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EXETER, ONTARIO, APRIL 4, 1951
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John Alexander Baker Prepares For Another Season At MerrywOod
i1Aiii Be Best Year'Yeit
Says 77 Year -Old Trainer
(Contributed)
John Alexander Baker, age 77,
Hgoin' on 78 this May 2nd," is
typical of the harness horse
groom or trainer; he starts
young, works hard, and passes
on to the "Greater Life" at 120
or so!
Wherever one goes • today, in
Canada, the United States,
France, Italy, Australia, and
many other European countries,
the sport of harness horse racing
as on the move.
The "rural sport" as we have
known it, now packs in the
crowds each night during the rac-
ingseason at such great night -
racing plants as New York's
Roosevelt Raceway, and Yonk-
er's Raceway, where racing is in
progress nightly from April to
November.
- The betting at these tracks
averages 1.1/4 to 11/2 million dol-
lars each night. Approxiinately
20% of this take is divided be-
tween the rac• amy and the State.
By New Yoraa a -, le law, a por-
.tion of the trackaa ake must be put
Into reserve fora thiprovements.
The Roosevelt Raceway this year
has a, complete new plant, having
spent approximately • 25 onion
dollars in 12 months' time. 2
In Canada it is, in Quebec
Where night racing is conducted
at nine different raceways, and
It is in Quebec where most On-
tario horses now race, from April
to late November each year. The
harness horse, 'or the standard
bred horse, has completely dis-
placed the thoroughbred horse in
that province, as there is no
thoroughbred. racing conducted
there at the present time. This,
is because harness racing proved
to be more popular.
Alas! having such wonderful
places to race, and large purses
to compete for, is a very small
part of the story, because the
average night • harness racing
plant requires at least six to
eight hundred horses to conduct
a successful meet, One must re-
member that each horse is an
individual. It is a pacer or a trot-
ter, good -headed or bad, ' good
legs or poor, short -gaited or long,
hot-headed or cool. Who can qual-
ify these horses except a good'
horseman? He must be able to
judge—and in this there is no
bluffing. ,His is a profession, in-
deed, one in which opinions,
•based on experience—and in most
cases long experience—is often
the difference between success
and failure. Here, then, is the
story of a horseman. It is typi-
cal of hundreds of horsemen the
world over.
John, Alexander Baker, "77
years young," says this is a
lucky number, and this will be
his best year. He was born in
wood Twinkle, 2:02 2/5m, the
fastest get ot Lord Grattan, by
,Grattan Royal; her sister, Bunty
Grattan, 2:1311m; Merrywood
Di-
rect, 2;06 1/5hrn; which in 1955
was the greatest heat -winning
horse in Canada and the United
States, having 27 heats to his
credit; Merry wood Queen, with a
present record of 2:13,,,the best
yet to come.
In former years John either
drove or trained the' folkfiving
horses: Dan Axworthy Jr., out of
Kate Axworthy, same dame as
Queen's—and by golly! he gave
Kate her record, too! (out west);
Tom Longboat 2:07; Margaret
Axworthy 2:10; • Royal Crown
2:10; Robert Baldwin 2:10; Har-
vest Moon 2:10; Wee Ted
2109 1/5; Hazel. Grattan 2:11;
Addison, Ontario, but when a 1.Crisp Day .2:07; Rose Carlton
young lad heard the cry of "go,a2:07.
west young man. He went to
Purdue, Sask., in 1906,•where he
farmed for 40 years, but training
and racing the standard bred was
his 'first love. •When his wife died,
he headad east again, leaving be-
hind part of his grown-up family
.on the old homestead. John still
has three daughters in Sask.,
.
Mrs. Jack Young, Mrs. George.
Beale, apd Mrs. Fred Scholtz;
one daughter in Detroit, Mrs.
Jack Parkin, and another daugh-
ter in Peterborough, Mrs, Alf.
Cody His granddaughter from
Saskatchewan was a finalist in
the "Miss Canada" contest two
years ago. None can persuade
him to retire!
John has been back in Ontario
for 11 years, and these have all
been spent training the standard-
breds. He has been for the last
five years with Eric McIlroy at
Merrywood Farm, Grand Bend,
and this year is assisting Llovd
Turvey, who is in charge of the
Merrywooa stable.
John has trained, and assisted
in the training of a long list of
record horses, At Merrywood
Farm he helped develop Merry-
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John still loves to get the
horses ready for the races. How-
ever he wishes he had not to go
so far away from home to race,
but the thoroughbredhorseman
in .Ontario seem to control even
what he has to do. The thorough-
breds. take all the racing time in
Toronto, except 45' days during
Partr,Ot•Jillyarand: part of August,
at -march time:the runners are at
Fort Erie. In other words. John's
kind of horse seems to be only
the "fill-in" in Ontario today,
while in the States and in Que-
bec, and also in other parts of
Canada, harness %racing is ',the
No. 1 sport. •
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Fieldnian's
By CARL. HEMINGWAY
The annual meeting of co-ope-
rators Insurance Assoc. was held
in Toronto ' on March 22 and
25. The automobile section had
a very 'difficult year due to the
increased number of accidents
arid the greatly increased cost
of repairing cars.. However, by
equalizing previous income tax
payments due to.reasonable pro-
fits in other branches of the
company the final results showed
a .small profit for the whole or-
ganization,
The automobile section is the
largest and C.I.A. now has the
insurance in. one car in 30 in On-
tario with the percentage rising
steadily. This growth has allow-
ed C.I.A. to extend its activi-
ties to, other fields. a,
One branch that is growing
rapidly is the Farm Liability
Insurance. This may seem im-
portant to many farmers be-.
cause they haven't,suffered any
losses in! the past. Times are a
little different now because
peopl are much more concious
of their ability to collect da-
mages.
Did your dog ever taste a sales-
man calling at your place? Did
a visitor ever slip on hn icy door-
step? You could be held respon-
sible. Did any of your cattle
ever get on the road? In this
case you could lose the animal
and have heavy damages to
pay. C.T.A. will cover this; en-
quire for the details; the rates
are low,
Sickness and accident is also
available and gives Wonderful
coverage per dollar. C.I.A doesn't
spend huge sums on advertising
and this saving is passed on to
you. There are also other lines
handled to investigate what
your co-op can do for you.
The Ontario Wheat Producers
held their annual meeting in To-
ronto, Mar. 27. This is a small
groat) but one that has large
problems. As the crap is grown
Over a large area •and used for
feed for livestock as Well es for
flour and cereals it is difficult
to arrive at a fair price for the
product. The price is aso affec-
ted seriously by the export mar-
ket regardless of the fact that
Only a very small percentage
Of the wheat or flour is exper-
ted.
Due to the uncertainty of Wis.
!Mimi in both provincial and Fe -
derail goVerriments,it seemed to
be generally agreed that the OX6.
eutive shnulcl take stens front
negotiatieg board rather than
a marketing agency.
Cornments
•On tnsurance
Round Five
Coming Up
Another round in the. ver-
bal battle between the fo
rums and "Farmer's Wife"
appears this week on the
next page.
In case you haven't been
following this argument over
agriculture's future, here's
a brief summary;
The forums, after study-
ing the report at one of
their meetings, branded the
Gordon Commission's 25 -year
farm forecast "as a waste
of the taxpayers' money.
• "Shocked, disgusted and
perplexed" by this attitude,
Farmer's Wife challenged the
forums to "enlighten us how
they came to those slightly
bigoted conclsions.
The forums accepted the
challenge and on March 14,
The Times -Advocate pub-
ished two letters from mem-
hers of Parr Line Farm
Forum, who said the report
was of very little value be-
cause• it did not contain any-
thing which the farmer
doesn't know already.
This week, in the fourth
round, Farmer's Wife takes
the forums to task again,
Farmers and townsfolk alike
:will find her remarks inte-
resting, even if they don't
agree.
perhaps the forums will
provide the 'fifth round.
Crops
arm
of swum 1/1/RON and wok/71 MIDDLESEX p
etas
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11 Townships. In County.
ow Under Brucellosis Act
All of Huron county has been nated by a veterinarian of his vaccinated any time between
designated a supervised area un- own choosin g. Consequently May 1 and November 30 of the
der the Brucellosis Act, 1956, As- i every practieloper has been given year of birth, Incidentally notice
sistant Agricultural Representa- an opportunity of, participating in that a calf is available for vac -
Live A. S. Bolton announced this the program, In order to qualify eination may be given after it is
week. for remuneration it will be neces- four months old but must be
The new designation became ary or the veterinarian to enter
effective April 1. All female • into an agreement with the nm -
calves in the countrymust now i later of agriculture, and each one
be vaccinated within the ages '
who . signs such agreement will
prescribed in the act and the 1receive a certificate of his ap-
cost of vaccination will be borne !poiritment. Under the circum-
stances cattle owners should
make certain that a veterinarian
has an agreement with the minis-
ter before placing a request .for
vaccination services.
"Calves may be vaccinated
after reaching four months of age
but must be vaccinated before
becoming 11 rnonths of ago. Thus
by the province of Ontario,
In making the announcement,
Mr. Bolton said: "Inasmuch as
the services of township inspec-
tors have been dispensed with it
becomes the responsibility of
each cattle owner to make ar-
rangements for the vaccination
of his calves, and those who fail a calf born on January 1 may be
to carry out this requirement .
may be charged with an offence
under the act, HENSALL SALE -PRICES
"In so far as possible every I Prices at Hensall Community
cattle owner will have the privi- Sale March 2&
lege of having his calves vacci- Weanling pigs $13.50 to $15,00
......... t . t .... 1110 .... 1 ....... 11 .... 1 tttttttt 1111111111,11/1/11martaismilatitlitimmailt ttttt 4 t 111 tt 114 0000000 p 000 tttttt Chunks 18.25 to 23,00
— Feeders • 24.00 to 32,00
Sows 81.00 to 103,00
Holstein Cows ,150.00 to 180.00
Durham Cows ,,145.00 to 160.00
Holstein calves .... 12.00 to 18.00
Durham calves 22.00. to 38.50
There were 130 pigs and 160
head of cattle and calves sold.
Down To
Earth
By O. 1. HOOPER
• Your Bids, Gentlemen
Yep! The auction fever's got
'em. It is the same effect as a
going out of • business auction,
a war surphis store, a seconala
hang, store or a pawnshop. You
go—not, intending •to buy just
look around.
You crowd around a wagon
loaded with "traps"—that's what
they , are called "traps". To
some people they are just that.
And what an assortment, --often
the collection of a lifetime, to be
added to a similar collection at
home. Standing amidst all this
is a man, the atietioneer, an ex-
pert of cajolery, who can make
you believe the fork he has in
his hand is worth at least a dol-
lar more than retail price. The
pail with the hole doesn'l leak,
the can of red, paint redder if
you buy the stubby brushes to
go with it,
He Makes You Bid
Yes, he's king for the day.
He's the guy •who makes you
bid. His shrewdness, his elo-
quence will decide even more
than the weather. whether it
will be a successful sale.
• Most every sale has its wagon
• load of bargains, the household
furniture that doesn't fit in the
new home. The rows of machi-
nery—some new, some older and
the livestock where every cow
is so good she is a perfect one
—rising five years old and fills
the pail or maybe two pails mor-
ning, noon and night, but only
twice on Sundays.
And the • gossip. It beats •the
Ladies Aid meeting every which
way. It is always highly amusing
to stand quietly by a group of
men and listen. But it is sad to
watch the face of the proprieter,
especially if he is retiring, no
longer able to cope with the de-
mands of the farm. Every ani-
mal,: every piece of machinery
represents something special. We
remember one elderly couple
who were completely unnerved
by their farm sale.
More than likely, they had
started the farm together. Had
worked together, saved to buy
each cow, tenderly cared for the
offspring, saved the good oncs
and sold the others to buy the
drill, the Wagon, the plow, the
cultivator. Struggled to keep
going with horses and finally
gave. way to the tractor.
Sad Farewell
And the livestock, it took on
a new look, Old Brindle was for-
given for the many limes she
got in the oats; Blacky for her
bossiness in the yard. Clarabelle
would never again switch her
tail th his eye. The heifer would
not kick over the pail in her
nervousness, and Old Red would
be having twin calves for some-
one else. Oh it is sacsiligious
Yes, there is something both
sad anci, gay about, the clearing
farm sale. It is the thatch of
time, covered by: the laughter of
a new joke and the hypnotic
lacy of the auctioneer. The fal-
ments are downright hilarious
amusing but the ringside com-
ments are dowright hilarious
when two stubborn bidders, nor-
mally cautious men, try to out-
bid one another, for something
they d—n well don't •need after
they have got it.
DID YOU KNOW?
To stop gully washing, plant
a grass waterway to take sur-
plus rainwater off a sloping
field.
given before it is ten months old,
"In addition to notifying a vet-
erinarian that calves are avail-
able for vaceinatiorr the cattle,
owner must assist the veterinari-
an, if requested, by restraining
each calf while it is being VaC-
cinated.
"Under the act certain restric-
tic= apply to the movement of
female cattle into supervised
areas, Full particulars with re-
gard to the nature of these re-
strictions may be obtained from
your veterinarian or agricultural
representative."
Vegetable growers 'will reeelvo
an increase ,of 41.00 per toe 40c
sweet corn this -year, it was 44.
nou.need. last week by the Lgrow-
.
ers' marketing .board.
Price was settled Thursday at
pion per ton. Terms of contract
were ,changed eorteerning 140.
vesting .charges, but this 4004.494
affect this, area.
Negotiations are limier way for
the smaller cops including cab..
One and string beans. Clarence
Down and R. E. Pooley are rep..
resenting Huron growers:. on the
negotiating committees, •
Price for tomatoes was :subnfitf
ted to arbitration when the pros .
cessors failed to :increase their
1957 offer over the 1956 price.
The growers claimed thay.ahogid
be :compensated for . .increaped
costs :of production, pointing out
that the price has not changed for
four years.
Huron County
Crop Report
By ARTHUR S. BOLTON
During • the past week the
ground has dried sufficiently to
allow farmers in the south end
of the county to start spring
plowing, and top dressing of
wheat and hay and pasture.
If favourable weather contin-
ues seeding could start within
a 'Week.
Wheat and legume crops ap-
pear to have wintered reasonably
well but some could no doubt
benefit from an addition of am-
monium nitrate within the next
couple of weeks,
• Although there has been •a
strong demand fora Gary oats
the supply of seed isaexpected
to meet the demands. Brant
barley is very scarce and has
reached a price of $3.35 per
bushel for registered seed.
• An extremely good run of
maple sap has been reported
during the past week. According
to some it was the best run of
sap in the past five years.
First Hobo (surveying stream
of pleasure seekers): "I hate
holidays."
Second Hobo: "Yes, •makes
yer feel common when nobody'
ain't worldif."
Juniors Plan
Active Year
New executive of Huron Colin,
ty Junior Farmers laid plans
for an active year at their first
meeting Wednesday night.
Church service, -dance, bus
trip, field day, and drama fes•-
tival are among the activities.
Annual church. service will be
held in James Street United
Church, Exeter, on June13, with
Rev, Harold Snell preaching,
Junior Farmer committee in
charge includes President. Boyd
Taylor, Maurice. Love, Shirley
MeMicheal, Catherine Campbell
and Earl McSpadden.
The Harold Baker Meeting Im-
provement Trophy wilt be pre-
sented at the Junior Farmers
At Home dance at Seaforth on
April 26. Judges are Mr. and
Mrs. 'Howard Pym and Mr. and
Mrs. George Robertson! ,R.R. 5
Goderich.
Ronald Farquarson, a .Scottish
young farmer, will visit Huron
Juniors in the Clinton and Sea -
forth districts from May 1 to 9.
Larry Wheatley, R.R. 1 Dublin,
a member of Seaforth Junior
farmers. was appointed assis-
tant county director for the pro-
vincial Junior Farmer board of
directors. . ••
-Clinton Juniors will represent
Huron m the inteveountyadrame
festival at Guelph on. April 9,
A field day committee ineludeS
Bill Dougall, South Huron; Bert
• Pepper, Clinton, Catherine Camp-
! bell, Seaforth; Shirley Mc-
Michael, Wroxeter; Joyce Little,
Colwanash; Boyd Taylor and
Harry Bridges of north Huron.
Huron will compete against
Perth in June.
It wag decided to sponsor a
bus trip sometime in the summer
or fall months.
Thirty Junior attended. the
meeting.
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