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Tom Yearley
Horseman fetedat Clinton
Veteran Exeter area
harness horseman,
Thomas Yearley, will be
honoured at the first of
three- twi-light race
Meets, starting tonight,
July 13, at, the Clinton
Kinsmen Raceway.
Mr. Yearley, 83, has
been connected with
harness racing for 60
years as an owner, driver
and trainer, and just gave
up active participation in
the sport in 1976, when he
stopped training at the
Exeter track.
Born and raised on, a
farm in Stephen Town-
ship, Mr. Yearley has
been involved with
standar& bred horses
since 1917, when he
traded his horse and
buggy with a hired man
dawn the road for a pacer
called Roy Grattan.
He took Roy to
Goderich in July of that
year, won the $80 first
prize, and has never
looked back.
After a race in Mitchell
in 1918, Mr. Yearley sold
Roy, who went on to
become one of Canada's
great pacers, just barely
losing one particular race
in 1 :59 in 1922.
Over the last six
decades, Mr. Yearley has
owned and raced many
great horses, including
Louie Grattan, who went
on to become the world
chamaion pacing mare in
1920, taking a mark of
2:00 for the mile.
Mr, • Yearley remem-
bers well the Dominion
Day in 1918 when he
raced Louie in Goderich,
it snowed! In those days..,
Mr. Yearley would drive
his horse the 35 miles
from Crediton to
Goderich one day, race
the next, and then drive
back the third day.
All races until the late
1950's. were conducted at
one or two day fairs, and
the horses had to go three
races a day" to get any
money. Even at that, the
winning horse took home
only 40 percent of the
purse, which seldom
topped the $1,000 mark
even for the best horses.
That kind of racing was
tough on horses, but Mr.
Yearley owned and drove
one of the tougher ones,
Amber Grattan, who won
49 out of 62 heats in five
months, between May 24
and October 22 in 1949. In
fact, with Mr. Yearley
handling the reins,
Amber won 29 of her last
30 starts that year.
"We would have won 30
for 30 except for my
fault," Mr. Yearley said
in a recent interview, "I
thought we had it won and
quit with her."
Rut lurk turned nrninCt
Mr. Yearley, and he lost
Amber Grattan and
another promising horse,"
Buddy 'Grattan in a
disastrous fire at the
Exeter Fairgrounds in
1950
Over the years, Mr.
Yearley, while still
farming, managed to
race at nearly every fair
and major 'track in this
part of Ontario, at places
like Rodney, Tillsonburg,
New Hamburg, Goderich,
Ridgetown, Sarnia,
Strathroy, Palmerston,
and major tracks like
Woodbine, London and
the now defunct Dufferin
Park in Toronto.
Although he had to stop
driving when he turned
75, according to Canadian
'Trotting Association
rules, Mr. Yearley
continued to train horses
until 1976 when part of the
Exeter track was lost to
the recreation centre.
He will be honoured at
a trackside ceremony at
the Clinton track tonight,
during Exeter night, and
the featured race of the
night, a preferred han-
dicapped, has been called
the Tom Yearley Pace. A
special blanket, donated ,
by Ron Swartz and
Exeter area horsemen,
will be presented to the
winner of that race.
Ramblings from the races
By Lois Gibbings
Dapper Dillon, owned
by Doreen Rowcliffe of
Hensall and Barry Elliott
of Kitchener, trotted his
fastest mile this year, in
2:01.1, in winning the
-$9,000 trot at Greenwood
Raceway in Toronto on
Monday night, July 10.
The outstanding seven-
year-old gelding by
Dapper Hill -Ann Key has
four wins and two
seconds from nine starts
for 1978 earnings of
$23,820.
Last -,:year, Dapper
Dillon,'raced 35 times
with 16 wins, seven
seconds and four thirds,
good for • $119,365 and a
record of 2:00.x2. Lifetime
he now has $179,955.
Terry Kerr is trainer
and driver of the speedy
trotter that was raised at
Clinton by George F.
Elliott of Rattenbury St.
G. G. BLady was
second for co-owner C. W.
(Jiggs) LeBeau of
Brucefield and trainer -
driver Bud Fritz at Owen
Sound on July 5.
Miss Blaze Mac
finished second in a 2:05.3
mile for owners Orville
Workman of Kippen,
Jack Harris and Lloyd
Workman at Flamboro
Raceway on July 5,
Dennis Jewitt of Clinton
was fourth with Jo
Spinner for Franc Stroop
of Fordwich on Thursday
night.
Royal J. R. was a
winner in 2:01.3 for owner
'Wayne Horner of
Brucefield at Greenwood
on Friday night.
At Hanover on
Saturday night, Metric
Time was driven 'to a
second place finish. by
Dennis Jewitt in a 2:13.1
mile in -his first lifetime
start. The three-year-old
gelding by Record Time -
Maisie Belle, is owned by
Larry Da*bf Clinton and
Claude DaW of
Mississauga, and is
trained at Clinton! by
Walter Oster. Janet
Express, owned by Bob
and Beryl Faulds of
Clinton, won the second
race, timed in p,2:10..2.
Last year the nine-year-
old mare by Express
Chief -Ida Gardner,
started 21 times with four
wins, four seconds and
three thirds.. Her best
record is p, 2:07.4.
Jack Meriam was
fourth with Reggie Ford
for owner Charles
Brindley of Goderich in
the sixth.'Iron Lassie, a
five-year-old mare by
Iron Rail -Miss Jean
LaSalle, lowered her
record to 2:06.4 whe' she
had her third win of the
year for owner Bert
McBride of Goderich with
Bud Fritz on the bike.
Claybrook Romeo was
second with Jack Meriam
up for Charles Brindley
while Ini.p Mathers
"finished third for the
Broken M. Stables of
Goderich. Sunday Topic
was 'fourth for owner Ron
McBride of Goderich in
the tenth.
Randy McLean 1; was
third with his Scat Man at
Flamboro on Saturday
night. The same night at
Dresden, Earl Hyatt
drove Tarus to a second
place finish for owner
Frank. Johnston of
Goderich in a 2:05.1 mile.
On Sunday afternoon at
Clinton Kinsmen
Raceway, Ron Waples
drove Billy Wave through
a terrific first quarter in
:29.3, a half in 1:01.4, the
three-quarters in 1,:35 and
Turn to ;mac 1 1 •
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Tom Yearley, a veteran horseman from the Exeter
area will be honored tonight at the first of three
special twilight horse races at Clinton starting at
5: 15. (News -Record photo)
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CLINTON NEWS -RECORD, THURSDAY, JULX J3,1.978,
Goderich Township
baseball report
Lady Luck shone down
on us this past week, as
most of our teams
reported wins.
On Monday night the
Pee Wee "A" team won
over Varna, while "B"
team sat this week out.
Meanwhile the Midget
boys played against each
other in Holmesville with
Don Duff's team vic-
torious.
On Tuesday night the
Midget Girls defeated
�'r "- tl,.;• ,,• !�i!' them Pep
r.�
Wee Girls lost to Stanley
"B". Ken has had a
problem getting enough
girls out for each game.
We hope that will soon be
cleared up.
On Wednesday night
the' Tykes downed the
Varna Tykes. There were
some pretty happy faces
coming home.
There are still a few
children who have not
paid their $2.00
registration fee.
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