0wtt hostlnfo skips omeromi hekaijd thwafcr january 5th int second of two pans the armstrong brothers story the vast racing stable of thejbea good move to hire him teree armstrongs all began so i did elgin said hes with some fancy horse trading by one of canada a top wheel ardealers elgin arm strong no bought bis first standardbred in ims decided in 1952 it was time to buy another he looked around canada and then travelled to ben white raeevay in florida where the bow famous driver del miller was training i spotted a little trotting filly and followed her to the table elgin recalls i asked miller ts this mare for sale and he said yes and i amid how much and he said wood i thought that otct for while and i asked him to work her because i wanted to see her trot finally i said til five sou 7500 for the mare and pay you to train her plus hi give you whatever she makes between 7500 and 912000 you know he took it and i looked at the mare and said tve just bought the hamble- toman winner the mares name was he leopter and in 1953 she won the h trotting s kentucky derby m three heats used for broodlm helicopter was the begin ning of a 300borse stable now owned jointly by ted elgin and charles armstrong she was the first great brood mare the armstrongs owned after helicopter was retired optimistic for 1h7 he was crossed with various tads to try to find a winning elgin predicts bis 1w7 rae- combination she didnt thrown wg stable will be the finest much said charlie the first among the prime pro three foals were used as brood pts he picks armfaro jet out of helicopter by jamie i he also expects governor arm but the fourth foal sired by who won nearly 585000 stars pride was named arm uu je to bring in 200000 fcro flight in 1962 m 1967 the flight has been descnb- the armbro namt a com 1 d as the greatest trotter of lunation of armstrong and 11 few would argue with brothers started in 1937 with charlies more modest claim armbro adanac each year damn good driver one of the best picked b olsrln both miller and obrien came to the armstrong farm near brampton to look over the yearlings in 1962 joe picked out some to take his farm for training and one of these was armbro flight elgin said the armstrongs abc farm is actually eight separate ranch es for mares studs yearlings and aged pacers and trotters at present they have 40 year lings in training and maintain a ids and hers farm near caledoo ont where allies and colts are kept in separate areas elgin was one of the first men innorth america to rec ognize the importance of mares sired by adioa for brood stock he has 33 adios mares on the farm now and is on the watch for more the armstrongs went to the sales this year at hamsburg pa and bought four horses for 154 000 one is beautiful hanoer a full sister to pac ing champion bret hanover and another is a full brother to scot frost i figure beautiful hanover was the best bargain elgin said shea by adios out of the hanover line its a great family 1 ejcpect her to earn 23000 in her racing career and bring 50 000 as a brood mare pontiacs play tie game with tanners on december 28rd george towns bantam pontiacs of the tricojnty hockey league host ed acton and played the perfect hosts letting the visitors take iplf of 1 threeill sawoff sfcetanaerriae players let the pontiacs know they apprec iated the unselfish attitude as they batted a loose puck in the georgetown net after just f seconds of the first period dave ward from jamie moody tied the score at 1015 the se cond period was acoreleu acton went ahead at s20 of the third by again picking op t loose puck in front of the geor getown goal moody pulled his club even at 5 15 but again the persistent achra crew recaptu red the lead seconds later korack got the equalizer at 830 with help from kudrasovs go by bus via sunl1ne service reasonable rates ton groups classh aurns etc y tha- hour ty hi day charter service yriwtrip georgetown transportation limited 877ms1 hometown five georgetown junior curling spiel fkom left to right are bill schenic jonne mmtern carrou famel kaihy williams and david fame skips of the five georgetown r nks entered n a unior curling bonspiel at the north halton curling club thursday local rinks took four of the six prizes available in two curling draws minute majors doug malcolm drew one of them for butt end ing and kent robinson went off alone for fighting too well hu one punch to the bead of big oakville defensman doug thompson landed with such authority that the husky rear guard went down in a heap and was unable to return the comp liment that she is the greatest of her in three abort seasons she has won 493 002 the most money ever won by a canadian borse northern dancer the thoroughbred owned by tor onto industrialist ejp taylor fa the leader with more than 500 000 flight on sept 20 196s trotted the mile in 1 at delaware ohio to set a world record for a hair mile track as a twoyearold in 1964 armbro flight made 25 starts winning 20 and never finish ing worse than third she earn d 107452 and won the can atdian standardbred futurity trot at toronto s greenwood track in one of her rare cana dlaa appearances wins international she started 26 times in 1965 winning 22 with two seconds and a third she was second by a head in the hambletonian to egyptian candor in a race that marked the first time in myears that a four beat ham tietonian was held her efforts this car hae been just as successful at xoosevelt july 9 flight trot ted in 2 31 35 to beat french champion roqucpinc and win the 100000 international trot over 1 14 miles her time was just onefifth of a second off the world record for the utan driver and trainer joe obrien of alberton p e 1 retired her after 13 starts because she was lame m her left foreleg joe thought it happened before the international el gdn said so we turned her oat- to the grass at shatter joes farm in northern call forma i shes looking real good ow her leg s not swelling and joetbinks shell be back aext year the armstrongs and obrien 48 first got together in 192 when del miller then gainer far the armstrongs tackled he had too many horsj m to handle 1 said to del what about jaat aad ha told om it would the second name advances letter and the 1967 crop will be ja hence armbro jet but regardless of hla large stable in the united states elgin s main interest lies in canada i want to improve canadian breeding he says we enter and pay up in many stakes up here but we seldom race just want to give racing a chance i sell lots of horses each year in canada and there 1 lots of bargains why just last year i sold a scrublooking colt for 1 700 and he won more than 100000 no i dont know his name he was just a scrub raiders win squeaker oaks rally in third georgetown raiders pulled by terry hay with 9 seconds out of a third period nose dive ion the dncklcjiabled george in time to nip oakville blades town to leave the ice with a 2 a rare mid week oha goal spread suburban junior c r in the game was raiders 18th georgetown memorial arena raiders did all the secondiof the schedule theyve lost wedncsda period scoring ron stewart one i score from lane and mcmcn a goal bv don norton with my at 6 24 andbil hummer i fl 1 is- less than six minutes to piay at 12 09 from paul rob- whitewash vlsltots saved the raiders from being and jyorton n f f i i swept m under a wae of nib llu v016 lllqils ber thrown at them by a deter the fired up blades rocked mined oakwlle club in the raiders back on their heels bejt player third period w0i the stunning thcird period him armstrong from ellis and georgetown bantam pontiacs raiders entered the final baker at 151 mccaulej from h rirh mi tr stanra ih a commanding 73 d lt 3 m trojft cushion but b 12 06 blades enjs and bakcr al 10 m and tri county hockey league gamej had crascd the difference and cibson trom desmond and mc plt here tuesday december appeared to be fashywiins a cauley at 12 06 washed out 27th the winners were an en successful ujxet wjn norton raiders two periods of work urely different team than the fouled their blueprints a ovcr na t period one that settled for a tie with v acton one week earlier right had twceoal r mk bui pc the pontacs settled dor to the robinson lion stolarl tern ruder dlav produced bllbtncss 6lsp lane nd bill rwjer notched tn thal brote oakville d cam c singles for the winner dtt blck norton nllck ln n scorcd arc oals mond scored tvuec for the to bladc close second perwds budes the others corning from rmlw p rclch pc perrss armstroil mccaole d made the trtaj peat in the rfth when the bowden and gibson counted fie fmes blades came close to earning raiders started building ue in the r 20 rudrasovs was the big gun their lead at 1 1 when norton wth their goa j gocbp on 5 gmls fen had 3 and struck from paul robinson thp bench in fjv011r of an c r beiumont heppes and korzack terry bne and dae mcmen at bul th b gord scored one apiece korzaclv also s on tem hav s armstrone hopped b the open had 5 assists 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