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mt.) both bought. at llrirrisburg tiers he owned was The Rexall Al. the same sale Rob Brown.;Girl. a well-bred mare brought Woodstock. st-cilred tho pacer Skei-ghere from the United States. and fer 2.07 by Scamp. Ho was a close'1ie also was the owner of the free aecond in 2.04 3-3 nvcr a hall miielfnr all pacer Qulnla 2.04 1-4 and track. Ralph Gilbcrlsnil of Bath. is Quite a number of other trotters the new owner of Braunioiit iiiimd D300” A QUBIIW Phil: mtlde 2.09, t. 2.11 3-4 b,v Vfiloinitc, daiii.iMI'. MacDonald V91'.V D0)”-1131' WES Ella Burnett by l-Iidtvaii. Aliisonihis "heinins h8nd"- NO one In I.-ungllle. Union Miills. also bi'ouglit.i1Y0ub1E ever Clme to him that was 1,1 (mm H.-art,-.v Malnp (hp pacergi-cfused relief. As a result he left Pu-e Gold 207 3-5 .-rm-mi;-. He will .1 behind countless hundreds of be a splendid adtliiinii tn the fas'.tITl”"d5 that will 9V" Chlfish his Lrjgada l'll8lll0l')'. Roderick MacKay of Dtltidas will :always be remembered by horse- mvr,-a1.mcn of King's county for the lcrcat. contribution he made to the improvement of the Standard Brood. owning such good stal- 'lioiis as George Washington 2.09 . Real Money 2.09 1-2 and siincoe .-,... and Harvester 2.04 1-4. The result has

Horsemen I-'rit-mix Puss An-;t,v

hm-in: the tear '.lP men who have th:-mi-. POTS helped ktlcl) 31 sport alive and ill f ions. Ira Curt. been fond of Ii.'!' and always "'1.-ifi a mail

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often 3 good we ll()l'5O l'ci'llaps blw" mat Hstern KI"K'5- PHI" the best he nw:.td 2- is lllt" iruiic-1' ucularly MOMESU9. I3 8310713 I313 Mac Cresceiis. that liver our fast Wmclpal 5"PP9"'9” 0! the F"'-' m,(.k5 today ..,..,.I,. 1...... -...,,m, H, urity race meets and one can ex- 112 at 1055, H. ,t):D he Mm pcct that. for several years at

iii .. .-H0:-lst. the influence of these horses . will be very great, Mr. MacKay had many fine qualities that en- gdcared him to hundreds. of those .w)1o came in contact with him. - Percy Walsh passed away att A comparatively early age. ilis oc- cupation for many years was a harbor. At the outbreak of World War 2 he joined the forces and remained in uniform until its - conclusion He was always inter-

scverai even:

years Mr, C. the Provinrzzil l Home Wcck rat-c acted at other t.rac:.s lacing meets. a1" and cai'cfui.i lillil :

i-how rin:. lief ' r-sted in horses and at one time tnanilcr and owned that good pacer Colonel good qiialitir: waltz 2.14 1-2. The last few years friends who nlii'l! he represented a firm specializing

one of our r lin horse medicines and Percy

friends was .1.-iriir. of somerx-i'.ir W- in: over hzs t:

travelled for them the length and Ebrcadth of the province. every- - where meeting with succcss. After

years aco it . . xlzllaii his trips he would pay the writer -was active am the eooclia visit and give us news of the s mu .1 siglillliorscs he had seen. We miss

ninii um-o alPcrcy very very much and regret

picture. -:i had awe were unable due to ill health

very fine pr: - . -- '1'-rl n: a re. in pay it last tribute of farewell to;

still many Il'.'.ilrE: ilc 2.-.rd -,o a him. great an and tint - prw .1 and. Last week one of the links with honored by tiwnr I". lllllilli-llllt! last century was broken when il.V and all wli-i kiirw l , tin-year-old Charles H. Chandler John fI1Cl'nliH.'it. Ah:-r llI.1li,DaSSE('I away. Otir meinory goes who live over the ' back to summaries of the 1390's - when Mr. Chandler had entries in

and had his Ifltli Kr: last. He was uni; x - 1hlng conncclrd ui: mg and it was n in

the races at our Exhibitions and elsewhere. He was never without a izood ice horse ad in the winters it

talk with him about 2 was a pleasant, sight to see him When we i.'i"'t. clinic to ltlilll one with his persian lamb cap and of the familial liuiirvs lll lho win-ft-oon coat sitting in his driving fer was Mr. Cam: 1'01! 2 ' -sleigh teaming over the ice in SIICGIU D3C'7' "WI ' competition with other horsemen.

owning a ginirl ll')l'.V . . became so can l'l'.l'll li'lll (i!'ll'll1III around the s!:'('nl5 was not. a pleasure. One of the fastest of the street. brigade wa: liir mare Br-tsy

One of the best. ice horses he own- pcd was Frank I. and for years he .proved the opposition to the host it.rot.tcrs that could be brought aeaiiist him, We remember on one

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Cameron. bill" rnuid illrn on a occasion when automobiles first dime and set a-.-my :2.-n a ;:!'c,'.'- took to the ice in the 1920'.-. a hound and in -in many New hnut between Frank 1.. driven by

Year's aibcrlloorifu nil (il'"il'. t'.cort:c.Ml'. Chandler. and an auto driven Street in l.hc long ago she was by Stanley wedlock, and Frank I out in front niany v;n-.cs. .w.1s the winner.

John A. lifwv-lmiiriirl Soiitliport. Tn later years he owned the WM 3- Slplffnflltl Ii l)1l.l'Slt'1lII,i trottcr Captain Jackson 2.15 1-! 8nd in PVNIV I10)-!)'Ki. ilc canlc up and on one occasion drove him to the hard W83". YER" vi Wn ni.noi's.lvictoi1v himself. But the best horse

being Om? of.-1 'n"'Ic .has ever owned was of course film. but quite -urw '-il.usty Frisco 2.01 l-4. splendidly 11)? as A trader, we .ti,hrcd and now heading 2. stock 1 when the fox .. trmk ajfarm in the United States. Lusty Tlew lease o.',lIl". . MzicDoiialri'1was racing in an era of great heclime HCIIVP 1'5 n :tn-i,trottcrs but he cctild mo-3 than trader. -llis kcri: v- .iic:it ca-,hold his own and his nawie shows cbled him to s(lrc' zonrl animals up as having two track records 501' b1”P9d1-H91 or ' is and hcjl e. A daughter of Lusty's-Lus-

Bfldualiy acr'.inili.;i.r(i a Ili',) hcid 2.13-was a. great favorite wltfi

50319 Wars IVll:liI- liwclinrlie and he retained her until Halsey Hoop: with Eliri uiitil tho early this spring when hr. decider! devllne in i): .. l'i"t'I'l WRKIIO rzive tip his connection with among the lai.-tr -ma". lvpF"al.lllL'Iil!)l'FPS.

here. lie w:i:. ; zrmtl I00. and the spur: horse racial:

FORUM - CHRISTMAS - WEEK

DEC. 24 to 29 M0.N'l).H' ..vif::ix.xtictrx'(:.

TUESDAY -- CHRISTIIIAS DAY - A FTiT.R.V0nN SKATING C

W 'Ie'm.'llli Mr. Chandler was esteemed .iiot hr Irwvcrl ansfoniy as a good sportsman but as fun at the imst. trot-la. lznod fried and the news of his

2:30 to 4:3!)

.Vlt';ll'l' SKATING . st to 10 wt:i3:x'i-:sii.w s'.i:.vrix(: , . 3 to 10 THURSDAY - . iirmiti-:i' PflA('TlC s FRIDAY-t'llll.l)l:lCN s Klx'ATlN(i .. .. . 3 to 4:30

H()(ll(EY -- ST. JOHN - 8:30.

sariinniw.-.si-:vrixt; . 2:30 to 4:30

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l'AUE EIGHT Duchemin Says

Millionaires To Continue

SYDNEY. N. S.. Dec. 28 - (CPl--Roy Duchemin. presi- dent of Sydney Millionaires Hockey Club, said tonight "Sydney will carry on beyond

any doubt" in the Maritime Major Hockcy League. Mr. Duchcmiifs statement.

mime at iin enicrgcilcy meet- ing called to study the club's financial slaitzling. A financial statement revealed that Mll- lionalres had 11 57.700 deficit.

Another surprise move saw Cliff Roach. hometown player. named new coach of '9 the team. Bill Dinning. presently coaching Millionaires. will play lnmorrow. and will then leave for his home in Hamli- ton. Ont. .

Shareholders and interested persons pledged a "substantial amount” to hnlslcr financcs. A rriinpalgn will begin immod- iately to raise additional motley to put Millionaires on .1 better financial footinff.

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dent of Monclon Hawks of the Maritime Major Hockcy League :said early this morning the flanks were "still in business and we hope to stay in business." Reid made the statement in, reply to rumors that the team would drop out of the league after tonight's game in Saint

Business. Hope ;To Stay That Way

prest-

MONCTON. N. 13.. Dec. -tSalurdn,vl.--Lchnrnn Rt-lrl.

John against the Beavers.

Hawks ran into financial diffi- culiics two weeks ago and the pay of the playcrs uns held up for nearly a week. Since then efforts to form a citizcns' com- mittee to carry out a financial campaign for the team have been

.made.

fill Turner Wins

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NEW YORK. Dec. 28 (AP) Gil Turner. 21. unbeaten Phil- adelphia youngster. tonight over- whelmed couraizcous Vic Card?" of Hartford to win his 2't'th straight pro fight with n unani- mous 10-round decision at Mad- ison Square Garden.

Turner weighed 145 (V4. Card- ell 146.

Cardell had knocked out 22 of 26 previous victims.

death was received with the deep- est ieizrci. by horseman through- out this province. lie was also well known in Nova Scotia and New (Brunswick. his horses having rac- ed at their Provincial Exhibition and other meets. He always had a good story to tell and a kind greeting for all who came in con-

tact with hlm,,lle trill be greatly

missed,

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. The above conclildes our harness lhorse news for 1951 and we would like to thank all those who have lsssistcd in any way to help us in keeping Down thp Back Stretch

.and this Annual Review of interest

1to the readers of this paper. Our test wishes for success to the lmanagement of the race tracks

ltliroughout the Maritlmes. and to ithe horsemen who have made such Igood racing possible, to the driv- lens and caretakers and lastly. to the many people who found it thrlr best form of recreation. we extend our wishes for a. very

.Hnppy and Prosperous New Year.

A TOUGH EXCITING GAME

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THE GUARDIAN. CHARL()TTETOWN

Islanders Come From Behind In Third T o Defeat Beavers 4-2

I ' . season-and layln no small part A CI1aTIOII.('IOWll t-entrcmaii with in the bamlep was gneavers Conn a quick shot and a sure 9:0 3114' ..Pmnms.. O.Flaheny' --peanut,-A an Ontario goalkeeper with cat- wok ms regular tum on me ice, like movcnients combined lastlplaycd an myessyvc game. ma night to load the Islanders to animde the referees from me bench uphill 4-2 victory over the league. and on me playing guru”, ending saint John Beavers in ii Rehreos Many Mulmyn .nd rlstllng encounter at the Forum. lclmmc Good handed out a mu;

Roy "Buck" Whitlock. a former. M m penumes Wm, Stx of them Saint John player, turned on hisl. gomg to the Buyer, and Run to old team as he firrd three goals. me Islanders. rpm, 0! mam wage and assisted on the fourth in par-. majors to -I-,.a,,15 Ind Mumgm. ing the lslaitidcrs. Big Ray Frcd- ml. ughnngl erlcks held the Beavers at bay in Tm. absence of phn Vilma. 111 the other cud of the rink as iieiwith the -m,, was noticeable in kwkcd 05”"? 34 5””-A3 , I tthe first period. Johnpy Dutcllak

POT "94'”l' W” ll9”0d” "It" was forced to retire from the game Beavers courted with their second in the third period why, the um and his place on defense was tak- cn by ”But-ko" Trainor. who turn- rd in a strong game. "Hub" licaudry moved up to centre Fav- ero and Pawiyshyn,

The Beavers played without the services of Jackie lleon. Ron llurst and Buchanan. 3

Twlce From Face-nffa

Whitlock's first and second goals came after face-offs lo the right of the Beavers net. His third goal was hotly disputed by the Beavers as he knocked a high puck into- the net with his stick. George Mc- Laganls partially hlockcd drive bounded over several players to a waitinr: Whitlock.

Tho Beavers outshot the Island- ers 36 to 22 but many of the Is- landers drives were fiom close-in. Hughes was spectacular at times as he blocked gonl labelled shots.

Carl Smelle and Howie Lee play- ed atrong games on the Beavers defense while up front the play of the closely watched Johnny Ubrl- aco was the best of the visitors. . The w-hitlock line of Macxen V'CI'o'-V9! me Scllm” ISTTIIIII and Whitlock was the pic I0"mm”” me but "WW5 A 19,”'.nf the Islanders attacking units. that was split asunder in the third 1 M-yer a shaky first period the de-

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ROY "BUCK" WIIITLOCK

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scsslonpby a torrid Islandersggdirivc. (mse sewed down ,0 provide. Tram'm 2'1 am 9133"” l”'t””"' Predericks with adequate protect- thelr big men Phil Vitnle andiion.

.lohnny Dutchak tile Is-finders torel into the Visitors with n Vcngcnce- its U10 third period started. witainl three minutes they had fired sixlway of enlermjnmcnt. -tnudlou shots at lanky P1311 HUSH” 55 Trainer and Johnny Uhriaco had they 5.l9"'”ed me" ”"c”Il0"5 "1 two short skirmishes while Connie m""bl”"'I th" Bem'””- , Bonhomme and Carl Smelle had a Shortly before the five n'iinuteyb..i..f fight for which they drew , , Ill" flame l" two minutes for high sticking. Iw”l”" "Uh I? Wick 5'h0'- A "LI Larry Travis and Mulligan tie over six minutes later. we putifougm for about 3 minute tn we the Islanders ahead for the first south end of the Hnk wmwuy. mg tlme in the night as he flicked in ltorrupuon, The nghy, 31.;-ted as Gmrg" McL””3”'5 mi” d”V9- Ithe play moved into the north end But ”"” W” W" "H9 "'5' WlIhiu'ith the result that the referees.

A vicar sellout crowd watched the fast moving game which pro- vided practically everything in the

, feet above the ice till it was swal-

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Third Place

MONCTON. ND. Dec. as - (OP) - Moncton Hawks clawed their way back to within one point of third place Glace Bay Miners tonight when they defeat-, ed the Bay team '1-3 in a rousing, bi-awling Maritime Major Hockey League game. . I

Sam Kennedy potted three goals to pace the Hawk attack. other Monclon goals were Icored by Danny Horeck. Ronnie Rowe. Deni: Filion and Sandy Milne. Anderson. Chorley and Leger were the Glace Bay Marksmen.

Big Milne was a standout per- former along with Kennedyinlths Hawks win. In addition to firing the winning goal. he drew Assist: on two others and took part in a spirited second-period brawl which ended in four. major and two mir- cond-uct penalties.

Glace Bay - Goal. Arncil: de- fence, Cooper. Windley. Bloomer. forwards. Poile. Haley. Macey. Charley. Rohmer. Wywrot, Leger. Bailey. Anderson. Amadio.

Monclon -- Goal. Lockhnrt: de- fence, May. Milne. Olsen. Rabin- son; forwards. Marshall. Hamil- ton, Scholes, Horeck, Clements.

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A picture-book Christmas is be- hind us and left nothing to be de- sired in respect to weather or winter stenery. Old Man winter is keeping up the good work and has turned the spruce and fir' woodlands and swamps into a veritable fairyland of dazzling whiteness. Maybe his work will be done a little too well and a loaf old.fashioned winter may be in the making.

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Hawks Within Point Of

After 7-3

Victory Over Glace Bay

Officials: Mann. Gillie. "rim Period 1--Monctonn. Horeck

(FlIIon. Robinson) .......... .. 3.3: 2-Moncton. Rowe - (Milne. Hamilton) .. .. 7.oe .3-Glace Bay. Anderson (Poile. Wdndley) . 10.40. Penalties - Olsen.1l.53; Bloomer- 18.51. Second Period 5-Moncton, Milne (Hamilton. Rowe) , 3,55

Penalties - Olsen. major, 11.47, Milne. major and misconduct, 11.47; Bailey. major and miscon. duct. 11.47: Wywrot. major, 11,47;

Cooper. 12.12. Third Period 36-Blace Bay. Chorley (Bloomer) zos '1-Moncton. Kennedy (Hamilton. Rowe) . 444 a-,-Glace Bay. Leger (Bailey, Wywrot) 123: 9-Monclon. Kennedy (ROWE. Hamilton) 15,39 10-Monclon. Filion (Marshall. Clements) in :-it

Penalties -- Bloomer 7.09; no. binson 10.46.

Stops:

Arnell-7 8 5-20

Ducks are with us in considerable

Lockharlr-6 5 6-17.

Filion. Burnian. Rowe, Kennedy.

numbers despite deep shows and in- clement weather. On Wednesday af- ternoon I hopped aboard it train E-curls bound. In the open water of." the mouths of the rivers that einptv into st. Peter's Bay. slzeable flocks of blacks and Goldeneyea (Whist- lers) were either swimming or lined up on the ice at water's edge. In one open patch of an acre. or more. in extent fully my hundred ducks of different species were gathcrcd. l O O O

SYDNEY. N.S.. Dec. 28 --(CP) DI-Tor a team that rumor had rattled off to all parts of Can- ada. Sydney Millionaires showed up-in full number and paid ut- ter disrespect to Home St. Mary's whom they bowl over 5-3 in a fast, bristling game watched by 1.673 fans tonight- Assured a continuation of sup- port and agreeing to a modified salary scale. Millionaires came up with a performance that was un- matched among former efforts this year in the Maritime Major Hockey "League.

Individually and collectively, the Blues gave their all. outskated the visitors and received tremend- ous ovation on every line change. Millionaires played under the directing hand of centre Cliff Roach. appointed temporary coach of the club by a meeting of share- holders shortly before the game. Blii Dinning. relieved of coach- ing. was one of the stars in ac- tion. He played a heady game

Eleague Hockey Tonight Al The Forum

It's minor league hockey night at the Forum again tonight when the youngsters will take to the ice at various ohurs between six o'clock and midnight.

Activities will commence

As the train drew hear they crowded into the off corner in ll compact mass until fifteen or twen- t:r birds had to hop unto the ice As the train drew abreast over three quarters of the flock lost their nerve and took wing. The birds on the ice stood pat albeit their necks were stretched to the fullest ex- tent. It was n”winir.v scene. Night was dropping swiftly and snow flaker were streamingpast the car windows. I watched the flock half otiscured in the drifting snow, as it weaved and zig-zarczed a few

lowed up in the white haze that dimmed the Greenwich shore. Miles eastward. as i.hc last light of day faded. a black circle in t'-lc snow the size of it half bushel basket puuleel me momentarily. It was a covey of Hulls bedded down for the night. Three jittery members of the cover gave the jig away when they flipped out on the snow a few feet from their bedded mates. 0 O 0

As the snow draped spruce swamps of St. Charles. Selkirk and Now Zealand, ,mon1entarllv outlin- ed in the train lights, flittcd past in A mysterious panorama of black. green and white. I foumi myself wondering how many rabbits watch- cd the train as it rumbled past and liie engine's headlight bored into the night. This area at one Unit!- was one of our top rabhlt produc-! In: regions. In the old days when

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the B'”V"5 pres-I'm'c' l" ' W3 me through no fault of their own. game. the play suddenly shifted mlssed most, 01 the action,

1"” "'9 BCEWVS 7-N10 Whmwkl Mardv Maclntyre. a brother of Imssed ma puck rm” b"hI"d thllithc Sydney Millionaires Dunr. net and Bob Gray drilled the disc made his ms; nppgargnce as a into the left hand corner to com- lrem-co and turned in 3 good per. P19” the 500”n!- formance. lie worked with the

: Ifrcderlcks Brilliant .cap5b1e chm-its Good, The slick passing Br-avers rm-ed. ; linio a 2-0 lead early in the first. Sninl -70”" - 0031- Hill-'I'9b3 "'1 lstanza as they ripped thrnuehifencc. C. Smcllc. Lee. Mcsicli. the Islanders at will. nniy the Arundcl: forwards. Ubrlaco.; stellar goal tending of Prcdnricksl0'F'I3h0I'Iv)'- T- Smcllf. Meldrunn, kept the score from going higlieriNicolle. McCrackcn. Blair, Muill-j as he made brilliant sn"t'6s"'on'8an- Watson. L8t18C1l9- some of the 16 shots that were) Charlolvl-elown Goal. Fred-I aimed for his citadel. iericks; defence. Travis, Dutchak. "Dusty" Blair. tvlin spoiled Mel-nsan. Gray: forwards. Train-l Frederlcks shutolit Wcdiicsday OT. FHVBTO. Mlirshllli Iiellrinlefil night. at saint .Iohn opened theIBoniiomme. Whitlock. Pawlyshymi scoring by sliding a short one InLoiMJCK8nZiE, Smith. Beaudry. g 1

the left hand side of the moat Officials-Mac-Intyrr. and Good.' Scvcn minutes later Koiiiiy Wat-i FI"I- PCTINI I son shoved Aruntlel's rcbotiiid he- 1-531111 John: WHIP 1 hind nedmcks, 1 (Nicolle. Mulligan) . :l.liI

From then on Flrcdericks heldi 2i'5"I'"- -I0hn- W330?!