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Orono Weekly Times. Wednesday. May 24,2000 » 9 Kawartha Downs, July 22, 1975. Wil Lor Amy, owned by Clifford Frances (L), trainer and driver Frank Stacey. Orono -- a one horse town? I don't think so. I believe more people in Orono owned, trained or drove race horses, than any other town in Canada. I can think of at least 20 men who at one time held a license to drive Standard Bred horses on any track in Ontario. Countless more held trainer trainer licenses and even more owned horses for a number of years. Races Friday ni Fairground^ Saturday held in Mo/row P boys drov^ Montreal Kingston ai the way. They al and Orang City Rab were held every ght at the Orono ark night races were Peterborough at Some of the to Ottawa and with stops in nd Belleville along so went to Barrie pville, the Garden eway in St. 1 Clarington Fire Calls The Clarington Fire Department responded to the following calls during the period of May 16 to May 21, 2000: 2 property fires; 7 pre- fire conditions; 5 false fire calls; 1 public hazard call; 5 rescues; 11 medical/resus- cltator calls and 1 other response. IT PAYS TO ADVERTISE Catharines and Greenwood Raceway in Toronto. Most guys raced horses at fairs, far and wide. Most of the horses raced at fairs had problems. Unsoundness was usually the greatest problem. Most trainers treated their horses with homemade remedies remedies for soreness and other ailments. These remedies were passed on from horseman horseman to horseman, and generation generation to generation. Horse people are a vain breed. If someone had a horse that was lame, sore or too slow, another horseman would buy it thinking they were smarter than the seller. Anytime I wanted to sell a horse 1 would say that I was getting married and couldn't afford both, which was partly true. The first horse I bought was called Wil Lor Amy. She was a hard horse to control. She always raced at the front and pulled hard on your arms. I bought horse, harness and exercise bike for $500. That fall I took her to the Damneara Ranch and turned her out to rest, for the winter. On the first day of April, I harnessed her up and decided to 'jog' exercise her on the roads of Leskard. She promptly ran away up over the the hills and never stopped till we were near Pontypool. Then she turned around and walked home. Some days I couldn't catch her to exercise her, and when I finally did, she would run a little less, until she only ran 2 or 3 miles each time. Each week my friend, Frank Stacey would inquire as to how the training was coming coming along? Truthfully I didn't know because I didn't know how to train a horse. I even had the hobbles that went around her legs on backwards. Finally, around the end of June, Frank came to Leskard and loaded her on the trailer and took her to Orono to train. He said she was ready to race. That week I had to buy a new pair of driving lines at Lloyd Taylors. He ran the Tack and Harness Shop. After I had purchased the lines he asked if I needed anything else? I said that when I had the money I would need a new set of harness, new hobbles, ship- in blanket, 'coolers' to cool the horse down after she raced, and ship-in leg bandages. bandages. Lloyd laid all these things out on the counter and • said "pay me out of the purse money when she wins." She was a pretty girl when we went to Kawartha Downs to race on the next Saturday night, all decked out in her green and gold. Frank Stacey drove her to a win oh her first race for me. She won her next two races after that as well. Junior West took over the driving and did a great job, winning another seven or eight races for me. Frank continued to train my horses, , but Junior did all the driving. Horse racing is a great sport and it gets in your blood. If you ever own a race horse you will be hooked on the sport for life. Over the years I have owned a dozen or so race horses and it's always been fun. A girl I once dated, bought me a horse called 'Hither and Yon', and soon they both were. Many of the business men in Orono owned horses at one time. Men like Fred Lycett, O.W. Rolph, Percy Lunn, Wm. Armstrong Sr., William Jr., and Charles Armstrong. Some day I hope to get a horse with Charles Armstrong and we will name it 'Up All Day and Out All Night'. Race horses do come with some funny names. Time changes things and it has changed horse racing at the Orono Fairgrounds. No one stables or traines horses at the Fairgrounds anymore. There was no racing at the Fair last September. I miss not seeing everyone training horses and the high hopes for a fast winning horse. I have made a list of some of the better horses owned or trained by people from Orono. My regrets if I have missed or forgotten someone. O.W. Rolph drove Dandy Hanover, 'Peter' Lawrence Hooey trained Muddy George, John Hooey trained Portia Lobell, Dave Hooey drove Muddy Dave, Bill Reid drove Vans Pride C., Jack. Reid drove Silk Boy W., Charlie Reid trained Meadowview Ben., Harold Hooey drove Happy Honour, Bill Hooçy drove Brandywine •Boy, Edgar 'Jake' Middleton drove Gus Scott, Bob 'Doc' Taggart drove King of' Diamonds, Junior West drove Brets Lively Lady, Keith West drove Hieland Champ, Gerald 'Robbie' Robinson drove Vital Victory, Frank ,Stacey drove Skipper R Hu, Derek Newman drove Wil Lor Ben, Ray Staples drove Happy's Mac, Jim Phair trained Tarport Scotty, Jack Williams drove Robins Wonder, Glenn 'Nip' Tennant drove Vanbella Dolittle, Gord Irwin drove Sibil Hanover, Reid Harness drove Reids Royal, Dave Roughley trained - Bomber Dares, Russell Merril trained Mini Valley, Floyd Post drove, Bud Rod trained and Richard Robinson drove. Call me to buy or sell... Orono and area's real estate representative... Krystyna Jones 983-6013 Sutton Group Dynamic Realty Inc. BowmanVille (905) 697-1700 It's a seller's market out there! Not enough listings for buyers! ..CALL ME!