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     LOWcll Stead 
     
    
   
   
    
     ’lbe Downeasf COHHUL‘HUH 
     
    
   
   
    
     n most raee nights at the 
     
    

    
     (Iharlottetow n l)ri\'ing Park. 
     
    

    
     Lowell and Sandra Stead would 
     
     be enjoying the races from their reseryed 
     
     table at the Top of the Park Restaurant, 
     
     Lowell Stead enjoyed more than watehing 
     
     the horses race. he owned a lew horses. 
     
     .«\t one time. he owned all or part ol lour 
     
     horses being trained by Albert Bernard. 
     
     llis wile. Sandra. was eo—owner with Bob 
     
     (Traswell ol‘ ls/(md S/qt'e. a tltl‘eeryeatvold 
     
     half—sister to ls/(Im/ Ribbon. a multiple 
     
     stakes winner Lowell also had a lew 
     
     horses stabled at his small larm in 
     
     Montague. You eould say that this 
     
     Montague eotiple made an inyestment 
     
    
   
   
    
     and eommitment to harness rating, 
     
    
   
   
    
     Low ell Stead was inyolyed with harness 
     
     racing lor approximately it) years be— 
     
     eause as hed say. "It is in the Stead 
     
     blood." He always liked horses and 
     
    
   
   
    
     enjoyed being around them. 
     
    
   
   
    
     Through a strange set ol‘ eireumstant‘es. 
     
     Lowell ptirehased (l/engi'Ie ’l'r/c‘l'u lor the 
     
     paltry sttm ol‘ Sfittt) in 10—2. She was by 
     
     l.(1m/er(/(I/e [car from Tour/(lo [3(1): 
     
     Lowell was hooked! There wasn‘t any— 
     
     thing extra special about this mare exeept 
     
     that it got him into the game. 
     
    
   
   
    
     Incidentally. (I'leizg‘r/e ’l'ri‘t‘m was to 
     
    
   
   
    
         
     
    
   
   
    
     l’ltoto: \nn .\l.tt’\eill 
     
    
   
   
    
     beeome the mother of the best l‘iorse he 
     
     eyer owned, ()n the track howeyer. 
     
    
   
   
    
     (i/engr/e 'l’ric‘lu enjoyed modest sueeess. 
     
    
   
   
    
     Some ol‘ the horses assoeiated with 
     
     Lowell Stead o\'e1‘ the years ineluded 
     
     (.‘opper l.eo. l)’ (.“s .1/(1_/'e.\‘ffc. S/mgo’s liesl. 
     
     .S‘lii'au‘zri' liar/mm. Buckeye (Jar/(Ir 
     
     S/e/son .-111‘t‘ Size. .Ilrc‘ades Roe/Jel/e. 
     
     [rot/side .\'. whieh he owned with Albert 
     
     Fraser. ”0117101157 'l'rooper and joey 
     
     Digger. He belieyed that he was yery lor— 
     
     tunate to haye had a number oil \‘ery 
     
     good trainers oyer the years and all ol~ 
     
     them played a major role in his in\‘ol\e~ 
     
     ment in harness raeing. They were 
     
     Parnell Kelly. ‘Ioe .-‘\rsenau|t. 'l‘reyor 
     
     llielx‘en, (Iynthia .\lael)onald. laelx' 
     
     Bernard. Bill llielyen. (iarry .\lae1)onald 
     
     and ;\|bert Bernard. l’rom eaeh he 
     
     learned some important aspeets of this 
     
    
   
   
    
     great game. 
     
    
   
   
    
     l)o1('m'(/s/ ’l‘rooper was his layorite horse 
     
     for a wry special reason. He was home 
     
     bred and Lowell raised this eolt himsell‘. 
     
     'l‘he sire of /)ot('He(ls/ ’l'rooper was \Vally 
     
     \\"ood's yery produetiye 'l)‘ooper(.'b1'p. 
     
     His dam was none other than (/leligj'le 
     
     ’l'rt'et'u with whom this story started. 
     
     I)ou‘neas/ 'l'rooper raeed Very well in 
     
     2:012 lor driyer Albert Bernard. As a 
     
    
   
   
    
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