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THE OSHAWA TIMES, Wednesdey, ssid 18, 1966 39 | HE'S GOT THEM ON HIS LIST The personal files of Dan McArthur hold, among other things, a memo-by-memo ac- count of his battle to build _an unfettered, objective news service for the CBC, McArthur, who organized the CBC radio news service in 1940 and spent the next 13. years as chief editor, has been commissioned by the CBC to write the story of the 1940-53 period, (CP Photo) Race Track' Veteran Past 70, Going Strong By DON MacLACHLAN CALGARY (CP)--He sat on a scruffy cot in Barn A, his feet dangling an inch from the floor results tacked to the painted block wall stirred in the draft, Gunshots from a TV thriller reverberated through the tiny tackroom at Victoria Park track as Billy Trevenen shook his grey head and mur- | mured: "l won't be around here much longer," Then, brightening, he began to speak of 42 years as a pro- fessional horse trainer; -- of amateur dramatics, hockey, boxing, education, children, farming and 'the wonderful people in racing." And you got the impression that even though he's past 70 he intends to be around the track as long as possible After spending the winter at Winnipeg, his home since 1941, Tremenen was back in the barns. This time he brought 12 horses for the the Western Canada racing season which opened May 13, Born at Alix, Alta., in 1895, Billy Trevenen has been in- volved with horses since he was old enough to-tell one from a cow, And since 1941 alone, he has saddied more than 360 winners in the West In 1925, when the old Chinooktrack--opened_in-Cal-} there gary, Trevenen. was with his first' trainers' li- cence, He has held one ever since SELDOM BETS "Yes, racing has been very good to me. I've always earned a comfortable and I've raised five children and seen them all get good * educations, completed, "Bel? No, at all. Oh, maybe a few dol- Jars now and again, And I al- ways bet on my two-year-olds when they first run--just $2 on the nose to show them I've | got confidence Trevenen spoke about Ukrainian community club in Winnipeg where he produces and dirents plays. A standing rule for the scripts: Take the profanity out, it doesn't add to the play "You can have a lot of fun The Fort Frie race |. une | spy | " ; with the theatre,"' he said "I've done a little bit of acting too but I get enjoyment out | | of putting on plays. But 1 only do it jin a small way, know.' He uses the same phrase-- "in a small way, you know" ~to describe his racing, his coaching of boys' hockey and his army boxing career, in which he won seveal tro- phies, Trevenen inherited his love of horses from his father, a polo player from England, who settled in the Alix area in 1899, Billy began to ride in local races as a child, Among horses he's running this season is handicap ace Already Dia, The horse won $13,950 last year, including the $7,500 - added Assiniboia Downs Gold Cup at Winnipeg. Also in the atring are Quiz Cadet, classy four ~ year-old nominee for the 1966 Calgary living } I don't bet much | the you | | Western circuit until late No- Falmouth, . Maturity, and No Discard, which won three or four East- ern starts last year in $3,000 company. Trevenen will be on the vember, After eight months of rising at 4:30 a.m. to feed the horses, he'll take them to Winnipeg. 'And 1'll still go | out and see them every day," KINGSWAY LUMBER CO, LTD. 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