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22".“. are getting hor- ' d there and some of them lmufi, for something to have 1 10°“ If,“ w“ _ , ,"The horse "W; present ‘consists 0i Byl- “lygnhy 2.16% and Lena Watts, b E. B. Savageil Jack Klin- d by Joe Hus as; Charles owned by Robert Swazil- Miss Jessie by Mo I ll. Dick Marshall. Colonel m5 given permission to k after five o'clock ln and the boys are hav- 1 1.1m, m speed were are a lot more owners around here know of anything on ‘la...’ n:

- ' . ery t “' ntlfiefltlrldlrzek could be put in " qnditlon but it gete very hard “i, not looked after." It l: n news to learn that the Fred- Ytn track is helm! “fled ind whorawmen are becoming inter- l m", it may be too much 5 d 2g; a meeting there this fall ‘L3H, can certainly visualize a meet in 1046. _.o_. . h ' ‘Bl . Elmsrlaleniv o “llzdwahg laecgd many good n5 including the renowned Col- 1 Aubrey 2.10%. has a three- Md mi by Simcoe Harvester

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her ell w; inking there mime. solne wonderful trotters ‘.| ccrs gotten by 5mm" HF‘ trr because he was one of the m; performers ever produced TI-Bllilllil and but for an accident ' .1 have taken a record close l‘ two minutes over a half-mile y, llis sire Lee Harvester 6L» was Canada's leading sire . several 1'9""- : ——o-— t '.Ra:nsa.whobmha "igllmene oi {standard br and tered trotters and pacers from its some time ago, is holding mammoth auction sale of these "W911 h; heav horses in Back- e next We nesday. Bavkvllle . become very hogse minded and doubt the oo prospecs a- them wiube picked up very . ly-

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vburing the week that good pac- mare Lady Rose 3. 2.10%

_ ands, Rankin McLaine sing of her to P. C. Brown. g ls entered in the stake races ‘ indications are that she will ‘one of the most active contend-

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fir. Chips 2.03%. a magnificent on and a great race hOIiG.

'. recently been acq Wal-

' Rlddell of Thorndaie. Ontario.‘

, Chips was foaled at Walnut l Farm. Lexington, Kentucky, ;. is a son of olomite 2.08%.. w.‘ living sire of IJWO minute oimers, and his dam is Gulety _»' by Guy Axworthy 2.08%. Guy is a full sister to the .. er world's champion trotting on Lee Airworthy 1.58%. In- i _ g to us is that Gaiety Guy. u. of Mr. Chips, is also the dam Lusty Frisco 2.01%, formerly ed by our friend 0.1-1. Chand- 0l this city.

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five thousand people turned out the first race meet of the sea- h- at Richelieu Park, Montreal, y 71th. Our oldifrlend Vic tree of Weston, Ontario, pil- - two of the three winners on heard, namely. Minto Lee who

the 2.26 trot!

ight heals. best time 2.10, Midi

Admiral who did the same

in the 2.18 trot and pace,best I Z-Hlu. Ernie MoT ue WlII delighted to see Vic in t e front _ again, as he was a great .- d of the Ontario teamster.

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‘Guy ll. 2.00%. one of the quar- lafll bilttemehfin 3.10 pgceré out I - - . "m1 and Son: gtslgt ilhtrneid. r, owned and la being ' ed at the Sorell, Qua, track. - exchange says he ls looking 19011118 great and enpects to up withl Highland Frisco it. Grattan 2.00. estnut Bars 206, Miss Bumps: _- and Gilt Hanover 2.04 in the

_-lor-alls of that circuit.

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Illiiltr Canadian sportsmen con- l° bur the good ones. __ u. oi Swansea, Mass, have re- l sold their good five-ye". ruins gelding Adage 4. 2.02. "l" Parties. ‘This horse was stest iour-year-old- acing of i044 over_ both_mi e__ nd

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4--,CLASSES--1

ALL CLASSIFIED RACES OATS TO GO T0 WINNERS

This is the first race of the 1945 season and already

ha, granddam Mics? w hancing his reputation. ' Ol’ th

lof seven victories and was

ihis brilliant victory in Delaware,

and pa“ m~in the future.

tracks, taking

2.00 and 2.15% respectllgorlilgelt. ter than that. he won 17 all eh heats he started in; h

bolus a dash in whi swerved into

no.

ch al horse him near the finish

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a open meet . falo Racewainmlgamburgtallltllxff, 33:1. adian sportsmen were much to the fore. Ganclng over the five m m; race events we find nine of t em We" W0" by our Canuok friends. HllTy Flelds. Floyd Milton and William Hillock. That grand old performer Lastlc Grattan, that raced for years on the pace over Ontario and Quebec tracks, and took a record oi 2.0614 i/witchledhto the trot last fall. won wo as es in the classifie trot for William Hillock. d

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Volomite 2.03%. rated as the "wit Dvpular standard bred stal- lion that the breed has ever known was booked up brim full last sea. son b Walnut Hall Farm, Lasting. wn- vhhwlrv, at woo service fee. Just rccentl his fee was raised to $1.000 and alnut Hall Farm an- TIOlmCBB hls book full for 1046. He is 19 years old but because of his placid disposition continues to keep n wonderful condition! Last sea. son he was bred to M mares and of them were with foal. _

-o__ The Harness Horse for May 30th gives a llat of the 2.10 and faster performers of 1044 which were successful in winning 10 or more events. Included in that list of the trotters is Gallant Heart 2.05, who won i0 races. was three times sec- ond. three times third and once fourth and is credited with earn. iniis of $4,304. Gallant Heart was purchased as a. yearling at the Walnut Hall dispersal sale sixyears ago by the late Hedle T, miton of Up r Stewiacke. .S., and he raced or t/wo years in Mr. Fulton's ownership. _o.._

Another winner of l0 races on the pace is Royal Bars 2m. cred- ited with $2,405.56. George A. Call- beck and the writer saw Royal Bars in his first start last June at Richelieu Park and liked him very. much although he did not win the event. Our opinion was that the hopoles were too loose and very likely that was the cause as he went on with a winning atreak after that. The trotter Paiachuk who won that day in 2.19% event- ually took a record of 2.11 and al- though obliged to meet pacer-s in most of his starts ran up a string fl strong factor and money winner in his other eight appearances in Quebec.

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Saratoga 2.00, a pacer that races bare-footed, has evidently become acclimated, states The Harness Horse, as during the past year he raced true to form, scoring ei ht victories in i0 starts and led he horses in the Quebec section in earnings. As a two-year-old he won eight races and as a three- yearold nine races and in his four- year-old form was five times first and three times second. averaging in excess of $5,000 in earnings in each of the campaigns. Following

Ohio. in 2.00 in the $6.000 Free for All he was sold to Quebec finan- ciers and his first year there-THC --was a disappointment, but he evidently found himself in 1044 as he was almost a repeat winner and should land many more victories

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He can leave and he can come home and in between start and finish seems perfectly contented in any apot placed. Buch duallflcat- lons when combined wth high speed are what makes a consistent campaigner. He has a full broth- er, Singapore 2.01%, that has a higher flight of speed. He won s couple of races as a t/wo-year-olt then was laid off in 100-48 ant came back in 10M and gathere" in id victories and more than ed,- 000 the past season.

THE (ZHARLUITETOWN GUARDIAN

SPORTING illlvs

I6 Entries

B Orlo Robertson

IDUIB um. icy, auhe s-(a1=>| —Sixteen finely tuned three-year- old horses today accepted the issue for the 71st Kentucky De with,’ the prospects that 1". W. ooper'a Hoop Jr. would go posbward thel favorite to show t e way home over; Chllfflfllll Downs’ racl strip, soaked by two days of n. |

If tie 13 colts, two geldinga and, one fll,v face the barrier tomor- row at about 0.16 m. EDT, it will be the richest erby in history with a gross value of $06,875. The winner of America's remler turf event, expected to at ract more than 00.000 fans. will take down a net purse of e00 topping the previous hi h of .675 won by Pensive las year.

For each withdrawal. permitted until 46 minutes befomoat time, the urse wil be red by the start ng fee of $500. Two of the

Nelson Holds

(By The Canadian Press) ISLIEMERE GOLF‘ TRY CLUB, Que, June B-Byron Nelson took a cvtnmandlng seven- stroke lea/d at the half-way mark in the $10,000 Canadian Profes- sional Golfers‘ Association open tournament here today by addin a four-under-par Q to ha reco

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Nelson's closest rival, Jug Mc- Spaden, lust a bit more ground today although he shot a. three- under-par 69 to add to his 00 of yesterday for a two-do total of 13d com ared with 131 or Nelson. A crow of more than 0,000 wat- ehed the play todaiy and saw many of the lesser oi ng lbhts drop out of competit on in the face of the hot ace of the leaders. Meanw ile. amateur Ed Furgol of Riverbanks, N.Y., loomed as the toumaanenva surprise by strok- ing a 00 today to add to his ‘l0 of yesterday for third spot in the field ahead of many leading pro- fessionals. -

Bill Kerr ougrontg took over as stables in training and this week we have noticed with particular interest the trotter Johnny Eager 2.11%. owned and being trained by Dr. R. F. Seaman. He is with- out doubt a picture horse and looks very much like hLs distant relative The Eel 2.02%. one of the grandest appearing and greatest pacers that ever stepped on the Grand Circuit. Dr. Seaman's poo-- lng mare Just Bettv 2.14, fastest

new pacing mare in the Marltimes

g yesterday's downpour,

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Likely To

Face Barrier For Today's Kentucky ,Derby Test

field named through the entry box probably will be scratcheddf the going remains muddy as lt was today.

They are Burning Dream. carry- ing E. R. Bradley's hopes for his fifth Derb victo . and Tom Ora.- ham's enilwor h Lad, an out- sider coupled with Bert G. in the betting. Final decision as to Bum- lng Dream wil be made by Brad- ley, who because of ill health will not see the race.

Another heavy rain, following left the track in the worst condition since Clyde Van Dusen plowed through mud to win in 1W9. The sun fin- ally broke through the clouds this afternoon but it would take plenty of help from Old Sol to make the track an here near fast. And the weat erman doesn't promise too much co-operation, predicting showers for tomorrow.

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Lead At Halfway Mark Of P. C. A. Tournament

top Canadian pro when he added a 09 to his par 72 of yesterday to go lone up on Stan Horne of Isles- mere who took a par 72 today af- ter a 70 yesterday. The two Can- adian pros were fourth and fifth respectively, with Chicago's Jim- my Hines and Joe Zarhardt of fifgerscnville, Fla., right behind 1 .

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Phil Farley of Toronto, playing with Nelson and Thome. topped the Canadian slmon pures with a three over par '15 to add to his 73 of yesterday.

Highlighting today's shooting was the nnal appearance of Bing Croaiw, mellow-voiced radio star, who, apart frovn playing a sound game of golf over a nine-hole route. went through a repertoire of songs for the crowd. He shot s. one-over par 3'1.

Kas Zabowski of Halifax put to- gether a 75 today to add to his 77 of yesterday for a 152 total which put him in a seven-way tie for 14th place.

ecimens of which are in Willard elly's stable and owned by Char- les Horton. Both are by Plsytlale, that is destined , we are confident, one of the greatest sires ever brought to the Maritimes.

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Alex Parsons of London, Onta- rio. whose Pine Ridge stable has cut such a wide swath on tracks in Ontario and Quebec and also in the United States, has called a

in 1044, is working to order for Roy Barnett.

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Colonel ‘Hooper has two good igveniles. a tawo-year-old an a| ree-year-old, and that good trot-y ter Pagliacci 2.09% is in superb; I

form for Cobb Miller, as is also Bright Spot 2.10, owned by Walter Hennessey. When the weather warms up a bit, which we expect it will the coming week, we look to see some faster efforts but we h e they will not cut down too qu ckly. Not in years have we seen] such a sound. well trained bunch' of horses, and this goes for the! particularly good;

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juveniles too,

Third

Stake, Trot a Pace. i046

ment closed May N.

Owner: 1—M. D. d: T. E. Hanklnson Middleton l—M.D. d: Tl. Hankinson, Middleton . . . . . . . . . . . . .. tt-Geo. A. Callbeck, Stunmersi‘ 4-Cyril Dauphinee, Halifax . .. b-Cyrll Dauphinee, Halifax

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This has been a very disappoint- ing season for owners and sin-l ers at the Charlottetown track inl that the continuous wet weather, has made it difficult to get inl regular workouts and it is so cold that horses have got to be taken extra s ecial care of, otherwise they wi tie up or contract rhum- atlam. None of the horses have been asked for miles better than 2.30 but all seem to be in good shape and sound as s bell. Last

we referredntojome ofthe

June 20th.

7—Dr. W. J. Larnmond, Sydney

Mines B-John RJMcLean. Sourls a-George Turner, Dartmouth lo-W. W. Bowers, iii-John Ferguson,

13-11. E. Killsm, Charlottetown li-Ebnmett Burke, Charlottetown

Secretary F. C. McCurdy says to be sure and keep your horses ell - ible June 28. 1M5; on that due

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My An n Shanghai ....San-Ton 6—J. Alex Gallant, Amherst .. ...Loretth A

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......Bonnie Spruce

...Goidie Duds

Great Village Sierra Sue L. rd ......Mac Fins

lz-A. B. Cutcilffe, Charlottetown Marlin‘? Jean

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Lillian Budlong Calumet Budlong is-mvid Neima, New GlaBBOW ..M<>laandale Ace io-Davld Neima, New Glasgow ...Silver Volo lT-A. B, Gillisple. Parrdboro.....Mai-garet le-Joe O'Brien, NevrGlasgow ....High Tid

dispersal sale of his trotters and pacera and racing equipment for Saturday, June 16th. Under the hammer wtll go such stars asPine Ridge Alex 2.06% on a half-mile track; Mr. Van 2.07, a. great trot- ter; Sir Peter 2.12%. and up and coming trotters and pacers such as Pine Ridge Norma, Pine Ridge Lynn. Pine Ridge Abbe, Pine Ridge Donna, Arion Grattan and several others. Some of these colts are by such well known sires as Abbedale 2.01%, His Majestvl.59‘6, Peter McKillop, His Royal Ma]- esty, and Ontario sires that have made good. Equipment for his large racing stable, bikes and cv- orything in fact connected with the plant will be sold.

following horses named:

Sire Pax Voio

Lauderdale

Calumet Budlong His Majesty

Peter Gratten Royal

Horse

Lauder

m Hag Dale ng ruce Calumet ‘Duds

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Calumet Fingo Clover Guy

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Peter Henley Pnx Volo Peter Frisco

L. Frisco e Soviet

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Softb ll f will Bel- their first gllmpsea ofnéity Softball Lcaillle teams in action tomorrow after- noon when the season oliena with a double bill that brings together Navy and R. C. A. F. Officers in the first tussle. with W0 A" Force teams. Sergeants and Alr- men meeting 1n the second eu- counter. lii 9E it

Not yet up to their real form due to the scant number of prac- tice sessions they have been abrle to partake in nevertheless tc four teams that will be seen in action should give followers of the game two, close-knit. hard-fought encounters all the WHY- >K 9K 9k

That Navy and Officers claim should be a dandy all the way. that is of course if the teams are near o; evenly matched as they were last season. Lt will be remember- edthat last year's Officers’ squad lod the league practically from the start of the season until they were victims of two stunnlnil up- sets in the seini-finals that sent them to the sidelines.

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Yes, you sueaaed it. it was the Navy outfit that did what many fans thought to be impossible at that time, and tomorrow's game between the two teams should mean a resumption of the keen rivalry that flared up between them in last year's playoffs. Officers, likely haven't forgotten their elim; inatlen at the hands of the "Tara last fall and will be out to start squaring matters in this new

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As to the strength of the of- ficers this year. we know little or nothing. It is quite probable that a few new faces will be on th line-up from last year due to the regular exodus of classes from the station during the past l0 inontlu but if they can field a team any- where near their former squad then they are going to once again prove to be mighty tough nuts to

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Followers of the Navy are very definite in their opinion that the boys from the H. M. C. S. Queen Charlotte are going to have plenty of say in deciding just what team will succeed to the throne at present occupied by the Aircraft:- men, that is of course providing that the same airmen do not re- tain pOSSQSSIO*II o; it.

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They‘ base their opinion on the fact t at the "Tars" are every bit as good as they were last year if not a little bit better and last year they were good enough to go to the finals after Just barely squeezing into a playoff spot in the regular of games.

In the second tussle between the Airmen and Sergeants, an all-- Air Force set-to. keen, hard fighting competition should be furnished all the way. We will know better lust howw strong or weak they are after we see them

action but notwithstanding when two Air Force teams are pitted against each other whether they be from the same station or not. they give everything they possess in their efforts to outdo each other. ‘F

.. Keen linlu battles should be forthcoming in today's flag com- petition at the Belvedere Gulf Course. Golfers are showing a lot more added interest in the game this season and they have been taking full advantage of every chance offered to partake exhibition matches. A large en-try list is expected to tee llfl’ this afternoon in the competition that gets underway at 2 o'clock sharp. iii ll: alt

Prior to his first-round knock- out at the hands of Tami Mauri- ellc in New York last Friday, there were those who had hopes that the aging Steve Dudes might emulate. at least to a minor de- gree. the sensational comeback of James J. Braéfdoarck a.‘

Braddoolrs omeback, of course. is one of the most fabulous stories in the hlstorv of the ring. He came up from the pugilistic scrap hearp to box Corn Griffin and one year later to wrest the heavy- weight crownaffrogi liax Beer.

It happened to be James J.'.\‘

515,00 W111 be dug, 3,1115 being rho good fortune that Griffin. while he

final payment. will be given.

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No other notice shaped up as considerable

of a fighter, was possessed oi a glass jaw. with the result that ha auc- cumbed in three rounds. - ever, the victory earned Brad- dock a match with John Henrv Lewis, in which -he was favored with a debagibla verdict. .. ,' 4‘.

Anyway, the win brought the victor a match with Art Lasky. the formidable contender for heavy- weight laurels, Laaky was suffer- ing from an injured hand at the time the match was made. A new date, March 22, i935. was set for the bout. and Luky injured his bad hand anggw kn gaining

lit looked as though another gootpcnement would be in order, ut he pleaded so hard to go on with the match, confident that he could beat Braddock with one hand, that Gen. John J. Phelan, then head of the New York Box- ing Conunission, much against hla better judgment. permitted Leaky to keep the data“ a’ -