Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - January 13, 1940, Winnipeg, Manitoba Page Twenty Winnipeg free press saturday january 13, 1940 Prairie horse racing dates Are release Whittier and Polo Park meetings june 1 to july 4 r. James Speers general Mana-1 Ger of the Winnipeg race meetings and honorary Secretary of the Prairie thoroughbred breeders and racing association announces the dates the 1940 racing season in the Prairie provinces As follows meets june 1 to june Park 14 Days. June 19 to july Park 14 Days. Exhibition meets july 6 to july 13, Calgary. 7 Days. July 15 to july 20, Edmonton 6 Days. July 22 to july 6 Days. July 29 to aug. 3, Regina 6 Days. Alberta autumn meets aug. 10 to aug. 17, Edmonton 7 Days. Aug. 24 to sept. 2 Calgary Chinook 8 a j. There will be 68 Days racing in All and an extensive drive will be made to attract leading stables from Eastern Canada British Columbia and american Raing centres to compete with the Many stables of greatly improved horses owned in the three Prairie provinces. Many of the Western owned horses Are Row participating in the racing being held at the Winter tracks of the United states Mexico and Cuba and Are appearing in the Winner s Circle on regular occasions. From january 15 to 17, the annual meeting of the Western Canada exhibition associations and the Prairie thoroughbred breeders and having association will take place at the Hoyal Alexandra hotel Winni Peg when the race programme and plans for the coming season will be formulated and announced. Nurmi and Maki to tour . And raise funds Helsin fors Jan. 13, Maki and Paavo Nurmi famous finnish runners Are to leave for the United states during the next few Days to participate in sports exhibitions to raise Money for Finland. The United states finnish Relief fund committee headed by former president Herbert Hoover has sought for some weeks to Brin Maki and Nurmi to the United states to Aid in a drive for funds. Maki is the world s no. 1 runner at distance of from to metres. Plans Are under Way in the United states to have him run in every City which Nurmi visited in his 1925 tour when he was the Lead ing distance runner of the world. He and Nurmi Are expected to go to the United states by Clipper plane across the Atlantic. Hockey for the week Junior South division tonight Portage at k in Ora. Monday monarchs is. Rangers tuesday Brandon at Portage postponed thursday Kenora is. Rangers Friday monarchs at Brandon. Saturday Kenora at Portage. North division tonight Elmwood is. St. Boniface St. James is. . Tuesday Elmwood is. St. James. Is. St. B uni face. Saturday Elmwood is. . St. James is. St. Boniface. Senior wednesday Stonewall is. Claris varsity is. Lombards Start 7.15 o clock. Military league this afternoon grenadiers is. Composites air Force is. Gunners Start 2 o clock. Wednesday double header of play off games. Juvenile John s is. St. Boniface 7 Portage is monarchs is. Kangers 9 at Portage. Midget each saturday games at olympic rink Start ing at 9. Suburban High school Kildonan is. West Kildonan. Is. St. James. Fri Lay a Gle Lawn is. Nor Wood. Regina Agai Vic aces in defeat Yorkton terriers Retina Jan. 13. Luck of Yorkton terriers was All bad again Friday night but As usual they had a howling crowd on its feet at the final Bell As they bowed to Regina Vic aces 5-4 in another hockey thriller that left Over fans Limp at the final Bell. Out to please a ladies night turn out that jammed the rink Vic aces regained their three Point margin atop the Saskatchewan hockey league As a result of the Victory and left terriers wondering How Long the Regina Jinx will stick with them. Vic aces have won five straight games from the scrappy terriers All by one goal margins. The last five minutes had Regina s b biggest hockey crowd in years in an uproar. There was enough action Crar Romed in the wind up proceed Ings to make the night a Success oven if the athletes had been loaf ing the rest of the Way. Which they weren t. They provided a four goal menu in a rousing first period and even if the Middle Span did t produce much in the Way of goals the clubs were travelling at a Breakneck clip. Smith Fraser Sullivan red h Fraser Lund Halderson Westbury. Recina Mitchell coops. Swancy Kraeling Wilson Kirkpatrick subs Bladon Check Clements Wiljanen Kaleta duty Towski Gannon. Referee. Ike Morrison Archil n than Wilf Greenwood Regina. First Yorkton Sullivan a 745 2, Yorkton a. Fraser 11.15 3. Regina. Willianne 12.40 4 Regina. Clements cot Fps 14.05. Pen second Retina. Kirkpatrick Kraeling 14.55. Third Yorkton. Halderson 7.05 7. Regina Check Bladon Swaney 15.20 8, Yorkton Westbury ;