1st, Froo For Ali, guaranteed purse $900; 2.24 Trot and Pace. guaranteed purse $400: 2.19 ‘Trot and Pace. guaranteed purse $400. Entry f». 3'1. only. No deduc- tions. Fourth Maritime Derby. guaranteed purse $1.000. to be raced Algust 0th. Entry fee 4%. No deductions. Special awards to winner and driver; 2.24 Stake Race worth $1.000, to be raced Wednesday. September 17th. En- try foo 4%. No deductions. Clos- ing dates on all the above events ls March 10th. when 1% must be

paid 1- + l0 O l". O. McCurdy. Secretary of the Truro Driving Association. announces the season's racing dates as July 9th and July 30th. Program for July 9th isi-Free For All. purse $4003 2.20 Class. 2.25 Class, purse . 1 Stake 2.28 Class, Trot and Pace with $300 added monol- ‘Ihero will be no deductions on any of ihcso. First payment in the No. 1 Stoke is March 15th. Nomination foo $10.00. Program fort July 30th meet is 2.15 Class Trot and Pace. purse M00; "19 Class Trot and Paco. purse $400: H.234 Class Trot and Pace. purse $400. No. 2 Stake. Three Year Old Futurity Trot. and Pactnsamr- conditions as No. l Stake, July 91h. In class races there will be 5% entrance with no deductions from winners. Tnroo soconds ol- lowed irottcrs in all classes. + + -l- -l-

Leslie F‘. Blckortnn. secretary of the Amherst track. announces that nomination (l'\iI‘ for his four big classes for $4.000 has been v-xtcnded from Fobruury 15th to Marc-h 15th. giving (floso events a better chance to flll. No. l is

. ‘tor 2.27 Class horses. guaranteed purse $1.000; No. 2 for 2.19 Class horses. guaranteed purse $1.000: No. 8 for 2.23 Class hefsrls. lwar- anteed purso $1.009: No. 4 for Ree For All horses. guaran- teed’ purse $1.009. Horsemen interested ln any of tho above classes- or siakes should drop n line to the respective secretaries mentioned above who will bo glad to forward entry hlanits with full particulars.

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W-illinfli Lnrirner. well known horseman of Stlringhill. N. 6.. has purchased what looks in be a

in Prince

Whitney. western brcd, sired by

“I!!! lars. one of ifle best

Ipeed producers in Contnda.

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Amherst, N.S.. we noticed sev- 4'l'.'ll llzlrsus tnovlng around that uere old acquaintances such as Tracey Hanover. p. 2.03, t. 2.10.

‘now owned by Les Bickerton. Les

plants to race him on the pace a few times and then possibly change him to the trot. He also has Delaware. a slow class pacer that has an exceptional burst of speed. and Kerwin Hanover, elig- ible to the 228 Pace. that we liked very much. They are be- ing carefully trained by Gav MacPherson. Castes do Bragg have the exceptionally well-bred Rhea Mae 2.0415. that looks good for another season. also Queen Dewey. slow class trotter that should best 2.14. Bho is by Pax Volo out of an Admiral Dewey dam. s combination of Peter the Great and Bingen that we like very much. These two great horoo lovers also have Marjorie Hanover. ollliblo to tho 2.1) class. When her racing days are over she should bo a mighty val- uable brood mare. Her sire ls Calumet Chuck 2.0). also tho sire of Titan Hanover s, 1.58. + l» Il-

Peter Brook 3nd. 2.00. that roo- ed so well for Earle Sample and Joe O'Brien. was out jogging in ahargo of caretaker Willie Gould. and wo also noticed W. T. L. by Oalusnot Budlong out of Nancy Sue. tho dag; oi’ Happy L. 2.03. Aaron L. 2.07 and several others.

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Jameo O. Ryan, sprlnghili. pur- chased a colt recently from D. A. MacDonald, Clydi River, that is taking tho eye of Mk. Ryan's many horsemen friends. Ho is a three-year-old by Playdials 2.04%. dam, Lou Patch 2N. a great race mare and expected to be a great brood snare. Mr. Ryan recently sold his trotter Virginia Kalrnuck 220% to Gerald Gillespie of Parraiaoro. who wil roco her this season.

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Obarleo Clerks, secretary of tho Monetoa Speedway. who wasps-o- unt at tho moetdmg or tho United States Trotting Association at Amherst Wednesday. states that George I. Gey plans on putting on a three days mid-July 8-24- I rsoo meet. at tho Dieplpe Speedway.

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Hora is some nan itrom Thane Bellyea. Fredericton, that will be read with interest-At s meet- ing of the Fredericton Drhibitlon directors held on February 13th it was considered inlpossibls to have tho track ready for a moot in July. but a fall meeting will be held and the dates aro September 9-10-11. Thane attend- ed a meeting of the Nllaino-New Brunswick circuit at 8t. Stephen February lath. A motion was passed authorising s eommlttn to buy a starting fate such as was used at lmdngton last fall. ft is mounted on a half-ton truck nncl will be used by all members of tho Maine-New Brunswick circuit. Than: says men who have started horses behind a gets say it is tho only way and that all will have to come to it sooner

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‘Iho St. Orolx Driving Gib put on s banquet tho evening of Fab- ruary 18th at which there were 165 horsemen and friends preo- ent. There was splendid enter- tainment. enjoyed by all, with James Barnes. President o! tho Club. master of ceremonies. The inimitable Major General H. I. Ganong was the first speaker and in a lighter vein he told of some of his experiences in the race game and concluded his address by asking the boys to keep the sport clean. ‘Ihe guest speaker was Mr. MacLeod. President of the Metropolitan Driving Oltab. Austen. Masts. who gave s talk that was not only interesting but constructive.

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There is good news in the last part of the letter where Thane says he went up to see Wldow's Pride 2.06, which horseman will remember trained at Santa Anita lost Spring and went lame. Owner Wry says if widow's Pride keeps as good as he is now that he will make lt interesting in the Free For Alls. Thane concludem-"I also saw Talugi 2.16 and Mary Merk. 2.17 in tilt same barn and they look fine. C. W. Hanley had his new pacer Frank Dillard hit-

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Display-flu: marked superiority in their last few gonlcs and tiullllg which time they look file T111715‘- ure of the strong Saint Dunstutrs team and then lost out ill the nnul few minutes to the Navy. Prince of Wales hoop squall tonight tackle the Army ieinl ill a City Basket- ball Lcaguo encounter and ldllS should witlloss a close struugle be- tween the third and fourth place

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This year's league has drawn plenty of interest nil sear-m long and with the schedule due to c} March 15th interest 1s iucl-easnlg. Although Saints and Navy have more or less laid over the other two entries in the first part of the league. Prince of Wales rercni showings has put a (iifferent out- look on mailers and with (he Army still not to he counted out an)" thing is liable to imppoll before filnis is called to the season's arilvi-

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Bill Boyle's Jll\'l‘flll1' hounrozl (wit: " “ ‘l o ' _ the battle for City honors with thc r collvincinu 1-: t. "l in the third game of what was i0 be the best of tilrce llnalis. but that they are out of illc woods by my means but the fourth tussle is bound to be a roused. 1'65! 5km" lng affair.

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But although Kinsmen finally‘ won by a convincing manner ii was

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not until the third period. whet‘. they shot fi\'e counters without a return from their opponents lilaf, Abhies could he counted out. Up to. that. time they ilml starved \_\".l hi1. one goal of the winners and 1i “HY just a tossup until the Kinsmen scoring punch asserted its-elf in the, fm-il session. + d- Ii- el-

Victoria Driving ClLlll have nhzli should hr a prcul raring curd flhfii‘ up for this afternoon on illf‘ har- bor ire off Victoria Park a-lld fans‘. should witnessunotller afternoon. of the sl-me kllld of keen racinli that ha; been sfflflfld all season lonlz. All classes look 1o be evenly elassr-. fled and it would not he SHPPFISIHZ if some extra ileats will ilave ‘to be raced before winners are decid-

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Th. Club is certainly onjoyins ill best season silire its organization a few years back. steadily growing it now boasts a very 1MB!‘ “W11” hership and (he fans themselves arc showing more and more interest ln ice racing. That was well borne out by tile record crowds till! Blieflllfll the recent inter-provincial meeting and 1.. local meets thla war crowds have exceeded other seasons.

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0m of tho main reasons for the Club's steady growth is the capable band o! officials that look after m destinies. They spend plenty of time looking after the many and varied details; classifying of the horses la performed by Cvmpeiflll horsemen and it now apnea-Ti 8i ll the club is headed for bigger and better thins‘ in the near future-

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Finals in the Maritime "B18 Four” Hockey league set find"- way st Mont-ton tonight bctwren Hawks and Truro Beurcais and plenty of local interest ls being evi- denced i-n the match flue to the Is- land hockoyists performing with both clubs.

Moncton boa'sts.fo.ur in the P"- rons of Trainer, Whitlork. DowlInE and Steele while Bert Steele said to b; playing the best hockey of h.s career this season and Bud Mt‘- Eschern, on the comeback trail Wfih a vengeance have been imllvfli"! cogs in the Bearcats drive to the finals. Ab McKinnon, a late comet to the Truro term has ilelped out their defence considerably so there will be a real [siimd tinge to the series that milihlpvzll go the limit.

Bill Cowley. the pass-master W710 gnduated to National League ranks rom the playing surfaces of the original Maritime Blft F0111‘ ‘mil became the all-time scorinB tllllm‘ picn says this is his last season o o o

m no longer s pleasure lllavllls hockey, says Bill. Now it's a toush chore. The younger players d0 n" respect gray hair. Thcy_rio not un- bend because the lMn with the ruck is the ai-timg scoring champzvm. one of t e great stars of his day and a man to he respected except when he's a, iilreot to your team. O l O

Cowley made the same statement last season. but this time his fnends believe he means it. Well. hi!" leave behind something for the boys to remember him by.

By ‘lhe Canadian hen

Gordon Hudson's Strathcona rink of Winnipeg captured the Macdouald‘; Brier tankard and Manitoba's second suocesive curl- ing ‘unpionshfp 1s years lsgo to- day, The Stratllconaa went through the bons-nlel * ' loo. Manitoba rinks went on to win the chann-

lonship nve years in a row. finally

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losing to Alberta in 1933.

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TRAIL. B.C.. MfllCll 1 --(CP)— Theo (FfCllC-‘Dlll l)'.\mour, who will

lead his British Columbia rink in- i0 the dutllinion bonspiel John. N.B.. lifarcll 3-6 is at (i4 one of the youngest championship

l curlers to represent B.C.

Dl/imoul‘ ilopcs that the great opportunity to try for the Canad- ian curlnig crown "will not be his first and List. Being Yilurlg as chrunpionsllip callers go, he fecis h s v-isll has a gocd chance of com- ing true.

rill nlcnlbers of the skips of their own rinks Trail Curling Club. They banded together for the first time last year and tried for a MacDonald's Brier berth in the B.C. champion- at Rossland. They were knocked out by Frank Avery of Vancouver who went into the Dom- inion finals.

mil; year it was a different story. Avery’; rink was knocked out of the running by D. McDonald of Trail in the third round, 10-9. Then McDonald lost out in the fourth round to lrAmour, 12-7.

lTAlrnour was born in Roasland. 13.09, and took up curling in the winter of 193.">36. entering several B.C. ‘s-picls but never getting into (the sectional final. In 1942-43 he skipped a rink which might have gone far li’ it had not been broken up by the war.

He returned to curling in 1945 sf- ier s two year absence While on Army service.

His third. Bob McGhie, 52. was born in Lanarkshlre. Scotland. Ho started curling in 1931 and ls now

rink are in the

unofficial Canadian summer curl-

ing champion. lie won llhe midsum- mer bonsplel in Nelson last July.

Freddy Wendel, 37. second for the B.C. champions, is o. native of Neudorf. Sask. l-ie started curling there. gave 1t up for a few years. and thcn started again after mov- ing hare in 1930. Dvirnour has said Wonders furious sweeping worth my left arm." Wendel is near exhaustion at the and of any bon- spiel.

J inurry Mark tosses lead-off rocka for the quartet. Now SZ-ycars- old. hows; born ln Belfast. Ire- land, Aftar travelling around Can- ada for 12 years he settled here in 1925, and took up curling five years later. lie has had a lot of ex- perience in Provincial curling championships.

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Enthusiasm Iiounting ‘As Date 0i Curling Championships Nears

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Above are pictured members of the Acu-rn curling rink of Char- lottetown. provincial curling cilnlnp- ions and ilolders of the British Cull- sols Trophy who leave totiay for Saint John, N. B. where they will play in the MilCdUll(il(l~Bl'l€l‘ tum- pctilion for the "Tankurd" vlnille- m-iliv of tho Dominion vurii u championship. Left to right ilwy are: F‘rullk Acorn. skip; J. Andy LikoLv. mate; Johnny Squoroilrlggs, second stone; Arncit Howell. feud. A (loniingent of about 25 nlcmflcrs

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SAINT JOHN. N B. Fab. 28 ~- ‘ (CPt 1-» Curling culllusinsnl is mounting in llllS Fund-fly Shore City as last-minute touches are made on the St. Andrew's Curling Club ice lanes where the Macdon- uld's BPiCr Tankard Dcmi-ll-ion Curling Championships will be held next week. for the first time in tllc history of the Marilimes.

The Tankard competition. to be rum 0.‘f next Monday through Thursday. has never been held east of Quebec City before. And Muri- limc ru-rlcrs are drtermined to make it such a success that the champ- ionship bonspiel, the biggest event i"; Canadian curling. will be held down east periodically in future ‘ears.

Curling has been lleld to a mini- mum ai st. Andrew's, the ice will be slzaved this week-end and the curling stones defrosted and re- painted the traditional red and blue- The ice is undergoing careful inspection to make sure it's in top shape for the Round Robin play that features the Dominica's l0 top teams of 1947- c-nc from each province and the tenth from north- ern Ontario.

Rinks on Their Way

The winning rinks from Quebec. the two Ontario rinks and those from the west left Molntreal last night and will arrive over the week- end along with the Maritime rinks to await the draw Sunday and the start o: play.

with only one former Brier champion among this year‘; l0 m. tries and with several “dark horse" rinks trying their -luck. pifliq awi-lmou-latough.lfyougoby precedent. Manitoba stunt tho best chance of oopplng the silver- ware, since rinks from that prov- ince have taken l0 of the 1'! Briers staged since i927.

There was no competition in 190-4344 become of wartime trov- el restrictions. In the first pon- vvsr rmerwal at Saskatoon last year. Billy Rose's rink from Tin-y Sedge- wlok. Albalril. won in s thrilling Dllyolf. but this year Role was knodred out in the early prwinxcial

play. o! Oalgary Curl-

Hovnzd Palmer lng Gills. this year's Alberta fe- preeentativeta the onl forms champion. Representing hi; prov- Lnoe in the Tankard 'rplel three times. he won the title in 1041 at ‘Pronto Granite Club, where all

swept three previous champion-

AT Moarscur RINK MONDAY, MARCH a AT no 1w.

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Island Intermediate Finale-Slum After. ADMISSION 25¢ m 40¢

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(of the Charlottetown Club will be m Saint John next. week for the rlass-"r. About 12 or 15 will leave by special Pullman this morning others Will make the Journey by

(automobile willie still others lviil

‘ travel by air. Among those atlcnd- mg the event lvl-ll be Chic-f Justice. the Hon. Thane A. Campbell, a trus- lce of lilo Murcionillri-Brier Tank- ard. and Inspector Norman J. An- derson, president of the Prince Ed- ward Island Curling Association.

ships have been singed.

Three other skies llavc brcn in» the Brier Lottspicl ilvicc before —- Jlllllllv Welsh of Winnipeg's Deer Lodge Club. Bob Cream of Quebec Victoria and Judge Walter Limerick of Fredericton Curling Club. the New Brunswick entry.

Two Family Rlllltg

Judge Limerick leads a ilmily rink into the championships. son Arthur skips the foursome, while 50H RBlllh andglepllew Jim Howie round out tile champion-z

Anothifr family mmpacl rink in this year's Plfly is Sandy Campbell's of Avonlea. Sask. Father Sandy and sons Glen, Garnet and Lloyd have become something ol an institut- ion around their community and 64-year-old Sandy l5 the [r1051 an. thusiostlc c! the lot.

Don Best's Kirklancfbake rink, northern Ontario champions, almost lnflme part of a history-making Wllslliel feature when Don's father R81’ s1. nearly tocic the Ontario title. he senior Best was nudged in an extra-end game for 1m Qm- I-rlo trophy by Nicol MacNloolis ‘roronto curling club rink. a dark horse entry.

Rmmding out the list are Prank Aoorurs Charlottetown rink for p E-L. Mflslstrate R. J. Fllnn's Hali- il-X Mayflower foursome from Nova Biff-till! and Theo D'A.mour's trail rink. i-‘lrlying the British Colum- bia colors. .

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Drillonb seven ‘ . were far ahead of any other player in the individual scoring, with Oar- ver accounting for two and Strain and Perry one apiece to give the Legion their total.