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We had a pleasant visit from George McIntyre, proprietor of the

Montague Raceway Thursday afternoon. George is fit and well and looking forward to the com- ing racing season. He says that Montague will keep up its en- viable reputation for turning out good trotters and pacers and their particular specialty, colt raciniz. Annear and Lowery have five on the go. Dr. Preston Mclntyre. whose trainer is Archie Llewellyn. four. Ed McGulgan two and George is prepping two. One Of them the good pacer Lindy H. 2.15 2.5 I I I

Last week we had an inquiry as to whether Devilish Dorothy held the record for a seven-heat: trotting race over a Maritime track by reason of her win at

Fredericton. N. 8. September 18 and 19. 1913. We stated that as far as we

know the seven heats in 2.19 V2. 2.20 1'2, 2.18 1'4, 2.24 1.4. 2.20 1 4. 2.19 1H4, 2.24. was the fastest. We had somehow forgotten about the performance of the troiler llscita at Charlottetown Exhibi: tion. September 28. 1921. until re- minded hy a letter in this paper from John B. Christopher. Tig- riish. calling attention to that outstanding trotting mnrathon. We remember it very well and it. was one of the greatest ex- hibitions of stamina we have ever known in the Maritime Provinces. Uscita uas brought down from the l'nitcd Stains by Dr. Frank Christopher of Boston. if we re-

member correctly. Her sire was Peter Billiken, by Peter the Great.

!'he first heat was won by Miss Belle Rico. owned by W. B. Mac- Arthur of Kensington. The second heat by The British Soldier, own- ed by J. Stanley Wedlock and driven by ex-mayor P. S. Brown. The third heat was won by Bren- ton H., owned and driven by H. C. Hooper. Charlottetown. and the fourth and fifth heats by Uscita, driven by Danny Steele. Sumnier- side. The sixth heat was won by The British Soldier and the sev-

enth heat. and race. by Uscita. Here is the summary: 2.19 trot. purse 5500 - Uscita (Steele)

4 4 4 1 1 4 1: The British Soldier (Brown) 3 1 3 4 4 1 2: Miss Belle Rico (MacArthur) 1 2 2 3 3 2 Re: Brenton H. (Hooper) 2 3 1 2 2 3 Rd; Gay Moko 5 dir; Time--2. '17 1X2; 2. 18. 2.19 U2 2.19 3x'4, 2.23 1l4. 2.18 V2. 221 1X2. I I I

The average time of the above seven heats was 2.19 5H; The nvehse time of the seven-heat: race won by Devilish Dorothy at (Fredericton September. 19111. was 2.20 6X7. At that Charlottetown meeting where Usclta showed her staying power and determination so splendidly, there were other notable races. Colorado L.. driven by Stem: Purvis. Sydney. won the 2.1) trot and later in the meeting won the free-for-all trot.

'A starter in that race was The British Soldier but he hadn't re-

covered from his exertion two days previously. finishing third the first heat and was then

drawn. There was quite an invas- ion of State of Maine horses. John Willard. winning the 2.25 pace with Sacharose and he also won the 2.40 pace with the same mare. best time 2.15 U4. Frank Boutillier won the 2.21 trot with Bavlus. best time 2.16 1l4. He was owned by Holscy Hooper. Ba- vius was one of the handsomest horses ever seen in these parts. Colorado L.. that Stone Purvis won two events with was bought at the Old Glory Sale a couple of years prcviously hy Hammond Kelly of Southport who gave him at record of 2.13 on the trot at Charlottetown. It was the track trotting record at that time. On Oct. 1. the fifth day of the rac- in:. John Willard won the free- for-all with the famous John R. Braden. i-ic had been knocking- off -the host free-for-nllcrs in the State of Maine and his second heat in 2.08 J"4 was it new track pacing re- cord iind remained there for many years iintii lowered to 2.08 by Euin H., driven by Billy Keyes of .St. Stephen. The very last race of the program was the 2.22 mix- ed and that was won by such-

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arose. making three firsts for her at Charlottetown. She turned out to be one of the best money win- net! in the Willard stable. Notable also was the perform- ance of the trotler Harry G., by Mayor Todd, that won the .30 trot in a split-up race with Chime Tell Jr., (Willard) winning the fastest heat, 2.16 U4. Harry G.. won again on Sept. 30, in straight heats from Jauniie Aub- rey (Kelly) 2 2 2: Sybil C. (Mac- Nelll) 4 3 3; Mary Pickford (Arb- ing) 3 4 dr. Best time, 2.18 am. Note, Uscita has made a great contribution as n brood mare. and her blood flows in some of the best trotters and pacers of the past years, notably Uscita Brit- ton. 2.09 U4

And now we would like to in- troduce to our readers a young man well known to race followers who also made good as a hockey player. Don Larlee. He is at pre- sent at Aiken mile track. Aiken, South Carolina:

He writes: "Dear Colonel?! in- tended to drop you a line sooner but circumstances did not per- mit. Some time ago I was offered and accepted second trainer's po- sition with Harry Whitney of Grand Circuit fame. Harry”: form- er second trainer. Bill Allen. has taken the position as stallioneer at Castleton Farm. Lexington. Ky.

On July 1 of the past year I joined Bostwick Farm stables at Saratogn, New York. and inter met old acquaintances in Earl Sample and Heber Sweeney who were making a tour with theif stables.

"Later they shipped to Yonkers, New York. We raced Essex Junc- tion and Rutiand. Vt., Reading and Allentown. Pa.. and then Lex- ington, Ky. Our best horse was Glider by Nibble Hanover. He is a. five-year-old and won his last start in 2.04. which was a very creditable showing, considering he went away in tenth place and raced it good part of the mile on the outside of a 16-ohrse field.

"Many horsemen think that he will take it fast record this year. We had seven head to the races. with six of them trotting in 2.05 or better. Joe O'Brien was at Lex- ington and we had a good chat about the Maritimes. He has es- tablished himself ns one of the most capable and nblest drivers over here. This is a. splendid pot to train in and we have the fol- lowing horses quartered here now: Frank Irvin has three two- minute performers in his stable, Good Time 1.57 .'il5. Sampson Han- over 1.56 -H5, and Yankee Han- over 159 (V5. I believe they are belnz prepped for the California meeting in March.

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"Irvin has 18 two-year-olds. of which .les Hanover. by Nibble Hanover, and Wallstreet by Nibble Hanover. appear to he the most. promising. Tom Berry has the highest priced colts here. You had full particulars in your col- umn about them having been bought by Louis J. Buck of New Jersey. The total cost must have been close to a quarter of a mil- lion. g

"They were selected by the Old Wizard of harness racing. Thomas W. Murphy. Gosling. yearling bro- ther to Goose Bay, that Buck paid 855,000 for can really fly on Th! pace. and is a very strong going colt. Next in our opinion is Kimberly Kid, also by Vola- mite, that was bought by Mr. Buck for 515,000. He is A very precocious colt with speed and size. Lord Victory. by Victory Song, that Mr. Buck bought from Castleton Farms for 522,000 is a royally-bred colt that shows pro- gress and nice form.

"in the Harry Whitney string we have Dean Glow, a very quick moving colt with a lot of whiz; Tweed by Darnley, is out of Cita Worthy and is it half-brother to the Maritlmes' own Watchim. 2.06 I like this colt. particularly well as he resembles Watchim in gait and style. King Nibble. by Nibble Hanover. is the handsomest colt on the ground and he is show- ing up well in raining. We hope he will turn out to be a champion.

"I wish you were down here

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.' LITTLE SPORT?

The little guy with the ten gai- lon hat. leaves by plane this after- noon for Halifax and tonight for

the first time since he came to the Maritimes Hal Gordon will stop for a team other than the Islanders. Its a tough job to say good-bye to as fine a couple as llal and Mrs. Gordon. We can. however, tell them a few of the things by which we shall remem- ber them and we refer to the work which Iial has performed in the Islanders net for the past season and a half. I I I I Following the fifth game of the Moncton-islanders semi-final ser- ies last spring a short. report on I-falls play read: "Scoring his fourth consecutive shutout here last. night in Maritime Major Hoc- key League semi-final play-off competition the Islanders stellar net custodian Hal Gordon may have set. a new record for perfxt goal-tending. In five games play- ed Gordon now has four shutouts and has played it total of 250 min- utes and 45 seconds of scoreless hockey." . After the second play-off game with Sydney the Canadian press report read in part: "Gordon. pint sized goal-keeper from Calgary. Alberta was the standout as he continuously squelched Sydney's power play snd a succession of potent and screened deliveries. Gordon kicked aside 29 shots in comparison to 17 by Pidsodny." . . .

The morning after the Islanders 8-1 win over Sydney in the same series the report of the game In- cluded: "Despite Islanders terrific performance it was Hal Gordon who stole the show with his dis- play of goaltending and indomit- able courage under very stressing circumstances. Early in the first period Gordon suffered a dislocat- ed shoulder when a Sydney for- ward crashed into him.

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"The Sydney management flatly refused to allow the Islanders to use a replacement and Gordon agreed to continue. While his shoulder was being put. back into position and strapped up by the club physicians the game was held up for some -10 minutes,

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"But. the plucky Islanders cust- odian with his right arm nearly useless and a needle shot, to kill the pain, carried on for the rest of the game. once later in the game Gordon had to call for time while he had the doctor give him another needle to dcaden the pain in his arm and then took up his position in the cage once more. In addition to his handicap Gor- don was to say the least heroic and in the final period alone came up with a masterful piece of goal- tendlng to kick aside 12 shots without. one getting past him. He -handled nearly all of his 22 shots in his crippled condition, letting only the one goal which could be considered a fluke, get. by. him."

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"There was the game in saint John this season when a Char- lottetown business man saw Hal

stop 17 shots in the second period and the Saint John fans raised in it body to applaud his efforts. There were many other games this season too. but in Hal's own opinion the best game he ever played here was the night the Is- landers defeated the Beavers 3-1 in the Forum last Novembcl. That was the game in which Willie Marshall scored the clincher on 82 open Henvers net and Hal made 2-

terrific saves.

As we said above these are only a few things which will stick in, our minds. In the days to come there will be other things as wci watch the Beavers and the Island- crs playing. We Wish you luck Hal and to you and your wife we say "So Long. it's been good to know you.

ll. 0. A. F. lioopttorr Defeat S.ii.ii. 56-43

The ft.C.A.1". hoop team de- feated at. .Diinstait's University ini -.he second game of the Prince mrd Island Basketball league nil the summersido Airport last. night. by the score of 56 to 43. The Air- men were leading 22-10 at the half -way mark and increased their lead in the second half. ,

Green of the R.C.A.P. was lead- ing point getter. - suing a total of 2 points. Smut-dun was next with 7. Reardon led the S.D.U.

only had '1. . Lhteupn '

iR..C.A.!'.-Bnbrett 2, christian,

5. Canon 4. Inns 0. Green 22. Andrews 0 ltmntun 7. Burns 9.d'I'roy o. Glen-

I.D.tJ.-Reanion 17. Dunplty I.

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Millionaires

SYDNEY. N.S., Jan. 18 - (GP) .. outshot. J0-25, Sydney Million- aires proved sharper in enemy ter- ritory and defeated Charlottetown Islanders 4-1 before 1,951 fans in a Maritime Major Hockey League game here tonight. .

Athough it had little of the vic- ious body and boardwork of the filmed 1951 Sydney-Charlottetown playoff encounters. tonight's game was spiced enough to assure there (till be no love lost between the clubs in future action.

Charlottetown coach Leo Lam- oureux. tossed out of the rink by ieleree Jerry Mathieu for "riding" the official early in the second PET- iod, said Islanders would formally protest the game tomorrow.

Millionaires had a 2-0 lead when the fracas had its birth on a trip- ping penalty to Sydney's 3011 Mair thews after 1:46 of play in the sec- ond period.

Fans took exception to the pen- pity, called when Islanders' Willie Marshall ran into Matthews at the Sydney bliiellne and was filplled off his feet. They pelted the ice surface with peanuts and oranges. Ilililnders balked at carrying on un- til warning was issued that fur- ther throwing would result in sus- pension and awarding of the game.

The barrage ended but tempers flew when Matliieu levelled Marsh- all with a misconduct penalty for protesting an offside a minute la-

10-Minute A..ument

Lamoureux called his team to the box and for this action, Math- ieu promptly assessed the club A minor penalty for "delaying the game.” With Captain Weston .Bucko) Trainor as emissary be- tween coach and referee. the argu- ment continued for 10 minutes be fore Islanders sent Bob Gray to serve the penalty.

Islanders took the march and maintained it from that point on. They were within a goal of a tie at the 11-minute mark when Wally F-awlysliyn. one of their best skat- crs. caged Trainer's rebound.

It. was at this point Lamoureux

iiacbonald. T- Hansen Rinks In Finals Today

The Hansen and MacDonald rinks will meet in an all import- ant match today to decide tiie right to represent the Charlotte- town Curling Club in the Provin- clol Championship playdowns.

The match at 3 o'clock this afternoon resulted from a win last night chalked-up by the

Frank Hansen rink over the. hith- erio undefeated J. S. MacDonald

skipped quartet. The score was 14-11. In an afternoon match the

MacDonald rink continued their winning ways by eliminating the W. H. Worth rink 15-13. In this match they took an early lead and were never headed. although the Wortii skipped foursome finished strong.

The line score follows: MacDonald 211 (133 140 000-15 Worth 000 300 003 133-13

The 0 en in: match was a nip and luck duel with the MacDon- ald rink taking a 5-0 lead in the opening two ends. A big four end put the Hansen rink back in the running followed by single count in the 4th end. The MacDonald rink pulled ahead once again, but at the end of the 9th the rinks were tied 10-10 as result of three cndcr scored by Hansen. Mae- Donald counlcd one on the 10th. but Hansen came back to count two on the Hill and sewed-up thc mntcli with another two on the final end.

The line score follows:

Hansen 004 102 003 022-14 MacDonald 320 030 110 100-11 The final match today will be on ice 3.

Hang 4-1 .

Defeat. On Islanders As Lamoureux Tossed Out

was given the heave-ho. Msthleu made the move when diopnraglull remarks from the Charlottetown bench caught his ear after giving the official version of the Char- lottetown score to the ncorekeeper.

Islanders. despite loss of bench leadership. trained a strong offen- sive into the Sydney end but failed to make any more marks. Cliff I-ticks in the Sydney cage held off .pect.acularly on the traffic his greatly improved defence and back- rhecklng let through.

Millionaires made their man- oeuvres pay. .A goal-mouth scram- ble at 14:15 left big Ray Frederick sprawled in his crease and a yawn- ing net for Bruce Gallagher's back- iiand flip.

The Sydney rink reverberaled with one of its lustlest. roars. Pro- grams and hats flew to the ice to greet Gallagher's goal. his first this year.

Two minutes )a.ter Bill Dinning Z'Dpll'lg zipped a face-off pass from Frank Bathgate through Frederick's legs to complete the count.

Charlottetown-Goal Prederlcks. cefence. Mcbagan. Dutchak. Tra- vis, vitaie: fonvaids. Marshall. Gray, Bellrlnger. Trninor. P3W1' yshyn Favero. Whitlock. Smith Beat-dry.

sydney-Goal, Hicks. defence 1')Ii.nning, Levaricloskl. Matthews Mcnae; forwards. Roach. Pixie Maclntyre. Bathziate, Rohmer Robertson. Birukow, Gallagher, Hildebrand.

First Period 1-Sydney. Bathzatt (Robertson. Levandoski) 2-':Sydney. McRae tRoach) .. lPenaltles-Levandoskl 16:51. Trainor 7:26. 17:38. 17:38 McLa,-;an 19148. Second rerlod 3-Charlottetown, Pawlyshyn

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(Pli-le) . 14:15 5-Sydney. Dinning

tBathgate) 16:06

Penalt.les-- NI tthews 1:45, Marshall 2:52 mlsconduct. Gray

2:52 (team penalty for delaying

game), Rohmer 11:21.

Third Period

Scoring-None.

Penalties-Pine 7:21, Vltale 'l:2l. Stops:

Hicks . 6 l4 9- 29

Fredcricks 12 3 6-21

M.M.'ii.L'. Standings

cit. John .. 32 16 4 220 144 63 Ch't.own. 26 24 4 188 190 56 Glace Bay 24 24 4 I85 170 52 Halifax 23 25 4 196 195 50 Moncton 20 26 6 152 201 46 Sydney . ii? 29 4 146 187 42

Anchors-Rovers Clash Tonight

The second place Anchors and the cellar dwelling Rovers will clash tonight at the Forum at 9.30 in a regularly scheduled City League Hockey game.

Both teams have played one game to date with the Anchors holding the league leading saints to a 2-2 draw one week ago to- night. Last Tuesday the Rovers bowed .8-6 to the Saints in, the bi. D.U. rink. Tonight's game will commence shortly after the minor ieaiue hockey has conciudcd.

Following are the lineups:

Anchors - Goal, D. Simmonds: defense, J. Coyle, A. Hughes. A. M9cL90dv Ch Ready: forwards. Flaiinagan. Dalziel. Glover. Hurry. Scantitiburr. MacLean. Robert Burke. Gillis and Macnonalq,

Rovers: Goal. Strain; defame. Ready, Carmichael, Perry. Burge;

forwards. Ledweli, Howatl. Mm-. Gmxor. Brown. John Richard. Toots Richard and Brown.

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Admission 15c

Bus will leave terminal

8. D. U. RINK Tonight 7:45 to 10

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Canteen Service

at 7:15, 8:45 and 8:15

Referee-Chas. Linkletter.

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sometimes a lot hangs on a'two letter word "1f" but - if we had had a snowstorm instead of the big thaw this week. the whole as- pect. of our next season's upland game shooting might well have changed . . . . and changed for the v:or,se. Its a foregone conclusion that if we had received another snowstorm instead of rain, for more Hungarian partridge than were shot. by hunters last. season would have furnished meals for a horde of hun-

gry foxes.

We have just. passed through a period of tough winter weather. On Thursday January 10th.. the day preceding the worst blizzard in years. I trailed a snow plough through Johnston's River and Glen- finnan till I caught up with it near the site of Tally's Forge.

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It was a beautiful winter's day. The sun shone on a snowboumi countryside and the ice-encrusted trees shone like jewels, but I wa's in no mood to drink in its beauty . .. I was thinking of our birds. lparticularly the I-Iuns and pheas-

ants.

It was a grim outlook. The few patches of bare. ridgy ploughed land that was visible, where grit might be obtained. was sealed be- neath a coating of hard icy crust. The following morning a real old- time blizzard was sweeping the province. Trouble was piling up.