"niwidoat a ee lormer of this three.' Baga for $25,000 at! + E. P. Taylor's annual yearling sales be- said, he was a little . hands--and __proba- Pg "t be able to Titang the. Ay racing. But he was ad 'efi track and pric retired because of freak og Py a potential 'The country's sports editors and sportscasters participating in the 30th annual Canadian Dany wig hn the individual per- jot only that, they said is te brief but fantastic campaign © on North American tracks pro- be ie Canadian "ge thrill ope an of the 148. vot- ers didn't bother to list a rea- for their selections. Look at ie record, ~ said. he horse th at Taylor was stuck with became the greatest Canadian - born thoroughbred the sport has known. He cap- tured the imagination of Cana- dians who wouldn't know a fore- leg from a saddle. Some even wanted to parade him to city hall in Toronto. WON TWO JEWELS The Dancer warmed up to a great year with smashing tri- umphs in. the Flamingo Stakes, the Florida Derby and the Blue Grass Stakes leading to the Kentucky Derby, a classic that no Canadian-bred had won in its 89-year history and the first gem of the triple crown. The Dancer changed all that. He not only beat Hill Rise, the favorite, but established a record time of two minutes flat over the 1%-mile distance. There 'were still doubters around a couple of weeks later for the Preakness, the sezond jewel. Hill Rise again went to the 'starting gate as favorite and Northern Dancer romped to a 2%-length victory over The Scoundrel with Hill Rise a dis- tant third His' triple crown hopes were smashed in the rugged 144-mile Belmont at New York on June 8 when he finished third behind Quadrangle and Roman Brother. The son of Nearctic- DANCER TOPS POLL-- E. P. Taylor's Northern Dan- cer, named top three-year-old horse in North America after winning the Kentucky Derby and Preakness, has won hon- ors as the outstanding indi- 18 starts, nicked himself and suffered a bowed tendon on his left foreleg in a workout at Bel- mont on an off-track in July. He was retired to stud Nov. 6 after a record of 14 wins, two seconds and two thirds and Canadian record total purses of $580,647. Taylor revealed the horse could have been syndicated in the United States for $1,500,000 and he would have. had one- third of the shares but he pre- ferred to keep him in Canada. His stud fee is $10,000 and his 1965 book is full. He'll service between 25 and 30 mares in Nata@ima came home to Toronto 965 for what turned out to be his last ' race--the - Queen's Plate. He won that handily by seven lengthsy. afd then disaster struck, STAYING IN CANADA The game little colt, who had While the colt is standing at the National Stud Farm at Osh- awa, Ont., voters in Canada and the U.S. haven't forgotten him. A month ago he was named North America's leading three- year-old: in balloting by the never been.out of the money in Thoroughbred Racing Associa-! jman bobsied at the /Olympics in Austria, a 'feat all ithe more impressive because} | | | ®. vidual athletic performer in Canada in a Canadian Press poll of sports editors and sportscasters. The Dancer, a runaway Queen's Plate win- mer, was retired. to stud in November. --(CP Photo) tion's board of selection, the first time a Canadian-bred: had won the award. Earlier, he was named Can- ada's horse of the year for 1964. The CP poll results as the in- dividual performer and thrill of the year were runaways for the Taylor-bred colt: VOTES FOR HUMANS In the individual category, some gave their votes to track stars Bill Crothers of Markham, Ont., and Harry Jerome of Van- couver; hockey players Jean Beliveau and Charlie Hodge of Montreal Canadiens, Stan Mi- kita of Chicago Black Hawks and Gordie Howe of Detrait Red Wings; football players Tom Brown of British Columbia Lions and Tommy Grant of Hamilton Tiger.- Cats; boxer George Chuvalo of Toronto; jockey Ron Turcotte of Grand Falls, N.B.; bronco - buster }Roger Jackson of Toronto and poy A . bibs Alta., ers 'ancouver, Oympic judo silver medallist Among them, they received only 27 of the 148 votes. One Crothers. booster, Russ Taylor of CFCF Montreal, said he felt. it was apoondrebie that a beast (Northern Dancer) should even. be considered in any category but horse racing." The balloting was 'much the same for the sports thrill of the year. Others mentioned here in- cluded: B.C. Lions' 34-24 Grey. Cup football victory over the fa- vored Hamilton Tiger - Cats; Canada's gold medal in four- winter here isn't a run in Canada on hich to practise; and the pair- 'oars gold medal at the summer Olympics in Tokyo. won by George Hungerford of Vancou-|. ver, a pair not considered! strong enough' to crack the 'Vancouver Rowing Club-Univer- sity of British Columbia eight. BEG Dates y May Change MONTREAL (CP)--The 196 British Empire Games may be held later in August of that year 'than was originally sched- uled, Lt.-Col. Jack Davies, presi- dent of the British Empire and Commonwealth Games Associa- tion of Canada said Saturday the period set aside for the games, slated to take place in Kingston, Jamaica, may be put back from the original dates of Aug. 4-13, Davies gave no reasons for the possible change whjch he mentioned during a meeting of Canadian sportsmen call to lay plans for this country's par- ticipation in the event. A plea for the 'inclusion of canoeing in the games was met with a disclosure that this sport might not win inclusion in the games' optional events until 1970, There will. be a full eight- player .badminton: team repre- senting Canada for the first time at the games. The asso- ciation's budget for the games was estimated at $90,000. Swimming and diving' will have 19 Canadian competitors, track and field 30, weightlifting seven and wrestling eight. Boxing was allotted eight competitors, cycling six, fenc- ing nine and shooting eight. wishes for the happiest of Christmases for you and yours. CO wistmas is a feeling... a spirit of well-being and cheer that pervades the very air in this wonderful season. 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