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the tribune thursday april ss1k9 15 elite horse farm by jim holt stouffville with winter in full retreat and the mayhem and battle of innumerable hockey games simmering down to a whimper i fulfilled a promise to myself made in december to visit high quest farm owned by vince and cathi carcone and situated on the west side of concession 7 north of the aurora sideroad my interest in making the visit stem med from the fact that it is one of the very few ranches able to boast a large indoor arena for yearround use there is also accommodation for fifty horses in modern well lit stalls on arrival i was at once impressed by the well kept orderliness and cleanliness of the surrounding area but most of all the high quality of the horses none of your sway- backed broken down nags here the blood lines looked so rich i felt ill- bred cathi and vince who have been at high quest for 18 months have ob viously spent a lot of time and money in producing a very high quality horse ranch set on twenty five acres and with the whole of the york forest region for trail use the farm could not be better situated the enormous indoor arena measures iso x 70 and allows for any type of training to take place both knglish and western styles are taught here the daytoday running of the ranch is carried out by cathi and her sister patti who arise daily at seven and work monday through sunday when asked if they did not think their working schedule rather tough cathi replied yes but we enjoy it vince who also runs- an esso station at richmond hill is the man behind the woman in this business venture and takes care of the financing and main- tenance of the complex prior to moving to ballantrae cathi and vince rented a horse farm at maple but dreamed of one day having their own spread when the op portunity arose they moved into high quest this equable couple first met several years ago when they travelled the competition circuit according to cathi they often competed against each other in various classes and being com petitors really didnt like each other very much obviously the old adage if you cant beat em join em applies here however i failed to discover who joined whom pride of place in their large string of horses must go to one of the most handsome looking animals 1 have ever seen his name is heza great pine a seven year old palomino of 152 hands that exudes high breeding and no doubt if he were for sale an equally high price tag i was afraid to ask his value this beautiful animal is one of the very few to enjoy the title of american quarter horse champion a title that is indeed rare here in on tario this boy is kept very busy with a long string of clients lining up for his favours whilst there i had the good fortune of meeting two of great pines offspring owned by two young sisters from markham polly and fran perini polly owns lee bee pine a very handsome gelding and fran owns buttons lee pine an equally gorgeous mare since going into business there have been no empty stalls at high quest in fact many of their previous customers from their maple days were so satisfied in the way cathi and vince looked after their horses they now bring them to ballantrae for boarding a stouffville stouffville were well represented- over the easter holiday weekend at the annual dominion ladies hockey tour nament this years event was organised by remainder and went on to down the mohawks 71 oakvibe 61 and in the final game skated all over our american cousins from clarence new york to take the con- solation trophy with a the brampton resounding 71 win canadettes girls in the final game the hockey association over 100 teams from all over canada and some from the united states were entered in the three day event the teams came from afar as prince edward island in the east to edmonton in the west the junior au star team were unlucky to draw against scar borough for their first game however having lost the first they made quite sure of the goals came from karon brodie 2 julie thompson 2 gloria mintz i michelle coppins 1 and bonnie hollmgsworth u in the senior division the a and m records team won their first game of the day on friday against the allen park bulls from michigan they shutout the bulls 3- 0 on saturday they went on to down havelock 32 and sudbury 21 to reach the finals on sunday against a very strong team from camblefordl try as- they may- the stouffville girls could make no impression against this team and went down to a- loss however their efforts did not go unrewarded as they came away with the coveted most sport smanlike trophy in addition to their crests the girls received un- dividual trophies senior players representing stouffville in the tournament were cheryl singleton lynda roberts kathy keiley jolnn ayotte kelly rexgraham heather ross vickie macdonald and debbie coxworth in the net were lizette lacoursiere and debbie cooper high quest farms yankee bull shows off his paces at the new indoor arena sue sampson one of high quests students is in the saddle jim holt spartans show form soccer opening stouffville at a meeting of the whit church stouffville soccer club on thursday evening the club executive finalised plans for the coming season the season which opens on saturday may 26 is opening with a bang it is the intention of the club to stage a big sendoff with the club teams marching through the town centre ac companied by the town band on thursday may 31 a touring soccer team from wilbraham high school manchester england will be hosted by the club and an exhibition game played against a select all star team from stouffville on april 28 a film show for up and coming soccer stars will be held at the public library films include pele which will be shown in three parts and lets play both films are musts for soccer players about to embark on a hard season second and third parts of the show ladies softball stouffville players are needed for the stouffville in termediate ladies soft ball team the team will be entered in the same league as last year there are a number of positions vacant bui pitchers are at a premium anyone interested in competitive softball please call lillian cordell at 6405241 will take place on suc ceeding saturdays may 5 and 12 admission is free and there are about 100 seats available it was noted that there are half a dozen vacancies within the mosquito b teams and applications will be ac cepted on a first come first serve basis age group for mosquito b is 11 to 12 years sponsors for this years teams are as follows squirts a canadian tire store squirts b 3 teams tree transplanting ltd george rcjs photo fawns sports centre minor atom a stouff ville iga major atom a girards carpet sales atoms b 2 teams macleans furniture and carpet centre whit church stouffville recycling depot mosquitoes minor a mcneil laboratories mosquito b 2 teams hair works kens beckers minor peewee a stouffville legion peewee b 2 teams stouffville restaurant and tavern stouffville delicatessen atom girls stonehouse house of travel girls mosquito division bank of nova scotia stouffville the sdss spartans senior rugby team got off to a flying start in their first game of the season against thornlea high school as a team this was only the third time that thornlea had played together and un fortunately they proved a weak and ineffectual side against the powerful spartans the final score of 580 tells its own story wing forward joe palmer was first over the thornlea line with jim blizzard following minutes later dave dart was in great form carrying not only the ball but most of the opposition with him to score three consecutive tries steve schell kicked well to convert four of the five tries in the second half was a rerun of the first with steve schell dave dart tom miller lloyd johnston and angelo monopoli getting the touchdowns and ken benson kicking the conversions with ac curacy the spartans are v undoubtedly as fit as they will eveibe for the coming season but holes showed in the fabric of their play touch kicking was at a minimum and dropkicks were non existent spartans reigned supreme and continually walked thornlea off the ball who says an annuity has to have a fixed premium ask your sun life agent to explain the features of the new flexible premium retirement annuity such as adjustable premiums interest and annuity rate guarantees waiver of premium upon disability and cur rrnt tax deductions into the bargain heinz daues insurance 7 irfhgy ltd 9246674 suilife r c00p5 stouffville lions club bikeath0n saturday may 5th 9 am 1 pm 37 kilometre route registrations april 28th basement of the old post office registration form available at cards hardware aikens drug store or phone 6405334 profitable results soilrejuvenating fertilizers dependable herbicides insecticides and pesticides fast growing seed for ajlcrops seeds with builtin spring vigour p balanced formula or custom feeds for all your liyestock from pigs to poultry heifers to horses plus animal health products appli cators etc masterfeeds has it all pthis spring talk to the people who really know how to help you grow division of maple leaf mills limited stouffville 6401892 v jry rtt fw