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I The Acton Fro Press Wed Annual 63 horse enthusiasts compete in RTR trials By Jennifer Ban- Approximately horse enthusiasts turned out Sunday for the Trail Riders annual Trail Horse Trials held at the Hal ton Presbytery Grounds Blue Springs Line A six mile course took competitors over an hour to complete Horses were ridden through a variety of obstacles including a gate to be opened from horseBack a bridge a steep gravel and sand slide sheets of flapping plastic and a great white bedspread The first obstacle at the grounds consisted of two barrels containing two orange stuffed plastic bags and a smelly cow hide The rider was supposed to remove the bags from one barrel from the saddle drape them over the cany them to the second barrel and place them on the hide Some horses were not too sure of this at all and one rider ended up landing on her safety helmet while her DAVE JOHNSON negotiates the slide I on Strawberry at the Trail Horse Trials Sunday mount removed himself from the scene at top a peed Dragging a bag of tin cans through cedar trees proved an Interesting obstacle as did water from horseback Wellknown show Jumper Ray of BR Rockwood changed hats and appeared as a trail rider on a new horse Montlgo Red purchased from competitive endurance rider Mo credit to his trained mount His lowest score was of all things on the Jump Long legged trotted over the obstacle when he was supposed to have jumped It In true show style A corn roast followed the exciting day and awards were given out by club president Gord Cox and Trial organizer Pat Beck Awards were as follows Open Horsemanship Kufsky 1st 2nd Nelson Cole Guelph 3rd Ray tie Peter Buitenhas and Ron Dost both Of Gait Ken Tuck Peterborough Ethel Simpson VTneland Steve Mclntyre Acton Fred Barms Guelph Fred Buchanan Acton Senate Begmenn Novice Horsemanship Diane Bursey Guelph 1st Diane Bursey and Larry Cambridge 3rd Kim Break Chris Dales Doug Wood Acton Jerry Hamilton Al Jane Murray Guild 10th Bill Hacking Puslinch Acton Jr Farmers plan booth at fair STRIKE Debbie Heater of swings and misses They won this game over Rockwood 23 Ginos of Guelph new Eramosa girls champs Hurt The August meeting of Inn Alton Junior wai I eld on Wednesday August Hall Itcporli were given on all zone and provincial field days eld In and Delegates an no meed for the Junior banner trip They art Itkk llumm trances Mclan go to I rovlnclnl trader are from III Acton Club Winner of thi- it In Km It from I e rviil I The membcrx arc busy preparing mini form nil booth for Alton roll Fair The County Junior tar mors will responsible for wagon tours unit a food booth at the International Mowing Match A god time wan had this past a county camp out and beach party held beach People who want their day pay to be bused on the minimum when its a lion and the maximum when It to their advantage are an interesting breed October Is Acton Fair for in month no enquire formation on Joining the club At Acton I Leading Florist Do Your Planting Now SHRUBS PERENNIALS EVERGREENS POTTED ROSES POTTED SHRUBS ETC FERTILIZERS SEEDS ETC ALWAYS A Bib SELECTION OF CUT FLOWERS Complete Line of Landscape Service Foundation Planting Our Specialty Wctk T lork Prion is mo WE WIRE FLOWERS ANYWHERE Caroline Flower Garden Just have fun out there don worry about anything else This was the attitude the girls and under ball tournament held in last Saturday The girls played seven Inning games or one and a half hours whichever came first If a team was ahead of their opponents by five or more runs at the end of five innings then it was an automatic win The playing Included Arkell Erin of Fergus and One observant spectator was overheard saying It looks like the team to beat la Gino and he was right defeated with a victory of Ij to 2 to become the Girls champs The dav tournament began at a with defeating to beat Fergus after five innings by a score of ig to The next game was between Erin ana Gino In which Gino won after five Innings with a scare of 12 to Puslinch had a bye In the first round In the next round beat by a score of to 14 In the next game between and Arkell won by three runs 13 to 10 In the last game Gino were victorious by a score of 15 to RAY SKORAPAD 2 Rockwood places the plastic garbage bags on the hide at the Rockwood Trail Riders Trail Horse Trials Sunday Watching are judge Mo McGinms and helper Kelly Buchanan SHverwood Burts are honored herd bangs 658 avg The 115 head of in the herd of DD brought a total of lor an average Guelph on August Sixteen animals brought over each with the top price of J50 paid by Man don Hols ins Gait for a fresh twoyear old daughter Roll On Andy Alma paid the second highest price of Si for a fiveyear old daughter of Snugs Roll On He secured ten head in all including a notour fiveyear old loo by the same sire Ten head went to Connecticut purchased by Grant Kirby These a six year old daughter of Clear tone Sovereign Senator at a threeyear old daughter of Spring Farm Performer at 1 and the highest priced he call at two Lloyd Guelph paid 200 which was the highest price for a bred heifer HS HOLDEN OPTOMETRIST Cork St East 7150 MIDAUGUST SPECIALS FLYTOX 199 BAN R BR0M0 SELTZER CREST Hai Karate SHAVING FOAM 11 ACTON PHARMACY limited Ballinafad community hall was the scene of happy cation on Saturday evening valued member of the group The Burt family presented their mother with a ruby broach and their father with a tie with ruby stone Visitors visiting Mrs Campbell Mrs potter Reading England Carmichael and family spent were viators with Mr and at recently Mrs Harry Scott recently Not much rain for July 1 inches and all In small showers wasaga Cathy Carmichael has spent her holidays with a cast on her foot Hope it will soon be off Cathy George Burt on their wedding anniversary The was spent dancing to the Fred McUougal orchestra of Erin assisted by Earl Burt and Basil V anon Neighbours and community friends presented the couple with an electric fry pan electric carving knife 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