Clark Smith if; 
     
    
   
   
    
     \\'«"'hen (Zlark was 23. he opened a public 
     
     stable. His first horses and owners were 
     
     it"(rt'ne's Pride and fol/y lv'ri’xco for Leith 
     
     (Zlark. Gal/(In! “fry for (Ihris Gallant and 
     
     Rose Robin and Buy l’i/o/ for Don 
     
     MacDonald. He also continued his asso- 
     
    
   
   
    
     ciation with Mr. Mayhew as co—owner of 
     
    
   
   
    
     (for Laird who was later sold to Allison 
     
     Walsh. These were his first six horses in 
     
     llunter Riyer when he opened his public 
     
     stable. Man. would it grow in the years 
     
     to come! 
     
    
   
   
    
     A litany of just a few of his horses and 
     
     owners over the years included Lurri' 
     
     l/(Inorer. Adi'o Logan and Bourgeois for 
     
     (Iharles and Paul Hogan: (f/engt'le Pigeon 
     
     and \l'kncbun Bid for Doctor Brian 
     
     (Zhandler; Tun/71y l’i'nnesse. Away 011/. 
     
     (IN/1'54 ’s (Ia/l and Sale o/‘l/Je (.‘en/urit for 
     
     liyerett Stewart; Easy Go. liriu'e Spencer. 
     
     lord Kay and Happy!) Sco/l for Millage 
     
     .\lacl.eod; and .1/(1s/erqu1pl. Greg's [for 
     
     and Tommy .llckon for Sterling and 
     
     \\"ilma MacLure; and S/wnsu'e Spud for 
     
     “Vic" Victor MacDonald. 
     
    
   
   
    
     Donnie Simmonds and (Ilark once owned 
     
     a horse by the name of Hob/21' llun/er that 
     
     would giye this teamster his first lifetime 
     
     Victory. There was a stake race in 
     
     (Ihatham. New Brunswick on July I, 1933 
     
     for a 81.000 purse. It was to be raced in 
     
     three heats. Hob/zit l/un/er was gi\'en a 
     
     successful primer one week before this 
     
     date at the Riyerside track in Vernon Riyer 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     Behind the Gate 
     
    
   
   
    
     and he won some oats for this effort. 
     
     \V'hen July 1st arriyed. Rollie Wood took 
     
     Don. (Ilark and Bob/21' [Inn/er to 
     
     Chatham in his half—ton for a memorable 
     
     and historic race for Clark Smith. He 
     
     recounted the eyent like it happened yes— 
     
     terday. “\V'e had sold Bob/31' Hunter to 
     
     \V'ellington .\Iac.\'eil one week before the 
     
     race. The race went in three heats and 
     
     we finished one. one. and two." Not 
     
     only did he win the major share of the 
     
     purse but he had his first lifetime win and 
     
     it was in 2:172. He could write a book 
     
     about the first dash because there were 
     
     two recalls and the field was reduced 
     
     from nine to six horses because three had 
     
     Bob/3y 
     
     Hun/er cut ottt all the fractions and gaye 
     
    
   
   
    
     fallen down in the two recalls. 
     
    
   
   
    
     this youngster his first win in his first ever 
     
     lifetime driye. They got a beautiful cool— 
     
     er but he neyer saw it after the race. Not 
     
     to worry because there would be many 
     
     more in the years to come. 
     
    
   
   
    
     It would be yery difficult for this 
     
     driyer trainer of literally thousands of 
     
     horses to discuss his most memorable 
     
     ones. Rose Robin was the first horse he 
     
     won in 2:03 with and she lasted three 
     
     years in the top class. He stated, “This 
     
     mare of Don i\'lacI)onald‘s was as good 
     
     as any horse I probably eyer had. Art 
     
     (Iraig‘s Sugar lf/uze beat \l‘i‘l/[e‘s Adios to 
     
     win the Monctonian for me but he pulled 
     
     up in the first turn of the Gold (Zup and 
     
     Saucer in one of his unpredictable 
     
    
   
   
    
     “ We had sold Bobby [Inn/er to Welling/on Mae/Veil one tree/<3 
     
     be ore [be race. The race went in three bears and 
     
     zeeji’nis/oed one, one, and two. " 
     
    
   
   
    
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