Acton Free Press (Acton, ON), April 18, 1973, p. 5

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Nassagaweya haven for harness breeders By MO Gahrtn annually at Greenwood Raceway Today there are richest to Toronto Une Mai was arms springing up throughout the township many of which are at Wolfgang ton Aita veritable Nassagaweya farm Mohawk Raceway Mai is summer The Frenchbred ta Her wo trotters and who conquered the beat trotters In the mHU Jhe O Mohawk plus an International World additional head stabled at Trotting Chamionshto at New training sites around the York a Roosevelt in visited When Mohawk first opened in township which has rapidly Canada to compete In the Maple 19B3 one of the tew developed into one of the most Leaf Trotting Classic Canada breeders in popular horse havens In all richest testier trotters staged was Lloyd Chisholm Ontario THE Farm of Lloyd and Mary pacer Snap Shot Arawana Farm is Chisholm has produced many fine located in the east half of the township near standardbreds Including this outstanding the MacDonaldCartier Freeway Two tier rec program may bring more grants The possibility that recreation department Georgetown may have money and Mary still raise standardbreds at their beautiful Farm in the east part of the township near the MacDonaldCartler Freeway Chisholm are easily identified because each horses name Is prefixed Snap Shot winner of six of starts last season is presently racing at Mohawk for the Chisholms Chisholm Is one of a most prominent alliens His forefathers were the first to settle in in 1B02 Large area There are 1 acres In Nassagaweya township devoted to the horse manages a 125 acre on the Guelph for Brampton owner Howard This modern layout has a spanking new halfmile limestone training track and stabling facilities second to none Fritz and Hilda also standardbred devotees transformed their 100acre farm on the Second Line just a stones throw north of Mohawk Into one of the township most beautiful acreages Hilda is one of the former ranking Ontario women tennis players and an equally high ranting baker of apple Hilda and Frits both drove trotters in their native Austria and they have driven In Canada too Hilda made her lone Canadian competitive drive In the Powder Puff Derby at Greenwood A school for harness horsemen a unique course and one of the first of its kind to be developed in North America Is also located In Nassagaweya It was started In hy Glen Anderson a horseman and racing official The course Is presently in progress at Anderson a harness training site east of Campbellville la also the home of Nelson White one of the top- ranking drivers on the Ontario circuit White and his wife Debbie and twoyearold son John maintain a neat 10acre training camp In the north end of Henderson farm Stan Henderson of Campbellville who gave up his position as vice president of a Kitchener electrical firm to devote full time to training a public last year sent out the winners of Henderson eye catching establishment Just south of the village of Campbellville on the Line Mr and Mrs von Rlchthofon are ardent horse people Their Wolfhltt Farm is located on the Line near 15Sideroad Mr Rlcntohofen was the first horseman to drive a trotter to victory in North America at Toronto Park in 1955 The trotter was a German bred named Mr is also a successful thoroughbred trainer and a trustee of the Ontario Jockey Club Martin and have a acre farm lust south of Campbellville They have a half dozen horses Including the fine homebred trotter Easy Living Martin la a chemical engineer and Alna who holds a halfdozen degrees from University and the Sorbonno In Paris is social worker Elmer Nicholson and his wife llona have a standardbred farm south of Moffat Elmer sold a lucrative catering business In Toronto four years ago arid decided to settle In Nassagaweya and enter harness racing He been at it ever since with a fair amount of success Bruce and Jean Small have a organization would still be able to have its own executive but all would work under one recreation Itseats since the J ZSgfZfSSi could distributed tetorohlpon SO and towns various taS basis to each Fourth Line of one group ha Parka and Recreation Committee Mrs Splelvogel said she enough to have them invite understood from a conversation Georgetown recreation director with County Board of Doug to attend their next Education maintenance meeting superintendent Jim Evans that Parka and recreation chairman more grants are available from Diane Splelvogel said Monday the government when a night the Acton Minor Baseball Hon program Is channeled Association has recommended through one group instead of that local sports and recrea several tional organizations be banded In Mrs Splelvogel a view each Early opening for Acton Meadows club Councillor Barry Inscoe was delegated to arrange to have Mr CollXson attend the next committee meeting if possible Acton Meadows golf course opened for play Sunday April almost two weeks earlier than last year Many more golfers took to the links under sunny sides this past weekend Club members will hold their first tournament the Mens opening breakfast tourney this Saturday John Krapek is president of the club Men section this year Also on the executive are vice- president BUI Wilson secretary Fred Buchanan treasurer Grant Puncheon club captain Jim greens chairman George Williams and house chairman Al Mitchell Ladies fastball practice begins practice of the season for the Acton ladies fastball team will be held at the park Good Friday morning at 10 Coach Ed Wood welcomes any ladies interested to try out or the team Ivy Hall heads up the Ladles section as president Cathy Hall is secretary treasurer Mary dub captain and Mary Irwin Pete Johnson and Donna Hernngton social convenors The Ladies section has Joined the Ontario Ladies Golf Association this year for the first time Anglers eye opening day Anglers looking expectantly to toe opening of the fishing season will be glad to know the Terra Cottt Conservation Area will be open from am to Saturday and Sunday April and During the week hours are from am to 30 pm Lakes in the Terra Cotta Conservation Area have been stocked with trout and staff win be en duty There Is still a 1 SO per car entry fee Camping season opens at Terra Cottt on the Victoria Day holiday weekend May IS for the season GUARD RUSTPROOHNG CALL YOUR DEALER TODAY 8776944 Andrew Murray MOTORS Mountoimrinr Rood Son vvi stork Hid MASTER FEEDS NOW AVAILABLE FEED GRAIN UTS BJUILEY MIXED GRAIN Acton Flour Mills and Retail Mill St ACTON J CHECK THIS LIST of rust danger points around your home RUSTOLEUM SMS Spray or Brushon Amiable LAKEVIEW CENTRE SI Acton training track on their 100 acre farm on the Second Line lust north of Mohawk where Milton Andy Avery conditions a public stable The Small a stable star is the tough campaigner O One of the youngest owners in Is Steve Haddon Jr Tills yearold who owned his first horse when he was 12 years old has a couptc of in training Tom Burke resides on near the Guelph Line He has five head in training while John and Marshall Paul have onehorse stables Moffat horsemen Mr and Mrs Oskars bath transplanted Latvians who have always been Involved with trotting horses hove a farm just north of Moffat Their son George also a Moffat resident campaigns a public stable on the Ontario circuit Joe Grodnls and Doug Given are other Moffat area horsemen Doug Given Is presently racing his halfdozen trotters and pacers at New York Trainerdriver Mario and his brothers Frank and Harvey have five head at their farm on the Second Line near 20 and another four under harness at The brothers Toronto businessmen who joined the owners ranks three years ago Mario started his ilrlv career In 1972 Other horsemen from the north end of Township are Bob Croft Roy Speller and ONE OF the Golden Horseshoe Circuit s top drivers Nelson White owns a 10 acre farm on the Fourth line near Sideroad White shown here driving Louise ranks sixth among the circuit 533 drivers this year with a total of In purses so far Tho Acton Free Press Wednesday I 18 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