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' meeting of the Directors of r United States Trotting Assoc- 10a was held at the Neil House, Ullbus, Ohio, on the 9th.. 10th., 11th. of December. F. B. Mc- WW3. Truro, and the writer rep- Vmwd District 11. A total of 29 1.1"”-01': were present. A commit-

wu appointed to make a re- 'W0n of the rule book and they ..' in 3. large number of rec- endutions which were discuss- '-- either passed, modified or '- The matter of registra- -' colors of drivers which is ' carried on by the Grand it - the .-Kc-wards of which the U. S.T. A. to take it over rleimlbursemrnt ice - was not upon. It wzis felt that a great y drivers would not be inter- d in registerzng colors and that Idvditional fe: might be resented :, many. It is possible that regis- T tlon of colors may be put on a Voluntary basis some time in the In: future.

The Starting Gate and the var- . 5 methods of using it was dis- - -'quitc lcngthily and a. rule finailgr passed authorizing to use the Macbowell Sys- "ay the horses line up .: ,;zv:e at the three-quaiu le, xxlierc the track is wide to permit this procedure. Gate then moves at a speed ' will enable the horses to be . bet-ween ten and twelve , per hour, until they reach ' even-eighth -pole where the - S-ptcd shall be increased i ly to between 15 and 18 miles . ur to allow for rcadjustrnent placement of the field of 5. Near the last one-sixteenth . the Gate shall. be gradually sea to bring the field of s to a maximum speed at or before the starting point er the Go shall be given. erever speed has been reached the course of a start there shall no decrease in the speed of the check the

on:--sixteenth pole." are many tracks

Ion will have to be used.

The election of a President to ' succeed the ate lamented Henry Knauf resulted in a unanimous rvote for Lawrence B. S-herppard.

” and also president of Hanover Shoe Gomipany. Mr. Sheppard has been the ofificial adviser of Vice-Presi- dent Don R. Miller since Mr. Knaufs death and his sound judg- ment and advice have been of the greatest value during that time. Mr. Shrppard has had a very in- fiercsting career in business and has bred many of the greatest trot- ters and paccrs in the world. His daughter when a 13-year-old girl drove Dean Hanover to I three-

in the last few years Hanover

Farms' ycarlings have sold more money than any other eding farm in the world. and vs also secured the top price a yearling trobter - 572,000 for crial Hanover in 1949. Mr.

pard is a speaker that is al- wu listened to with greatest in-

t. His talks are terse and to y point and interspersed with -wi cisms that are quoted 311 over ther U.S, A. In addition to all his other accomplishments he is a top amateur driver. in fact we believe he was the leading amaitcur driver if 1949 at Lexington. Ky.

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. Don R. Millar who took over the '” office of Vice President a few years ago because of the illness of Roger Duncan. who was so greatly ad- mired in the Mai-itlmes, while a young man has worked very hard and fam-iliarized himself with the harness horse sport in a remark- aible way. Since the death of Mr.

'Knauf great resiponsi-biliity has been shouldered by him but it is pleas- ing to say that his heal-tuh has not sutfcred and the affairs of the U.- S.T.A. reached their zenibh dur- ing 1950. As a reward for his ser- vices and an incentive, he was given the new title of Executive Vice President and an increase in salary.

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Many comlpliments were also paid Adamasky and Ken MoCarr. the former is Treas- urer of the Association, Mr. Adam- Isky compiler of the Year Book Ind The Register. and Ken Mccarr the Registrar. The amount of work down by these gentlemen has been tremendous and the savings they have made in adiministratlon run thousands of dollars. The Directors were visitors at the headquarters of the Association on Saturday ailternoon. It is situated at 1349 East Broad Street. Colum- bus, and was purdhesed for S20.- opo. some years ago and nlvery low tax rate and other privileges guaan-teed so In to bring the As- soolatlon there. Today the building could not be built for n qulrter of A million define and is ideal In ev- e it in used for. Anothcrcmlelldid thin! .3503: one of the flout. printing notab- llnhmenta in the world, when the

turned out by a process called "off- set" printing, The work is all done

type is photographed to a smaller scale. saving thousands of pages and great expense.

A moving picture which was com- plied and arranged for by publicity director James W.- Crossett was shown. It is similar to "Silks and Sulkies" that was taken at Char- lottetown. Director Bernard Kear- ney of California also had films which were projected, showing

on electric typewriters and this,

some of the big events at Saint Anita. and we clearly dlstlnguishe

films are available and a large su was voted so they could be show wherever it was thought they coul be of use in interesting more peo ple in our sport. U.S.T.A, meeting are carried on for long hours an require very intense concentratfo on the proceedings in hand so mos of the directors are very much re licved when they are concluded. 0 the cther hand it is a great pleas ure to meet old friends each yea and to find their viewpoints no very much different from cur ow One thing we did notice was th strain that the Korean war ha imposed on all Americans. On could feel it all.through the Col umbus meeting.

The many friends of Loul Praught, Sherbrcoke, Quc.. brothe of Leo and Wilfred Prnught. wi be glad to learn that during th past season he has had one of th best winning stables in his part I Quebec. A three-year-old colt trot ter, George Brooke, that -was onl broken in January. took 11 wt race reccrd of 2.15 in August in classified race with aged hors Despite illness. he won three s1,00 stakes and was second in a fourt Now we hear frcm Louis: "Ne. season I intend to stake him 1 five or six 51.000. events for 13111: ty class pacers, although he nev. paced until after the races flnis . ed. Then I pulled off his fro shoes one day, out down his feet little and he started pacing an showed so much speed and came fast that'I could have gone in 2. easily. I hope to place him in th 2.10 list next season.

"I also had good success wlt Harvest Brook by wedgemere Vol giving him a record of 2.11. I 10 out 17'-Vice in a photo finish for fir in 2.11 U5. A short time ago w sold this gelding to 1-lodden Bro. of Bridgetown, Maine. together wit his three-year-old sister. I still he twclvc head, they are Pater H-u , a 2.19 class trotter, Star Boy. a 2.x; class trotter, Guy Brook, ft gree pacer. Tony C. Brook, started thr times and won twice. The Gre Brook, a two-year-old brother George Brook. and Miss Sherbrook a four-year-old, Miss Victory Quee a 221 class pacer with a record gave her of 2.11 2m last season. S is a full sister to Cox Brook :1 and George Brook 2.15, By t way, I only paid S175. for Gear and refused 32,500 for him. Lucie Denault, my second trainer, is f man who is holding George Broo in the picture I sent Leo and I boss, Dr. Romeo vellleux ls stan fng right behind the sulky-. T Doctor has one of the best Ye Book libraries in existence wl only one volume missing since 18 He probably knows more abo breeding than any horseman 1 Canada and I am sure it would a treat for you to talk with him.

"There are five other stables . the Sherbrooke track besides min the Fabl and Field; with ab ten head, the stars belm Hanover 2.05 and storm Ilanov 2.10. Jimmie Boutiller is head ma of this outfit. Albert Toutant h three head with the free for pacer Derby Day 2.02 as the leads Next is the Lucien Dugre stab with six head, among them Tex Hanover 2.0111. and I-Iardv B 206. Emile Larente is head trai or for them. and finally the Ade ard Dumas string with Miss Bu pas 2.0514 the star and the train is Jimmie Larente.

"I was greatly pleased to fl that I stood second in the list . drivers scored on the point sym at Quebec City up until last wee Later I will send more particulars Louis ends with. "Please give best regards to all the boys there. I certainly would enjoy vlsft home but with a big stub one has to be on the job." The 1: time I saw Ioula was at l-Inrtfo Conn. in 1930. when he advised to buy a horse that would 11: done me 3 lot of good had I f lcrwed his advice. but the trout: was that I had loaded up to financial capacity when I got t tip. It is a pleasure to chronicle success In a circuit that in toug

We are very planned to M from a letter written by 148. "5; at Mc0lbbon. R.O.A.!'. Summarafde. "I have been an - ed here for the last five years A am very much interested in '- have attended as many race in mg: as I possibly could. I up

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Those responsible for the con- ducting of the third annual hoc- key school for coaches and ref- erees, Brigadier W. W. "Bill" Reid and his Department of Vhyslcal Fitness, and instructors George Hayes and Leo Lamoureux. can relax for another year with the assurance that they have again accomplished another finejob. The school concluded its three-day sessions here Wednesday. and the some 85 or more students attend-

ing, have returned to their re- spectlve Provinces. Cities. towns and districts, with the satisfact-

ion that they have really learned something about hockey they didn't know before.

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As in the past two years. when i

the Department of Physical Flt- ness first conceived and put into practice the holding of such schools. the full scale program was run off withthe maximum amount of success. Devlsed for the pur- pose of bringing a wider know- ledge of hockey to the public. by means of giving special instruct- ion to representatives from dist- ricts and towns throughout the Marltlmes who in turn would carry that knowledge on to others in their community. the school has

accomplished much In that re- spect. O O O Particularly fortunate in being

able to acquire the services of such competent men to instruct the stu- dents as George Hayes and Leo Lamoureux. the students have been able to get the very best in first- hand lnforrnatlon on the aspects of refereelng. coaching and gener- al knowledge of the game both in theory and practical use. Again this year those attending the ses- sions were keen hockey enthusiasts and are in a position to carry on the work. and possibly even other schools in their own districts. They got the most out of the op- portunity of hearing and discuss- ing with Hayes and Lamoureux. the rules and how to applv them as a referee, the psychology of coaching, conditioning and train- ing of players and playing techniques and many other factors of the sport. .

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Probably the greatest feature 91 the school was the manner in which the two instructors 91"- owr their subjects and the WHY the classes and practical sessions were conducted In xenerah The?! was nothing strained or drab about the sessions. They were carried on more as a free discuss- ion beitween instructor and stu- dent. rather than straight lec- tures. Take Mr. Hayes on the rules for instance; first he would read over the rule and explain its interpretation. Then throw ft wide- open to the students for discuss- ion on personal problems or incl- dents in connection with the rule under discussion. It is surprllng what angle: can crop up out of such a system. too. and the students kept Hayes busy digging ,up,,,nnsive,rs and explanations. I O 0

As an native official of the Nation- al Hockey League's refereclng staff, Hayes' wide experience of the game. also enabled him to ex- plain the rule even further by means of comparison in connec- tion with certain incidents that have occurred in the "Big Lea- gues" that applied to the particu- lar rule under discussion. Thane anecdotes not only caught -the In- terest and fancy of the studentl. but were invaluable in getting the point across.

Quoting Hayes in one of his re- marks regarding rules he said: "Practically every rule book has a story behind it. and was put -there to cover some inci- dent that has actually taken place In a game at tome time or another-just. the same an name of the rule: now will be 2' ed or changed because of nome- thlng that will happen in come future game that the rule docIn't cover." Regarding referees, he stated. "every referee make: ml!- takel. and if he didn't he'd be in a glass cue;

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'M8J'0r T. "Tom" Rogers was

entirely new body of Club Direc- tors elected at a special meeting of some 200 shareholders held at the Vocational Training School last evening.

Following the general meeting at which all former members of the executive. headed by Presi- dent Dr. F. C. Dougan, had re- signed tihelr positions as officers of the Club, the new president was elected by an executive of eight new directors who were nominat- ed and elected from the floor of the general meeting.

Their resignation followed I motion made by Vernon L. Mac- Donald and seconded by Charles MacArthur that "the present di- rectors resign and that a new slate of directors be elected by nomina- tions from the floor." The motion was carried by a standing vote. The meeting was called by the retired executive on receipt of a petition of 51 shareholders of the P.E.l. Islanders Hockey Club "for the purpose of considering matters affecting the welfare of the club." Other new pfficers and directors elected are as fol1ows:- 1st Vice- President, W. E. Massey; 2nd Vice- President. Robert Rogers; Secre- tary-Treasurer. Aubrey Ward; As- sistant Secretary-Treasurer. Leo Callaghan; other directors, Dr. L. I. Duffy, Gordon Storey, R. J. MacDonald.

Utilizing their power to add to their number of directors under -the Constitution, 3. ninth director was appointed. Dr. Frank Muc- Millan receiving the appointment.

The meeting. which waxed fiery at times. was originally PW-Sldt-fd over by the now resigned presi- dent. Dr. F. C. Dougan. and was later presided over by Major R08- ers. who had been appointed as chairman on a motion, following the resignation of the former exe- cutive. Mr. Aubrey Ward was also appointed secret-31'? 101' 9” balance of the meeting. f0110Wln8 the resignation of Secretery-'I'reas- urer Anilhur Clark.

Purpose Explained

The purpose of last night's meet- ing. was explained by Mr. Vernon MacDonald, who stated that the shareholders at a previous meeting held on December 3rd. had shown they were one hundred per cent in favor of Major n.oirers' administra- tion. He said that the shareholders were of the opinion that Major Rogers would continue as president. but "less than twenty-four hours later the directors took it upon themselves to elect a new N651- dent."

Mr. MacDonald then made his motion that the present executive resign and predicted that all the members resigning would be re- elected.

Dr, Dougan stated that the m0- tion amounted to a vote of non-. (eonfldence in the executive, to which Mr, Mu-.1)ona1d replied that such was not the case.

Dr. Dougan then requested that he be allowed to withdraw -with his executive to discuss the matter. After meeting with his executive, he ilnformed the shareholders that "ln the opin- ion of the executive they could not see anything in the motion but I vote of non-confidence. I am no longer on the executive and my name will net come up for re-election."

In tendering his roalgnatlon. he thanked the shareholders. for his short tenure of office and paid high tribute to Coach Lamouraux. He wlahedthe team the. best of luck.-stating that he hoped they'd win the Maritime title. after which he left the hall amidst I tremen- dous ovation.

Messrs William Boyle: (lat. vice-

uren). Clarence Mcalnn (assistant aec'y.-treasurer), and Harry McIn- nls. anncunced their resignation and

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Second Vfce-President somerled Tralnor had tendered his resigna- tion immediately following the ad- option of Mr.- MacDonald's motion. He tco. refused any further nom- lnatlon.

Immediately following their res- ignations. Mr. Vernon MacDonald stated "the last thing any of us wish tonight was toglvc a vote of non-confidence to the cutgofng ex- ecutlve."

Major Rogers' Statement

Mr. Rogers. who was elected chairman of the meeting following the resignation of Dr. Dougan. stated that he felt ccnffdent that he would be elected president by the previous executive in view of the vote of confidence received by the executive at a meeting of share- holders on December 4th.

"But I found a certain amount of politics had entered the pro- ceedings. A.person in a high pos- ition had chcsen to canvass against me and was successful. He found it easier to canvass among seven people than two hundred share- holders."

He deeply regretted that the out- going executive as a body refused to accept re-nomination. "There were men on that executive who were a tower of strength and that any president would need." he stated, "There is no reflection on them and the people know this. but there is one person who does not like me. He has reason for not liking me and I hope 1n the years to come he will have more reascn to dislike me."

Makes Rebuttal

Mr. Bayles stated that he want- ed to make a rebuttal to Mr. Rog- ers' statement about politics. "For myself that is an out and out lie I can guarantee that no one ap- proached me or anycnc else. You were nominated for vice-president and I got 11: second hand after you refused to act in that capacity. To- night you say you would act in any capacity. Why the about face?"

In reply, Mr. Rogers stated that when he left the shareholders meet- lng he had no doubt: but that he was leading the pcll for presidency. "I still say that if you see fit to elect someone else for president you should -do so. but not by a few who have been influenced."