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run sTomz or‘ HANOVER TRACEY the mom- H 0:1? R30 ace B11 "'deE1hthe1srelecty2:10 list as a mi- it occurred to us that the m {of this noble racing warrior “reeworth of being chronicled. l0 W“; bri manner we will give l?‘ mswry, On a March morning 1932 a lively brown colt was mud at Hanover Shoe Farms. “anew; p11,, to Sunbeams 2:25 E by Peter the Great, granddam sunhywhy h) Bingen, Ztivob 515 sire was the excellen y r Sandy Flash 3. 2:14 if. ta furil hmther to three tvio-m nue pe formers tind a son of the renoun- fli Peter Volo, 2:02.

__Q_. The youngster was named “May Hanover and was con-

35 a yearling to the 198i gifilalgzlory Sale. New York, and m] to the Ii _of Jack Kingsley, glmivliogaii, Mame, for 3100-09-

Kihgslcy trained him as a “vddazar-old on the pace and started him three titnes. He won a heat at Lewiston in 2:20 and won the ‘Pvm-Ycnr-Old Class at presque Isle in the same time.

l-{is third victory was at Skow- truck that ever came to the Mari- Samuel F_ 1303.15 sports 03-0111. 5¢¢t1o-,15\\~iu, the first Section ending

began where he red-uced_his TEC-ILIIIICS. He is broken to saddle. a liiutor- of the Province last nightlon Jiuitiiiry 11th. From December gxlholgilt‘x%lgn'goxfé°“gdsn hlmthe 0rd to 2:1! 8-4. In 1035 Tracey;g_reat road horse, he loves lIlY,\\'l1s rc-clccted head of thc City; 19th to Jiiiitiory 9th no league ‘dun mounts echoed“ $573 ma" showed up Ivrurisihels well inliflllllifsiefs and they love him imdhocxey league at a meeting cliiti games will be played clue Ahhmonh $497M 3'16»

h] spring training and was pur- | can do anything with him. I sun, . t m 1 1d m t c) ~¢ ~ s John E. Kelly of Barr-‘glad that you are going to give‘ljellgsiscltrfeabdlfrsackfs. a‘ e Queen! U ms m“)

eased b‘ gr, Mflilslfi. That year he ‘made eleven starts, his most brilliant ‘mon- bciiig tit North Randall, 01i July 11th. where he was 1-1 iii -. 3 and 2:03 3-4. Interesting to its is thc . t that the horse second to him both heats was Calumet Fitigo, 2:04 1-4, now own-

thoiirrl that hc was mighty good ovcr the half-mile tracks as ilOll ovcr that type of oval at Grccnsvllle, Ohio, in 2:07. fclioiving ycar, 1036, he made HYCIYE starts, but although he raccd ivcll, on no occasion was his nose in front when the wire was reached. _.Q_. lii 1977 he passed into the hands ti Earle B. Avery, Wood- N 13.. who gave him a care- xition which showed in iil campaign which he vcnr. At Woodstock hc 8 and nt Fredericton in I-ic also won at Char- iii 2:07 1-4, at St. Ste- ~ 2:08 1-4, and won one lieat at Prcsque Isle in 2:07 1-4 w. r -

1 1-2. He

Tlizit fall he was lll 1938 hc took part in s, binning at Woodstock,

July 14th, in 2:10 l-4, his best pcrforniatire. _()_ lii tlic L‘.ll‘ Spring of 1930 ‘fi- l (i :i new home with

Allis tlllc, Hartlziiid, N. B., who spent .1 lot of time on him and put him in great racing con- dition. Our horsemen friends ivlll tvcll remember lils arriving at.

Chariot wn lul‘ Old Home Week rates .1 everyone believed that lli‘ scun his best days and as

hc twis reported to have a disin- clination to “go away" with oth- er horses Tracey was much over- looked by the speculators, The late Ollie Riiddcrham was put up behind him and seemed to have tlie kcy to him from the first

ed iii Cllflilifilll, N. B. Tracey also!

iCIIIKIIIIQ his hei shoes, and looks after him in the ‘A

out on the ice expecting him to ace. He scored perfectly-but on he trot. I thought he Would shift to the pace but they got the word Go and he was still trotting. I tried to make him pace, the re- sult being that I fell far behind

and was right there at the finish Wil-h B quarter in 30 seconds. Hav- ing seen what he would try to do on the trot I thought he would trot on the turf and score better. This Shrine Fame Baxter took him to the Middleton track and trained him on the trot. Fergie deserves a. lot of credit (or the showing of the old horse (for you know, Colonel, he has passed

and Joe Direct, condition than they been in this country, ._()._

From Middleton we took Hm over to good old P. E. I, for 01d Home Week and from there on you know the story. He is n P91301101 Property and I plan to retire him after next year. I be- licve he is the kindest and one of thc best monitored horses off the

have ever

lhlm the write-u) he deserves, I » ~ . ._i . - <10 mi “slim hlirflhs m lave a lngiifi-ZiogtctfignTmiiniieéietlilio‘ iiiiillillllalftiliiiiiilriifi‘iii pTgiiilind “"955” "d" l‘ “"1118 that mm‘ m0“ ma“ we d“ (“Wire-elected and a CDIIIIIIIECCEYCOIIT- Co-ophration and enthusiasm qertam Something _ y“ can't lTllacey- I ‘mm ‘I'll-St ‘enllim ost-d of F0 Allison iif No 2 A wore very evident at last niehrs “Mme u-of gem“ m“ ‘mt °t a that cred“, mush ‘.0 given our? ._ - _ M' - . v , n; l“ horse. Even some of our to rid- lblilCkSmlth D. A. 1vl“Jill10ll"l1 ioriN b" Llhwemllan OfldlV-l C‘ sfllnlzgunk‘ 31min “page?” as Pfdi “S w“ always d° m“ w“ w" “w W“ “lid hiiehiiflh he i=3" w fiiueT-mc “tilt? esincill." of H5“ i? sfiiélifi liinli? all zinneltyeamiucciiseini; m“ “ms”- “SPM m" ability- shm“? Tm°°Y~ H“ h“ “"1" “uHinEii Pro)? Gordon Bciinctt of P. l vcxry 8VUllly11i£itCh€d.Al'11’iy sifflliflth W“ Se“ g°°d hflmi" my

his shoes the basi- three years. 111-‘ ' " was coinidci-co a little doubtful Just u’ b“ 5"“ h°‘”""°'- m“

first set of trotting,

the old horse." _..0__ 1044--And now our twclve-yeiir-l old friend Tracey Hanover pears in the rolc of a trotter af-l tcr having performed for nitiel

years on the pace.

afternoon of ‘Thursday, August l7tli, of Old Home Week and the‘ event was the 2:2 Trot Classi-

fied. with Peter Rciunurc, Tracey‘ Hanover,

Worthy, Mary Stuart, Pal, Lucky‘. Guy, Peerless Hanover and Lustys First. Pctcr Reuniore won the‘

[=1 < P

Worthy 3-3 and Tracey Hanover

9-5. Driver Baxter had great; difficulty getting him away and: had to take the overland route

each trip, resulting in Vfffy long

miles. I11 the third heat Peter, ltciiniore hitri to take thc outside.

Juanita Axworthy on the pole

made a. break shortly after the

quarter, Eva Worthy going to the

front only to be passed by Mary

Stuart. Mary was iii the lead at

the three-quarter but then, oii,l boy, how uicil do we remember] old Tracey Hanover trotting like‘ a. storm, assing first one horse then iinotier until entering stretch he was only a length back of Mary, 'I‘l‘.:y riiccd on even terms half tray down the stretch but gradually Tracey drew away and passed-under the wire the winner, with Eva. Worthy and Peter Rea- mcra both beating Mary stunt-t for positions.

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score to the finish of the race. it was a great field of pacers that faced the starter that Tuesday lftemoon, August 15th, and Otto Irving made his first appearance

AS starter here. In the line up for the 2:12 Trot and Pace was Rainey G- Hflllvi’ 2:00, Baniey Hanover 2:07, Marvin Brooke 220-4 1-4, Signal Senator 2:08 l-4, Buck Hanover 2:05 1-4 and Tracey Hau- ovvr" 2:03. The first heat result- ed in a close finish with Traccyb nose first, Barney second, Buck, Hanover _third, Marvin Brooke fourth, Signal Senator fifth and Raincl’ G, Henley sixth-time 2.00 l-4. But if the first heat was a 00d one the second was even bet- er. being a real fight from the hard Go with every horse battling. Blffit it ivas Buck Hanover, then Rllhfli‘ Hanover and finally ""191 G. Henley who came like hlbullet the last end of the mile Tr finish oiily lirilf a neck behind (“CW in zzoti-tlie fastest heat h a grciit meeting. Tracey won Rllj iliird heat in 2:0’! 3-4 with h-"ilhvi again second. The second bhfit lll 2:06 was the fastest mile .\ a pcrforincr ovcr a Maritime track that year,

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mgcrTrthe remainder of the sea- m 1859,11 raced in the owner- s“?! tr Richard E. Jabnlee. North Gl-is oyiv NN s" and "mu at New heéisg i. . S. in 2209 1-2 and ‘tamdlit other races. Iii 1940 he mm hielve times and had five M mhflfl rackets. In 1941 he start- hehw Lmfi. his best performance won“, “mmlrlh Sydney where he pumh -.00 1-2, That fall he was I Hlificd by Scott and Redmond Lsbflsllclflhihnahd next scason—1942 m pefiomzr een times. His fast- masiloiv wlance was at New the Wm iere he won a heat in

.-Por-Al1 in 2'00 it was

Winning the first heat: in "'11 ‘Egltlghlhhho second in 2:011, Dudcy Ozthérd in 2:08 and the

lourth in —0—

“it past season he has been Rift‘! slclgiabr the ownership of hm“, h] as: ilzglxilfax. who in h‘, fix“? convert l1 m to s trot- hh to m! ~1- The evenita leading to the ‘to?! I18 him from the pace Mk back “make me believe as I known his irit he is a horse that

W" mind. because he

h l driving him to

w‘ h“ "=11 a baa iitiitiiitbuor i. sum ng Plnzllymiinil 810w on the trace.

{ound thatmhngovxgnlthe check and

hi- (m; ih Find keep ‘iigedimqtchvs’ ‘Malina a lot of

'—O—

W icnlfbrlf,” LKEFLHB time came I ill richt t]; ‘ i-Yi if it would be

out h _l\'.v to racc Tracey witl - ' H-ilegppl“ and the check. 11o l in it so 1 toot him‘

Tracey's next start was at St. Stephen August 25th, where was 1-1-1, Peter Reiunore 2-2-2, five other starters. He won bothj the first and second heats in 2:11 l-Z-it new trotting record.‘ On Labor Day, September 4th. at‘ Amherst he won in straight heats, His next start was at Truro Scp- ‘ tembcr 12th where he won the 2:19 Trot arid Pace, ste ping the first heat in 2:13 and t e second in 2:11 1-2, losing the third to

Jacob Withrow in ..:i4 3-4. Tracey [ly to lose possession of the oval and be pushed back.

For the first ten mliiutcs of the oltening half the Q. S. S.

made a second visit to Charlotte-l town for Goodwill races and started in the Classified Trot on Wednesday afternoon, September 20th. The field included Christie Budlorig, Coronation MeKillo. Inflation, Baron and Pal. Christe

won the first two heats with; Tracey 5-2. The third heat was won bv Tracey in 2:13 l-4

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The fo1l0W1Ii8 wedlleidfli’. S99‘ tember 27th, he won the 2:19- 2:22 Trot and Pace at Bridgewater- rmiii a not field which lncluriedl Bcllc of Brooklyn, Singing Siim, Winnie Scott, Baron, Reuben Lee. Flora Direct and Coronation Mc- Klllop, Tracey won the first heat in 2:11 3-4 and the second in 2:10 but was seventh the third heat which was won by Belle of Brook- lyn in 2:13. We think you will admit that the racing ticrioriii- ances on the trot of Tracey in his twelfth year are possibly l un- paralleled in the Muritimes for a horse of his age. Starting at Cl1fll‘10t!0t0\v11 Auizust he continued his whining streak at St. Stephen, August 25th, Am- herst Septcmbcr 4th, Truro Sen- tember 12th and Bridgewiiter Sep- tember 27th-a total of five races.

stake and 22 for the Four-Year- n mm, the 3351-9 read 22-0 and Old Stake. Two of the ncmina- “ham the losers forced their way tions in the Two-Year-Old Stake mm winner's tomgol-y, “gain they hlaPNo“ are from Nova Scotla and 12 were who...“ bark and sgconds be- from this Province. In the Thrce- “he the hm] whistle we“; Creed A Doyle m9 “a m1 Year-Old Stake five are from chalked up his second my 0g c B‘ Kehy 191 1w 185 Nova Scotia, one from New Bruns- 505510“ on “mother y“; plgcg of F“ Gallant 134 131 “q with a winning heat at Char- wick and fourteen from P. E. I. fohhwlh“ Scoopghg up the pigskin B_ Bmwder. uh “q y; lottetown, eptember 20th. In the Four-Ycar-Old Stake four from 10 yards h, ch05; mg 13st white B_ Gallant no 115 133 __0__ are from Nova Scotia, four from mark“ Netgher o; P111159 hf Wnl- Low Score 99 n5 103 New Brunswick and fourteen .rnm (,5 h,“ two youchdowm “mic gon- Total 2494 P. E. I, Our congratulations to the vcmuh President. Lt.-Col. J. P. Hooper. Mnhuns. Dam M. C., and to Secretary Wright on P‘ w_ C‘ mph“); w, Mel-toe; this splendid showing. “h.” “ax-gen. ,y_ McDonald, B. w_ Mann“ u; 1” m; —0-— McL .Acorn. Stems: halves. C01" L. my], 14’! 150 1B8 l,‘ nini, Bciglgg ciimqglhellh gzrvifflls- 1.. o. Kelly 10s 1:3’ was and horses .— shame. l‘ w‘ Om 5 ‘ ' w, McKenna 142 1 n Horses come w Mel-lac, Creed. McKcnzic. McLeod. H_ power 1g? IH o er, M. C. sold his pacing Bell. , R, McDonald ° p ' 1., M, Q s, s Fullback. A Wedsf- Tom 2m, and three quarters. U‘ wedge’ my e’ High Single —E. Kelly 101

If as Mr. Scott states, Tracey is to be retired after next year he will retire gloriously with a three- year-old record pacing of 2-03 (mile track), a half-ml e track rec- ord‘of 2:05 1-4. and a half-mi track record trotting of 2:10-

would almost appear as though he Just a few days ago Lt.-Col. J. P.

had read the minds of his own-

i- _ i M rsaret Frisco to er and decided that— “Gig ghefim; gififiaphad pmsboroI-N‘ s" am not too this week Reuben Lee. 2:10. ur-

irre going to put me on will lust. show that I

his twelfth birthday). He put him‘ 2:07, in better“

l 4-Team Hockey Lgzgue l Organized Last Evening;

iip- 1R

THE CHARLOTTETOWN GUARDIAN

_S_POR_TlNtl__NEWS

PAGE SEVEN

top s ot and their Montreal Canndlens. Saturduv in what will

.of strength between the two teams- I ‘Leafs have been undefeated 1n Jive Swifts. while Canadiens have

‘scored four wins. their 111R the 4-1 decision they dropped toTToronto. l3

victorious ovcr hicago Black Iieafs‘ ton line to score against the Hawks Thursday, scoring a con- lowlv Rangers. . in ovcr the Hawksl

VIXICIHR 9-2

l

l

Four teams representing No

inns in the opener.

1t was theiboth S D U. and P. W. C were Iheld during the week regarding the lesions-

amnlgamating the

land resolutions adopting, the move unanimously it Juanita Axworthy, Eviflstatcd at the meeting last evcniiigl tie will bcplayedinfivo

were passed

The lea

123:1: 111.11%: Five Games League Over Week-End

Featured by the Maple Leafs clash in

night. all six tcams see action in O the National _ While Czinntlicns, to the iifciplc Leafs while Bo ‘oit. will he playing but rt single game.

wcck-ciid games lii Hockey Lcagtic.

arc trlziyirq Leafs, Dcli

times had good scoring

1-4, Walter Dale 2:02

C,‘ Henley 2:06, Marvin Brooke 2:04 l-4, Barney Hanover 2107.

and hundreds of other

not stand the wear and tear and passed out of the picture, while

you with your iron

succeeded in BIB-Wing me TOW-h of victory when convened to the trot on battlefields ranging from Charlottetown to St. Stephen. New and Bridgeivater.

Glasuoiv Tracey Hanover, you one of the truly great

ever keep your name and fame in

"‘°"‘°"- .._ 1332.123.‘ o. airframe w 6611i: a. con-ii g0" h; i;

came right back for their sixth try gf ggggeweey 2% 1:2 gm

F’. J. E. Wright, Secretary of the of the game. Backed on their own EL Coflsh 192 129 152

P. E. I. Harness Racing Club. ten yard line Queen Square attemp- B} Callaghan 172 m2 137

summer-shit, P. E. I., wrltcs us ted to kick out of danger only toys Tram“ X35 13h 125 that he has received 14 nomina- have the boot blocked with Cried’ To“, 3,372 tions for the Twvo-Year-Old rgngy P. W. C. forward followlnfl‘ High sing“

Stake, 2.0 for the Three-Year-Old

Toreiorvro. Nov 1o _ (c?) - Toronto Maple Leafs. holders of th in national hockey league

flying Frenchmen emerged

l Leafs And Canaclliens Hold Spotlight In National League Tonight

6-3 at New York. runners-up. meet here prove a test Lach-Elukc-Richard Cariadlens. and the Sch

Lac

only loss be-

aainst Chicago, while

Schedule Opens On Dec. 5

Dec 5th -~ R

two squads Dec 7 - Navy vs. Army. Dec. l2 - Ccllcgians vs. Army. was Dec. 14 - Navy vs. R C A F. Jan. 0 .-R. C A F vs, Army.

inf National l

Canadicns-l ‘llzrcc gaiiics

Toronto to-l Sunday night. Caiiatliens l

tackling Rangers at New York.‘ on the Rangers at New York. iggtMaDiiniels Band tlige fora Afi- . . , —_ . . fw W. "I. . I ' ~ - ’- C 315B CHHV 0H3!‘ CH - m ' ed it six for McDaniels. thrse for e f W l W‘ Anizott and one even. Prince O a es znners I O I I Of Exhzbztlon T zlt 25-0 BOWUNG P Curie club 17 l if ti d-shl bl lm ovmnt over- Y 8105132 irigvtllilg gill?» giiasecvifrlivcrriiilsn tlllolthgll “grail/thug c2115: angled the M- A Farm" 165 11° 159 of them Prince o1 Wales 2nd rugby .P W. C. squad on even terms A- Ward 133 179 171 ‘ t ' 1' a us v ieir irs ~ ~ - - he 311E213 gflliiidgensglffJgfysqolyaird W119i? therepon the?! geld a big margin, R. 51- Jvhh 163 139 176 they defeated the youngsters 5-0 DeLgl-y got the git-st try for the T°l'“13°51- iin a game played at the Victoria winners on a 15-yard basing D1111’ Park field. taking the ball from Bobby Mc- TYPM Too much weight Pius too much Lecd to weave his way over. ‘Three K Cflmwen 134 117 192, experience gave thc Collegians a Kninutes 1.1m» the sanie player was F- Mhcllltyie 203 309 176 decided edge all through i119 back ovcr’ the Q ‘ S. litic 1120111 C‘ McQmm 147 162 l“ game. The losers however battled ch another backfield hwy and he; Rev. R. Ellsworth 126 104 122 back giiniely despite the mounting content DeLory added his third L’ D95r°°h95 58 147 111 score against thcm and Srvefiil straight touchdown five minutes E-Tggilflggh 1Z9 195 133

chances on- across from 5 yards

team, 11-0, Just n minute before

1-4, Rainey

hibitlons of broken field s who could

14-0.

constitution The second

Y" int; the cxtr poliits have D01‘? Fighting and we will s_ 5 the scorin

fast to drop on the Ovul-

Landrigan,

on home ice. while the Ltafs de- feated the cellar-dwelling Rangers

Saturday's game here is expected‘ to be a duel between the two DOW-l erful forward lines-the aggressive‘, trio, pride of rine , nor-Carr 8111111? of téieRlil/fhpledlleafsdi l. d.

. a e an c ar score

two-thirds of their team's goals a- Carr and Schrincr were the only two of the

0d.

_ It- will be a natural if Ted Atkin-

vacation but during I this peritJd of time exhibition Rani-

2 but the meeting also passed a re- , _ ._ _ v N. S , Queen Charlotte, Beach, solution alioivnic the Beach Grove Mme" Md m“: 1mm“ he 1m“ Grove and :1 combined squad from; team the services of three civilian lSillllt DUllStfllfS and Prince of Wnl- _ Ies will comprise the league which.considerably. will open 011 December 5 with the _ . C. A F. tackling the Collag- meeting.

Following is the schedule Meetings oi‘ the student bodies of the first section of the league.

. C. A. F. vs. Col-

plflyCTS which will strengthen thcm S F Doyle was chairman of the

for

Jan 11 — Coilcgians vs. Navy.

ii

arc scheduled travel ‘

‘or llfiiDhniels weighed 144 ‘.1. Angott , A éibwa of 10.490 bald 533.181 to m“ the show

to Chicago for a date with an Black Hirwks; Detroit play hosts‘ Judge Jjmmv Hagen called 1h a 510R. draw, awarding each 121w but Judi-re Joe Agnello sow it seven

after his second when he plunged out, War- ren" McRae converting front a. dif- ficult iiiiglc to iiiukc the score rtihd

e session ended Prince of Wales were back again with young Bobby Mc- Leod who gave several great ex- running weaving his way over from 20 yards to make thc score read at the half

half was only 1W9 minutes old when the Winners Tim the count to 19-0. John McDonald going over from ajlliiy that 5W1" ted 25 yards out with McRae kick-

back tlctcrininedly . trying desperately to get into marched up the field

Martin; halves. Ready. Candy: forwards. Shi-phard.

rwic: Til-DAY THE FORUM

Teil Atkinson Heading For