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DOWN l

BACK STRETCH

cheater Farm. Gait. 0n- myajlflmnn longer be the leading harness horse breeding Because of the death of its ‘ _ s, Scott, some months ‘p’ ‘n t . 11?? MINE. u 1nd fillies were posed of great sale which took place 1' my; month Buyers were in “£3,310; from livfiprovinces of ‘a and several parts of the Un- _ the last ten years has forged to the front impress in no uncertain on the racing annals of and, and the United States. A minute trotter and a two-min- ,- sprung from its soil and Year Books are mute evidence

o; m, sterling Del-formers it has m; out annually, It is no wonder man that buyers were eager and unions to bid on all offerings at its

qispcisll .

‘fhlfty-HVO standard bred stallions, hm mares and colts brought $8,- msn average price of $210. The highest figure rmlized was for the chestnut stallion Mr. Van 2.07 1-4, who had won in the fastest oom- ipiny over both Canadian and Am- ‘erican tracks. Alexander Parsons of London. Ont., a dealer in every typei ‘of horse and a man whose colors time been constantly to the fore in 1 y race meets the post few years, in; the high bidder on Mr. Van his Mosque foi- s1,'f00 doing the trick. 1t his been reliably‘ stated that a dieque for $5.000 had been tender- qdto and refused by Mr. Scott last year after Mr. Van won at Ham- burg, N Y. Be that as it may. we ire confident that the new owner hi; picker‘. up a very worthwhile horse and one that should be good hi the very fastest company.

.__.0._ A Mr. April of Montreal was lie ingest single purchaser. taking eight. The Grattan Royal stallion, oro Grattan, was secured by Wil- llgm Herbert of London. Ont. A lfarltimcr, Howard Johnston of 5t. John, N. B. bought the three-year- olr. Mary Ila: for $4135- She was con- lldtftfd one of the best of the con- rlgnin iit. Apparently he was the only buyer from the Maritimes, .._o__

We are glad to receive a letter from our friend, S. Thane Bclyea, now a resident of Fredericton, N. B. Thane hns been very busy since moving lo the capital of N. B. but ins finally got settled. Earle Avery has written him that Love Song, Top Hanover, Weatherman and Bell Boy are being trained by him at lioulton, Maine, and that the track is in wonderful condition. Wendell Wathan is expected there with five head this week. Earle is of the opinion that the Nova. scotia circuit Illll be as liard a place to race as time will be anywhere because there are so many good horses now in the Maritimes. Thane also in- forms us that A1 Langille has mov- elite Amherst with Victor Lee 2.07. The Baker 2 06 1-4. Hollyrood Anna_ I10 3-4 and a three-year-old full litter to Victor Isee.

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Among the recent transfers of “i595 15 the purchase by John "Olin of St. John, of the field- "18 Tom Gentry from Roy Cream- tl‘ 0! St. Stephen. Johnny Conroy his secured the services of the well lilllwll caretaker Harry Mount. The lbove and the good news that Thane Iill be with us for Old Home Week Will’ well comprises the horse news 0cm Fredericton way,

etsinnine-

fi F DB. Mayland is

ed Silver Bars 2.04 1-4, Betty Bars 3. 2.19.

Mayland sent.

of Bob Isnor.

"Calgary boasts the Chinook mile

large nillnbe of

15th here."

have written our

—o

In a bit of a we neglected to

Prince

George President, C. sident and D. ary. Directors, ington

H. K.

Summerslde, July

September (‘soodwill races 16th.

side, the colt hundreds of hors

ed to his sorrowi

interview with tfi

ments were made

Old Home Wlsek

The opening August

o'clock noon. Judgi

last season. A furnish

‘Emery Campbell. st. John, n.3,, ll-tes us that he has been read- ail about that iron horse Heather- vslrtligiil l4 in Down the Back h, H! . and states: "I once owned ‘in and sold him to thb late W. M. Acxander, who raced him at MPSEWY-h Where he ran away with w-bAIEXEIICEI‘ and injured himself h! fldlv that it looked as though ‘itglflluld not survive. ‘Treatment m“ mine and other medicarnents ‘W03 him around in less than nmntilixlflllillls and after another l, at ssbéeilaration he was started PM i t-rhen races and won the hm ylbAli. trotting the fastest ‘hu-tmciiieqvelb evxeki; trotted oveg , ,, - . e pacn recor llhelc. by Walter Dale. g '50 ti _o_ me me B30 1 noticed the ad- "ililigfment of a stock farm at Pena, "alkali-i fltlld I purchased the two m] by F.1d colt Buck P. C. Grat- Akb a.“ n mii-ilon Grattan 1.59. hm" %hlcl' two-year-old sired by and ~~ e Grattan colt is a beauty Hasgtlies every evidence of being. mum hgrse. The other colt is m“ ma? lmilllél‘ but i5 also g I931 I ‘ v . Earl Iatimer of this city tilled £3“ nlclefiirlgla’ threlgyealrzold ane, v ngi one Eriileceizioq “r f-"i of Kittv Mc- '°°°““y B u, - 6 V2- He was raised in §‘,,.."”°"in¢e and is well liked

be spared to make

that the horses and stronger for that lies before still plenty

horses take

Seotia.

It is a horses work towin track they are

out M13’

few The track is in and springy. and probably as good recent year.

The fact that

Maine horsemen

‘mm _o_ Mufti“. R- H. Craswell. Hali- mm, "W Hospital. Cogswell st. n‘ téwlwrltes us in part: "Just a mnuliflvou know that r 5m a ‘h "Ml; allfax Hospital and read ‘my w "t Down the Back Stretch hi“? I have been three u“, t: bili- holle to soon be well h in olljctllrn and with luck will h" an” c. Home Weeldwhich I a1- und Y- Would likg yuu w givg the rTEBI-rde to all_the,boys and . Mr “a fans anti I wish you "mum; thelllfitantd all the lu- n "l: summer's his]? ‘or m‘

been later even

Quebec. Almost

seven trucks will of circuit, with real’: Riohel limelight months,

last season and had winninl NW3‘

At. his ranch he breeds stand brads, thomughbreda. s ponies. Horses {ecedume ownershl a varous B p 2.0a 1-4. Merry B"! Bars 2.11, Barbara Prince Horsemen will remember that Mr- his horses here tn IBACQ BOMB YCEIS 8K0. the exhibition. They were in chaise

south of the city. and Victoria half-mile track at the fair grounds almost in the centre At present the mile track has B-

oughbreds as they are called. trained over it. You will note by the clipping from the Calgary Her- ald that there will be race meeting commencing on May-

The above covers our COITQSDOIId‘ enoe for the past week and we, would like to express to those who

their efforts to make this column .of greater interest to our readers-

beneflt of our Saturday very successful meeting Edward Island Harness Rac- ing Club which was held May 11th. A. Callbeck was reelected

Willard Kelly, Well- McNeill, George McIntyre, Harry O'Brien. A schedule of racing for the season was passed as follows: July 5th, Kensington,

July 28th. Charlottetown. 10th to 13th inclusive. August 35th. Montague. Labor Day. 6th and Charlottetown September 15th and

-_o-— Fitting reference was made to the passing of that grand old horse- man Gordon Dawson of summer- one of the active founders of futurities and a friend of

the length aiid breadth of the land. A resolution of sympathy was P555‘

__o- The President, vice-president. and Secretary-Treasurer of the Provinc- ial Exhibition were accorded an

ed Premier, J. Walter Jones, MA. B.S-A., last Tuesday and arrange‘

ation of the Provincial Exhibition Association‘ and the Provincial De- partment of Agriculture to make

Live Stock Pair and Poultry Show an outstanding success.

day will be Tuesday. 10th, when all the stock and exhibits will be in place at twelve

that afternoon and continue until Friday. It is expected will be larger in number than even great racing program and twelve acts of vaudeville will entertainment for noons and evenings. No efforts will

of this province and‘ its people. _°.....

The cold, backward meant slow miles and plenty of than; being trotted or paced over Maritime tracks, but it also means

of time to get in c0n~

dltion for July 5th and see well tiiained. 800R‘ the word at Summer-

slde for the opening of the circuit in Prince Edward Truro and North Sydney for the opening of the circuit

pleasure

only rnovin

Wendell Wathan have to Houl shows ttmt our New Brunswick and

pick up carries news being bought or brought

the big city leu Park holding the during

Quebec Exhibition track

5 horse fancier. ard

under includ-

Direct 3. 2.15.

just missing

two race tracks, track, five miles

of the city.

runners or thor- being

a seven day .

appreciation for

hurry last week mention for the‘ readers the- thef

Horton Vice-pre- Macheod Secret-

drawn up and‘ Siimmerslde. July 14th,

Montague. August Sllmmerside,

21st,

emen throughout

ng relatives.

e newly appoint-

for the co-oper-

and Provincial

ng will commence the exhibits

after-

the event worthy

season has

will be sounder the racing ordeal them. ‘flhere is

we look to mannered

Island, and at

in Nova g"

.

Paul waner. taking a new lease on life with the Brooklyn Dodgers and batting around .888 lays most of the credit for his vastly impmv- ed stickwork on the glasses he wears now continuously. Used to wearing the specs at shows. reading. etc, it was not until this year that the former star of the Pittsburgh Pir- ates began wearing them continu- ously and the results have really been amazing.‘

5998-11108 0f them Waner likes to think the specs have been respon- sible for his comeback and express- es the following opinions:

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Not that glasses-eyeglasses. nat~ urnlly-are anything new to him- He wore them in high school until he mace the error of placing them in his hip pocket while playing shinny on the ioe, and for the last l0 years he has worn them at

reading.

It wasn't until this year that he decided to give them a thorough i- trial in baseball. however. and the results have been remarkable. t

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"I tried them out practicing down in Florida this spring," he said to- dlly. “I worked on bunts and ground balls so I'd get used to them and wouldn't be afraid of getting hit. Now at the plate I never think of getting hit.

"I'm near-sighted. Even back in my Coast league days I'd go to a show and couldn't read the sub- titles they used to have then. That was 20 years ago. I didn't realize how much they would’ help me in baseball iintll I tried them this spring, though‘ . .

"When I first tried them in games they would bring the batter s0 nruch closer to me that I'd think I was iii too far, and consequently I'd back up and Leo Durocher would yell at me for playing too deep.

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"The main thing I notice wear- ing them at the plate is that I can see the ball leave the pitcher's hand: and‘ trace its flight sooner-

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better. Before I couldn't get a good r

the plate. O O O

"It's always been my theory that the really good batters have a ten- dency to be near-sighted. They can see the ball better when it nears the plate. c

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"I like to think it is the glasses which have helped me to get away to such a good start this year. Maybe I'm wrong, and I would have done it without the glasses. But I do think I can bat better than .300 this year. Those glasses really are swelL and if Lloyd (his brother) ever returns to baseball I'm going to urge him to‘ try them."

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And if Brother Lloyd does re- turn he probably won't need much urging. In fact. l! Paul keeps on hitting, half the players in the majors will be trotting down to the nearest ocllllst- .

Hector Racine, recently gave members of the Montreal Gyro Club the "inside story" of Larry lvIacPhaiPs sudden shift from the Dodgers to Uncle Sam's Army last year.

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Racine recounted how he was a est on Larry's boat cruising down the Atlantic Coast when war was declared by England.

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to watch the at the Charlotte morning. While

are outstanding. nice shape soft will work into condition as any

-_o¢un

Avery and only just ton, Maine,

Earle

gre not. at all

ahead of us. In fact it would not be surprising if they hind as weather conditions in Maine and‘ northern New Brunswick

are a bit be-

have

than here. Up in

Ontario where spring usually comes in about the middle of year it was May fanners got on their land.

April, this 15th when the

-_o-i All signs point to a revival of racing interest in

the province d every new!‘ W of horses in. At least oberate as a. sort

of Mont-

the summer

i‘ -o— most. active with its an; Exhibition

in Beptolnber. At is close to the our good friend gust, racing will quently througho

gonaand

who known but

ment and obtain

1 in fai- "m y Calgary, Alberta. ' u- glam wrim that he hn/p- g ‘meet up with A. r-i. May- gum, xiii" days ago and‘ in the n i :1 conversation, that gentle- muk Pvrvmlt as his opinion that gum,“ "i 3. 2.10 was the fastest a, “bmd tilree-year-old pacer "If" Canadian half-mile tracks prism gills Wllllgster a by Prince er m “he: ‘$75. a full brother to Win- the

a Lz- 8-4. dam by Phil “etch hm o’ ‘lecnnd dam. Silver Quota. mu s-figlln 2m. third dam Hal- pflm’. m feet Hal 2.04 l4. Black "M! in fourteen event: I

are said to be at a better health from the

Valley/field, which present hob tat o‘! "Big Jim" Fender- be held quite fre- ut the summer.

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The much-Canadian is a greet lover of horses and it is not sur- g that he is ge nature after having product of Henry Ford other! who improved on him. n: sorta of quail-notions

in; back near- trled out

and W98"

premium and what the enjoy- which nimble life

g around 240| yet they show considerable class

Thev listened to the speech by the King. After it was over. Mac- Phail was deeply moved. and told his guests that as soon as the Unted States was in the War, it

wouldn't be long before he was back. O O O MaoPhail was as good as his

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word, just as he was in all dealings with the Royals. Larry told Racine that day: "I don't know what this means. War is hell." Larry was in the last one long enough. Racine thinks Larry one of the most pat- riotic men he ever met, a soldier at heart. ‘ _ '

Hal Peck. the Chicago outlleldcr, is now wearing a specially built baseball shoe for his left foot, from which he accidentally shot off two toes last winter. The baseball shoe has a pad of rubber covered with soft leather to take up the room where. u Peck puts it: "My two toes should be.bu.t aren't"-

Jimmy Dykes of the White Box

Dick Wakefield of the

'p~ers is the best looking prospect of the new crop of

players in the American league this year. Next in line his vote goes to his own rookie outfielder, bespectacled Tue- ker Thur-than. _ .

Thurman was heralded as a fine

pitcure-shows and for PIOIOIl§Bd"°f a total or horses are

three horse

which Aimers, tion an stands a. good c the other two

0 stable rying Bi _ _

Grandpal will carry Harry I-latchs colors iii ‘the plate event. tomorrow along with Swéaepgold. rom

P

heard aboiit sted's hope. track are fast as the

with a great throwing

arm. He this already

in addition being quite a hitter.’ O

Manager Jack Adams of the Red that one of the bill he is so high on Johnny line on it until it was halfway toiMowers as a goal-tender is at

‘the Red Wing custodian is worse loser than I am". there are few greater competitors in hockey wdfiv‘th‘flll Mowers.

"This helps me to pull the balliwlngs says

Hockey league has vying on next “Just what. we w of hockey players is a. problem." a a o

Five teams, composed of squads from the Navy, Army and Air Force u were definitely entered in the City Softball League at a well-attended meeting held in the Y. M. C. A. nillht.

The meeting was presided over by Councillor Dr. F. C. Dougan with Wallace Scantlebury as secretary.

A committee composed of Sub- Lieut. D. P. MarzLennan. R.C.N.V. Rn, Cpl. A. E. Richards of the Army and LAC. L. H. Roy of the R.C.A.F. was appointed to draw up a sched- ule. After the meeting the commit- tee met and drew up the following schedule of games, that will submitted to the next meeting for approval. According to the provis- ional schedule the opening game ls slated for Thursday night next with 0 the Army and Navy tangling in the opening fixture.

CHARLOTTETOWN GUARDIAN

Five Teams Entered In Ball League; Provisional

Schedule Is Drawn Up

last

be

P. May 27—Army vs. Navy

June 8th—Navy vs. Monarchs June 10th—Y.M.C.A. vs Monarch June lith-Army vs. Y.M.C.A. June llth-Army vs Air Force June find-Army vs Monarchs June zith-Navy vs Air Force June ztlth-Navy vs Y.M.C.A. Second Section

July lsL-Army vs Navy

July fith-Air Force vs Y.M.C.A July July filth-Navy vs Monarchs

July 20‘.h—Arniy vs Y.M.C.A. July 22nd-—Army vs Air Force July Lllth-Army vs Monarchs July zath-Navy vs Air Force August Srd-Navy vs Y.M.C.A.

Following is the schedule drawn

June lst-Air Force vs. Y.M.C.A. June ilrd-Air Force vs Monarchs

8th-—Alr Force vs Monarchs July 15th—Y.M.C.A. vs Monarchs

Eight To Start In 84th

Running OfKing’s Plate

TORONTO, May

uf the King's P

ace track And he following

considerable degree. Arbor Vita, Willie

Pacific Isle

grave's string an star's grey syllgll the dark horses both have been

ractice heats.

ly chaser

6250M

has proven to showing promise

21

Paul. Thompson, manager of Chi- ago Black Hawks in the National League. said recently the “every intention of car~ winter" but added: ill use in the way

"It may be youngsters of l7, or we may have to play fellows a bit older." he went on. that the National Hockey League. at the moment in any event, will endeavor to carry on."

Bunion worms.

“The thing

- TIPPY AND “CAP" STUBBS

(CPi-Out 45 nominees, only eight scheduled to trot to the ' ' ' gate tomorrow for the 84th running

late at Woodbine of the eight, only s seem to be attracting of the fans to any

Morrisseys colt will be ridden by Tommy is drawing the most atten- d on past performances hance to beat out favorites, Gallant Foe from Jim Hefferinzls Riverdale and Tulachmore who is car- ll MacDonald's colors.

Walter North- d Mrs. R. E. Web- may prove to of the race, for running well in Little has Paoiita. Charlie Hem- but reports from the that it. is not proving as other seven starters.

been

"an -‘ vvn Certainly

tvlbiithgvohhiry Wins Title From Jack

By SID FEDER Associated Press Sports Writer

NEW YORK, May 21 —tAP) After three years of knocking on the throne-room door, Bob Montgomery finally won the world lightweight champion- ship tonight by roaring down the stretch to outpoint the high-favored Iileau Jack in 15 bruising rounds before a neur- capaciiy crowd in Madison Square Garden. Montgomery scaled 134; Jack 135.