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The Exeter Times-Advocate, 1942-08-06, Page 2THE EXETER TIMES-ADVOCATE Page % Thursday, August 6 th, 1'9'42 wr SYNOPSIS tess. Q, was running fifth, neck and neck with Brenda Van. They held this position to the half, with Bu?- zer Boy lengths, to Anne "The Buzzer Boy all put before he even hits the stretch I” he snarled. Anne took it that the the favorite. increasing his lead by four A fauman standing next cursed. darned fool—he’s running fat man had het on raee TIM as a com- years later, telling her Arizona and ANNE LAURIE* reared at tracks by her lovable father, LAURIE, left the track at 15 to join her maiden aunt who disapproved of the life Tim and Anne were lead­ ing. Now established mercial artist several Anne receives a wire that her father is ill in asking her to take over the man­ agement of his small stable at a Cal­ ifornia track* jections, she _ TON, whose stable is next to hers on ’Poverty Row’, directs her to the Wealthy Van Evers stables when she seeks direction to the Annie Laurie stables. Enraged, she re­ turns and finds her own stables. There she meets Sid Shore and finds she has four horses, Mister Pound, Countess Q, Moon Jade and Kokoa. Her old friend, DOC BUR­ GESS, shows up also. Anne learns that Shore is not to be trusted. She pays six weeks’ room rent and gets set to prepare for the Mayfair stakes. She gives Cephas Lincoln, aged Ne­ gro stable boy, twenty dollars, which he promptly loses in a crap game. Over her aunt’s ob- goes. RUSTY WAL- CHAPTER IV Anne-Settled in her apartment, took stock of her finances and found that of the from her more than savings she’d withdrawn New York bank, little $200 remained. Not Much "Certainly hot, Miss Laurie,” he said as convincingly as he could. "She just didn’t wanta other day, That’s all. how some nags is. You stables before.” "Then how do you win today?” Up to the Race "I just know it, that’s don’t take my word for it. waqta pass think she’s all.” "I ness, way stand?” “Yes, Miss. I understand.” She turned and walked to %the stall where Cephus was rubbing down Moon Jade, while the hand­ some bay stallion. t. munched com tentedly at his noonday ration of grain and hay, In the adjoining stall, Kokoa was making considerable noise and she looked in at him. "What’s that big rock doing in his feed box, Cephus?” "He’s a Leave him a pig. He minutes if rock theah, de way foah each bit. '"’Dat means he’s gotta chew his feed an’ get de good outen it*”- run the You know been around know she’ll her up, okay, up to the race, all. But If you I just that’s stand for funny busi- Tim never operated that Under­ won’t Sid. and I won’t either. fast feedah, Mix Anne, be an’ he- gobbles lak kin clean a box in two yo’ let him. Wid de he’s gotta nuzzle it outa Lots to Learn fl *.* watching as stable boys slowly led the horses around in a big circle. bhe had been, right about Rusty for she saw the ring in with Brenda it was some as the girl gi mal and then, young trainer. Probably a Anne decided Countess Q. among roses, was concerned, drooping dispiritedly as ded about the circle, not in the least concerned over the big coming test of speed. A man standing next to Anne laughed as he pointed out to a com­ panion the attitude of the mare. "Look at all those other nags working themselves while that old girl easy,” he chuckled, around, that horse, the day’s work, this him in the centre of laughing conversation Van Evers. Evidently joke about the horses vestured towar her ani- shpok hands with the side bet of some sort, and turned to watch She was so far as < with a thorn appearance her head she plod- apparenltly into a lather just takes it "She’s been Just part of race business.” A Grandmother "Countess Q., eight years old,” the other man read from' his pro­ gram. "She’s a grandmother. Just a fugitive from the glue works.” Anne’s face flushed and she turn­ ed quickly toward the speaker. "Grandmother, nianded. • "Just the race starts, winner!” “Hope you’re is she?” she de­ watch her when mister. She’s the not tossing any Ruzzep Coming into Buzzer now by second. Boy Leads the stretch Boy was still leading, but a scant length with Noah Countess Q. and Brenda Van were making their move and coming fast on the outside. "Buzzer Boy dropping back— Noah now leading by half a length. Brenda Van is third, and here comes Countess Q.” the caller shouted over the loud speaker. "Now it’s Noah Q., head and head, and I^oah. Countess The caller’s voice was lost in Van and over the line with in front by a good Noah was second and third. Buzzer Boy, steaming, was fai' found herself jumping ex- up and - down, and Countess Countess Q. Q. and Noah.” a great roar from the crowd as the horses swept Countess Q, half length. Brenda puffing back. Anne citedly shrieljs -dinning in her ears, her nearly half a minute ize that the shrieks were from her own throat. "Darn fool,” she said to "You’d think I never saw race before,” piercing It took to real- coming herself, a horse CANADA’S NATIONAL HOT SPRINGS of some hot springs is origin, It gets into the rocks in various ways, over heat rock masses ..., ..-r-"-!.l7'T7T'T’7T':r''';:.1.., The Exeter Tinws-Advocate Established 1873 and 138? at Exeter, Ontario published every * Thursday inorninj! SUBSCRIPTION—-$2.00 per year 11 advance RATES—Farm or Real Estate for sale 60c. each insertion tor first four insertions. 25c, each subse­ quent insertion, Mlscellaueoua ar* tides, To Rent, Wanted, Lost, or Found iQe. per line of six word*, Reading notices lOc, per line. Card of Thanks 50p, Legal ad­ vertising 12 and 8c. per line, la Memoriam, with one verse 60$, extra verses 25c, each. Member of The Canadian Weekly Newspaper Association "Not much for a long campaign,” | she murmured, pushing her hair back from her worried forehead. “We’ve got to start clicking soon or sell Kokoa. I’d hate to do that if Tim wants to keep him-.” Before going to bed she wrote a long cheerful letter to her fath­ er, optimism oozing from every line. Strangely enough, she for­ got entirely to mention Mister Pound. She was glad she had two rid­ ing -outfits she had used on the Park bridle paths, and felt much more comfortable when she started for the track next morning in tan corduroy breeches, brown boots, a tan blouse and a neat little red leather jacket she had picked up at a bargain at one of the department stores. Moon Jade and Kokoa had their morning workouts when she arrived, and -Cephus was leading them' around in a circle in front of the stable swathed in heavy cooling-out blankets. She stopped to pat each of them in turn, although she had to jerk her hand quickly away when Ko­ koa bared his teeth and tried to bite her. “He’s kinda. mean, Miz Anne,” Cephus volunteered. "But t’ain’t a bad sign in a boss. He’s a fightah, all right—ef only he didn’t lug out he’d run ’em all bow legged.”’ Sid Shore, the Negro told her, was at the blacksmith’s having new shoes put on Countess Q! "She all’s runnin’ today, * know, Miz,” he added. “Has she a chance?” No Mistakes "Mistah Shoah done think Ah heerd him say he was shootin’ de roll on her. An date boy don’ make nd mistakes.” This was interesting news and Anne questioned her trainer when I he returned from the blacksmith; shop and had fed the fare. “I’m pretty short of ready cash,” she told him, "but if you think ishe’s got it in her to win, I'll take a fly­ er. We co.uld stand a little extra capital.” “I think she’s hot enough to bet my own dough on her, Miss Laurie,” Shore said. "Probably be a fat price, too.” "How come, if standout?” Anne thought she twitch the corners for a moment, and then vanish. "Well, I'll tell you. She runs out last time when she’s the favor­ ite, see? Ran a miserable race. She’s apt to be overlooked today, as t bey’s better ones goin’ met last time.” "You don’t mean she erately pulled?” Anne Sid glanced quickly at her out of his squinting pale blue eyes. What he saw there, wasn’t reas­ suring, so he started to hedge. Anne nodded. < There were a lot of things she’d have to learn be­ fore she’d be competent to manage the Annie Laurie Stables, she de­ cided. There was a lot more ning horses than merely them. She spont the balance morning going over chatting ing with him in the commissary in the stable area. Operated cafe­ teria style, she was astounded to find the food well cooked and wholesome and the prices very rea­ sonable. "They’ve got to keep prices down, even if the track loses money on this end of it, "Too many get by on a luck’s out. got to eat.” She walked to the receiving barn when Cephus led Countess Q. over, and then wandered to the Turf Club to inspect the luxurious fit­ tings -that’ seemed to the girl, •brought up, on half-mile tracks and Wooden stands, to ‘more nearly ap­ proximate a luxury hotel than a . place where people gathered by the thousands to watch "dough on a nag like that, lady,” one of the men grinned. "Num­ ber 3, Buzzer Boy, is a cinch to win win to run­ riding of the accounts and with Doc Burgess, lunch­ Burgess told. her. of .these lads have to dime or two when their And after all, they’ve Fashionable you so* she’s such a saw a sly grin of his month horses run. Crowd this race, if you really want to a bet.” His companion laughed and two of them .moved toward stands. \ The bugle called the horses the jockeys mounted and the ade to the track started, the crowd streaming behind them. Anne made her way to the club house, fingered her purse, and pro­ duced a bill. After a little search she found the window she was look­ ing for, and joined the line waiting to buy pari-mutuel tickets., ~She glanced at hex* program to be sure of the number. It was six. A sign above the window instructed bettors to ask for tickets by num­ ber instead of The name of the horse. the the out, par- Rusty "Hope yo-u’re betting on the win- She glanced up and ..looked the bright eyes of Even the crowd than she had been Cheap tinhorn gamblers, hangers-on with patches pants, •Rather it was a fashionable crowd one might expect at a society horsfe show or ”a polo game on Long Is­ land. < Although .the outer trappings were entirely different from any­ thing she ever had -seen, still just a race track she decided [as the horses paraded for the first event and she felt the old thrill of excitement as she watched the thoroughbreds, taut as “'drumheads, skitter and prance up to the start­ ing gdte led by a man on a pie­ bald pony and wearing white breeches and a red coat. She scanned her program, but saw none of the old names of own­ ers or horses she had been familiar with in the east. Which wasn’t entirely surprising. The pace was a little too swift for the gypsies she had known and most of the horses she remembered probably had died of old age long since. was different accustomed to. touts, in their were conspicuously absent. CHAPTER V than she was delib- demanded. Countess Q, was entered in the second race, a six furlong sprint, and glancing over the list she not­ ed that Rusty Walton and the Van Evers Stables also had horses go­ ing. Rusty’s horse was named Noah while the Van Evers’ entry apparently had been amed for the daughter of the family, Brenda Van, Walking out to the paddock, she stood by the railing with the crowd ner. squarely into Rusty Walton, "Oh, hello,” see you ahead * "You’re not ____„ . ... bag of yours, I hope,” he grinned. "Of course—she’s going to win.” "Don’t make me laugh. Tom’ Ricco’s Buzzer Boy has got this one sewed up. Just a matter of form in running around the track.” "Are you butting it?” she de­ manded. "Nope—just taking my own, horse to place. It ought to land, in the second spot, but it hasn’t a chance of ti’jmming Buzzei* Boy.” “So you don’t think much of she said, of me.” betting on “I didn't that hay­ $23.80 for $2 She lingered at the fence until the official sign went up on tote board, and then the prices, let out another whoop as she that Countess Q., overlooked , those whG had bet Buzzer Boy down to even money, paid $23,80 for $2. Enroute to the cashier’s window she did a bit of rapid calculation. "Let’s see,” she mused, stepping along with the springy stride of a winner. "I bet a hundred, so I get $23.80 fifty times. Gee gosh! That’s $1,190, or better than a thousand net! I can pay up Tim’s bill at the sanitarium for three months in ad­ vance, now!” Her winnings tucked carefully into her handbag, she started- for the stables. Enroute, she overtook Rusty leading Noah swathed in a maroon blanket with the initials, "H. W.” in gold on the sides. . "Ha, smart guy!” she crowded. "You will try to tout me off my own took She and "I that quietly plodding along, ,his hand on Noah’s halter. "Why, what do you mean?” the girl - demanded. v Be Straight “Just that. I had an idea that a girl of Old Tim’s would be straight. I see I made a mistake.” "Why, you—” she cried. Her hand flashed out and smacked sharply against his. cheek, and she Started at a run toward the Stables. the She saw by horse, will you? She certainly your Noab^ljo the cleaners’.”- dragged out her roll of bills” waved them in front of him. wouldn’t pull "'another one like if I were you,” Rusty said, (To be Continued) Countess Q-?it was | jjg a mjraC]e if she’s in the money. You should have seen her run last week-—they had to send out a man with a lier in.” "Just the same, on my own horse.” "Okay, by me, toss it away, afford to get sentimental- horse races, your dougli to the you’re in a donating "So you’re a tout, Anne flared. "Well ing to talk me out of this bet. just to show you What I think of you’re judgment, I’m going to put a hundred dollars oil her instead of the ten that I first intended.” "Reniember, the sign says mistakes rectified after leaving window. Are you sure you can ford it?” There was real concern in Rusty’s voice as he looked down at her flushed face, "That’s pose you change.” Walton and didn’t say another word until he was in front of the window. Anne heard him ask for a ten dol­ lar place ticket on his horse. Small Fr.V I lantern to bring my money goes if you want to Personally, I can’t •about Why don’t you give Red Cross . if mood?” too, are you?” you’re not go- And no the af- my business-—Red. Sup­ mind your own, for a turned his back on her Painful, Pu8 Filled Boils th Cause of Mucli Misery If you suffer from boils you know how sick and miserable they made you feel. 11 Boils 'are an outward indication of impurities m the Hystem, and just when you think you am rid of one another Ctops’up to take its place and prolong your misery, All the lancing and poulticing you can do may not stop more C° To help overcome boils you should purify the blood, so why not give that old, reliable blood medicine, Burdock Blood Bittern, a chance to show tvhat it will do in helping you get rid of them? Thousands have Used it for thug purpose for the'past GO years. Why not you? Tho 5?. MUbura Ofc* XltaxtedL, Toronto, Ont. "Small fry,” she sniffed, and step­ ped up and bet one hundred dol­ lars on Countess Q. to win*1 "i’ll show him hb doesn’t know everything,” she told herself, hnd walked through the club down to the rail to get a better view of the race. The horses-—there were ten In tlie field—were In the starting gate at the six: furlong pole at the far corner of the track, and in a min­ ute the/ were off. Thrmigh her glasses she saw Buz­ zer Boy go to the front, with Noah training him By a length. Coun- Professionalshowers, rest-rooms and other fa’ Mlitfes for the comfort and enjoy­ ment of visitors, The Cave and. Basin pools are open from May un­ til September, but the Upper Hot Springs bath-house and' pool are kept open the year round. The Radium Hot Springs in Koo­ tenay ‘National Park have’ a tem­ perature of 114 degrees F. and here too have been built a splendid bath-house and outdoor swimming pool open the year round* These springs are on the fampus Banff- Windermere Highway aud are an important attraction to motorists over this scenic route. The Miette Hot Springs in Jasper National Park have a temperature of 126 degrees but the water in the pool is kept around 100 de­ grees. The ■ bath-house here con­ tains showers, a steam-room and plunge baths open to visitors during the summer season only. There are several hot spings in this group, but only three have been developed so far for public use. Miette Hot Springs is accessible by a good mo­ tor road and are only about an hour’s drive from the town of Jas­ per. The existence of these hot springs and their medicinal.value were well in (known to the Indians- long before the first white man penetrated the great mountain barriers of the West.- Early 'traders and trappers heard of them ..from the Indians and they [ too apparently found the waters to i have curative properties. It was I the "discovery of hot mineral springs Lat Banff, Alberta, which provided, the -inspiration for the establish­ ment of Canada’s present national parks system. The comparatively simall area of ten square ’miles around these hot springs, set aside for public use in 1885, was the be­ ginning of a chain of national parks which now stretches from the Sel­ kirk Mountains in British Colum­ bia , to the Atlantic seaboard of Nova Scotia. Whatever may cause hot springs to bubble out of the ground, Can­ ada’s National Hot Springs have long held a reputation for curative qualities, and are visited each year •by great numbers seeking relief ‘qoiqAi oi sjueran'B snotreA iuo.tj unfortunately, human flesh is Feir. GLADMAN & STANBURY (F. W, Gladman) BARRISTER, SOLICITOR, &c Money to Loan;- Investments Made Insurance Safe-deposit Vaults for use of out Clients without charge EXETER and HENSAjLd That CARLING & MORLEY What causes hot springs to bubble, from the ground? This” is a question that has long intrigued the layman. One explanation is that the water is moving from a place of higher pressure io one of lower pressure, The-water of surface ground or circulates at s°me depth and finally escapes to the surface in the form of a hot spring, The water of other hot springs is considered by geologists to be of a magmatic origin, is to say, it is part of the magma or hot liquid strata beneath the earth’s crust, and, on reaching the sur­ face encounters the light of day for the first time. Hot mineral springs occur in three of Canada’s national parks— Banff and Jasper in Alberta, and Kootenay in British Columbia. Nat­ urally such an important tourist at­ traction has received considerable attention, and as the fame of the cturative properties of " these hot( springs has spread, - a plan of de­ velopment for their fullest use .has been . At have and Banff townsite.; Upper Hot Springs about two miles from the centre of the- town of Banff. At the Cave and Basin there are two outdoor swimming pools fed by springs having a tempera-( ture of 92 degrees F. Both of these I health centres are equipped with I, BARRISTERS, SOLICITORS, Ao- LOANS, INVESTMENTS, INSURANCE Office; Carling Block, Main Strec*. EXETER, ONT. Dr. G, F. Roulston, L.D.S.,D.D.S. DENTIST Office: Morley Block EXETER, ONT. Closed Wednesday Afternoon put into effect. Banff, two public bath-houses been constructed; one at-Cave Basin .Springs,' situated 1 and the other at Dr. H. H. COWEN, L.D.S.,D.D S * DENTAL SURGEON Office next to the Hydro Shop Main Street, Exeter Office 36w Telephones Res. 3 6> Closed M’ednesdaj -Afternoons ARTHUR WEBER LICENSED AUCTIONEER For Huron and Middlesex FARM SALES A SPECIALTY PRICES REASONABLE SATISFACTION GUARANTEED Phone 57-13 Dashwood R. R. No. 1, DASHWOOD Montreal-loronto FRANK TAYLOR LICENSED AUCTIONEER For Huron and Middlesex FARM SALES A SPECIALTY Prices Reasonable and Satisfaction Guaranteed EXETER P. 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Canadian prairies are so good western farmers will have to < additional storage on their farms for more than 200,000,000 bushels-..of grain, "even allowing for heavy de­ terioration between now and har­ vest,” Western Retail Lumbermen’s Association-said'in a statement is­ sued recently. The statement said farmers face a serious shortage and barns to house "the steadily increasing livestock po­ pulation,” and estimated lumber re­ quirements for grain storage alone at more than 200,000,000 feet. i i WM. H. SMITH LICENSED AUCTIONEER For Huron and Middlesex Special training assures you of your property’s true value on sale day. Graduate of American Auction College Terms Reasonable and Satisfaction Guaranteed Crediton P. O. or Rhone 43-2 USBORNE & HIBBERT MUTUAL FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY I Head Office, Exeter, Ont. President ........... JOHN McGRATH Dublin, Ont.*9 Vice-Pres...... T. G. 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If the neighbor is willing to lend his newspaper., it iSj of course, no concern of ours, Suit have you ever stopped to consider that you’re causing him considerable inconvenience at a saving so small that bt’s hardly worth considering? For just $2*0.0 a year you can have your own newspaper every ’’week* You’ll be under no obligation to anyone^ and you’ll doubly enjoy the paper when it bears your own name on the label. v • $2.00 a year in advanceI ALFRED MATHERS , The death’ occurred fn Victoria Hospital at London, July >23, of Al­ fred Mathers, townline spent all of three home m of Stephen and Annie MatlierS. Surviving are his wife, oho haE sister Mrs. John Schram, London, and one half brother Lemuel Mathers, of Clinton, The funeral was held from his late residence on Saturday, July 26 th. with interment being made in Park­ hill Gcmtory. The services were conducted by the Rev. Chandler, of the Parkhili Unit­ ed Church of which Mr. Mathers was a member, Pallbearers were Andrew Mathers, James Cadmah, James Schram, Wes. Bowker, Norman Moliard and Wm. McGregor, lie was bom bn the of McGillivray, where he his life with the exception years when he made his Parkhilh He was . the son *