MAY 15, 1937

Browns Defeat Tigers 6-5'

IN THIS CORNER

Wotta scrap! Wotta. scrap! It's seen a long time since Island box- lug fairs witnessed the like of last night's main event. Seeing two joys superbly conditioned and ﬁghting themselves near into ex- raustion over a gruelling 15-round :oute is something that is not

messed every day arid McInnis ind Lantz both deserve every oraise for the show they staged.

And Promoter Joey McDonald deserves lots of credit. also for the staging of the ﬁght. Joey always puts on a card with the thought rppermost in his mind of pleasing zhe fans. Financially he keeps taking it on the chili; last night's show was another setback. but he reeps on staging them and if try- ing means a thing he will yet take :he ﬁght game back to a high ‘vthlldlllg in thefltty-

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Getting back to the ﬁght. There was drama galore iii it on several occasions. Take that ﬁfth round. The championship hung in the balance for fully a minute but the :llatirpioii proved his worth on that occasion. Then Lantz’ plugging effort-s to tag his elusive challenger up to the 13th; then the brilliant comeback of the challenger" in the last two sessions that appeared to rnost of the falls to have swung the tide oi battle in his favor. These were only a few of the dra- matic moments in a ﬁght that had uncertainty written over it .in capital letters even alter the 118111101; was announced.

Commenting on the verdict. From here it looked as if McInnis was at least deserving of a draw» This opinion of course doesn't matter. Lairtz retained his title and that's that. but many fans will be hard to convince that the Charlottetown boy didn't deserve l. better fate.

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There's no doubt about it but that Laniz tvas the aggressor all the way through. However. there is more than that to consider. Tnkc the wzrv McInnis caused his opponent to miss; the mariner ill which he ticd him up on more than one occasion; the points he piled up iii the ﬁrst. ﬁve rounds and then the sensational rally in the last two sessions. Nobody can take that away from him and viewing it from this angle it ls hard to come to the conclusion that Lantz had pilcd up a. margin sufficient to overcome these things.

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However, that is only the writer's opiiioii, and an opinion is easy to express from an uiiolficial stand- point. Being in the judge's and ref- eree's position puts a diiicrerit com- plexion elrtlrcly on the matter. The officials last night lracl no easy matter on their hands so close was‘ the fight all the way through 811d they gave their holiest verdicts 011 the outcome and nobody can ex- pect anymore.

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Lantz proved his worth as a champion last nigiit and .11 defeat McInnis was greater than he WES ever before. It marked 1119 59901111 meeting of the pair and CHChHhB/VB a victory to their credit. The rub- ber“ match should prove very 111- tei-estliig if it_ta1<e_i>1§we-

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The card had a touch of D18 111119 given to it .ust night just before the main boirt. started W116“ 1W1’ fighters were introduced. Georﬂﬁ Leslie. ex-licrivy champion. Chester Johnston and Stair 81381113 515° heavyweights. and McCormick 1118 lightheavy titleholtlcr were all iri- irocluced from the ringside and it was announced that b95110 8-110 Johnston would riiect here May 24th in a lieavyvrciiriit semi» B1881" promptly challenged the W111"??-

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Taikiiig about Georgi! Lesue- 115 13 often purailng why he “P119315 11° be unpopular with some of the fight inns. Leslie in evcry 11111161111111"? h" rlways fought cleanly and hilﬂl- He may not, be the best boxer on the Island but he aways tries to sive the fans their money's W911i‘ and ‘n victory or defeat is a 511011511115" of the first ordeal-s

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Withdrawal of the Holy Redeem- lr softball team. which was an- nounced last night at an ekecllllv! meeting of the league, leaves but four squads to battle it out for city honors. However, the league while regretting the action. nevert-helesl laid final plans for the 00011111! Monday evening when 8111161101111

‘and Esquires pry the lid off the io- cal season. ' 1F +'

With the beginning of 1,110 W993 lummer sports will be in full swlﬂl- A large number oi golfers are ex- Dﬁcted to tour the Belvedere Golf course over the weekend when l5 01 the l6 holes will be ready for filly- Preparations are underway for 1110 llﬂging oi the Maritime champion- ships here in August and the newly lppointed pro from Scotland. Char- lie Galbraith will be at the club (mm now on to beg n his instruc- Nun.

the Garden on March 19 last.

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NEW YORK. May 14—(AP)-— Pitlsbureh Pirates. fresh from a successful eastern campaign. drove Dizzy Dean to the showers today and trounced St. Louis Cardinals 14-4 in a triumphant home com-

g.

The victory gave the Pirates u 31-2 game lead in the National League over their closest rivals. the Cards. _

The Buccaneers landed on the irrepressible Dean in the fourth to the cheers of 10.000 fans. By that time they had nicked him for six safeties and four runs and manager Frankie Frisch halted the game to bring Mike Rybo. to the slab.

The defeat Wis Dean's first of the season. Until today he had achieved five triumphs and had but three runs charged against him. The fans chided the great one as he left Fbrbes field but he took it in good humor, bowing and waving as he departed.

Red Lucas. who started against Dizzy, opened the fourth with a single. then Jensen and Paul Waner smack " out clean hits be- fore Ryba went in. The Pirates nicked Ryba for three safeties. to bring their runs to eight.

Lucas left the hill h; the fifth after Joe Med/wick "knocked a home run with a mate on base. Mate Brown came in and twh-led shutout ball for more than four innings and was credited with the victory.

Ryba's deliveries were solved for two more runs in the fifth be- fore he wentout for a pinch hitter. Recruit Chambers pitched the las/t inning for the Cards and yielded four runs.

Medwick. Moore. Paul Waner and Jensen each made four hits.

NEW ‘YORK. May l4 —- (AP)- Detroit Tigers loaded the bases in the ninth today with none out but could not score and 8t. Louis Browns won 6-5 in St. Louis. ‘That ninth. after the Tigers got men on all bases, brought to mind the legend of Casey at the but but this time there were three Caseys. Charley Gehringer, number three batter, fouled to Harland Clift. Hank Greenberg struck out. Ger- ald Walker. whose fourth inning single brought his consecutive game hitting streak to 19. rolled to Chit, at third. and was easily tossed out at ﬁrst.

Jack Knott. husky hurler who might easily have been the goat of a ninth inning uprising, was the hero. To start the inning he hit Herman, who was batting for El- den Auker. Jo-Jo White then sin- gled and Manager Cochrane laid down a perfect bunt along the third base line. Then Knott went to work.

f Tommy Bridges of the Tigerl. on whom the Browns fell for four runs in the third and again for two in the sevenfh. tripled in the fourth to score Bill Rcgeil and Marvin Owen and give Detroit a one-run lead which it held until the seventh. Beau Bell's single not only drove in two runs for victory but sent Bridges to the showers.

Perifox Placed As Fa v0 ri te

LONDON. May 14—-(CP Cable)- William Woodward's Perifox was established favorite at 9 to 2 to- night in a callover oi Derby odds at the Victoria Club. The three- year-old classic will be raced June 2

‘i. Ksar. M. de st. Arm's win- ner of the two thousand 81-11119"- was quoted at 100-id. Other odds were Cash Book. 17-2; 50110- 1°43 Le Grand Duc. 100-9; Goya II. 13- o,- Mid-Day sun. 26-1: The 110111‘ and Fair-ford. 28-1: 1101181110, 33-1; P856111. 35-1; Full Sail, 40-1.

BAER SUED

NEW YORK. May 16——The Madi- son Square Garden Corporation be- gun suit against Max Bacr and his manager. Ancil Hoffman for $113.- 000 damages in Supreme Court tn-

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NEWS

_ Pirates Fall On Dizzy Dean ' To Wallop Cardinals 14-4

Detroit st. Louis

St. Louis Pittsburgh

bers and Ogrodowski. Owen; Lucas, Brown and Todd. Brooklyn at Boston ppd. wet

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played later date.

England Blanks Norwegians 6-0

five thousand spectators saw E118- lund trounce Norway 6-0 International football match here today. ‘The Norwegians put up good game for the first 20 minutes. combining well and having a full share of the exchanges, brit tho lmglish players they attacked relentlessly.

Home Run Sluggers (A. P. by Guardian's Special Wire) Yesterday's Homers: Cardinals, one.

Medwick. Cardinals. 0; Kampour-

erican 65. lbtal 154.

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Court Ruling Clears Way For Chi. Fight

NEWARK, N. J., May 14—(AP> —A Federal court ruling tonight cleared the way temporarily for Jimmy -Bra.ddock, heavyweight boxing champion, to meet Joe Innis in an expected $1.000.000 bout in Chicago June 2'2. ~

Federal Judge Guy Fake denied a temporary injunction sought by the Madison Square G-ardeh Cor- poration ic prevent the Chicago bout and aimed at forcing Brad- dock to go through with a title bout with Max Schmeling at the Garden Bowl June 3.

l-ie declared a contract binding Braddock to fight a title ‘match for the Garden before engaging in any other major contest "places an unreasonable restraint upon his liberty" in that it failed to fix any definite limitation as to the length of its existence.

Judge Fake reserved “the right to come to contrary conclusions in the event that the examination and cross-examination of wit- nesses in open court on final hear- ing justifies a different result.

In New York. James J. Johnson. matchmaker for the Garden. in- dicafied the denial of the tem- porary injunction would not end the litigation and that a final hearing might be sought.

The ruling elated promoters of the Chicago bout set for Comisky Park.

“We're all set to go.’ said Foley. nominal promoter of fight.

Schmellngb manager. Joe cobs. asserted. however. that the German Heavyweight would con- tinue his training plans. and June

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3 would weigh in “and will appear" in Madison Square Garden Bowl

that night."

"If Braddock does not appear

and there is no fight. we will rely on the (New York State Athletic) Commbslon to act." said Jacobs.

BASEBALL SCORES

(A. I’. by Guardian's Special Wire)

AMERICAN LEAGUE

200 300 000 5 11 1 004 000 20x 6 10 0 Bridges, Auker and Cochrane;

"Caldwell. Blake, Knott and Huff- man.

Cleveland M. Chicago ppd. cold

weather.

Only games scheduled. NATIONAL LEAGUE 011 020 000 4 12 2

031 420 04x 120 1 J. Dean. Ryba, Andrews. Cham-

Philadelphia at New York ppd. gnly games scheduled. INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE ppd. cold Jersey City at ‘Toronto ppd. cold

Newark at Buffalo

Syracuse at Montreal ppd rain. Baltimore at Rochwter to be

osno, May 14—(CP)—'I‘wenty- in Bill B

after settled down

Medwick. The lcadem Bartel]. Giants. 8;

League Totals: National 89. Am-

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Russell “Kid“ Lantz of Halifax, showing the courage of a champ- ion, last night retained his Mari- time bantaniweight title when he won a Iii-round decision overJlm- my McInnis in a ﬁght the like of which hasn't been witnessed here in a long. long time.

For ﬁfteen full rounds. two game. brilliant ringsters put on a scrap that lived up to all advance notices. It was a championship struggle all the way over that gruelling route with the champion always on the offensive; and his method of battle went a long way in earning him the verdict. a de- cision that drew little favor with a disappointing crowd.

But at that Laiitz had to come H back from the very shadows of i defeat to retain his crown and capture the magniﬁcent belt don- ated by His Worship Mayor P.W. Turner. Anyone that saw that thrilling. pulsating ﬁfth round will never forget it. McInnis made his bid here and all that separated him from the title was one punch. But the punch failed to material- ize as the winner came up off the floor from a hard left-hand punch to ﬁght his way out of the jam with a two-ﬁsted attack that mat- clred McIiirris' efforts to get over the deciding punch.

After that tire champion did all the forcing as McInnis made him carry the ﬁght to him for the next half dozen rounds. Lantz gained back a lot of the ground he had lost as he continually stalked his oppon- ent, but suddenly as the second lust round came up the tide of battle shifted and the shift wrote a brilliant ﬁnale to a really bril- liant ﬁght.

McInnis. halting his wheeling tactics. in the 14th charged in on Lantz who met the challenge eag- erly. All through the 14th and then the 15th the boys just stood toe to toe and slugged it out and it was McInnis who came off the best. especially iii the ﬁfteenth. having Lantz wobbly. But his cou- rageous eﬁort went for naught. The slips were passed in and it was to Lantz that Referee Tom White proceeded to lift the cham- pion‘s hand in a token of victory.

But it was the closest kind of a battle. Many thought McInnis should have at least earnedadraw but both judges’ slips gave it to Lantz. Scored on the point sys- tem one juclgc had Lantz the win- ner by a solitary point after giv- ing him the ﬁfteenth. while the other scored 43 for Lantz and 37

i Famecwl’l.zSleagram Horses l/Vill Be Sold At Auction

TORONTO. May l4—(CP)— Fleet thoroughbreds which carried the famed yellow and black silks of the Seagram racing stable a- round Canadian and United States tracks. will go under an auction- eers hammer.

For nearly half a century the colors have appeared in turf battles on the North American Continent. The silks will continue to cover some. jockey‘s lithe form. brlt the stable will contain only a few of thc nimble-footed runners.

J. E. Frorvde Scagram. owner of the pretentious Waterloo. Ont. layout. announced at Hamilton to- day the stable would be sold at auction at Woodbine race track. Frowde. who took over manage- ment of the horses when his rather. Edward Scagram. died last February. remember the place the colors hold in Canadian turf history. He intends to buy four or five of the thoroughbreds at the auction.

Greatness of the stable. how- ever. will be dimmed. Followers oi the sport oi‘ kings know the power of the Sengram horses which car- ried the _vcl‘ow' and blsvrk to v‘ctory 20 times in the King's Plate. Can- adian trlrf classic.

The colors first flashed to vic- tcry in the historic event when Victorious won for J. E. Seagram. grandfather c" F'"wdc. From then until i917 he practically mono-

polized the guineas. winning them

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for McInnis. judge while the other gave th winner 9. McInnis 3 and calle three even.

The scrap is history now.

Charlottetown youngsterwho prov

them. Lantz. the boring in typ

boxer who proved an elusive tar their stamina and condition tha

milling. slugfests and the gloried 1n it all the way through. Immediately after

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verdict. The ever-popular 70-pounders [Carmichael and Spenkr again

gave the fans a ﬁne show in a 3- round go that ended in a draw. As usual the fans showed their showering the

appreciation by ring with coins.

Thumb Record Book To Match Hub's Exploits

BY ALAN GOULD‘

Associated Hess Sports Editor

NEW YORK, May 14-Caril-lub- bell's pitching exploits have turn- ed a whole pack of ﬁgure hounds loose. . . International League's sta- tistical sieuths came up for air today with duly attested evidence that James Arthur (Rube) Parn- ham. IOO-a-month right-bender of Baltimore Orioles. pitched 22 con- secutive victories, one more than Hubbelrs current two-season string.

Pamham ended the 1923 season with 20 straight. winding up by beating Jersey City in both ends of a doubleheader, and then tak- ing the ﬁrst two starls in 1924 be- fore being stopped by l-Ieinie Meine of Syracuse. 5-l....lmaglne 1101 Blving Rube another major league chance after such ﬁreworks!

Some research experts jnsist Rube Marquard was deprived of one victory in 1912. yet he regis- tered 19 straight. equalling old Tlrn 0'Keefe's major league rec- ord... The questionable episode came early in seasombeforeRubes 11411111118 streak assumed headline proportions ...It involved a case where he relieved Jeff Tesreau in ninth. after Brooklyn scored three runs to lead the Giants 3-2.. . The Giants then came back in their half t0 tally twice and w|n_ Technically. Marquard could have been credited with victory. but Tesreau was listed as the winner because he had pitched shutout ball for eight innings and a wild 11110111 by Catcher Arthur Wilson let in two unearned Dodger runs. Marquard had his share of luck.

anyway. in hanging up his long streak .. He needed relief in two games and in one. Tilly Shafer. pinch-hitting for Rube in eighth, drove home two runs that pulled the game out of the ﬁre. 3-2.

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VAN MFTER. Iowa. May 14- toPi-Bci; Fieller. baseball's story book pitcher. received his high school diploma here tonight.

The 18-year-old "little papoose" of Cleveland Indians was given hi; diploma by Clarence Dunn. white haired banker and Preci- dent oi the school Board before

more than 700 residents oi this.

ltlle farming c vrm\m‘t_v.

Th" vou" - who at. l7 wt an ' r: 1r lo" u 1 str 1t out record ‘a-l ‘illl'l“l‘ av-rwrlcd hs honors in h = us" l modest manner.

Taken by rounds it was 7-7 with one even by one

But. it was a. game bid by a courageous

ed every bit as good as his oppon- ent. There was very little between .

of ﬁghter was met by a brilliant

get. Both handed out plenty of punishment and it speaks well for

they went the limit. It went from brilliant boxing efforts to wild fans

the decision Dr. Charles Dougan presented Lantz with the gold belt after congratu- lating the champion on the vic-

The semi-ﬁnals bout wound up in a hurry at the start of lhBoSCC- ond round with George Carpenter of Halifax winning by a technical K.O. over Kid Nlckerson of Char- five pounds Carpenter proved a ﬁghter

They fought evenly in the opening canto but in the second as Nick- erson was warned for low punch- ing Carpenter suddenly caught n15 opponent with a ﬂurry of hard punches that dazed the Charlotte- town boy. Refusing w g0 down Nickerson called on his courage to storm of leather that was coming his way but his gameness had to yield ﬁn- went Carpenter crashed Nickerson to the ‘canvas with a hard right cross, worked over rest period but the loser was unable to

In the ﬁrst preliminary of the evening young Allison McLeod, a his ﬁrst start. in the ring a winning one by taking a close 3-round decision McLeod, ishowing counter punching ability after losing the ﬁrst round, came two to earn the

SPORT WORLD

Lantz - Retains Title In Thrilling Battle At Forum Last Night Raw UPS“

Muddy Track May Result In

1 BALTLMORE, May 14 — (AP)- The weather man entered the e d

1 be a gallop for Samuel Riddles I War Admiral into a horse race in-

volving at least three of the seven

colts and one ﬁlly named for the

550.000 turf classic at Pimllco.

While "old hill top" officials

prepared to handle between 10.000 . and 15.000 spectators tomorrow low hanging clouds let loose a steady downpour. soaking the 1 3-16 mile racing strip. .

The weather manpronii-Sed 619111‘ skies for the colorful parade at about 7.30 p.m. AU!‘ but it would take hours of a burning sun and drying wind to put the oval into anything resembling its best con- dition.

As the rain showed no signs of letting up, War Admiral and floucheirns Pompoon, the Phila- delphia-owned colts whichran one. two in the Kentucky Derby, drew closer together in the pre-race wagering. Riddles little son of Man 0' War, seeking to duplicate the 1920 victory of his famous sire, still remained the odds-on- choice.

Meanwhile Pompoon, ousted W. M. Jeﬁords‘ Mata-y, another son of Man O’ War, as the second choice largely because of hisknown mud running ability and the state- ment. of Trainer Preston Burch that the Jeffords‘ colt probably will not start unless the track is good. Pompoons odds were slash- ed to 3 to 1 while quotations on Matey went up to 5 to 1; the Loucheim ace ﬁnished his prepar- ation this morning with three fur- longs in 36 seconds as Matey breezed a half in .51 2-5.

Down 17w Alleys

HOLY NAME BOWLING MIXED DOUBLES

Last night on the Holy Name Al- leys saw the first half of the first round completed, with the teams rolling on a good average for the first half. Next week will see keen- er competition as the bowlers are getting more acquainted with each other and we expect to see some very high games rolled up before any teams are eliminated. there was a. record attendance during the week watching their favorites and puilng for them to come through every body is welcome to drop in and witness all games during the week.

Foiowing are the scores:—

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First

F. Egan 204 239 176

H. Praught 1'72 161 170-11-24 Second

K. Acorn 285 214 100 .

1. Dougan 154 222 145-1120 Third

R. McLellan 193 204

M. Carragher 145 152 Fourth

A. Gormley 220 192 215

P. McKinnon 173 116 136—106l.

_ Fifth

B. DesRoche 216 198 271

M. Brown 110 89 159—l04B Sixth

w. Connolly 12s 1'19 200

D. McKenzie 128 156 158- 956 Seventh

G. Stewart 175 206 158

M.‘ Dougan 147 120 142- 948 Eighth

C. McKenna 169 121 219

E. McCabe 126 100 205- 940 Ninth

All Kelly 165 200 174

A. Creighan 190 119 90- 938 Tenth

B. Callaghan 171 281 219

D. Brown B9 89 74- 928 Eleventh

R. Larter 202 165 161

F. Hogan 188 101 102- 919 Twelfth

J. Ford 154 168 251

H. McQuaid 101 115 90—— 8'19

MIXED LEAGUE FINALS Flying Frenchmen Win Champion- ship Last night the Fly ng Frenchmen came through with colors flying; at- ter being down 174 pins in the first string they came back strong in the second and third to win the Mixed League Championship. The Alerts although beaten put up a wonder- ful fight in every game of the fin- als losing out. only by a narrow

margin in each contest. Fbliowng are the scores:— FLYING FRENCHMEN

F. Hennessey 124 190 219 D. McKenzie 122 1B1 185 C. LeClair 176 186 176 F‘. Sinnott 116 110 154 W. Craswell 213 278 188 J. Kirwin 149 195 139 Total-Biol. ALERTS V. Coyle §33 157 2i I. Dougan 199 ' 143 152 B. Callaghan 185 189 142 l1 Mitchell 11B 204 1'74 B. DesRoche 188 I72 1B4 M. McFar-iane 151 105 157 Total—307l. Ladies high single, E. Mitchell 204. Ladies high three. E. Mitchell 496. aGents high single W. Craswell 27 three W. (rraswell

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The announcement of classes for Bumme side Dominion Day will set the boys tuning up for the three events, viz. 2.15 Trot and Pace.2.21 'I‘rot and Pace. 2.28 Trot and Pace. [These will give good racing and ikeep upithe reputation of the wes- tern metropolis which it has held for ﬁfty years—of being a good spot to race Dominion Day.

“Rcd” Hanaﬁn is all Old Town Hill Farm. near Springﬁeld. Mass, assisting in the training of Calu- met Dubuque 2.01. David Thornton 2.01, Arthur Moore 2.0311,- alrd sev- eral others including the trotting

Boris 21H.

‘Johnny Conroy. well known har- ness horse trainer is located at Fredericton. N.B.. where he is training Hanover Courier. 2.09. holder of the Summcrsitle track pacing record oi 2.12. Josie the Grreat 2.1314. and expects another good pacer shortly.

Amherst. Dorchester. Sackville. Shediac. Port Elgin and Buctouchc have formed a harness horse cir- cult at which races will be coli- ducted weekly starting with Dor- chester. June 9th. A 2.30 class. 2.27 1 class and free-for-all are program- med. Buctouche will hold the Dominion Day meet and Dorches- ter the Labor Day meet.

C. K. Billings died last week at his magniﬁcent home in Santa Barbara. California. at the age of seventy-ﬁve. He was a very weal- thy man and early in life became fascinated with irorscs. and having the necessary coin to indulge hls_ fancy acquired by purchase some of tile greatest trotters that ever lived. He bought Lou Dillon. with- out a record. but alter sht‘ had shown she could trol close to two minutes. and shc became the ﬁrst trotter to beat two minutes. taking ' a record of 1.58m

When Ed Geers drove Tho Har- vester in 2.0l--which was the world's record for a trotting stal- lion—l3illiirgs acquired him and afterwards purchased the mighty Uhlan when he had reduced the world's record to 15R. Ulrlan and several tmttcrs owned by him were taken to Russia and exhibited be- fore the Czar and Russian not- ables in Moscow". Mr. Billings‘ love for horses persisted until the last. His passing marks a distinct loss to the harness horse game, not that he has been active in re- cent years. but because of his love for the horse and the inﬂuence which his name wielded.

The Woodstock Driving Club will hold a two-day harness race meet- ing at their island park racetrack. Woodstock. N. 8.. Jul_v 13th and 14th. Seven classes will be pro- grammed including l. free-for-all. [.13 Trot llnd Pace and a 2.i7’I‘i-ot.

Thu free-for-cll is expected to bring together such sensational performers as Laurel Hairnver

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S. 2.07. who has not. raced for two years. Dolly Azoff 2.07. Direct Braden 2.10. Harkatvay 2.09%., Lochinvar 2.061%, and several oth- ers.

2.17 Trot entries arc expected to ' clude John Dean 2.0.‘l'..Scqui-rrco .10. High Toby 2.081;. Calumet: oburn 2.09%. Boblervyrr 2.111. gcnown 2.12.‘, and others. The remaining classes will be a 2.16 trot and pace. 2.19 trot and pace. 2.27 pace and 2.27 trot.

So many horses are expected to start at Old Orchard. Maine.

151__1°q5 champion under saddle’ Honymod glraatnd Circuit meeting in Julie

they are building airoiher‘ barn capable of holding ﬁftv;

According to Tommy Berry. the top two-year-old trottcrs that '.\'1“.t‘. trained at Lexington tirls .S("l'~l‘ll are The Duchess and Scovcrs. both pupils of Ben White.

Myron McArthur. Kcnsingion. is said to have a real troltcr in‘ the t/wo-year-old son of Bellini Scott 2.091. which he is training for thil year's Fﬁlturirv.

Some ten or ttvelve colts and aged iiorscs are training at the Charlottetown Driving Park track but slow‘ nnlcs are the order of thc day and with the exception of short brushes nothing has been attempted. About the best and smoothest proposition seen there ll Plucky Scott 2.06. that reduced her half-mile truck pacing record to 2.08‘. at Charlottetown last Exhi- bition Slre is being given her nre- partition by her ou-iier Neil Wal- ker.

The latest convert to the iini-livsr

horse is Miss Barhlrrn FlFid,

dailgirter oi Marshall Fluid Il.(‘hi-

cugds greatest merchant. Mlsl

Field has been strong for lill‘ ruli-

rrers blit has 1Tilt‘i\' llrkv-lillptirn-

ilig (rollers to czirt iiiiri is burnin-

ing expert at handling whip stop-

watch and rclns.

John Hervey in the leading ar-

ticle oi The Hill'llt‘.\\ Horse this

week headed “Hobbies and thu

Pacing Breed oi Tﬁfilly". has i-‘iils to say about. GYRHHILRQYH] 2m‘.

arid his family: "Grattan Royal classes as an absolute phenomenon

He was bred by an old. and I nray say. intimate friend of mine. Mr F. E. Marsh. their 119001 operating the Grattan Stock Farnuncar Lib- ertyville, about 35 milcs northwest of Chicago.

“Both his sire. Graitan 2.13, and his dam. Mona. by Robert Mc- Gregor 2.17%. I knew well. But of the horse himself I knew‘ llttn because Mr. Marsh sold him young and undeveloped and subscqirvotl; I never saw him. If Joe Mirrkc} were still with us he f‘(illi(i Wlllf an absorbing Grafton Rom] sturv for the niaitirc horse and his chequered iristory during tlic days when he was being trained and raced. he knew. from the inside. Waiter Moore. who also coma D contact with hln. mill" IP11‘ '

1.5914. Calumet Colleen 2021-... Zombro Hanover 2.011.. Rhinewor- bty 2.08‘, and Bud Wenger 2.051‘. who lust year set up new truck recxirda at Woodstock and Chur- lottetown.

T- cied to 1n-

yarn worth readfnl H‘ horse of murvelorn 0N4 b" ﬂcuit to ‘hllﬂl 11v '° W‘ '°°°""‘,.','-fi nmonil 111°" ‘m $7 hlm, was that he war

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