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We were kindly remembered with two very appropriate son's greeting cards from w, _ "Bill" Stewart, New Glgsgow, pp S. One is an excellent likeness of a yearling oolt by Abner T. C1681; 2.04%. dam. Alice Orattan 2.08%. It. is a typical OM88. splendidly built and quite the equal in sise of a yearling grown in Kentucky. The other card had a fine photo of the two. year-old Uh-ieen Abbe by Bert Abbe 1.50%. dam. Ulhleen Volo. l-Ie is a magnificent individual. We trust both will be as good as their appearance when they hit the racing circuits.

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Bill had a letter a few days ago from Hanover shoe Far-mg stating that Belle of Brooklyn 2.1216 that so many of our read- ers will remember when she rac- od in'0he Maritimes. is safe in foal to Billy Direct 1.56 and will foul in February. Bill is the owner of this mare and foal and we can tell you he is a mighty lucky man, as bookings to Bil} Direct are exceptionally hard to got.

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Horsemen sincerely regret the death of McNeil?! Pick 2.1.114. owned by Wellington McNafl], Southport. which occurred last iveek due to bowel trouble. He had been in the care oi’ James Arbing and was looking excep- tlonallv well. McNeilPs Pick won his only start the past season at Covshead. Prior to that he bad been laid un due to an iniury. It was in 194-5 that he flashed on tho harness horse firmament with a brlllinncv that stamped him as a possible Maritime record- breaker. His mile in 2.11% at Summerslde in which he paced the last half in 1.02. was the bnsisof that belief. and it was a reasonable one.

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Plans are now complete for the Prince lid-ward. Island harness raring circuit for 1947. Charlotte- tow had announced its dates for filrl ome Week and Provincial Exhibition as August 12th to 15th and for Goodwill meet Septem- ber 10th and 11th and at a. meet- imr of bmorietors of Summer- side. Montague. Covehead and Riverside tracks their dates were set as follows: June 2i. River- side: July i. Summersizb" July 9. Montafslle‘. July 1ft, covehead: July 2o Riverside: Julv 30. Cove- head: August 0. Montague: Aug- ust 1°45. Old Home Wee-k; Aug- ust 20, ooen: August 2'7. Burn- mrrslde: September i. Montague: fiootamber iii-ll. Goodwill Races: September 17-18. Ocvehead.

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We noticed a letter from a Hnnsoondent in the Canadian Sportsman recently. the gist oi which was that horsemen mould got busy and endeavor to have the Department of Justice change the law in regard to night rac- ioz. which he stated did not per- mit racing after 9.00 mm. We don't know whether t_his is cor- roct or not but if so it would tnke considerable pressure to bring about a change in’ the Dominion law as it would have to be approved by Parliament first. Sc far we do not know 0i anybody in the Maritimos who is equipping a track for night rac- ing nnd we do not think it would be n naylng move as a good 1711!"! is really expensive. it would take a grant many nights racing to rover the cost of proper instal-

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1n various parts of the Mari- Irnes they are piannins i" 11°" for the winter months and It least one track-Blue Acres New Glasgow. N. S.—intends holdinil them over the‘ half mile cvs1- The-“writer had a lot of 0X08!‘- ienrp in ice racing, most 0i locally but some at Toronto. Mount Clements. Mich- I115 Windsor, Ont.. and offers the fol- low-io: sueeestlons that may 1'” helpful: Take care to have yflili‘

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tree , vttln enemy stunne nsonrmon l-III rue minnow;

hem Properly wand between and right after the finish or n heat as the cold air blowing on ‘l "P? Wlrln horse is liable to cause rhumatism or even worse- pneumonia. Some years ago mun VF 1"" P861118 a number of horses we had e. frame built which we covered with canvas with a flan attached to c/pen so that the horses could be hooked to sulky or cart and backed out. ‘The ice was covered with straw and this worked out very well. Q Q Q e-

At Toronto and the other places mentioned of course we had stall; but we did experience trouble at Dufferin track in 1914. part of which may have been due to a bad fall when Helen R. piled in- to another horse that had fallen at the first turn. sprained her hock and developed lynwhnngnL-L which she never rightly got QYQr, On the tracks. particularly when the ice was hard, we did not nnd the five calka or never-slips good enough to take the turns on high and we had our horses-in fact practically all the horses were- shod with Russian saw dices. These were difficult to make and the blacksmith charsed I14 a est and he earned his money.

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Bometisnee we raced with the thermometer below zero and one "c" 1 DilPi-iiiil-ll-rly recall was in a light snow storm wbere it was very difficult to see and we were Prlvl-lclliy driving blind. In our first racing experience at Toronto one of the drivers in the race was Vic Flemming wtho was up behind a very fast pacer called Billy Brino. At the rail was Day Spring. We went away on the fourth score and Vic cut in and took the legs from under Day Spring and we had a tough time keeping from going over driver McDowell. Vic lost the heat which was awarded to Tcneka. Billy Brino was the eventual winner. I believe. Interesting to _recail is that Billy Brino was the fastest new performer in America over a half mile track the next year, setting the track record at Cleve- land. Ohio. at 2.01%. Day Spring went on to take a record of 2.10 and the next winter set up a world's record of 2.10% over a mile track on ice. Toneka won many races and took a record of 2.11M andwas the fastest racing gelding in Canada. Helen R. won five races in ten days, three at Halifax and two at Charlotte- town. All these happenings were

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Getting back to local ice rac- ing. 1 remember when I wasa boy at Hughes’ Drug Store hear- ing a lot of talk about it as Mr. Hughes had several fast horses‘. and many of the horsemen came in to have a chat with him. He was a wonderful man on diseases of horses and ilhere was always on the counter a bronze horse which could be utilized to have the cus- tomer mow where the trouble was located such as spavin, ring- bone. curbs or other troubles. In- variably Mr. Hughes could furn- ish a remedy that would make a cure or give reilief and everybody had the greatest faith in him. He was also very successful in pre- scribing for oeoole and thousands came to the Aootheoarles ‘Hall with their ailments or those of their rtliidren. He had a KPH" eve for horses nnd when I was with him had Physician. a mne- niflcent standard bred stallion. a son of the then renowned Edward gym-nu, This horse was brought here from New York and was “resin” a picture horse. Later on hrwss sent to Madison square nude“ horse show where he won first in a large class.

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ynpng the good trotters and pacer! thlt. Ml‘. nil-Rh“ “"194 “r a little black mere. Lute 5-- that would no doubt if 1'8"‘! over our fast tracks and 01W" the same preparation have trot- ted in 2.12 at least. Our recol- . lectione of Mr. Rushes l" 091i" happiest as from the first he ab- ways took a great interest in my doings and was one cf the nicest - bosses anyone ever worked for.

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Navy basketball team. at prep. ent tied with Saints for league

leadership 1n the city “w”, have a chance to take over un- disputed possession of the top spot. when they clash with the Army team in tonight's league game at tibeJPrince of Wales Aud- itorium. and followers of the Navy team are certain that their teem will do just that. Q Q Q Q Still undefeated, Navy will be big favorites to take the encoun- ter but at the same time they can expect the stoutest of oppo- sition from the Army boys. The latter team's sniping has been the main cause of their defeats to date and should they show any semblance of the form they are capable of, no doubt about it but they will make it plenty in- teresting for the “Tars." Q Q Q Q

Oily Hockey League teams are still cramming plenty od action into their encounters and Thurs- day night's game wound up in a blazing manner. But while the boys are continuing to lay it on at ‘every opportunity they are al- so taking time to dish out some smart hockey. and if they keep on improving at their present rate fans are going to witness

some great encounters once the schedule swings into the New Year.

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For two periods Thursday night it was just a toss-up which squad would finally come through with a victory. Legionaires had the better of it in the first ses- sion only to have tihe Navy come back and knot the count in the middle frame and that was the period that produced the best hockey. not only of that game in particular but of the entire sea- son.

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‘Legion earned their margin of victory in the final period and their goals were hard earned and on both teams’ showing Prince of Wales and Saint Dunstanb, the latter being backed heavily to win league honors, will have to Show their best form if they are to thwart the distinct threat of the two service teams.

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Only regrettable feature about "'16 same was the fireworks that developed in" the closing stages, Not that anv great damage oc- curred. but things such as these leave bad feelings in their wake not only among the players but the sbectators as well. Flsticuffs is not an uncommon thing in-the heat. of hard fought games as tempers get out of control. but they are usuallv discernible 1on1 before they actually hapnen and nerhaos if the officials handling the various games clamped down harder in the early stages of the

Jame such outbursts could be sidetracked. Q Q Q Gordon Drlllon is certainly

taking a lot of abuse in games in which he aonears~ and he cer- tainlv is not deserving o! it all, in this writer's oninion. Hr plays hockey for all that is in it and wants his team to olav it the same wav; he is certainly no angel out there but at the some time we cannot fathom the reas- on whv the fans want to have his scaln as was the case ‘Thursday night. Q Q Q Q l-le is dolns a good job as play- ing coach of the Legion teem and lust to give a further insieiht into his character we reprint tho following from the Montreal Star on an incident which ocmirred when he was playing with Mont- real Canadians: Q Q Q Q

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THE CHARLOTTETOWN GUARDIAN

Halifax Edges Out Moncton Hawks 7-6

P. W. 0. (lo-Eds lis. K. of 0. Girls Tonight

Girls basketball makes its sea- son's debut at the Prince of Wales Auditorium tonight at 7 o'clock when George Young's Prince of Wales Co-Eds and Earl Smith's Knights of Columbus team meet in an exhibition game.

Both teams have been practising steadily for the past rnonnlh. or so and should be ready to stage quite a battle of it all the way. Knights of Columbus are new entrants in girls basketball circles while Prime cf Wales are the present Island champions and victors last year over Amherst High School team in a home and home series.

Summerside Team Withdraws From League

MflQuarr-lefs Aces. Suammerslde entzy in the City Hockey League have withdrawn from the first sec- tion of the league tc was learned last night.

At a meeting held in Summersidc yesterday afternoon between City league offictsls and representatives of the summer-aide squad the mas- ter was (thoroughly discussed and due to (the limited practice sessions available to the Summer-side team it was felt that the wise move was to withdraw from the first section Play.

At the end 0f the first section Summer-side is to play an exhibit- ion gatme with one of the local squads and providing their per- formance at that time war-rams they will be allowed 0o compete in second section competition.

Down The Alleys

HOLY NAME BOWLING

Team No. 1-

B. Howatt .. .162 135 L. Bealrstc 144 113 M. Weir . 181 89 Team No. 2- J. Rogerson 1'11 169 G, Bagnall . 159 31-5 E. Cameron 153 150 L. Csllbeck 124 119 M, Brady 135 90 Team No. 3- N. MacDonald 171 135 D. MacDonald 2110 157 J. MacDonald 132 123 G. Barbour . . . 1'75 1'13 '3. Roper 139 112 Team No. 4- E. Macdcmald .... .. 156 152 B. Saunders 147 100 M. Mathieson . .. 149 133 E. Hasznrd . 105 08 80 High single G. Bagnall 215. High three D. MacDonald 541. Winner's team 3-20 1-2 pts. Big Four League All Stars:- J’. Power 176 263 3Z5 T. MCKGHTHQY .150 184 151 B Cameron 173 185 B. MacNeill 134 160 C LeClalr 144 10'? Total-JEN. Arabs:- Dr Duff)’ 23'» 20B E. Rice 1'11 231 I. MacKlnnon "I21 1'72 J. MucTnhls .. 201, 218 A McFarlane 233 232 Total-IDOL

High single J Pc-wer 325. High three J. Power 764. .Points: All Stars 1; Arabs s,

NIWYORK. Dec.20—- (an- Uihwgh still on the serious list. boxing promotor Mike Jacobs is

lne about the famous feat of Ray fletliffr in morlng five goals a- gainst Boston one night several years avromThat stunt prolonged fletliffe’! hockey life another veer because he had been in a slump 1m to then." said Dick. And Ir- vin also pointed out that it. was in that same game that Gordie Drlllon tossed awav a chance to win a howue of five hundred dol- larI..."1')r1llnn had a chance to scorn twice but passed both times to Getliffc for goals..." Gordie had scored those goals he would have won his bonus."

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"improving every day." Dr. vtn- cent Nardieilo, his personal phyg. 161811. a-rmounceci today. Jacobs was stricken with a. cerebral haemcrr- hflde Dec. 8.

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HALIFAX. - N-Moncton Hlwh filled in their bid for sol; ‘Dtlllession of first place in the Maritime Big Four hockey league tonight when they dropped a 7-6 decision to the lest-place Halifax Crucentl. Moncton remains tied with Truro Bear-cats for league leadership while Halifax moved within two points of the seconq. Dlace Baint John Beavers.

Orescents pushed into a 5-1 lead in the first period and from there in held on grimly, They were outscored 3-2 in the second and 2-0 in the third period but still had the all-imtportant one- goal edge at the end of the tus. sle. Hawks pulled out goalie MacDonald in the last minute of play in a final effort to get even but their six forwards only got confused with so many of their number in the attacking Zone,

Crescents’ victory was their second giant-killing feat this week. Monday they knocked off 'I‘ruro Bearcats 5-4 and now are in position to get on an equal footing with Beavers. Truro and Moncton both have played 18 games. saintdohn and Halifax 1'7.

vvindv O'Neill. the young stu- dent from Dalhousie University who played for a time with Tor- onto Maole Leafs. was largely in- strumental in the local triumph. He punched in four goals, three of them in the first period. He also drew a major oenaltv in the first when he tangled with Fritz Fraser.

Summary:

First Period

1—Halifax. O'Neill (Gaudet) 281 kfiatlifail. O’Neill

(Gray. Powell) 3—Monctcn, McManus

(Dowling) ..................... .. 9.33 4—Hailfax.’ ONeill

(Sullivan) ...... .. .. 14.05 5--Hallfax. Gray (Sullivan) 17.55 m-Halifax. Sullivan

(Gaudet) .1030

Penalties: Fraser (major dc min- or), Copus, ONelll (major). Bas- tarache, Gaudet.

Second Period

'T—Moncton, Trainor (McManus) .. $—M0nctcn. Leadbetter (Demchuk) 0—Halifax. O'Neill (Gray) iii-Moncton, McManus (Bowling)

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There has been an unfavourable rciwtlon among sportsmen to the m nlmum penalty handed out to a Pllfiflge merchant for a major tn. fraction of The Gama Ag; by s“? endlary Magistrate RS. Hinton at Summerside on Dec. l'1th. On Dec- ember 10th Royal Canadian Mount. ed Police searched his premises st Portage and found eight native" PBRIIdEe in his p- session that had been killed within a short period to the raid.

The defendant admitted to the Police that he had procured the birds from young men in the West Devon and Inverness districts in EXQhB-nge for tobacco, cigarettes, etc. and that they were mtended gm- dellvery to a customer of his in char-

WIE ffiilresantcd by a Srummerside lawyer when his case came up for hearing and the Maglstratc impos- éd e fine of $20.00 and costs ($3.75) or 1O days in jail.

The commercializing of game, birds has always been considered a serious offence by sportsmen and conservationists alike and at the Dre-wilt time when thousands of dollars have been spent by sports- men on the introduction of Ring- necked pheasants and Prairie chick- en into the Province the practice is frowned upon even more. Con- siderable interest was manifested 1n the outcome of this case and man-y were of the opinion that the fine should run into the three fig- ure bracket. '

The great majority o! Charlotte- town sportsmen are ardent admirers of our native partridge and have always insisted that this valuable upland game bird be given extra protection particularly during the winter months when they perch in the birches and apple orchards and are an easy mark for the poacher. Here i; a case in point: About 1.2 years ago a. fruit grower from South- port was convicted on a charge of hunting native Partridge in Pd!- ruary Despite the fact that he claim- ed the birds were damaging his fruit trees and was represented in Court by one of our ables! 601911“ lawyers he was fined $40.00 and costs or 30 days. I1 my memory serves me correctly the Police costs

ll-Hallfax. Gray (Sullivan. Gaudet) Penalties: Poirier (2). Gray.

Third Period

l2—Moncion, Lead-better

(Demchuk) l3—Moncton, Bell ‘Penalties: McManus.

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Edmonton liookey tfiluh Declines Offer

EDMONTON. Dec. 20 —(0P) —0fficlals of the Edmonton Junior Canadians Hockey Club announced tonight that they had decided to turn down an offer from flsa C Almat- our Hockey Association to rep- resent Canada in the world hockey ohamplonshlpatPrague, Czechoslovakia. in February.

Officials slid unnathfacton; financial g ranizees from tho British Ice Hockey Association. the vrflllillulfll sponsoring the European tour. was the reason for reiecting the offer.

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NOTTINGHAM. England. Dec. 30 -(R.euters) -- Alex Murphy. 22-

were approximately $18.00. Now 12 yea-rs later for an ofIwM deallns with the same Species of Slime bl-rd, having a in possession. the d6- fendant is assessed a minimum of $23115. . less then $3.00 per bird- fimewhere along the line the 268-15 of our Justice machinery have slip- ped into reverse.

The minimum DQHB-llv for infrac- tions of the game laws seems t0 he the trend nowadays and clear thinking sportsmen and Nature lovers are shaking their heads in bewilderment and wondering what the end will be. liicr years it h" been common knowledge that in cer- tain sections of the Province, our native partridge in particular. 511d to g lessor extent l-luns and D1195" sants. are shot and snared all win- ter long and offered for sale 10 residents oi’ our city and WW- a lot of us ieel that in this recent case n, golden 01713011113111? w“ pa5sed up to throw a mill 513951 monkey nv-rcnch into this 11188111 system and teach the rackeiflefs a severe lesson.