Fred W. Reeves with his horse “Guy Harvester”.

Fred Reeves resided for a number of years on land (code 53) once occupied by his grandfather Thomas. Fred owned that good trotter “Guy Aubrey”, sired by a horse brought to Prince Edward Island by Captain John Read. Another one of his horses was “Guy Harvester” a good trotter with a mark of 2:13. He raced against a high class of horses, including “Jimmie AZ’ and made a creditable showing. Guy Harvester was especially noted for his speed on ice. He won the Championship against trotters from Maine, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island on the North River Causeway and had a mark of twenty-nine seconds flat over a quarter mile stretch.

Edgar Reeves farmed for many years on the North Freetown Road (code 22) and in 1940 he secured “Jimmie A”, a popular horse on island tracks for many years. He held a mark of 2:13 2/5. He also owned a faster horse, Bonaventure, who ran thirty-two races in one season. In 1980, Edgar was named to the Sports Hall of Fame along with “Mister Key”, the highest point winner at Summerside Raceway in 1962. In 1985, he is training and racing Coldbrook Viola.

Gordon MacLean moved to Freetown in 1980. He bought his first racing brood mare, Miss Sherri Mac from a Mr. MacDonald of Kensington. He has had a number of good horses including Scarlet Victory whose 2:05 mark was taken at Truro Raceway. This horse was sold to Ottawa interests and later took a mark of 2:02 in Montreal. He is now racing at Connaught Park in Ottawa. Carysbrook Etta, 2:04, and Chancey Sis, 2:06, are other horses that the MacLeans campaign on Maritime tracks.

Other Freetown horsemen include Dean Baglole with Kilkerran Cruiser, 2:06, Vance MacMillan with Mr. R.T., 2:04, and Garnet Warren, who owned a good campaigner, “Gliding Billy”.

Other Freetowners who owned horses were Leslie and Walter Simmons, Prowse and Camden Gardiner, Norman and Pauline Reeves, Ray Lidstone and Darren Baglole.

THE STOCK CAR TRACK-

Number 3 Race Flagman signals for cars to start on the pace lap*. Twelve overheads in this race, every engine tuned

to perfection, humidity heavy in the air tonight - cars should run well. Here they come off the pit turn. Drivers revving engines — ready to pop the clutch on the green flag. Flagman jumps and at the same time waves the green flag back and forth rapidly, while running furiously to get out ofthe way of the stock cars approaching. Into the first corner Car 49 is bumped from the rear and spins out into center field - judge on the corner sees it all. Car 33 - Hock Leard — starts to make his move and passes three cars on the pond side of the straight away — two cars abreast enter into the pit turn; other cars follow bumper to bumper. Race #3 is off to a good

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