ICED wllhf‘! isre no sooner on

BACK slarrcri

DOWN

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a cu. Summerlide. lo; E iii in!

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Cutaiiii. energetic sacre- flie Victoria Driving Club,

to bring to the atten- horacnen in Charlotte- 0331a:

i}.- e Bishop sud Willard

Drl Georl ‘all hag: purchased irom

R0

,_ rnwa . the iour-year-

d pacing rnare Shirley Kslmuck. hill more weighs over one thous- pia. unds, is absolutely sound. tenth: best oi ieet and legs and lthmlgh. never asked ior speed owe considerable brush and has sd a lot oi road work. She will r red ior

pace: t is season by Mr. K i-Qi.

l My. Peter the Great is the

bred by Allen Campbell,

i- l-i ,_\1‘enn.,U.S.A. Her sire was t e champion pacer Napoleon ply-wt a0 by Walter Direct

inter by lrst horse in the history oi ess racing to beat two minutes. arious parties have made oficrs tor’ this beautiiul mare but it was ‘my i ‘llegided to sell her so she eould be put in hands where she would receive proper training and development.

too-mi

some good friend has sent us a ing from a mainland paper wi h an account oi ice races held at Antigonish March 15th, where the Free For All was won by Peter Hall with a summary oi 1-3-1-1, Petqr st-Court 2-1-2-3, Alice Grat- tan,-a-2-3-2. TheCIassified Race was won by our old campaigner geatherbell 2.08%. owned by J.S

ish. summary ~ Texas Grattan 1-1- he X

diiiiculties in the second heat. Shortly aiter the start his harness broke and he ran sway. throwing his driver who was dragged -ior some distance. Mid- ws down the stretch the trotter lei the course almost at righ l-Ilflldshlflllllélxlxlll tlllftlllflhil line oi $300153 1'5 en ZE-ZBQB ng D DV- oid parked automobiles. Without slackehinf- his pace he ran the length o the ice into the woods. apparently with the intention oi’ getting on the road leadin the. lake the highway and

home.-

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"Failing to find the road he re- turned to the ice and circled the lpke. beiore being caught by Id- ward Haley, driver oi Texas Grat- tan.‘ Heatherbell ran between one. slid "two miles in is jaunt but this did not appear to cramp his

atvlttai“ {gens Grattan; was award- Wlslyeiby ts_ki tthteetlliild a horse! l-leatherbell was When he was ec onrisguc track. Later we hope "Driving the Doctor" irom

econd heat but veteran finish m: urth heats an race." L .- ,- he fipring‘ thirt n years “writer purchased him and ave t‘? ve a more extended write- Ben oi J. P. Lscssse, T's: I-layloit. amp "One o1

so

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gidesthsrbell, as keen the come. ed th business o _.,°_.‘ What (baled ingvt rted racing. as two- he took s record o 2.16 arecord o! 2.08%. whio is 1 the trotting record ior the his old iavorlte that winning races at the age oi nine- teen. Zgi- .

We have pleasure in giving our readers another story

pleasant dreams. Some- one comes into his -room and starts to kc’ him It it ‘George, the

barnaxnsn. -l>i-'. Jr- ii m m’, or u up‘ ver. w you gm,’ all’ he isxwide awake in an" Instant. It takes only a iew mine tel to put on his clothes and get Eisihcsvy coat and mitts. When c goes outside .1. .11urr. .my but it is cold, but the mccn_is up and there is no wind. ts to

“Winn he e George has lit e Jack, one oi the belt n the stable, hitched up. It takes only s i minutes to get to Ila Doctor's on ce. Out he comes in his Areal. beaver cost and otter . e grip is

Ely to the crunch oi snow an

a is oi sleigh bells. The boy

hoot oi the sick person o! the oi a isat drive.

couple o mi es out and the whip

‘app . They have make

e

roads . itw:a the comb-Err... to ahorse anli waastataka’.

ll Ill “TIGHT

the ilble

when s

about They stop all

smile.

h ight‘ oi in: a quarter oi a mile

aroundthe hbsnksoisnowon

thheadi .?=°

hi" 011!‘ 905 m‘. asffiliawé." a

"molest

the slow class w elly.

daysago that owner h

in s v..Hel_‘_Tltan Hanover 2.00.

irorn '11

i‘ _ payment

is still s,

entitled. th

each side oi the

watch out olgat w - Q I

time in throwing down th 1i

robs so that both could 11111.1‘) i! it

aalgflshThcy have

' came to the worst.

2' n»

aripe old ege....

. i-oi I

“Twenty years lator the boy now ome a ma , has s sore hand.

t He goes to the same Doctor and

t ‘tohalie tgeatsneglllt every day or s coupe o we , then every secml ior the third week. the iourth week he is better and he asked the Doctor ior his bill. The Doctor looks out the window ss , ‘Is that your horse?’ cm. slr,’ i ti-is reply. ‘Will you

ive nle up town?’ ‘Sure, but how much co I owe you?’ ‘Oh. give me a dol in t postscr: kl

wr y and can walk and ior that he has

to thank Dr. Lunom, God bless himl" ~ io-i

The provincial governments oi Canada in their search ior more revenue have ouneed on the rsce Mani obs has placed a al tax on parl-mutuals in that province are mainly utlliz at the big running race meets in Winnipeg. New Bruns- wick has placed a 5% tax on pari- mutuals and this was folkawed by Nova Bcotia s couple oi weeks ago and n w our Island legislature has also i llowed suit. The Dominion Government has collected a per- centage oi the gross the last iew years.

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Dr. Hugh Parshall, who ior ears- was leading driver on the rand Circuit after Tommy Murphy and Walter Cox ileiv, and retired s. iew s

n. ator Sone by Gladstone 4, 1.59%. a finished quarter in 32 seconds and apparently jogging. Other colts that are going good ior him are Argyle by Scotland 1.59% and Senator-Hall by Spencer. u-nfly-i

We note where Vic Fleming, ex- Canadlan driver, the man who gave Billy Direct his world’s pac- ng record of 1.55, has worked a' son oi his. Direct Brewer 2. 2.06,- some easy miles in pre aration ior stake races later, and hat he has

' s. smart colt, Banfl‘ Hanover. two“

out oi the darn oi the world's

champion two - year - old

two-year-olds are really stepping it. A week ago Adonis Hanover 2, a son oi Dean Hanover 3 1.56%, and Charm Hanover 2. 2.15%, iii‘- ter stepxping to the hali in 1.15 came t e last half in 1.08% and the finish quarter in 210W. seconds, according to driver I-larl Pown- oil's watch. it iast as 30%. who developed. trained and drovc tan Hanover to his two-year-old world's record oi 2.00 last iall. i-o-s-a

Proprietors of the Summerside. Montague and Covehcad tracks met with oflieials oi the Victoria Driving Club yesterday aiternoon and a series oi stake races were decided upon to be raced as ici- lows: 2.25 Class Pace Stake. Sum- merside. Jul 2nd; 2.26 Class Trot Stake, Mon agile, July 11th: 2.19 Trot and Pace Stake, Covehead. July 18th. These stakes w known as the Victoria Driving

$300, plus sli entrance fees. The first ayment on each stake will

.00 payable April 20th and

d the second payment will be $10.00

May 15th. and a nnal oi $10 June 15th. __0

payable

addition to the dates men-

other race meetings Sulnmersi‘. July 25th; Covehead, August 1st; Montague, Labor Day.

be!‘ 3rd. 1t is possible that Montague may announce two more s s r Labor Day races. In order to bring their track right up to date proprietors oi the Cove- head track will sta ‘as soon as Spring o; widen it to approximately iiity ism. ienoe it and pu

up s rand “Q; 1§,;?“.{,,', m; c)“: stand capable oi eating idlin- Issmlbermometer a. ow 3°"- ,sboyinhlsoomio lobed ghaving

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It is rumored that a

ners, can leave like a runner and said to be able to pace a. good hali mile track in 3.05. ,

Sander ilesgg ' Wins Victory

GJNILAND. March n — (AP) Cylinder lineal. Sweden

I ddledisiancorunw. u» ikltvioislydhial0fi%

‘£25.. Wilfiaiflfiu?‘ Co"!

irig Btaticn by three i

Iyhevaaalaahem

Montreal Osnadiens started on the road to their second

mi

llmtresl. pr u was in i016 and they have

e cw times since-in mo. ill and last rear.

mlbythoosse

trotter.

aio-y I Down at Iongwood. Florida. the‘

gllub Stakes and will have s. value '

1n tloned the three tracks will have ' as follows: -

'l'HE WPOWN GUARDIAN

; SPORTING NEWS

Figure Skqters Give ‘Great Display In Ice

Follies Held

_ Charlottetown’: Pigurs Skating" I- Eksting Duo - Adele Vick-

Club, gi i iar the! best - ........,..". ".23.. m“: s...‘ n. sewers re Mo. 111mb e- sented 31% annual Ice lb ea. Est drew s crowd o! 1M0 to the Ibrlm and they were well paid ior their attendance.

Dauzlirlg costumes. lkhting ei- icuYt-ltintsddiedcckzrgfltbeco - scene an grea ormances of V! flint took pert iwentaw make w the entertainment that highly pleased from stort to ilnish with the performers from the youngest to the oldest sihowlng

and ability on the steel

lades that not only reflected great

credit 0n themselves but also on

so ..’.'.‘.7‘l.“°“’.§.i..‘""‘.'.“ "°.‘*.‘.‘§‘.°.; l8 llll l’

alllryseason long in brigg-ng the

club in to its now high standard.

iffifi 131$. i"°‘é‘““if'if“‘l."ii‘éi'fi a e pec y

Bmzelle and Betty whi ock 0h

d saw Waltaes, Club 4 trots. Figure 8's, mains, glides and modal numbe such as 11118110 91B Bull, the Bunny Hunt in which

Marjorie Giilleqaie Ind 14811100“ Blake t/wo youngsters save |. snort peribnnance and the old favorite Tony, the Educated Horse all oi which they enjoyed great! . -

It is ble to go lilo a de- tailed oocount oi the ierlglhy PW‘ grim ‘out suffice it to say mt each and every number with 019 PET" formers beautifully attired, was well worth witnessing and plainly proved that the skaters taking first have plenty ability to make t ell‘ way much iurther in figure skat- ing circles. ~

Following was the piogfflmml-

l—Gr-and Parade. This represents a daily practice session.

ilomwallis Team May Play liere

ll‘ present plans materialize local hockey inns will have s. chance oi witnessing the well-known, power packed Cornwallis team in action hero against an all star team pick- ed irom the teams 101ml!!! ill the City lloclscy League.

Nothing definite is known on the matter as yet but negotiations are underway and all eliorts are being made to have the Navy squad from Nova Scotia make the jaunt here. The encounter will be staged in benefit oi the Red Cross.

Many name players are on the roster oi the Cornwallis squad and their sp srauce would certainly prove a tting climax to what has proven to be one oi the best local hockey seasons 1n recent years.

ilanadiens Will Practice Tonight

Atlontlon oi wnensbers» oi the Juvenile Csnadlcns Hockey Club is called to the practice session

' that will be held at the Forum to-

night at 10 o'clock.

This will be the llnsl workout beiore the New Brunswick-LBJ. sudden death game which takes place at the Forum here on Mon- day night and it la imperative that every member oi the team be present.

Fresh Grief ileapcd 0n ilaiiadiens

MONTREAL. Mil-Nth I — (GP) -— Montreal Canadians, two down in. their Slaanlcy Cup semli-ilnal series with Toronto Mwplc Leais, had iurther grieis heaped upon them tonight in the iorm oi an imposing injury 11st as they set out ior Toronto and the third gems Saturday night.

_ Coach Dick Irvin, rarely an timlst at any time, mourn! anm Iii-doll bad artlo was worse. list OPOonn

‘Y I

irozn a heavy cold. arafhllnlfw(?llldl) Btlahtlmsi lion- 1 B l P105“? Y ‘Qua Eddolls, who suiiercd s. brvken ankleboneinthelaatbwowqeks oi the regular season. lie came hook ior the -oils but was forced to ravor ankle consider-

“ From Lee Oma

_ Extend Postal

Last" Night

arson. Velma Calmody. t Waltz —. Sheila Prsught, George Scantlebury. _4.- Specialty — Joyce Rodd, o—-Georgoandhholdm‘sn.

S — 14 Stop —-Yvonne Molsch- ern, Barbara Miitiock. Lois Mc- Ihohern. Phyllis Clltcliiie, Joyce Rodd, Reginald Hughes.

‘l -- Skating — Maureen Brown, torus Creelman.

8- Fcrdinand the bull - Jimmie Cudsnore, Bernard Hughes —- Mat- ador, Wallie Scantlebury. Judge-

J. Austin ‘Ikainor; Clown-Joseph McDonald; Cowboy-George Sean- tiebury. 0- lstlng Duo — Barbara Whitlock. Yvonne ‘Moliischem. 10- Club 4 - Phyllis Cutclliie. loiq McEachem, Pat Richard

Elinor Mlolnnis.

1‘l-- Fox Trot -— Barbara Whit- look. Yvonne McBachern.

12— Film and Flam odds and ends — Jimmie dz Wallis. '

13- Satirig — Sheila Praught and partner.

i4- Figure 8's — Jimmie Cud- more, Ba ra. Whitlock, Joyce Rodd, WE. Scaritlebury.

15- Buriny Hunt Marjorie Glllomie. Maureen Blake, Jimmie 911d . Wallis Bcantlebury.

16-‘170111’ -—fhe educated horse, by special request.

17- Skating Pair —- Maureen Druvm, W.E. Scanilebury.

18- Class Waltz - Finale Spec- lalility ~Joan Snaoelle, Betty Whit. oo .

In connection with the snow the horses and bull's heads were made by Mr. W.D. Mullins. MERE-up. artist. J. Austin Trainer, C.D.A., Electricians ‘Bill McCausland, Les- lie Hughes, Duke Neilscn.

Second Game Intercollegiate Series Today

Second game o! the iniorcoilsp. into basketball series between Prince oi Wales and S. D. U. takes place at the College Auditorium this afternoon with the Prince oi’ Wales boys already one game up alter their 20-14 victory in the opening encounter.

Saints. however, are still very much in the running. The open. lug game was a red-hot. closely contested encounter all the way and this aitornoonk tussle should be a real battle every minute of the game.

Underdog Wins

NEW YORK, March 2d —-(AP)— A reyuvenated Tami Mauriello, cast in the role oi i4 to 5 underdog, Jumped back into the heavyweight Picture tonight lvltli a decisive l0- round decision over Lee their third and rubber M30380" Square Garden.

Should Bontinue

Oma bout at

OTTAWA. March 23 —- (CP) _ Prlnle Minister Mackenzie King said today in the Commons that. lie would suegest that next-oi-kin in Canada. continue sending parcels to prisoners-oi-war in Cgrmany.

The Prime Minister said that iood and living conditions in Ger. many were deteriorating and it, could be taken for granted that this deterioration was being iclt by the Canadian r‘ . However. iood °°1W0y8 had been sent irom Swit- zerland and reporm indicated pri- soncr-oi-war conditions were not too bad.

"Morale oi isoners is high by virtue oi the act that they leallze their libera“ i is approaching," Mr. King concluded.

Sonics To France

UITAWAO,’ Martilh M '_. (Qp)_ Poo servi imn Canada. to P's-once, mskingmit pg;- siblo to mail a variety oi matoriai ‘M11116 nun vate and business letters towrggn b getter. was an. ersl Mulock. v y fnmwm. Gm‘ Pscilliete oi printed matter, um“- to the maximum t pound the to to‘ which 1c mailing

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‘still s rlvhibitad.

RIAT slim-rs rouoa

IDNDON - (OP) - g mum-n oldies fififim... ~ 1*

l“ alien to our shore; destroys

waladsehoresho

A THE HUNTERS’ . CORNER

- fly lied recon Momp abaw

fifty iour thousand

A bounty oi do cents per snout was p on kunks in 1932 and dis- continued on April 26th, 1M0. With the removal oi the bounty tmc an- lmsls increased toflcb an alarm-

ing extent that bouncy was renewed on Bap 10th. 1M1 and wla raised to 00 ‘For nout. 1n 10B bounty psi on 9.70s

skunks. This was in any one year. O O O are not active to this In 1017 s number oi skunks, all edly 1'1 or 18 in num- ber, were re from s. ranch in rice county. The olnosiious and evil smelli pests multiplied rap- idly until n 1M2 (armors oom- plained that it was almost impos- sible in some sections to raise poultry oi any kind. the loss was estimated.‘ to rim kite thousands oi dollars yearly. Sportmien con- tended that the drunk was having

biflest take

fiunks province .

, a decidedly adverse eiiect on our

wildliie. The result was that the Provincial Department oi Agricul-

oi 50 cents persnout which was glee; raised on April 30th, 1040 to

O I O

Today the skunk is present in every section oi the province from Fast Point to West Cape. In a iew districts where the animal is per- sistently trapped lyy juveniles as well as adults it is reasonably well under control. In other area; this unwelcome lluest in our fair prov- ince is holding its own, wlhile in s number oi School districts it is definitely on the increase. With the advent oi’ spring weather the pec- uliar scrawly tracks in the ooit snow and muddle; bare spots show where the old males have been out making social calls The tracks made by a skunk resemble £11056 made by the domestic house cat but are not set out in such a reg- ular line and the claw marks are more pr ’ in the tracks made by a. drunk.

O I O

‘rlie old aisles den up during the winter by themselves, generally all by their lonesome. ‘They Stall? moving early in March. 0191011811 ll is not uncommon to see their tracks during the deep wiinter and in periods o! severe irost. The iemales and young oi ilhe year of both sexes winter in the family’ den Mid as a rule db not start roaming until sometime in Apnl, depending somewhat on whether the SPHIIK is early or late.

O I O

The skunk, particularly in the summer and early iall consumes vast. amounts oi llarmiul grabs. beetles, etc and ior that reason had ,3, yew champions when the bounty was put on, who forthwith pro-

ailfegedly persecuted irlenu oi ti"? Iarmer. _ skunk) lie dlilnt have the glit- u! distinguishing friend irom foe and raided the poulbiy 110015 and e885 or each with equal uomdlm- Tflfiel’ his friends may be counted on the lingers oi one hand. it 1s the con- sensus of opinion as relating to this province, that the skunk is definitely harmilli.‘ Farmers ch31!" they can see no dliierence 1n the numbers oi harmful grubs. #10 11°“! then there were beiore tho advent of the skunk and they would I least, pillse poultry in relative 1181100 and dig“; have their eggs stolen as {an as the liens could lay them-

a There is n1. ‘question but uili

yearly

d f g5 our groun

21213:; sgatlneegblrds, particularly Hungarian partridkie. b11103! dWk and ring-necked pheasant. 05 WE“ as ruiied grouse lNative partridge)

_ Woodcock and the different sPebies

Parcels To Prisonersl

o1 50m; sparrows and other 81011114 nesting insectivorcus birds. Proof has been furnished in abundance that the skunk has drastically cut down the numbers oi terns and bank swallows 1n the Pmvlnce» George B. Seville, MJ...A. Annan- dale was one 0i tJhe ilrst to dmyll‘! aterlticn to the nests oi the bligk swallow being dug W9- 56 b“ t swallow nests were iound 0118 0" and the young destroyed iii a sinalu colony near Annandale vllldile M"! the swallows nearly wiped out in that section Next season a cluiwl‘ oi '7 nests was all that could be found. Those nests were saved by mung stones on the grass over the spot the nests were $110081" W be» and setting stories. Several skunks were‘ 6008M Ln the traps during June siicr the eggs had hatched out an?” "£115 nucleus oi a new colony s11 blag; another year. Hundreds oi d headed terns laid their 088s "l raised their young 0n 510°“?! Beach until the skunk arrived o“ the scene. During June aka‘: trunks were so numerous 011 h“ sandy beach lfl 913595 may trails beaten anions the dwel- w tyros are a ihifi

u” pot, on Bflfllfl! 1000b llld ml; condition apmngescgmlllfi firblsck baked gull have raided the tern colonies or a es but“: was the skunk that iinaly W" m “lent straw‘ that broke WW0 l residence oi’ the Wm!-

O O O m skunk. comm H» Wm"? ‘my n,“ [flying habits, has nus-n- Qgous good p0lnl8. HO l5 illifilllflent" 11s is scrupulously clean. He 16 clan-ulna toward h

doauit ll initials" sin. has u» courses oi 1i convictions And what ll.

it

Orwell iarrner has good remember 'Jimmy‘ skunk. His wiie one tall lost a lot oi valuable chick- ens and the iollowing summer when she iound a. den in the bank under a