Cihzr 
     
    
   
   
    
     Enjoyed the Ride 
     
    
   
   
    
     0 yotl rememher your introduu 
     
     tion to harness raeing? (Ilark 
     
     (Iudmore or Charlottetown 1e 
     
     memhered exactly how he got in\'ol\'ed 
     
     in the game he oned. (Ilark represented 
     
     an integral eomponent ()1 this industry. 
     
     He operated a modest one—horse stahle at 
     
     the Charlottetown 1)ri\'ing l’ark. Harness 
     
     raeing. as we know it. will not sur\'i\e 
     
    
   
   
    
     without them in this part ol the eountry. 
     
    
   
   
    
     It was a heautilul Saturday eyening dur— 
     
     ing tlte summer o1 1981. (Ilark. his wile. 
     
     Betty and hrother. .\1ax were enjoying the 
     
     raees at the Charlottetown 1)riying l’ark. 
     
     '1’here was a special draw that eyening at 
     
     the tt‘aek lor S1.()(1t) sponsored hy the 
     
     (Iharlottetown Legion. You guessed it, 
     
     (Ilark was the lueky winner and harness 
     
    
   
   
    
     raeing had its newest memher. 
     
    
   
   
    
     (Ilark took SSW) o1 his windlall and he 
     
     purehased a green l‘illy. Hot/Ht [NIH/c. her 
     
     harness and a jog eart lrom Bill .\1ae1eod 
     
     who operated a stahle at the (2.1).1’. (Ilark 
     
     (Iudmore was hooked. The whole 
     
     (Zudmore lamily had a lot ()1 lun and po» 
     
     an e experiences with liomrt' [NIH/e tor 
     
     the next 12 months. During one streteh. 
     
     li’omrt' l‘inished seeond nine eonseeutiye 
     
     times. She was destined to he a hrides— 
     
     maid. \\"endell l’ord droye Bonny [NIH/J. 
     
    
   
   
    
        
     
    
   
   
    
     I’ltott ): .-\nn .\l;te\etll 
     
    
   
   
    
     ol'ten trayeling to the Summerside 
     
     Raeeway from Charlottetown and he 
     
     wouldn’t aeeept any payment lor his time 
     
     and el‘l‘orts. (Ilark's hrother. .\1ax was 
     
     doing the training of Bomrr Blitz/e. '1‘his 
     
     hrother eomhination enjoyed learning the 
     
    
   
   
    
     ropes o1 their new \‘enture together. 
     
    
   
   
    
     Getting Homrt' to the raees was indeed 
     
     memorahle for this new owner and new 
     
     trainer [Sn/mt was. to put it modestly. 
     
     pleasantly plump. She would harely tit 
     
     hetween the shalts of her jog eart: how~ 
     
     eyer. under .\1ax's care and direetion. 
     
     Hui/Ht slimmed down and eyentually 
     
     took a maiden reeord o1 2:1“ at 
     
     Summerside lx’aeeway. She took that 
     
    
   
   
    
     reeord to her graye. 
     
    
   
   
    
     Bout/t li/I'II/c was destined to raee in the 
     
     lowwend elaiming raees. During post» 
     
     parade one eyening. (Ilark notit‘ed that 
     
     limurr was eonspieuous hy her ahsenee 
     
     lroin the parade. (ilark and Betty were 
     
     worried. \V’hat had happened to 1301111)? 
     
     It so happened that the presiding judge 
     
     seratehed her heeause the required elainr 
     
     ing papers had not heen signed. (Llark 
     
     was disappointed hut he was learning the 
     
    
   
   
    
     game and it would not happen again. 
     
    
   
   
    
     ()\'er the years. (Ilark (Iudmore owned 2," 
     
    
   
   
    
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