1 BACK STRETCH

DOWN

ior the Halifax olefin?» Club. which plans H" program o! loo racing for ‘ commencinl 0n N.“

oqhgrstulotiilns to Halifax

Mel Walker BaIdthSOB. Hal:- urchase e PM l‘ ltbdfiflfisfly Lou 2-12 3-4 from éolfirles P. Mason. Bangor. Maine- Th“ ma," l; a. half sister to Jose- ‘1; Hoosier 2-01. that won s gm“ of victories for the Walker rtsbie this sewn n friends of Dr. D- A- “Zfgumhyyuuty. c. n were sled welcome bin.- here ior a short [flit this week. The Doctor has not, been active in racing since he .0111 Aaron L- 2.471 1-4 but n0 [gubt if he sees l. likely one will be hack again as an active par-

ueipator 1n the sport of kings-

loo 3.4 the trot- gei-tewh?gwellvillton Bell purchased mm Q. Corbeil 6i Colnllllllyr uontreal. has arrived here and is . M1,,‘ much adfnired by horsemen who have seen hhh. He is five years @111 sound, good mannered and ' in fact comes iron.- a funny that he; u reputation of

that Li‘le Pat w to 1; 1

in retlruernent and“ give: "eifif-g

page and comfort for the rest oi his 101

Horace White, former ggygrnoy

fithatalvewYokhtel. ‘ the famous horsesrtha: ruwtfi‘

drove horses in New York matin- ees and was known a; s skillful driver and excellent sportsmen. i

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like equal calibre with his opp- onents he woula‘ usually be found heading the summary. In other words, he had "It"- Then he seen-ed to pgass out of the plctureJ now ws no by The Harness Horse that the past season he won about ninety races including! dash races and will winter his stable at the Lewlston Fair Grounds.

one _of the stables at the Orlando Florida, track and appears as spry as many of the younger trainers»

fter Ivear — the {fimfuriiilriirli 11in Bell by buyln! this trotter has helped fin ln inf, ‘up me y the retirement o "Millie Kflili-‘llilk 208 1-2. 5- ma!‘ Tum h“ been a great factor in Tqhe free for all trot contests neld throughout the Maritime; the Post Jew years. _ t th t will be mlgjhfiihehwdflin; zomes around __15 squire Hanover 2.08. tllflt R1‘ .mough e11 hie m g slower class 1mm the ree for all trot. Own"

- .1 h very sport- Tyndan senigle the“ faster classes»

‘ - bl b a 9331x3111“ bgovuigu ‘in stigerttuyu {lei-

Jaalanoo of his career.

L good ii u a h A. Mac- Dgxlrld oi Neweglasllzvi? writes n8 that rip Abbe 2.0a 1-4 arrived

"there this week after an e151"?

114,3, trip from Canton, ohio, and

:11; now ensconsed in the Joe

“O'Brien stable- He is a ehefiilllli? with four white feet, a white spot

snow th and came in all smiles.

P! Y ‘Y 3°‘ ‘mung m“ he is a V“ em . bury that he became so sore foot-

gi packs f d- i-i was ven a. ilifflihrir, srg-erlauhd tire track whldh

ready for racing over the more or less remote tracks in Wisconsin or nearby states and then at the last oi the season making a trek for Lexington and "putting it over". Two year; ago it was The Great G- that he won the 2.15 pace with from a field of up and coming stars, stepping miles in 2.02 1-2 and 2-02 3-4. Considerable coin of the realm found its way to the backers of the Loolnis stable s5 a. result of the coup» This season he was back at the same old tricks with True Single, which scored a victory Get Away Day with miles in 202 1-2 and 20G 1-4 N0 doubt he will continue pulling off such stunts as long as health permits. The Great G» 2-02 1-2 is, as our readers are aware, now owned in Halifax by C L. Dauphinee and B- C. Cruikshanks. __o_

John Hervey. whose writings in the Harness Horse are most ln- tyu-esting and informative, has this to say about the founder of the Direct trlbemflwect, orig- inally p, trotter. was so merciless- ly raced by owner Moru-oe Salis-

ed and his legs S0 unsound that he was through as a trotter when he took a record of 2.18 1-4 as a

is covered with snow, and though ,iour year old to high wheeled it was n cold day there were quite Isulky- Salisbury converted him to s number of railbirds out t0 lee i the pace and as is well known he him umber ub and they all came: became the world's champion, away with the same reporb-dthgnktaklng a, high wheel record. of 2.06

whose place he has been purch- ased to fill. carrying the colors of

the DudflY Patch Club. -__°-_

In the letter was will??? °l m“

hich he pm- stake races w Umorermmng ma

ill rrespond tits hgfnAx-mfidazlanzld. Eilreigrgé

New Glasgow,

. S e Trot andddPaoe Stake Wlll he“

. yable Q;§§“'"m°“ . ‘lhismstake will be raced July lst, i944.

¢_Q-—-

Stak No- a will be known as the Mgritlnle Pacing Derby Blake-

open only to Maritime 0W horses and will

January 15th.

ins conceived and r

he about August m, m4. $1M- wlll be "l" (led to the stake payments Wlill l1

— the top light harness mark- Direct was a mere pony in size- Without shoes he stood at l4 3-4 hands, but within his small frame he concealed a motor oi unparall- elled power which, backed by his will to victory. enabled him, cripple though he was, to do un- heard of things. These he never

ever seen- is, and his will pow-

lc matches. 10¢

err-ate great interest throuiillnlli- Direct 1

tll- winter months as releases are made of the entries iron; time to Among the

W" 33ml! bleyone 204 1-4 which'whloh would qualify time team won the famous $35,000 Readville olay off for the Alla-n Cup or Me- Derby in 1909- For years Mr- whire morlal Cup

could have done had he not been the most rfectly gaited pacer

er. rmde up for lack of size and sheer strength and enabled him to outpace such a horse as Hal Pointer, who towered over him like a Bandow over a Tom Thumb. and seemed to be taking but one stride to his two or three when they were contesting their histor-

This perfection of gait has aid- ed the subsequent generations of his family to rise to the heights they have attained. His grandson, Dkir-ecntitm i. 1-56 8-4, once world's c on, w uttlination fee of $10410 payable horse? and ha‘: pggém” wolgg; champion representative, Billy --u—— ‘ giriict l-blgédlsmaiuvlvlolglglle line Great credit is duo to the Un. 0n a "l" . Nil W955i for hav- Direct 2.06 1-2 - Direct Hal 2-- Tmmn“ “d w“ Plum - the o4 l-i - Walter Direct 2.0a 3-4- shave two mites, which will Napononbslglrect 1- 59 3-4 - Billy

a

O'I'I‘AWA. Dec. I'I—(OP)—R. O.

oi New York and 1 .A_ p _ "ill-fin! herde- ldd zgdyior. i merit TQQKWLZ?" 313.5‘. ‘.13?’ W!" en °Wnel‘. died November- no air force teams will take p111 in hockey contests in any organ- ised leagues the championship of

Air Force hockey teams may.

however, play in inter-mural games. in local garrison leagues find iniezirllllblltlrol: game: against

eams o s o arms service mlfeers ago Pierce Cndppell vra-nwithiu the arm's geograqiliaisli

e 955ml drill" (We? Milne. boundaries as the air force com- l-"lells- Given d horse of anything maria to which the R..C.AI‘. team belongs. such exhibition games shall not be held more than once every two weeks.

Curling Bluh

Looking Forward

George Locmis, who has celeb-1To

‘rated eitlllly three birthdays, has

The Charlottetown Curliilg Club

own“ h“ i‘ habit M 39m“! ‘me-is a scene of great activity thesc

days and a splendid Curling season is predicted by the energetic Pre-

cold snap has accelerated matters considerably and alreadw F. R. McLaine, chairman oi the ice com-

rinks ready for scratch matches.

a list oi competing r regular season.

The statpmsnt said the question oi R. C. A, P‘. participation in or- - ganiscd hockey is one which ' been giving "much concern to these headqunrteraflsnd continued. has s duty in- to oumbent upon it to direct the sir ole. and to carry out

administer the commonwealth air training plan, to mainta‘ plsment our gallant sir force over- r seas. and to provide for the aerial defence of Canucls uld sntl-su -. marine warfare on the Atlantlc| C‘

Ind Pacific coasts. I "‘lt has no time to be running sown riunors oi all kinds with re- spect to hockey and to correcting abuses wherever they may occur."

Angott Takes- Decision From Bobby Ruffin

mNEW1Y011K. 1’f—}-:AP)—kliJs; g a sugg n8. ta e-a-c ance n - o; chmung style ma; he's have, The tree the Saint referred to was shown before in nine years of beak busting. Sammy Angott out a bristling iii-round over Bobby Rufiin Madison square Garden. Angott scaled 1311 Ruffin 135 1-2.

Down for a one-count first roud when his brand waik-lnand-wsllop system left 111m DQ118111 Bond, 1m wide open ior n short insice right. 51.11am- m Eng, l=en_rlsylvarlia Sammy took the play 11511 M the Unh sway from the Long Island young- vershy o; ghh-a. ster most of the rest of the way. ‘o, (or he ca,‘ ‘mmc (élipiiet authorities icllalrlrling the Associated [ins mas‘ recs ‘or g ll n France, Press gave Angott six rounds, vat- E120 %ré;gghy_Eg5pt' England and ed three for Ruifln and called one on“, one m» all the legends com even. »

A crowd 5r lglgoggrg-d was?‘ Sfiiiitdifi ti???“ ¥l'.‘l§.“‘.$.“.“.§i‘§ a gross gae o . o lva - the slugging Dam’: m which 5mm back to the manger at Bethlehem rny's National Boxing world lightweight

and sup- i

punched

51' t J. A. Fr 5 . Th i. sen a er e presen decision

mittee reports number one and two the tree custom is ob-

At a recent meeting attended by new sedrc, notes Dr. over seventy enthusiastic curlers. senior skips and mates were el- ected for the year and WZR. Cruik shank, chairman of the games

committee is now busy preparing

rinks fo the staggered him twice home on top by a clesrcut margin. The urlers are particularly for- tunate n possessing m up to date and commodilous quar rs where they may participate in the Roar-in’ _ Game and at the some time enioy the privileges oi I. social evening. It is a community centre oi which Charlottetown can well be proud.

Association championship

Sport Briefs

rid his exhibition tour gusts in the United 8M7!!! J‘

in various theatres oi operatio

ed, were entered lo!‘

at the fairgrounds.

troit rm Wings ‘will employ in

Remember When

By The Canadian Prell

years ago today.

h ult the same d! ilixfigb-Elrlelilgfitslillii victory for

. for the United States Army'- |

HOLY NAME ALLEYB

rest cubism. Final unveil dame l" ll" Mg

“l” "n ¢*4“°“°"' “e m“ pacers. that like Toll Gate 2.00 a-i Kenna ellldll" "PP" W“ i” i

frcm stake and fees v"‘h the e!“ oomlon of 880-00 to aw dell“ UIIWHI$ for the stake. Willi!" mu» br- described as a very lib-

eral action-

._.Q__. 0n the cover age 0f

rsemsn and Fair drld for 13°" work on the farm until he was

came very near being overlooked. Glemnll‘

was rrahlr Bogash Jr- 1-59 l-l, a Grtnlllln‘

bay gelding by Frank Bogash, dam, R» Mcmllllid a) 1:2 Phyllis Stanford, fooled in 1905. Kelley n5 m m the property of B C. Warner, sari 331a“ x54 13o 156 Hill, Quebec. He was just used my“ "5 319 141

The for potterlng around and light CW1“

1.-

i Tota . cember 1st is I Blllelltlgg fir?” ‘at seven years old, when a trainer Bu" Show

Mr. Chi .os 1-4, .

Volomitepattog 1 4 and Gaiety Gill" mlfdlglflnfjhttndhe hfiailmpigx-ifi fr‘: E- Miimmfld H" is hi“ blmhel’ °l Lusiy “W” thirteen events in 1912 and won m“ F‘ C“! 151 135 139. 7 07 1'4» “lmefly “Wm-d by c‘ H all of them taking a. record oi Mcxenna m5 19g 15s Chandler oi this city, being out ofTmz h‘ ' BrM-iey ' In m‘ l“ Baiety Guy by Guy Axworthy- n gall": m 1M m;

o One of ‘lplnmy Murphy's scouts TltYsiI-fl -

A manlmotn horse show and mat- gle. Reg McDonald fig

lneo program was held the latter part of November at Rivler Country Club near Los Ange-lav. mm liberally n" “u. h m

recommended him to the Wizard of High ald the Grand Circuit and he bought‘ High tllree- l"! M°D°M1¢

“ him for $6,500. Murphy staked

California. Over 3.500 horse fine ma“, Gnmd 1 10"“, i stteded nd b rr ted s I »‘"“‘"¢ l‘ °“ ma?" M. “rgxmlegr-T; m; goggysmnrzfugmetr. 1...... Gaunt Fleet ls

line v t alled the u adalcanal m“ Y" Elmzifvl; g“ by M‘; scar, taking a record oi ml s-l an or , t ter wned b t e Hemug gmpmng‘ calfiomla 1914 he won eight of his Mll°n8 the spectators were soc- iei? Deilple. movie stars and many of the elite of San Francisco and

l-os Angeies. 9

1 comm M! h l 1h 1Q”. ny o! our "was who aw Mllilrbhlgoduiiarséngtheln song; $1.219! gig‘ fir“ m“ w Wm in: of 1910 and was than sold, but he m?‘ 0' tm-vmml? "m m: n

followed the oolurnns of harness horse news by Frank G. Trott in

were $8.900 that year- __()-1

u“ mm“ 5W4" ab“ m‘ raced over half mils tracks

.11“,

embankment two weeks s|o~ @-()-

"HHIII"

Blflfvovtsslsussiusuwnu

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five fractured ribs when his ear lllrned over five times down an

l-sst week we chronicled the dmh oi oi Butler this too menial work for one that nan" D ma" ‘ihsd been in the limelight like he I“ 7* _had. Anyhow he ran away, stuln- ‘ihfi-“ah successful with its various meln-‘bled and broke his neck. Tomnrv u’ d a whom was utue rntorurphy pm tribute to hlm by m.

‘saying he was the toughest and and“ w? s

PI» who raced s stable of horse! 1dr several you-s and was very

gamut hams he over raced-

3 Horse 0i Year

netting to his owners 828.325. In ten starts

and reduced his record to 159 1-4.‘

T111: ‘still relhlaihs the WlOfliTl re NEW

cor or s w nng heat n a race

by s pacing gelding. Ht; winnings 0mm‘ He“ u u“ hot” 0t m‘

ir a ' 136 oi rt poanble 142 votes

1916-17. His total lmney earnings 1mg err-rte nd ‘t: were 038.675, and only once was he p011“ hy eh‘: 19in out of the moncy- He was an odd and sports digut.

ho i n1’ . b t M by sriisirmituf-Eilslit-ilr: now ro comm

decided to use him ll r driver. a I t~:.r.::. hiif’d.5li.’°::..ii‘:'.ii. Rildllllliild- Pains Ills-Ii: IO

k.tslhuk

Z i a

umber o’ "- a: PIP-k

. sen- . g2: that his you. of racing inimcn of the arm and a A r- have lnlfsunsny lsnlslsiqyqnglw l‘!

i "- M d“ c Waste...“ t i osaaaklrlrrsvrllb i .......-. _,

of accelerated nave

wssl-rlucmlv. Dec. ‘.17 -(s1=>

_5gt. Joe Louis Barrow. world's

heavyweight boxms ehardpclbgnk n

and then go overseas to visit oelnlll

the War Department nnnollllwa today-

mew ORLEANS. Dec. ~00: _.A field of 11 choice oroui; - 1 breds, with First flditlggntsfap welstlge- my The Cddwllen PM" hockey fans will cct a their league-lead- night,—-the ks the Canurks i

nin to rrow of the irdxded zlbilifglglll hsndioaplchzniéean

nwrnorr. Dec 17 marl-lie‘; third goal-tender in tlaree 88m" w

but. never- ——————————~——- ‘Billie 4 1-21C0NTRlBUTI0N or BEES

rhe pack, thanks T0 THE WAR EFFORT ems‘ have

_____-_- smxcrmo rim BREBDEBS

cting poultry rent reduce of spring purposes: (l) and. the" l ads, with the second largest first purpose i crop in the history oi the industry. healthy and vigor- lithe 32.5 million pounds of honey estimated for the past season is nn For the second object- increase oi 35 per cent over the

iprevlous year. states C. A. Jamie- son. Bee Division. central Experi-

er inlrl 101' i310

ld-n ' m P weight bo s d It gm u “WM engagement. against Buddy Fail‘

C the

wn Bomber who now does his

lighting inside the r1118 and W9“ ood layers oi standard-

sired 88.

1 cl m size.

ivs they shoud spiral; gr”; they bie

s. s. M/unlo. Poultry

Qgntml lllxperinlental

lysgnce of individual and duction of wax. As beeswax nti in the manufacture of

Down The Alleys

oi productlo . the: “ should be on general signs of d body flnlll include a

Di‘. J,A.,ltéi&cM11lan 15'! 12S 139 tedmcuv1d_ pl

et quality of the

‘ W141 ion “m!” mdmdwutsrl$h should has been esthnated m be fifteen

sracteristics in e0 twenty times greater than ides half the honey and wax. By moss-pollina- o! the . Lion the bee rrssisis in the produc- ‘tion of oil bearing seeds. rubber beof good body plants. legume seed. fruits and icularly agcktllere is a “

mmpio yearling lgarr- .0.-. 1

YORK. Dec. 1'1 - (Arl- welg ts first tho hbred to win m’ wusll- tori-tolls

ul be rom families but individual r odurztion are of very littl a sound

unrecorded parent. rattler than an unhealthy tyne bird from _. 20o cslzer- oe is stron ly inh sho be

from dams laying igl-r bou 115 ounces n. Ii less than this. 0 progeny are likely t0 24 ounces there is produce overly large eggs which do not fit well into e38

crates or cartons. |

.._________ RAYS. Essex. EI1Il1ll1d—(OPi—- rary oi modern bcoks. cur-- prising production

crited and ma

r‘1I‘"' v the Rev. H.

e cquivalcllt of 00,4110 st an suction.

(HILNCHARLUFTETOWN GUARDIAN

SPORTINGMNEWS’

R. C. A. F. Teams Barred ~ IFrom Competition Leading To Allen, Memorial Cups

x

GUARANIEID Biiliiflli MkNiiiilliURi

a

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“Here is the living tree with no stain of blood upon it. that shall be the sign of your new worship. Let us call it the tree of the Christ Child. You shall go no ’more into the shadows of the forest to keep your secret rites o! shame. You shall keep them at home with laughter and song and rites of w,"

.- O

This is a statement attributed to St. Boniface. the English-born apostle of Germany who hlld saver. a young child from sacrifice in the early days when Thor was wor- shipped by the Germanic peoples.

a young fir. growing nearby. Such is just one of ihe many sto- Ties connected with the origin of 1n the Christmas - »- s‘ . tree. The origin . l of the Christmas

star upon star fell upon the little fir until it shone with all the bril- liance of heavenly liehi.

A Scandinavian talc of woe traces the Christmas tree to that land. Two stor-(Tossed, unhapily lovers dramatically died. From the spot

States in 1843 are sairl‘ to have in-

lasti .

r tives brought iir trees into ther‘ hem ‘nwihomes and decorated them with r memade decorations and sweets.‘

(Experimental Farms News)

and forage plants

mental Farm. 0t

proximately 35 per cent in the p

in ing insulation.

be The economic value of pollinat

=aril- r. 0's ll, h lf; . _ aid? W. IttiacD1nal.d:Mf‘:JlIrl-l:grd;lfl[\j: 5mm” n"

I7IB|IHJB Ioirugrrdzl lwgrd, for-high“; E

where trees from all over the world Iialgd (Longs to donhialnor to ttlhc new . t t

wasn't at stake. but 1h vtvxlllichNlells pail? u? She zivminilslv: ‘h’; b? “flies “was 1°!‘ a “mméffléicfld linear; other more beautiful, statller, and Jack_cemunly we" e majestic trees. Suddenly, through,

_____.__.

ind... Still 41/2 (lamest

where they died. it lg related, a- tree grew which on Christmas night

gleamed with brilliant lights. , German lmmigrantstothellnited trcduced the de- counted (Ilrist-

practlce of decor- ating the tree at Christmas time

sacc in 1605. At

‘Tile bee may well look back upon her season's accomplishments with a. great deal of pride. l-ler contri- bution to the war effort has been threefold: (l) Production of honey; (2) Product-ion of wax: (31 Pollin- ation of many fruits, vegetables

The bees in 1943 provided Can- honey

talwa. Along with the increase in honey is n oorrespondlng increase of ap-

‘numerous war materials, this in- healthieregge 1n supply is an important bright 1contribu/tlon. War uses for beeswax dhesiva tape for sealing

rel'l'shells. waterproofing and protect- baclqlve coatings for shells, belts. coils ied wollland machinery and es protective led and coverin for fighter planes. Large lmock- qusntl a; are also used in war ants for waxing cables and - pulleys, in polishes and in imPWF