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William D. MacKenzie of Flat River is doing his share in making available to horsemen standard breds with the best of pedigree behind them. These are samples . . . a three-year-old gelding by Playdale 2.04%. dam Tena Kal- muck by Kalmuck 2.15%, grand- dam by Rexheart 2.09%; a two- year-old gelding by Calumet Bud- long.2.021l4. dam Belle Kalmuck by Kalmuck 2.15%. granddam Lady Todd by Mayor Todd 2.15%, great granddam Bellewood by Park- wood. also a two-year-old gelding of the same breeding and a year- ling by Calumet’. Budlong 2.02%. dam Tena Kalmuck by Kalmuck 2.15%, granddam by Rexheart 2091/4. The four youngsters whose breed- ing is given above are all well grown, well developed with splen- did mt and Mr. MacKerizie is one of the best farmei"s in his locality and is known as a great feeder 01f stock. We congratulate him on the support he is giving to the harness horse industry by his breeding operations.

At a meeting of the Directors of the Charlottetown Driving Park and Provincial Exhibition As- sociation the dates for the racing season of 1950 were set as fol- lows . . . Saturday Night racing opening meet June 24th; Midsum- mer Nighit Racing Meet will be he-ld nights of Thursday, Friday and Saturday, July 13-14-15; Old Home Week dates are August 14- 19. It will open with night rac- ing Monday, August 14th, after- noons vaudeville and harness rac- ing August 15-16-17-18, also rac- ing Wednesday, Thursday and Friday nights, August 18-17-18; Goodwill meet dates are Septeun- ber 4-5-6 and if necessary to ac- commodate entries night races will be held in connection with it. Class races such as 2.15 pace, 2.18 trot. etc.. etc., will be done away with and instead classified racing and what is known as condition races will be held. Entries will be called for and from the entries re- coived the classifying committee will place the horses so that hey will be as evenly matched as pos- sible.

We are delighted to have a let- ter from our friend Orin Jar- dine. Box 15, Hartland, NB, who writes that he is in good health and still thinking abou"t the splen- did time he had at Old Home Week. He enjoyed himself to the full. meeting old friends and talking horse. Orin says he has decided to sell his seven-year-old bay pac- ing mare Betty Ellis 2.17 1-5. She is by Royal Napoleon 2.0llfz.,one of the top sires at Village Farm. Pa, and her dam was Betty Signal and her granddam Twilight Glow by Guy Axwortfhy, so her breed- ing is exceptional. We looked her up and in 1948 she won $490. com- peting in tough company in the state of Maine. Betty should be giood in her class and be an ex- ceptionally fine brood mare.

Our Montreal correspondent writes . . . "I regret to inform you that our mutual friend Raoul Pot- "vin had his right leg amputated above Iihe knee, but 1 am glad to say he is doing fine, has had the stitdhes removed and the leg is healing nicely. He is looking good and is in great spirits, says he will get an artificial leg and get busy with the horses in the spring." We and Raoul's friends in the Maritlmes will regret to learn that it has been necessary for him to have such an opera- tion bu-t admire his pluck and spirit and feel confident that he

summaries I believe you will ad- mit you never saw so many real good horses at one meeting. ln many races a horse finishing sixth, seventh or eighth might be beaten loss than one second. I feel con- fident that Brewer's Gallon will make a fast horse as he is game and has speed and manners. I found when I had to go miles around 2.05 with last quarters around 29 seconds he would get a bit tangled up as he was not used to going quite that fast. The track here has several waves down the home stretch which bothered him when going at top speed. I think the Santa Anita track will be much better than this one. Tha‘. is where the spring meeting will be hold, running into June.

I suppose you have heard that Ralph Baldwin from Saskatchewan has left the Saunders Mills stable and is training a private stable for Leo C. McNamara at Orlando. Florida. Benny Schue has taken the job wi-th Saunders Mills. Bald- win is getting more money with McNamara. Jake Rodnian has taken a private stable for Charles Coburn, the movie actor, and will train at Delmar. Eddie Cobb and partner, owners of Jerry the First 1.59 1-5, winner of the $50,000 pace and almost $100,000 total, have bought Gene Abbe 2.01 1-5 and Rocco Hanover, from Charles Rudcrman. Eddie and Co. will have a formidable group of free- for-allers in Jerry the First, Gone Abbe, Hodgen and Royal Man.

Clint Hodgins, another Canadian, is going home to Canada for twp months. likely to, Duffcrin track. He is leaving his table’ in charge of his nephew, Dalton Hodjis, at Del-mar. Indian Land. Direct Wyn. Proximity. Ginger Up, llfilmingiton Direct and a couple of colts are going ‘to Orlando, Fla. for the

winter. Indian Land and Direct Wyn will be trained by Leo Flo-Isch. Clint wound up the sea-

son by winning today with John Meadows, Modern Vonian and Biddy R., and was third with In- dian Land and Cooperage. The free for all pace 1 1-8 miles was won by Jerry the First in 2.18 3-5, Dr. Stanton 2, Indian Land 3, Gene Aibbc 4, Brother Harmony 5. The 1 1-4 mile trot was won by Demon Hanover (Bi Shively) in 2.33 1-5, Dutch Harbor (myself) 2, Anderson Hanover 3, Frontiers- man 4, Wayward 5.

Last Saturday I won with Wil- mington Direct in 2.04 and Tues- day I gave him a time record of 2.01 2-5 and today I won with him in 2.03. The times have all been slower this week because the weather has been foggy and the air heavy. Tomorrow I am ship- pin-g to Delmar for the winter. I am taking about fourteen colts by Perk Axworthy and one by Worthy Boy out of Thistledown. all owned by George DeVries, owner of Vita Lee and Robert Morris that I raced. I urn also talking McManus p, 2.02; Card Shark t. 2.06; Brewer's Gallon t. Z05 Z-5. Alta‘: Mite p, 2.05 4-5. Lillolkid p, 3. 2.03 2-5, my own two-year-old Silk Prince and Cassie Hanover, owned by Eddie McCai-ron of New Glasgow, N.S.

Sep Palin has severed his con- nection with Castleton Farm. He and Fred Egan sold out to Mr. McIntyre, who has turned the $72,000 yearling Imperial Hanover over to Johnny Simrpson to train and race. Castleton Farm horses are being divided up between trainers Curly Smart, Saunders Russell and Jim Laughlin. Betty

sulky against next season.

Our recollection of Raoul goes back to the 1920's when he came to the Maritimes and by his clever driving and conditioning of his horses and also his friendliness, made a host of friends who have not forgotten him. A tribute to his skill was Lady Grattan, that he developed and gave a record of 2.08%. She was sold for $5,000. He also raced other good horses here. Through the years Raoul has always had one or more top notch horses each season; the last we saw him driving was Palschuck. a perfectly gaited and mannered trotter that after winning con- stantly through Quebec was sold for a largo sum and is now in the breeding ranks in tho United States.

And now we hear from our friend Joe O'Brien in faraway In- glewood, California . “Am afraid I have not anything of in- terest or that you have not al- ready read or heard. Today was the last day's racing for the sea- son at Hollywood track. They had a swell meet here with ex- ceptionally good racing. If you look over some of the fast class

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The death of Arthur J‘. Hinrichs at Balston Spa, New York, last week will be deeply regretted by thousands of friends {he made in his journey through life. Many of us can look back to reading arti- cles by Mr. Hinrich, in Hoof Beats of which he was Editor for several years, later relinquishing it and taking charge of the pub- licity department at Saratoga Raceway. Mr. I-Iinrich paid a visit to this Province in 1945. He had heard a lot about Old Home Week and decided to see for himself what it was like. About. one o'clock on Wednesday afternoon we hvad n oall from him from Bor- den that lie had arrived. We told him to come straight to the secre- tary's office where we would be waiting for him.

I-Ie got there about three o'clock and Mr. Boulter and I thought we would have some fun, so a-f- ter a hearty greeting we told him to go right out and take a seat wherever he liked and make him- self comfortable. Just as he start- ed out the door the part mutual

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Well, it looks like everything ls all sct to launch the 1949-50 hoc-

key season hcro this evening zit tho Forum whcn the Saint Dun- stan's Llnivcrsity hnckvyists and the Charlottetown Abegwoils face- off in the opening game of the Island Physical Fitness Intermed- iate Hockey Lvziguc, a a a a

Both squads have lircn building up their loam strength for thc past. fcw ivceks and wont through their paces in stiff workout scs- sions on Thursday to wnrk up in- to high gear for tonighfs clash which will send the six-tram lea- gue on its \\"n_.

o o o n Local hockey fzins who will he turning out for tho opening tilt.‘ will see n few new faces nn lo- nighfs team rosters, who although unknown potentialities nt the mo- ment, willgio doubt he nblo to fill the vacancies made by players of last scason who have gone else- where to make their debut in other hockey circles or have loft the Province to further their ed- ucation or business ventures.

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Just how the two teams will slack up against one another tn- hIl-‘Ilt is hard to foresee zit the moment, although judging from the tentative lincuns, the Univer- sily boys look to he the favored crew at the moment, But the fact, that the Abcgwrit pucksfors will he iccing almost an entirely new team as compared with last year's Senior "B" group, makes them n more or less “(Inrk horse" aggregation that will have to be seen in noting) before their team strength can o measured. O O O O

Joe Mnhor, Reg Rodgers and Will Houde, who have been sup- plying high powered scoring punch on the S.D.U. lineup for the past couple of ycnrs, will be back in ziction ngalii tonight, whilc hack on the defensive positions will be Mike Hcnncsscy and Jim Ayers, who are familiar figures on S.D.U, lineups, with George Mac-

Rnr» of last years P.W.C. squad adding to t h c i r reurgunrd strength. FflfhlCl‘, Dcighen, Mc-

Isnnc and Mark McQuiiid will also be performing again in the for- ward positions, while LeClnir rind Trembly, two nmv-comcrs tn their ranks will nlsn be in nctlon up front, Young Frank Strain, who performed with Saints last season. will be net custodian again this year. Another new prospect. Blacqulere. is expected to be used back on the defence.’ n v o

Art Perry and Josey, who will, be back on the Ahegwelt defence. and "Roach" MzicGrrgor, who will be performing up forward along with Sheppard, will be about the only mainstays from lust YCBFE group, but n number of new boys, Hooper and MacDonald, ns goaltendors, MacDougall on dc- fencc, Stanley, Glover, Kennedy. Dalzlel, l-lcnnessey and Hughes. will fill in the vacant spots on the forward positions of the new line- “P. O O O O

A recent report {mm Capo Bre- ton reports that the North SWI- ney Vlctorias hockey club has gone close to $9.000 in debt in the eighth week of the Cape Bre- ton Senior Hockey League sched- ule, and has threatened to with- draw from the League unless Syd‘ iioy and Glace Bay ngreo to per- mit. the addition of three players.

An announcement mnde over the public address SYSIQTTI‘ i" ‘he North Sydney Forum (luring the Sydney-North Sydney Same the‘? on Thursday night strilcd that the Sydney Club had refused to ngrce to special help for the Northslde Club, However, it was learned um that the Sydney Club pre- sident, Dr. C. A. MacDonald, had given Vics tho go nhcnd nfifll‘ conferring with the club execu- tive.

Bulldogs In Win 0ver_lruro

ANTIGONISl-I. N.S.. Dec. 9- (CP)—-Antlgonish Bulldogs went on a third-period scoring spree here tonight to trounce Truro Bearcata 10-4. The win places Antigonlsh in J position In the Antigonish- Plctou-Colchester Senior Hockey League. half s point ahead of St. Francis Xavier.

Two New Players For NoriLSyduey

SYDNEY. N.8.. Dec. 9 - (CH- Two players from the defunct Cleveland Knights of the United States Amateur Hockey League arrived here today to join North Sydney Vlctorlas of the Cape Bre- ton Senior Hockey League. A third will arrive during the week-end.

The newcomers are goalie Bill Jones, who played last ‘year with Providence Reds of the American

Hockey League, and defencemnn Jean Paul Jeanneau. Name of the third player ‘has not been disclos-

i Hockey Season Opens At Local Forum Tonight

The 1949-50 hockey season will get underway here tonight at the Charlottetown Forum when saint Dunstank University and the Charlottetown Abegwolts clash in the opening tilt of the Island Physical Fitness Intermediate Hoc- key League. Game time is sched- uled for nine o'clock.

An added attraction on tonight's opening hockey program will be the appearance of two well-known hockey personalities, George Huycs of the National Hockey League referceiiig staff, and Murph Chamberlain. present coach of the league leading Sydney Mll- lionaires of the Cape Breton Sen_ ioi" Hockey League and former N. H. L. playing star. Both are here instructing at the three-clay Hockey School which opened last night.

The two teams who will send this year's six-team Intermediate league swinging into action tn-

gregations. and although both will be sporting new members on their lineups, they will also include many of the old hands who have seen action with the teams in for- mer years.

Being the first game of the sea- son, aiiy pro-game prediction oi the outcome would be only i; guess at best, as neither squad has been seen in action other" than pract- ice sessions, and with many new, unknown performers on the line- ups, anything cnii happen.

The following nrc the tentative fcam lineups for totiightds clash: -

S.D.U Goal, Strain; FTnd- ctte; defence -- Ilennessey, Ayers. MncRae; forwards -Mahar. Rod- gers, LeCIair, Deighen, Bernard, ‘Farmer, Houdc, Mclsnac, Desros- er.

Abbles Goal, Hooper and MacDonald; defence, Josey, Perry and ltlncDouizall; forwards, Shep- pard, MacGrcgor, Stanley. Glover,

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Kenncdy, Dalziel, Hennesscy and Hughes.

S’side Teams

The two Summerside basketball

teams won their games at the R. C, A. F. court in Sunimerside last night, the Fliers beating the Army quintet from Charlottetown by a wide margin, 67 to 22 being the final count, and Schurmans pull- iflt; the biggest upset of the young season by edging Ray's Million- aircs 38 to 35. The R. C. A, F. boys looked very strong in their game with the Army. They drew away to an ezirly lead and increased it stead- ily as the game progressed, They were out in front 32 to 16 at half time. Wally Lowe. the former Szuilt Ste, Marie nce, was high scorer of the evening, getting 20 points. Campbell was next In line for the Fliers with 14 and Bill Eckley had 11. Cullen and G. McLcnnan divided honors for the lnscrs. getting 10 points apiece. The long-range sniping of Bob Bnyne was a feature of the con- test.

Box Score R.C.A.F. Fliers FG FR PF‘ Pia.

Eckley . . 5 1 2 11 Lowe . 9 ’ 2 1 20 lVfickus . 4 O 0 8 Mclsanc . . 1 0 2 2 Martin . 2 0 1 4. Murphy . . o o n o Campbell . 6 2 0 14' Bnyne 4 O 0 S Totals Z11 5 6 6T \ Army FG FS PF Pts. Cullen 4 2 3 10 Dalzlel ._ . 0 0 0 0 Glover . 1 0 2 2 G. McLennan 5 0 3 1O Rosslter . . 0 G 2 0 B, McLcnnan 0 C 2 0 Totals _, . .. . 1U 2 ‘l2 22 Referee". Sqdn, Ldr. Gillespie; llnesmnn, B, Caloren; timer, Flt.

Sgt. McCuaig; scorer, N, MacDon- zild. SECOND GAME

In the second game the sur- prising Schurman's team scored the first six points of the game and were never headed from then on in. They were leading 19 to 12 at half time, but n last-ditch drive by tho Moneynien in the last two minutes of play cut their lead which they had maln- toined up to that time to three.

Schurmans passing was vastly improved nnd the shooting of Ray's, particularly their ace

sniper, .Windy LoPoge, was con- siderably below par. Charlie Link- letter led the scoring for the vic- tors, getting 13 points while Har- ris chalkcd up ‘11. Lambert of the

P. W. C. To Play Al Ml. A. Today

The Prince of Wales College hoc- key team. accompanied by coach Gordon Bennett, will leave by car. this morning for Sackviflle, N.B.. where they will play their first ex- hibition game of the seuon against the Mount Allison varsity squad there tonight.

Coach Bennett stated lut night that he hoped to be able to make arrangements while there to have the Mount A team come to Char- lottetown at a later date for a. re- turn exhibition encounter.

The following ls the team lineup making the trip:

Goal, Eddie Lund; defence. Gus Downe, Bob Dallziol. Nell MacLeod, John Allen. Ian MacNevln; for- wards, Phil Jam-dine. Arnold Mc- Callum, Harold Howntt, Jack Brown, Ron Nicholson. Gordon MaoLean Alan Champion. Bennett

Ends of Basketball Bill

Win Both

Millionaires lcd all scorers in the second game with 16 points and LcPnge managed to nmuss 10, Pin- sonncaulf, who played n flue game for Schurmriifs. fouled out with about two minutes to go in the game.

The goose season of 1949 is over _ I watched it coma in as an October dawn lightened a flat, drab landscape west of Summer- side and watched it become a hunters memory as a chill Decem- bcr night closed over a. 40-acre expanse of barley stubble at the Big Point, Flat. River. In between tliere were many dawns that. I did not see break but. eyes other than mine saw them and watched for the moving black smudges on the skyline made by geese on their way to their stubble feeding grounds.

O O O Goose hunters had a field day this season. It was one of the best. goose seasons for many years. The birds came early and withstood heavy punishment. until the final curtain dropped on the evening of December 5th. The kill was heavy and I venture to state that more geese were bagged this year than in the last slx hunting seasons combined. Individual h u n t e r s brought home as many as five and six geese who hadn't fired at a goose for years let alone shot. one. O O O I

I'm sorry to have to relate that I never pulled a trigger on geese this season. I could have shot my share for I knew a number o1 set- UpS where all that was needed to bring home some toothsome goose dinners was time, patience and a true eye and steady hand. Suc- ccssful goose hunting takes time and planning. It also works on one like n, fever and once bitten by the bug one wants to do nothing else but. hunt geese and work and

Box Scon-

Ray‘! FG FS PF Pts LrPage 4 i’. 1 10 Nicholson 2 O 2 4 O'Connor 2 (I 1 4 Goodwin 0 0 3 fl Wilson O f‘ 1 fl Lambert 7 ‘.2 1 1R Totals .. . 15 l’. 12 35 Schurmn . I-‘G FS PF Pts. Linklettcr . 5 I’ 1 13 Spinney 1 0 1 2 , Pinsonncziult 4 0 5 8 ; Harris 5 1 1 11 I Cornish 1 0 2 2 I Simpson 10 0 0 2 Stewart 0 0 1 0 I ltlacDonnld 0 i‘ 0 Oi, Srhurmnii ll f‘: 1 0 Wnlpcr 0 ll 0 0 Tolnls; . . . T '4 I2 33