The following article entitled "Canadian Roundup" containing several items of  interest appeared in the November 4,1964 issue of The Harness Horse magazine including the photo .This is not quite 50 years ago but close enough .My thanks to Don Daniels for sending it .

Maritime News 

Racing at Brunswick Downs in Moncton, N. B., is undergoing a renaissance, due largely to the improved racing and the many innovations introduced this season to increase both the comfort and knowledge of the fan.

In the "Monctonian," an invitational pace which is annually one of the season highlights in the Maritimes, Willie's Adios, a 6-year-old son of Greentree Adios, paced in 2:03 2/5 to reduce the track's pacing record of 2:04 which he had set in the same race the year before. The trotting record of 2:08, established in 1947 by a trotter driven by Joe O'Brien, was equalled by the 7-year-old Dean Scott gelding, Little Quinton, driven by Walter McLean and owned by Arthur Legere, a local horseman.

An increase in purses has attracted better horses. During the first 36 nights there were 50 miles in 2:10 or faster. Other enticements offered Moncton's sports fans have been a "Get Acquainted Night," pony 'races between heats with some of the town's celebrities as drivers, running races, and a general face-lifting to the grounds and grandstand. A great deal of the credit for the new approach which has been successful in raising both attendance and handle belongs to the youthful Prince Edward Islander Ingram Palmer, Jr., the track's manager, race secretary, announcer, public relations director, and program director among other minor positions.

Dillon Mc p, 2:021/2, a noted Canadian pacer during many campaigns, died recently at the Meldrum Stables in Norwich, Ont. A foal of 1932, the bay stallion was a son of Peter McKlyo out of Nancy Dillon and bred by L. E. Brown, Delavan, Ill. He was brought to Canada by the late Dr. W. N. Meldrum, and during a long career set numerous track records and won most of the major events in the country, including the Canadian Pacing Derby in 1939. He was driven by Clint Hodgins, Harry Short, Lew James, the late Harry Fields, and Floyd Milton among others. A 2:05 sire, he was also the sire of the daughter of Ensign Dillon p, 2:00 3/5, etc.

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The highlight of the season on the prairies of Saskatchewan has again been the Colt Futurity, won by Chucky Mohawk, a sophomore son of the Chief Counsel stallion Chief Mohawk p, 2:052/5. The winner was owned by Art Hunter and driven by his grandson, Ray Remmen.

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Barbara Johnston, a 4-year-old Irish Chief mare from the 100 per cent producer Peggy Johnston, received the nod from the photo finish camera the other night in one of the tightest finishes of the current meeting at Rideau Carlton, the five-eighths mile strip in the outskirts of Ottawa, Ont. Nipped in the 2:03 3/5 trip was Odios with the race's 'favorite Sonny Creed third. The win was Barbara Johnston's eleventh appearance in the winner's circle in 17 tries. She has also been second 3 times, and third once in her present campaign for owner driver-trainer Jerry Johnston. Among her full brothers and sisters are the crack 2-year-old Doug Johnston p, 2, 2:05 3/5h, which died shortly after the Johnstons turned down an offer of $30,000, Doug Johnston C. p, 4, 2:04, and Debbie Johnston p, 4, 2:072/5. Her sire Irish Chief is a son of Chief Abbedale that never raced because of a broken bone.

Willie's Adios after winning the "Monctonian" in 2:03 2/5 for driver Dave Pinkney. Presenting the trophy to winning owners Mr. and Mrs. Eric Whebby is George Gay (extreme left) who in 1947 made the presentation of the inaugural-racing of the event, now one of the foremost tests in the Maritimes.

The racing season at Morrow Park in Peterborough kicked off the 1963 season on May 20 th with action scheduled twice weekly. The first contest of the new season was captured by Mary Jane P a 7 year old mare owned by Marv Preston of Norwood and driven to a two heat victory by Don Fines .Purse for the FFA event was $180 and the winning times were 2:12.1  in the opener and 2:15 flat in the second heat .The opening time turned out to be the night's quickest mile .