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Page 10 THE OAKVILLE-TRAFALGAR JOURNAL Thursday, March 9, 11950 Lakies With a revitalized Dill McNally back in the lineup handing out bone brusing bouquets to Milton forward lines that became in- creasingly coy as the game pro- gressed, Oakville Lakeshores handily turned the tables Friday night as they romped to a 10-5 win in the third game of the OH. A intermediate "A" group final. McNally, who sat out a few games, proved to be just the right tonic to counteract the Lake- Vaulcanizing Oakville Tire & Batter, Randall at Navy Sf Service . Ph. 774W ART MARCHAND (Formerly with (NIIP AT Eaton Co. >Ldcied Laan 2-244 Bl All Repairs Done In REPAIRING Connie Located in McDermott's Opposite Loblaw Groceteria Colborne St. BE, -- Oakville Chase Milton Hoodoo, Capture Third Series Game shore sluggishness induced by rugged Milton slugging tactics in the second game of the series. Dill got himself a heavy penalty total, including a misconduct, but he had the erstwhile belting im- ports backing up all the way. In fact, he had Fix, Scattalon, Mel- anson and Co. so busy avoiding' his far from tender ministrations that the Milton boffers could find little time to lay on the hickory. Meanwhile, his mates, also sparked by a terrific twine tend- ing chore by Gary Legear, fell to in a workmanlike manner to pile up a notable total. Practically the entire Lakeshore squad had a hand in the goal parade, with Speck, Lawrence, Davison and Patterson leading the way. Legear, to coin a phrase, was positively sensational in the nets. On one occasion, while his should- er blades caressed the ice after he went down to block a close in drive, he reached nonchalantly up to spear a whistling rebound tick- eted for the top corner. On an- other, he emulated the finest form of a big league first base- men as he stretched to snare a screened shot that he couldn't see until the last split second. All in all, Gary made the difference be- tween a comfortable victory and a tight contest. The speaker will welcome The meeting is sponsored Trade and Professions. Every Business and Professional Man OF OAKVILLE is invited to hear an address on «« The Whys and Wherefores of Business Assessment " by Mr. Percy Spurgeon, Assessment Commissioner in the COUNCIL CHAMBER, WED., MARCH 15th at 8 p.m. touching this important matter Chamber of Commerce as a public service to Industry, questions from the floor by the Oakville-Trafalgar Winnipeg. In Ontario's lamp-lit tack rooms, men winter nights and their conversation inevitably includes the names of those two greatest of Canadian-bred pacers--Gratton Bars and Those names crop up in men sensé that they are entering: and will revive the Standard-bred 42 nights at the new Thorncliffe he is opposed to night racing in Premier's statement was made study submissions from , breed- ers of Standard-breds. Devotees of the sport are straining every effort to have the Ontario government re-open the racing question. They point out that the standard-breds have been shoved into the background by the highly publicized thorough- breds. They point out, further, that the government permits the thoroughbreds to have 145 days of racing each year and, since 1947, the government has permit- ted the thoroughbred track op- erators to add 47 days fo their annual season. Twenty-two years have pass- ed since Grattan Bars, "The $10 Cinderella Horse" filled Canad- ians with pride as, almost over- night, he became the undisputed pacing king of the harness world. The story of Grattan Bars brief and meteoric career was re- vived this month in "The Harn- ess Horse," the largest publica- tion devoted to racing. It was an amazing story which ended in tragedy. Grattan Bars was bred by Archie Pedder, of Strathroy, and was foaled in 1923. He was a son. eries, wall-paper or orite color scheme! lems. 75B Colborne St. E. Add real harmonious beau- ty to your home with col- ors--to match your drap- fav- BS rE PE eh Ee eh Ee I EDT TEE ECE CT EEE EN Come in and SEE the. . . 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However, the before 'he had an opportunity to of that fine sire, Grattan Royal, When the colt was 16 months old, Pedder tossed him into a deal in which he gave the horse and $200 to Fred Thrower, of Ker- wood, in return for 13 calves. As the calves originally had cost Thrower $210, it is obvious that Grattan Ears cost him only $10. The horse was very rough and received little training at two. He was trained only lightly at three and made only one start winning all three heats of a race at Tor- onto. Then, at the age of four, he began to display his real worth: He started eleven times in Ont-| ario that year and won all 11 races. News of his prowess spread rapidly. American horsemen tra- velled to Canada to bid for the stallion and eventually the day came when Thrower disdainfully refused $25000 for the horse which had cost him only $10. In 1928, when he was five years old, Grattan Bars was sent to campaign in the United States under the supervision of Vic Fleming, the Canadian who, even then, was famed as "The Dundas Kid" "Grattan Bars was vicious. on the track and, after watching: Fleming battling him one day, a veteran American horseman ob- served: "Vic should forget about that horse and just get himself a nice quiet tiger or wildcat to train." However, Fleming was aston- ished by the horse's speed and persevered with him. Grattan Bars started his American cam- paign in Ohio by taking on some equalled by any other horse. He won the Windsor Stake, at Wind- sor, Conn. on July 4. Then, on July 11, he won the Page Dairy Pace at Toledo. Six days after that, he suffocated his rivals with speed in winning his third $25, 000 race--the American Pacing Derby at Kalamazoo. Strangely enough, his most bit- ter rival®in these races was an- othe Canadian-bred--the justly famous Winnipeg. It was after Grattan Bars disappeared from the scene that Winnipeg went on to become undisputed king of the pacing world in his own Tight. But, 1928 was the beginning and the end of Grattan Bar's remarkable career in the United States. He went wrong in the autumn and was returned to Ont- ario to the stud. Tragically, he was destroyed eventually after other stallion, There is no telling how fast Grattan Bars could have paced if he had a chance, His mark was 159 1-2 but Fleming still main- tains that he was the second fast- est horse he ever handled. He ranks only behind Billy Direct, which covered a mile in 155. On the other hand, Joseph McGraw, veteran racing official from Washington, Pa. says; "T have seen all the speed mer- chants for the past 50 years and Grattan Bars had more speed, in my opinion, than any harness horse that ever lived and could use it with less effort." Consider, too, the fact that Grattan Bars appeared in the United States only as a five-year old and had been bred to mares at three, four and five, before going to the races. At the age of four, he had covered 40 mares. The year, 1928, always will be A AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAMMAN MAY remembered by Canadian harness- racing men who still talk of Grat- being injured in a fight with an- |; Campaign To Revive Harness Racing Recalls Wonder Horse are talking these cold® Gratton Bars TEEN TOWN BY KAREN PECK Last Friday night Teen Town bowed out in order that all the kids could enjoy a double-header basket-ball game and dance, held at the high school. The first game was between Appleby and Oakville and the second game between the Oak- ville Town team and the Stardus- ters of Toronto, Both games were very closely scored and both. in- tensely exciting. = There was a dance afterwards sponsored by the Boys' Athletic Society and it was attended and enjoyed by a large crowd. At Teen Town Friday night, there is going to be a big and important dance. The hop is being: held to raise money for the Red Cross. There are going to be $12 worth of prizes given out, num- erous square dances and the mus- ic supplied = by recordings. It's going to be a wonderful evening and its all for a wonderful cause, so here's hoping for a terrific turnout. On Saturday night, a frequent Oakville visitor, Betty Bunting, held a party at her home in Tor- onto. It was attended by a large group of Oakvillites. The Junior and Intermediate members of the Oakville Bad- minton Club journeyed into Tor- onto Saturday morning and com- AL YARNELL will in all likelihood lead his Oak- ville Oaks back to Halton coun- ty 'league pastures this summer. 'While final decision on the switch back from the Viaduct loop and senior ball will be made at the annual meeting ot tne Oakville baseball assn. March 18, it is a well known fact that the T.A.B.A champs were far from satisfied with the shake they received from Viaduct officials last sea- son. The Halton league registra. tion meeting will be held in two weeks time. Grad Hoopsters Lose To Stardusters By Although they dropped a close 34-33 decision, Oakville Grads came up with an ultra smart ex- hibition of basketball last Friday night as they opposed Toronto Stardusters in the second half of staged in the high peted with the Club. Not many games were won by Oakville but everyone enjoyed the competition. Remember March 17th is com- ing soon, so all you third, fourth and fifth formers get your tick- ets now, at the high school for the At Home. * Government To Study Northland Diet Of Hardy Huskies The Canadian government is sending animal pathologists into the Arctic to study the needs of the Eskimo sled-dogs and com- bat epidemics of rabies and dis- temper, says Laurie York Ersk- ine in the Reader's Digest. © Erskine's article. condensed 7 : ine them soma. [rom National Home aout, : Ring "| points out that dogs are still 5 ; man's sole means of overland Then, began an amazing succes- ) ; , 2 ne transportation in the largest sion of triumphs. Within the he part of the two million square space of 13 days, he won three|PEN OF FC WO A SF STC $25,000 stakes--a feat. never or 2 stretch from the 60th parallel to within 500 miles of the North Pole. The rich fur and mineral resources of the North could never have been developed with- out the Husky and today, doctors, missionaries and the Royal Can- adian Mounted Police still depend almost entirely on dog-teams for transportation. Huskies have, in fact, made it possible for white. men and wo- men to pioneer Arctic areas which 25 years ago were consid- ered uninhabitable by any but Eskimos. They were among fhe first necessities flown in for em- ergency use to the chain of wea- ther stations now jointly main- tained by Canada and the United States. The' devotion and self- sacrifice of the dogs is extraor- dinary. They can cover 25 miles a day at the rate of six or seven miles an hour. One feam of 15 dogs travelled 1300 miles in 85 ays, the last 15 without food, to rescue stranded Mounties. Because the dogs are so valu- able in opening the North to civ- ilization, the Eskimos are now. being taught how-to are for the animals by the Mounties and the Husdon's Bay Company in co- operation with the Federal gover- nment's Northwest Territories Administration, the author says. LOWER SIGHTS It's just a suggestion--but if all your arguments are tried and found wanting, youd better try them on a smaller scale. tan Bars and Winnipeg, However, in those Ontario tack Tooms, they're preparing for even greater days The horsemen ex- pect that the introduction of night-racing will enable Canad- ian harness-racing once again to be compared favorably with Unit- ed States harness-racing which is. known as "America's Fastest Growing Sport." a school gym. Ewart Carberry and Al Nichol paced the homesters attack with 10 points each in a tilt that saw either side able to pull away from the opposition, the 17-16 score at the half being an exact bisection of the final count. 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