Raced 0n The Back Stretch

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my who Like us to recall stories at tho past. The most interesting ~l'ufTlill(‘iIi.S came from 11M, web. not. Milliown. N. B.. well known starter and harness horse enthus- nshuttose letter is so good that we M8 sure our readers will also en- joy itz-"Thanks for that won- ticrfnl writv-up 0f Bill Sharon; (on didn't do that in a minute. knowing tllc horse as I did it was all thc more interesting. I ltad the pleasure of starting him tn his first race and also in his tut one. I remember being out to the track at Fredericton in the mnrlllllt! of the day he was to make his first start, July, 1919. and some one said. ‘keep your cyo on that chestnut colt, I think you will like him‘.

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"I (ltd not know that he had rlotiittpcfl into an ugly horse un- m no had gone to the Unilcd stairs. I thought Peter Carroll fpokc rath-cr gruffly to him but 1 i-sarnt-ti lair-r the reason. When ho was sold he went through the (uslottts ltcrc and was in the Qllocn Hoiol stables. I went out n. bid him good-bye. opened the door. walked right in. put my arms nrntind his neck. rubbed his v-oso and ears, picked up his feet. liftotl up his matte nnd cut some an nnd hr- actcd just like a big poi I found out later that I ‘would hart- been Just as safe with t wild lion. I am enclosing a few hairs from Bill's mane that you pt-rhaps would like to keep as a

touvcttir.

4 4 4 "Now about his sale: it was Archit- Alcorn. wealthy lumber-

tuttmthril owned ltim but the sale nas mndo by Howard Murclties ln-otftct‘ Frnnk. Frank was l litlltoittt litmbcrtttntt but at thc time oi tho sale he had a gov- ornmottt Job at Fredericton and was n iriond of Alcorn's. 1f my motttnry is correct Tommy Mur- pity (‘antc hot-c and had a sloigh rdt- holtittd Bill and negotiations lmzttcdiati-ly got under way. I Ilt>|t'l think Mr. Alcorn was anx- nnts to soil. Ho also owned Lady (‘trzttlnn 2,09 that was included in y tho snlr. Aftcr Bill bccamc a wn-n-oor oi tlto Murphy stable his minim-s brcatno bad. some 5a.)’ ‘to on: nltnosi itncotttrollablc. and ‘hat is wltv they called him ‘Bull of tho Woods.‘ Novt-rtltelcss. as v0.1 lrtvo clrarly shown. ltc was

. n» o 171v top traitors of tho G-xtrtl (Ttrcttit. turning tho table-s on lor tho Brcwcr 2.02“; and aihct- greats of that year.

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"Win-n sold out oi the Murphy ‘iabl lto passed into tltat of J.J. Rolmls of lvlassacltttseits. 1 hoard n ~ inn» and lino-rotted to talk i with Bill Sharon. thc- mnn the but» was trrtmr-d aftcr. and he l Sjifi. "l knew just where he is lann- and ii I had him two or

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litrcc wot-ks hi‘ W0llld n0?- b9 lamo} 1 u-roto Mr. Roberts what has sztld and ltnd n/ntce letter from him. Bill raced pretty wcl‘.

for Mr. Roberts and carly in i931 was bought from him by Dr. Mc- Allistcr of Sussex and later lliiltTii in f-"rrti Cameron's hands. ‘ Ho llllfi his first ‘race at St. Stb- plton httl hi- was not the Bill of old. He ltnd been geldcd and 0f course had gone over the WP- ront Holmes drove him and Jack Flnticiliin was his caretaker, and he was ont- of tho best I oversaw. 4- 4- 4 4

"in lilS last rnco at Woodstock lltapponcd to be the starter. Bill luokod grand. 11kt‘ a ball of Sold. Frori Cameron drove him. Dur- ltttt tho roursc of the mile Bill nladt- four breaks and I silli- ‘lto,\>. tlioro is something wronS unh Bill, I never saw him d0 that before. He finished his mile and was walking down to the stall whon he stopped. looked back at Prod Cameron. whlnnled and tlrnppod tit-ad. Ht‘ was buried in iln- inflold where a stone has born orccted at his head. He was one of the best." - Thanks. RM. for adding to the histvi‘! at tn» greatest troiter over bred

ltl tho Marltimcs.

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Yesterday morning Ernie Mac- Kt-nzlc, popular boot and shoe trsvt-llrr of Plctou, N.B.. and ard- ent. sportsman. dropped in to see u: and said, "I liked your Bill Siam-n story very much. Hcrc is an incident that backs up your (‘onictttion that ‘the Cat-rolls look-' l»: sfter ant and with Murphy driving would have been a ster wmblnatlon. When Murphy was "will Bill on the Grand Circuit Jim-mir Carroll (who tool: care of 3lll while hi: father Peter Oar- H-ll was driving him) went (out to the track the morning of an im- portant stake race. mere wee e . sign on Bill's stall: ‘Danger. Keep Clear‘. Jimmie said to the care- lelu-r. Bill and I slept together lllld l don't believe he has tor- Ioiten me. may I see him? he "l4 so Illlld. but its nur rlek. Jimmie went in and Iili recog- "lhd him inetantiy. showing Iv- "! All" 0f delight. They lied e Flt-d time together and that ef- "tl-flvn llli ltisren turned the ‘shire on ‘Peter the prom, the all"! eteke trotter of the Gnnd Pt-‘llli. defeating him in e bit- Pl! contest ‘ race.” '

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Mainland Horses Win Four 0f‘ Six Events

Final Day

Cit-maxing the most ‘ul meet held here since the inaug- uration of the event. six classes of ice racing were run ofl yester- day afternoon over the harbor ice ofl Victoria Park ‘with Nova Scotia horses coming through with four victories. It was the best showing oi the three days’ meet- ing of the visiting horsemen al- though at the finish they still trailed Island entries 10-‘7 in tile total number of victories won.

Faced by a high wind and at the end driving snow. the horse- men stuck right to thoir tasks to complete the card in its entirety and the times chalked up. con- sidering the conditions under which the events were raced, were considered very good by the large number of spectators present.

A popular victory was won by Wait N‘Sec. a great old campaign- cr. now owned by George Greg- ory and driven by Lcn O’Meara when he raced to the front in the first and third heats of the free for all to chalk up his win.

Billy Kalinuck. owned by Lee Howard of Cornwall and driven by Willard Kelly, was i-1 in the Class A. Trot to give Island- owned horses their second straight victory of thc day, but then came the turning tide.

Misty Morn, owned by Cyril Dauphinee of Halifax. won the Class B. Pace in straight heats: Goldie Dudds. owned and driven by George Turner of Dartmouth, ‘- N.S.. captured the Class B. Pacc. winning the last two heals after finishing fourth in thc first.

Dolly Direct. owned by Robic Keizcr of Halifax was 2-1-1 in the Class B. Pace. and Tom Volo, owned by Alcx Gray of Halifax

Saint Dunstatfs University vi‘ tory over Mt. Allison at the Fotutn last night was a well deserved one. The visiting Mounties were thoroughly beaten all the way and. although they never stopped try- ‘rng due to their ganteness, proved to he no match for the 1001i Unl- versity put-ksters.

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And now Saints will enter the New Brunswick-P. . I. finals against thc Si. Thomas University team. How they will fare off against these opponents is still prohlemiitical as we do not know the stt-cttyzth of the New Bruns- vfrckers but ott their showing so far to date in the intercollegiate hockey series we would venture to say tit-it this years edition of the Salt-ts. coached by Jackie Kane. should be at least. equal lav-writes to atlvtince into the Maritime fin- als against thc Nova Scotia win-

ners.

4 4 4 4 The ittter-provittcc ice t-ieing meeting, concluded yesterday after-

and driven by his son C. Gray. chalked up the fourth victory oi the day for the visitors when he headed a field of four in the Class E. Pace. Racing was once high order. attd the ih-rt-c-duY meeting was run off without a hitch with thc officials in chttngc

again of t\

doing a splendid job cach and every day. ‘I11:- results: Summary _ Freo-For-All Wait N‘ See (O'Meara) 1 21 Sully (Baxter) 2 1 ‘l Previous (Turner) 3 3 3

Time: 32 1-4. 32. 31 3-4. Winning horse owned by Gcorpe Gregory’, Charlottetown. (‘lass A Trot

B'-lly' Kalmut-k (W. Kelly) . l l Miss Brewer (Roddin) ‘l 3 Hal Britten (Kidney) 3 2 Time: 33. 33 1-2. Winning hnrsc owned- by l“

Howard, Cornwall. Class B Pace

Dolly Diret-t (L. Walker) 2 l1 Flo Direct (Boutlicr) i ‘J 2 Sandy P (Baxter) 3 3 3

Time: 34. 34. 34 l-4. _

Winning horse owned by Robte Kaiser, Halifax.

Class D Pace

Misty Morn (Cttntpboll) Lillie Marlene (Shcnltrrd) Mitzio Bars (Connors) Mac Watson (Doivvne)

Time: 34. 35.

Winning horse owned by Cyril Dauphinee, Halifax.

Class C Paco

Qua... Mata-

Goldie Dudds (G. Tttrner) .. 4 ! 1 Sir Admiral (L. Walker) ‘.3 3 2 Reuben Lee (C. O‘B_»rien) ...l 2 Q Earl's Prince Charming

(Wood d: L. Kelly) . s 4 d

Time: 34 1-2. 35. 36.

Winning horse owned by George Turner, Dartmouth.

Class E Paco Tom Volo (C. Gay) Miss Ireland (E. Downe) Dale B. (C. CYBFIHI) - Miss Cleo Dale (Baxter)

Time: 3b. 36.

Winning horse owned by Alex Gray. Hall-fax.

Officials: Siartor, Russell Ab- bott; judges. R. J. Giffin. George Kuhn. Charles Willis; timers, Harry Murphy. F. R. McLainc; announcer. W. H. Beaton.

Carroll and Bill Sharon were made for each other." Just as Ernie was leaving to catch the plane for home he remarked- "My boy Roy. dropped in to see Earle Avery the other day and asked about Christie Budlong. Earle said. ‘Put it down in your book. Christie will be bettt-r than ever this season.‘ That. means she will beat 2.06%." 4 4 4 4

Our good friend J. B. Andre-w. East Royalty. with Mrs. Andrew is visiting their daughter in Trinidad this winter (it is sum- mer there) and has kindly rc- mernbered us with a copy oi the Sunday Guardian, which has an illustrated supplement and is in every respect n first class paper. It. has sporting news galore and one can see that Trinidad ls largely peopled by descendants of Englishmen as there are horse races featured. athletics. in fact all kinds of outdoor sport. Thanks. Jack. and we hope you and Mrs. Andrew are thoroughly enjoying yourselves.

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Among the curlers who attend- ed the Confederation Bonspiel here last week was J. Mac O'- Bricn. prominent lumbormatt and horseman of South Nelson. N. B. whose Jolly Harvester 2.1014 won in such flne form at Old Home Week in 1040. We regret. having meeed JJIec during nls visit but are pieased to learn that he eon- sidered lg e wonderful trip and the teem enjoyed every minute of their stay end are looting for- ward to another visit next her, lle save Join Harvester is in the p118 of condition and is heeded for another successful aeasonulie is in the bands of our mutuol

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friend. '1‘. O. Collett, who is n tbeeeQ incense.

noon anti climaxed last night by the enjoyable banquet at thc Charlottetown Hotel, was a de- cided success in every wayz 4 4 4 4-

Competitlott was keen throuzh- out. the two Cililiflllifillsliips in thc r-Ci-“ttg and trotting tiivisiotts v/ctc cnutilly- divided, one going to Kun- slllglvli atttl ilto other to Dart-

mouth and wlilic Island hot srrs held a slight c-dgc in the t-tlter‘ events rarcd nevertheless the

three days ntcoiing uroo again lur- utshczi proof of thc good spgyyfs. tnattsltip cvitli-tit-ed bctwct-tt Nova Scotttt and Prince Edward Island

rci-rtsmctt. 4 4 4 4 V And bt-[Orc leaving thc tnatict- nf ice I‘llL'llll.'. stress should ho laid on thc tnpttblr- tnttttnct- in ullirit tho officials t-otttlttrlitti: the tncci- ing pcrlornvrti tltcir iilii:f‘\. Cor- tttitil) at tintcs they Fillllc r11 toy a lot of i'l'i\iCi.\l'H lllli on thc \\'ilCii'. its any l,\il'-l‘lillld(‘(i pursuit ‘.‘.'lil say, thctr dutics ivt-rc pPYfOFnlC-‘i tn n tnitsl rttpiiblc tnattttor, and that tnrlttzlcs ovt-ryottt‘. frurt Slartcr Russell Abbott tlown t0 attttouttcet" W. H Bc-‘ton. 4 4 4- +

Starter Russell Abbott, lng all threc days desulc cold. wZ-titly: wcatltct" ww- nlw \s' on thc jc-b as was iikl‘\\'lS(‘ his zissidnnt Mt‘. Wltiilutk; thc lhroe jtt grs gave fair. illlpélfliill iiO('l§it)ll5 nitric Mr. Bcaloifs ttnuuuttcrtttents cattle‘ be ltcarti clearly at all limes. Anti that was no easy job, considering some of tho criticism the last mentioned gcttilotnatt came in for.

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u -But now it. is ull over for this Scar attd the tnembers of thc Vic- toria Driving Club are to be CWISFH-tul-Jtcd on the efforts they put fortlt in making it thc success it was. It wasn't tttt casy task hy

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any int-tilts and this \\'r.-:cr ierls surc- tltttt thr- visiiing larscmryi \\'lil return to titoit- respective lwnws with a better feeling of friendship than cver before ex- perlenred. 4 4 4 4

Speaking of t-‘ztt- rcct-itt Johnny‘ Grt-co-Frcd Arclior scrap in Mutt- trcal. Bttz O‘Moaru of thc Mon. lreal Star ltas thc following com- ment on the performance oi Greco which should prove oi in- terest to local boxing inns:

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"Joltnny Greco gave his best display in aMonlrc-al ring in out- Blllgtllng Fred Archer. This is the Greco fans have been looking for for s long time.

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"Raoul Godbout wont about as- suring all with whom ho came in contact that this was the Johnny fie had become such a prime favorite in New York. He wag relentless in attack. even though he broke his hand in the third round.

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"He hlid Arcltcr on the canvas in the first and also in the ninth round. He had him groggy. but the ring-wise Archer. who has fought top llnors too. was nble to weather wcarying rounds. to givt- tlashes of power that indicated that given i few opportunities he

might have turncd the tide in his favor. 4 4 4 4 “Tin-re wasn't. any doubt about

the verdict. Tin- judgc nwho gave him seven rounds came nearest the public in estimation of the merits of the tvw men. nouneeenent of the judicial tind- ings is e new and much appreci- ated departure in fighting around

here. ‘ 4 4 4 4 ‘lie bout. which wee e n». match or as some call it e refill. because of the closenoss oi a ure- vfoul engagement. did not draw es veil ee the first nrrair. but was a much better ngtht from s pub- lic Itlndpofnt. ’ 4 4 4

"Greco was impressive. His ceaseless clouting. his ovident de- sire fto give in the last nunco of h‘: abllitv. n sot-"nv-v‘ "“i1‘"*"i" "brrcti by ("s rr-"v-rent. rPsto-‘od

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Miners Win Cape Breton Hockey Title

GLADE BAY. N. 8.. Feb. 2i- Glace Bay Miners trounced New Waterford Bruins 4-1 here wuig-ltt to take the Cape Breton senior hockey league title for the first time since 1942. The game was the last of a beat-of-seven series.

Minera took a. lead In the match. witnessed by 5,000 when Fess Anderson scored with one $301M to go in the first per-

ltew Glasgow Ties Series WlthiLtlgonish

NEW‘ GLASGOW. NS. Feb. 21- (CP)—New Glasgow Bombers tied tthe best-ln-three series for the A. P.C. Senior Hockey League title to- night by defeating Antigonish Bull- dogs 9-5. Each team has won one game.

The deciding game will be playcd in Antigonlsh Monday night.

The liunter’: iiorner

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ntuskrat pelts fetched as high as $4.00 caclt on thc Canadian Fur Auction Sales at Montreal.

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It. is doubtful i! muskrut will bring hall that pricc on thc Sale hold on January 20tlt of this y-car. but a ltigti price was anticipated at the beginning of the trapping season on November 1st and they were trapped with the same per- sistence this season as last. e e - In must st-ctioos llto catch dropped alarmingly ttnti wise trap- pcrs arc insisting that ll close sett- son be called for ncxt year. c c .

4 One mttskral irappcr of my ac- quaintance, has for years set him- sc-lf a goal of 100 rats before lak- lng up his traps. When lie liad caught (that number he stopped. oven if the animals were still to bc found on his trapping €l'°llll§l3- This yoar hc hnd to bo content with less than 3ft. t. -

On nnotlict‘ wcll known tituskrat area. Johnston's Pond at Suffolk. reputed to be one of thc best in the Province, the annual take for years has averaged between 1'75 and 200. This season just pas- sed I am doubtful ii the catch ex- ceeded 60. It is a foregone cott- ciusion that another season of in- lensive trapping will 111W‘ U115 valuablo iurhcarcr a setback that will tnkc years of protection t" allow them to regain anvthlnu likc their former numbers. Thorc is food for thought there - - - (rappers.

Famousdlorsenmt lites

(Bv The (‘ttnadititt Press)

LONDON. Fob. 2l—Sidncy W. Stillwcll. 75. inirrtiationally-known ttorsrmntt crcditcd with introduc- ing polo in thr- Unlicd S-tnlos. dlcd todtrv. Winnor of more than 1.000 first nrlzes in horso shows all OVM’ the world. Stlllwcll spent 10 years in the Unihri States teaching thc ganu: of polo.

REMEMBER WHEN

QBeOanuGhnh-cee

Los Angeles Ali-Stars defeated Fords at Windsor. 0tti.. 15 years ago. tonight to win a two-game serlesi billed as the worlds amateur basket- ball championship. The Caliiom- lans—1936 Olympic tilltsts-iollowed their 40-31 victory over the Can- adians in the first contest with I 28-19 verdict in the second game of the best-of-three series.

‘super club fighter’ type." 4 4 4 4

The Hank Grccnbcrg deal which st-nt thc big slugger down tol Pittsburgh Pirates from Detroitt Tigers doesn't sit too well with some baseball writers. saye_ Baa O’Meara in the Montreal Star.

4 4 4 4 ‘They (thc writers) don't like the way Hank was waived out of the American League. thinking that most of the American Lea- gue msgnetes considered Green- berg wasn't worth thc money he received last year nnd also that Hank is now a year older.

4 4 4 4 Plttlnirsh. a team badly in want of rebuilding. needed a big name player and they certainly procured one in Greenberg. but the question remains. will Hank go able to get the big salary that

e was demanding from tho Tig-

iowned by George Hughes, Brack-l

CHARLOTTETOWN GUARDIAN

Visiting Horsemen Are Guests 0f Local Club At Enioyable Dinner

Over 20o horsemen and friends.

the Victoria Driving Club held last evening at the Charlottetown -Hotel. It cllmaxed the three a‘ter- noon! racing program of the in. terprovinclrii ice races. Prominent among the were members of the Halifax Dtiv- ing Club, President Cyril Dauph- ince. vice president Gordon Mit- chell. secretary R. J. Giffitt. rlohie Keiscr. A. L. Hudson, Robert Mc- Alplne. Walter Johnson, Raymond

Keiser. Ernie Gray. Roy Kidney and others. Representing tho Dartmouth

Driving Club were President Fred Lahey. Jack Scott. George Turner, Donald Turner, Scott Weeks, George Kuhn. James Moriartty. Roy Power. Ed Grrenough. Edward Thomas and William Cross.

Presiding nvct‘ thr- Qnjoyahlg function was LL-Coi. D. . Mc- Kinncn.

Splendid addresses were deliver- cd by Premier J. Walter Jones. Hrs Worship Mayor B. Earle Mac- Donald. President C. L. Dattpttinoe. President Fred LBiiC)‘. Gordon Mitchell. R. G. Giffin, Wellington McNeil], Cmdr. G. H. Butitair. R. R. Bell. K.C., anti others.

The numerous speakers stressed the value of these inter-provincial megls and the t-lose friendship: formed through them and par- ticularly noted was the fair irctii- merit of competitors and good sportsmanship shown at Dart- mouth, Halifax and Charlottetown.

President Dauphinee of the Halifax Club suggested thni he hoped ncxi. year New Brunsvtrirk would be represented and iht-t ii would then be a true inter-provltt- rial meet.

The entertainment part of the program was provided by M153 Peggy Campbell. g dainty young

lady who danced anti snug itt -.~. dc- ligltiful manner; Andrew Gall-int gave several step-dances v/hiuh were greatly enjoyed. Musicians were Peter McDonald. pianist. singing quartelic. Ian McDonald. Kenneth McKenzie. Ettrl Nichol- son. Rich-ard Hurst, all of Princi-

litt-ir including several ladies. attended thc Goodwill Banquet of

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Stanley Bridge Ice Races

Tin,- Stanley Sporting Club held another very successful meet on Tuesday afternoon, Feb. 18th. The course was all that could be wish- ed for under the skillful tnatiagc- tttcnt of Mr. Hiscoti and Mr. Par- sons with tractor and road SW81)?!‘-

The weather was grand which

goes to make those outdoor gather- lngs such a nice place to meet o-ries friends. l Class A l l l dh 2 dlt