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lets watch quarter horses next weakend in conjunction with georgetown fair a biff quarter bone show is mlnf held here this mow u new id georgetown fair and promises to be a major attraction one of the tint questions asked is what is a quarter none we are certain there are many who would makt 4ne same query so here is some information on the origin of the quarter horse the show itself will run in two sections with quarter hones ot halter in the moraine commencing it 9 am and performance classes at 1 pa the quarter horse had its beginning as a race horse in the 350 yean since his origin and while subjected jo ranch and fararmrk he reulnedstls ability to 4ust the noses of any other breed from a standing start up to the 440 yard marker or a quarter of a nme thus establishing the name the quarter horse breed originated during the colonial era in the carolines and virginia at that time match pac ing was the leading outdoor sport with races on village streets mnd along country lanes near the plantations the foundation of these quarter running horses came from the arab barb and turk breeds brought to north america by spanish explorers and traders 1 stalhona selected from these first arrivals trerfc crossed with a band of mares which arrived from england in 1630v the cross produces compact heavily muscled horses j wbwmcoflld run a short distance faster than those of any other breed the quarter horse is one you can ride and enjoy and h4 proud ofthe is the most versatile beat all round horse the world has ever known heienue and bts easygoing disposition makes him an ideal mount for women and chil dren he is thrifty easy to keep and train for muuiple us es snd has no equsl for rodeolng cutting roping barrel racing and bulldogging the quarter horse is intelligent determined am footed ideally suited for trail riding his stance permits him to move quickly in any direction to stop start and turn with the ease and balance of a cat chasing a mouse popularity of the quarter horse and his rapidly in creasing numbers in this and other countries is readily apparent at many hundreds of halter shows and perform ance events sponsored by quarter horse owners conformatldttltandards a quarter horse nujieautiful because his ideal con formation gives blm unequalled grace and balance at all times head the head of a quarter horse reflects alert intel ligence this is due to his short broad head topped by lit tie fox ears and by his wideset kind eyes and large sensi tive nostrils short muzzle and firm mouth well developed jaws giye the impression of grealflstrength neck the head of the quarter horse joins the neck at a near forty five degree angle with a distinct space between jaw bone and neck muscles to allow him to work with his head down arid not restrict his breathing the medium length slightly arched full neck blends into sloping shoul ders shoulders the quarter horse s unusually good saddle back is created by his medium high but sharp withers extending well back and combining with his deep sloping shoulders so that the saddle is held in proper position for balanced action chest and forelegs the quarter horse is deep and broad chested as indicated by his great heart girth and wide- set forelegs which blend into his shoulders the smooth joints and very short cannons are set on clean fetlocks and the medium length pasterns are supported by sound feet the- powerful muscled forearm tapers to the knee whether viewed from the front or the back back the short saddle back of the quarter horse is characterized by being close coupled and especially full and powerful across the kidney the barrel is formed by deep well sprung ribs to the back hip joints and the under line comes back straight to the flank rear quakims the rear quarters are broad deep and heavy viewed from either side or rear and are muscled so they are full through the thigh stifle gaskin and down to the bock the hind leg is muscled inside and out the whole indicating the great driving power the quarter horse posses ses when viewed from the rear there is great width extend ing evenly from top of thigh to bottom of the stifle snd gaskin the hocks are wide deep straight and clean bones legs and feet the flat clean flinty bones are free from fleshiness and puffs but still show much sub stance the foot should be well rounded snd roomy with an especially open heel stance the quarter horse normally stands perfectly at ease with hts legs well under him this explains his abil lty to move quickly in any direction action the quarter horse is uniquely collected in his action and turns or stops with noticeable ease and balance with his hocks always well under him here s some information regarding quarter horse in can ada and throughout the world as of the first of this year there were 4 627 quarter horses registered in canada with ontario having more than 1000 the second highest total in the dominion quarter horses are owned tn every country in the world except russia the ontario quarter horse association has one of the largest following of youth activity classes in canada the inclusion of youth activities in a show is a must and will be one of the features of etquesing fall fair oct 1st gleitretaihs trophy wins champio glen williams used home run ball n crush horn by 2511 and retain possession of the hayward trophy and the halton rural ladles softball championship in hornby park monday nighv the glen fats climbed all over three hornby hurlers for 9 home runs 5 of them in a wide and woolly nth inning when they hammered the op position pitching tor 11 runs the beat of five series was nb tied at two games apiece going into thi one giyle lyons and betty stat ford shared the glen throwing while hornby used their entire twirling staff donna hcguffln maria manure and lois reld the glen clung to a alim 1111 lead at the end of 5 inn logs but hornby s 6th inning collapse spelled their doom audrey weir contributed moat of the heavy artillery with two home runs and a trip le kay kroi and gaye lyons each bit a pair of boat n shirley ingua had a boner and triple and marg burlington and lots ritchie also boomed out round trippers some of the cheering that greeted the final out was aim- ad at glen coach and manager jim cain who guided the team successfully through the 1mb season without assistance the championship was eel ebrated afterwards at a party at clark lyons host team bows early waterdown qnt champs wanted on fcall park with out jliupaajessl tthsf long of the georgetown jtuvelf ue herchanta tha iinx atruck three calls in a day busy time for gvas the georgetown volunteer ambulance service was requlr ed three times frlday sept 10 the day started with a 9 30 81ft run from an isdustrlal ac eident in georgetown to geor getown hospital at 12 08 the ambulance was out for a nor mal transportation run to ge orgetown hospital from within the town and at 7 55 p m tt was required for a run from a highway accident in glen wll hams to georgetown hospital the calls were the first since sunday sept 11 when at 11 50 in it was required for an em ergency run from georgetown to georgetown hospital john elliott stan barkhouse bob bradley paul thompson handled the duty again last saturday and the merchants were left holding the bat quite literally as their inability to win important games in their own home town coat them entry into the ah ontario grand championship final here bceton were the victors in the first game besting george town 1 waterdown and sto- ney creek met in the second game of the semifinal and played close- ball until the ninth inning when waterdown scored four runs to stoney creek s three runs and were victors 54 beerorisnd waterdown met in the grand championship oba juvenile final snd water down showed their better depth b3tag the beeton boys 30 in a seven inning game that was called on account of darkness georgetown has to take consol atlon in the fact that if they couldn t win at least another halton county team walked off with the honours thus keeping it in the family toronto experts to give instruction to curlers at a meeting of the execu tive of the ladles section of the north halton curling club plans for the coming season were discussed the question of nursery care at the cljb for the young children of curling mem ben was brought up and the executive felt that this service could be arranged a curling instruction nifht will be held in november with experts from a toronto club to give onthetce pointers about the game glen williams hillsburgh compete or championship columbus cleveland minor baseball champs the final catnea of minor vindup watch the paper for baaeball were played salur time and place i j 2l a my thank and appreciation and cleveland needed only two u d ta 6 ame to clinch their repect rf mlke ive league championships and lt w1l they had little trouble in win ning as the scores in the beat of three series indicate hats off to the members of these two teams as well si their coaches i in the international league final scores of the two games were as follows columbus 14 syracuse 8 i columbus 15 syracuse 3 american league final scores cleveland 13 detroit 5 cleveland 8 detroit 3 plans for a minor baseball windup party are proceeding but because of the fall fair october 1st and then thanks giving which is on the follow ing weekend this leaves only october 15 aa tha date for the tiam standing ladles wed tawung lavague the keglers 12 the coffee- breakers 10 the lucky strikes 8 the cornballs 7 the come backs f the funtstones 5 the rockets 4 the pantry balden 4 high single june cook l3vyhib single with handicap jane cook 31b high triple jfen cook 638 tttwii cook 7 jgfc averages grace sel iuione coot 179 ttu- glen williams and hillsburgh t will lock horns in the best of i seven intercounty fastball lea gue final which starts in glen park tomorrow friday night hillsburgh gained the berth in the showdown monday night when a 71 triumph over rock wood bounced that club from the semi final three games to one glen williams drew their tic ket to the final sunday after noon with a 62 victory over georgetown hunters in glen park which gave them the ser ies three games to one joe shaw i mastery over hunter hitters allowed him to go the full nine innings with comparative ease georgetown collected their runs in the 4th inning when jason field walk ed stole second and made it home on sacrifices and in the 7tb when big bob gourlie trip led off left fielder jim franks glove and came the rest of the wsy on dsve cunninghams safety bob newman started and went 8 innings before coach junior beaumont moved gour lie over from first base to com plete the game glen wiped out their 10 de ficit in the 0th when blake in glis and max stafford carried their first runs across pete pomeroy and bill zillo made the circuit with the inns that made it 42 in the 8th and in glis and doug richardson made it an even half down in the 9th the second game of thegien hillsburgh series will go hillsburgh monday night glen williams jim frank haines blake lngtu max stafford doug richardson ron ritchie pete pomeroy bill zilio joe shaw brian best georgetown hunters junior trtbets bob freestone jason field bob webster bob gourlie dave cunningham george balasko george douc ette bob newman ross cunn ingham bill somerville free curling from october 17 to november 19 if weatherman cooperates ask a member fo make arranssmanfs for you or call s779o10 and make arrangements with mr i w carton club manager annual fees of approximately 100 ts all it costs for a married couple to curl- enquire about our low single rales you may curl once a weak or as many as four times a week for no extra charge remember curling is rapidly becoming on of the moat popular sport make your arrangements early north halton golf country club thi ommitmim hha10 jn 1m gain 300 yds on the ground senior gridds win thriller women golfers reap prizes at invitation forty three women golfers took part in an invitation and field day sponsored- by the north halton golf and country club ladles section saturday september 10th following the competition on the north halton coarse fifty two sat down to dinner after wards prites were presented to the winners in four divisions visitors with handicap low gross e fry low net d sal ter low putts h hagregor longest drive e mclntyre chip ping h smith flag prize mcfsdden visitors without handicap low gross d mchardy low net d varey putts s wnjht drive helen murray chipping j costigan flag m glocsding a flight low gross d young net l miller putts c miller drives b moore chipping l crichton flag c a fenning b flights a anderson net p monckton putts f mcnally drives k butler chipping m linton flag h clark the georgetown dlsti high school senior foott team opened its 19m season a winning note friday the re latively green team showed it could win in spite of losing the powerful nucleus of last years unit although the 7 1 victory ov er guelph collegiate j far from a landslide victory the score m no way indicated the play ot the local team statis tically georgetown outbruah ed the gaels by a resounding 300 yards to 80 and matched their opponents in yardage gained passing offensively georgetown com petely dominated the game with only seven practices to prepare for the opener the loc als lacked the finishing touch and fumbles and penalties pre vented the score from being much higher quarterback bill dwyer sent his fulbacks mckay and hilts offtackle and wide for large yardage dwyer countered and passed occasionally to keep the gaels defense off balance defensively the georgetown team could not be faulted tbey stopped the guelph run nin attack cold and although the pass defense looked shaky at times they managed to pre vent any major scoring threat the game was not decided until the last minute of play the score developed as follows parsons from his defensive end position broke through bit the arm of the guelph quarterback the ball was pick ed off by mckensie on the guelph 25 a quick look in pase to turnbull and successive line smashes by hilts and mckay carried the ball to the guelph two yard line dwyer kept the ball and slid off a jam of block ers and tackles into the end zone for the major score cow brough s convert attempt was wide by inches georgetown s other point came as a result of a rouge early in the 1st quart people buy the herald to read and read the herald to buy sell your service htrel jsuttfrnv llo insurance i rates for f t careful driven 1 see me geo e drumm 42 utnsetette crese 7x41a ffl state farm isj mutual sgsssfatf rami canadian head office tcsrhorousjh ontario it wss a different story in the junior game in which ge orgetown ran into a carryover team with few rbanges from last year and bowed 270 robert r hamilton optometrist office hours daily cakretal bldg 116 mountatnview road for appointment 774971 boat storage we will shortly hsve available on our premises a modern steel clad storage building capable of storing 30 to 40 boats ourboards inboards cruisers rates range from 5 per month reserve your space now free pickup and delivery trallered rigs have your outboard stored and tuned up ready for spring credit river boat co norval 1779552 mercury ourboards cutter fibreglas boats and upstroke mahogany boats i well meet you at the georgetown fall 1 at the georgetown park frl sept 30 sat october 1st k you like fun excitement thrills exhibits and meeting friendly people who enjoy life youll love ft at the fair bring along your family and friends there s something hewn to please everyone midway hall exhibit hail open nil evtnino 7 pm rides booths fun for everyone big horse grand livestock show 4tt club cattle show outstanding hues roots vegetables sheep show domestic science ladies work flowers childrens display admission studfjro 0 children undwm1 parmnsoc show some op ontario best jumpers riders quarter horse show first time this tear harness tit m nlriritsb l fessivi